四、完形填空(本题有15小题,每小题1分,共计15分)
阅读下面的短文,从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
It was lunchtime. Kerry and Omar were out in the school field.
“Look what I have found!” cried Kerry. “It's a coin(硬币)! And it looks really 36.”
“37 it to Mr Hart,” said Omar. “You may win the competition.”
The school was 38 a competition. The child who found the oldest treasure would win a trip to Fun Park. Mr Hart was sitting at his desk 39 Kerry rushed in. “What's going on?” he looked up and asked.
Kerry 40 the coin and showed it to him. “Is it old enough?” she asked.
Mr Hart put on his glasses and 41 the coin carefully. “This coin looks real, but it's 42 a gift from a cereal packet(麦片袋). I'm really 43.” Kerry felt her heart dropped. Mr Hart saw her face. “44, Kerry,” he said. “There's still enough 45 to find the real treasure before the competition ends.”
The next day, all the kids knew about Kerry's cereal packet coin. “Kerry found a cereal packet coin!” one boy laughed 46. Kerry's face turned red. She was angry with him and with 47 as well. How could she be so stupid to think that the coin was real treasure?
For the following days, Kerry 48 everywhere in town, the park, the woods ... She really wanted to win. “Forget about the 49,” said Kerry's mum. “Walk Barker now.” “OK, Mum,” said Kerry. Barker, the dog of the family, loved digging. Pretty soon, it came back with 50 in its mouth. It turned out to be a real Roman coin and Kerry won the competition in the end.
Sometimes life surprises us in the most unexpected ways.
()36. A. beautiful B. old C. small D. round
()37. A. Lend B. Send C. Bring D. Take
()38. A. holding B. introducing C. watching D. making
()39. A. but B. because C. while D. when
()40. A. put out B. brought out C. took out D. picked out
()41. A. checked B. enjoyed C. marked D. collected
()42. A. also B. even C. just D. almost
()43. A. sorry B. glad C. sad D. stupid
()44. A. Get up B. Cheer up C. Wake up D. Look up
()45. A. space B. time C. money D. food
()46. A. kindly B. quickly C. quietly D. loudly
()47. A. Omar B. her mother C. herself D. Mr Hart
()48. A. toured B. ran C. researched D. searched
()49. A. town B. competition C. trip D. school
()50. A. something B. nothing C. anything D. everything

36.B 37.D 38.A 39.D 40.C 41.A 42.C 43.A 44.B 45.B 46.D 47.C 48.D 49.B 50.A

【分析】做完形填空需先通读全文把握文章主旨，再逐题结合上下文语境、词汇辨析、固定搭配等分析选项，最后验证答案是否符合逻辑。具体到本题：36题根据后文“oldest treasure”判断选old；37题考查“take sth to sb”（把某物带给某人）的用法；38题“hold a competition”是固定搭配，意为举办比赛；39题考查“be doing sth when...”（正在做某事这时突然……）的固定句型；40题“take out”表示拿出，符合语境；41题“check”表示仔细检查，符合老师看硬币的动作；42题“just”表示仅仅，说明硬币只是麦片袋的礼物；43题老师因告知Kerry真相而抱歉；44题“cheer up”意为振作起来，符合老师安慰Kerry的语境；45题“time”表示还有时间；46题“loudly”表示男孩大声嘲笑；47题“herself”表示Kerry生自己的气；48题“search everywhere”表示到处搜寻；49题“competition”对应前文的比赛；50题“something”表示狗嘴里有东西。
【解析】
36. 后文提到“oldest treasure”，说明此处指硬币看起来很旧，A（美丽的）、C（小的）、D（圆的）不符合语境，故选B。
37. “take sth to sb”是固定搭配，意为把某物带给某人，此处指把硬币带给Hart老师，A（借出）、B（发送）、C（带来）不符合搭配，故选D。
38. “hold a competition”是固定短语，意为举办比赛，A符合；B（介绍）、C（观看）、D（制作）不符合，故选A。
39. “be doing sth when...”是固定句型，表示“正在做某事这时突然……”，此处指Hart老师正坐在桌前，这时Kerry冲进来，故选D。
40. “take out”意为拿出，符合Kerry拿出硬币给老师看的动作；A（扑灭）、B（出版）、D（挑选）不符合，故选C。
41. 老师戴眼镜仔细检查硬币，“check”意为检查，符合语境；B（享受）、C（标记）、D（收集）不符合，故选A。
42. 老师说硬币只是麦片袋的礼物，“just”意为仅仅，符合语境；A（也）、B（甚至）、D（几乎）不符合，故选C。
43. 老师告知Kerry硬币不是真的，感到抱歉，“sorry”符合；B（高兴的）、C（难过的）、D（愚蠢的）不符合，故选A。
44. 老师安慰Kerry，“cheer up”意为振作起来，符合语境；A（起床）、C（醒来）、D（查阅）不符合，故选B。
45. 老师说比赛结束前还有时间，“time”符合；A（空间）、C（钱）、D（食物）不符合，故选B。
46. 男孩大声嘲笑Kerry，“loudly”意为大声地，符合语境；A（友善地）、B（快速地）、C（安静地）不符合，故选D。
47. Kerry生自己的气，“herself”意为她自己，符合；A（Omar）、B（妈妈）、D（Hart老师）不符合，故选C。
48. “search everywhere”意为到处搜寻，符合Kerry找硬币的动作；A（游览）、B（跑）、C（研究）不符合，故选D。
49. 妈妈让Kerry忘记比赛，“competition”对应前文的比赛，符合；A（城镇）、C（旅行）、D（学校）不符合，故选B。
50. 狗嘴里有某个东西，“something”意为某物，符合；B（没有东西）、C（任何东西）、D（一切）不符合，故选A。
【答案】36.B 37.D 38.A 39.D 40.C 41.A 42.C 43.A 44.B 45.B 46.D 47.C 48.D 49.B 50.A
【知识点】完形填空；词汇辨析；语境理解
【点评】本文是一篇贴近学生生活的记叙文，围绕Kerry参加寻宝比赛的经历展开，主要考查学生对词汇的辨析能力和上下文语境的理解能力，解题时需结合前后文逻辑和词义选择最佳答案。
【难度系数】0.6