记叙文绝大部分篇章是作者在描述事件，通过语境，根据上下文辨析词语，作出选择。
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A. woman id her sixties lived alone in her little cottage with a pear tree at the door. She spent all her time taking care of the tree. But the children nearby drover her__21__ by making fun of her. They would climb her tree and then run away with pearw, __22__ “A. unty Misery” at her.
One evening, a passer by asked to __23__ for the night. Seeing that he had an__24__. Face, she let him in and gave him a nice__25__. The next morning the stranger, actually a sorcerer(巫师), thanked her by rganting(允准) her __26__ that anyone who climbed up her tree__27__ not be able to come back down until she__28__ it. When the children came back to steal her__29__ , she had them stuck on the tree. They had to beg her long__30__ she gave the tree permission to let __31__ go. A. unty Misery was form the __32__ at last.
One day another man__33__ her door. This one did not look trustworthy to her, __34__ she asked who he was. I am Death. I’ve come to take you __35__ me.” Said he.
Thinking fast A. unty Misery said, “Fine, but I’d like to__36__ some pears from my dear tree to remember the __37__ it broutht to me in this life. But I am too__38__ to climb high go get the best fruit.
Will you be so __39__ as to do it for me?” with a deep sigh. Mr. Death climbed up the tree__40__ and was immediately stuck to it. No matter how much he warned or begged, A. unty Misery would not allow the tree to let Death go.
21. A. . hopeless B. painful C. dull D. crazy 22. A. . calling B. shouting C. announcing D. whispering 23. A. . stay B. live C. hide D. lie 24. A. . interesting B. honest C. anxious D. angry 25. A. . gift B. kiss C. treat D. smile 26. A. . suggestion B. demand C. permission D. wish 27. A. . could B. should C. might D. must 28. A. . permitted B. promised C. answered D. declared 29. A. . branch B. food C. tree D. fruit 30. A. . after B. while C. since D. before 31. A. . it B. them C. him D. her
32. A. . trick B. question C. trouble D. difficulty 33. A. . stepped into B. left for C. stopped at D. walked around 34. A. . so B. but C. although D. because 35. A. . with B. off C. upon D. for
36. A. . choose B. pick C. shake D. hit 37. A. . honor B. pleasure C. hope D. excitement 38. A. . light B. short C. old D. thin
39. A. . proud B. kind C. fine D. smart 40. A. . disappointedly B. cheerfully C. unwillingly D. eagerly 解析：
21. D ，从drove以及下文making fun of her. 可以看出，应该是使她很生气。Crazy“非常生气”又如：That noise is driving me crazy.
Hopeless是令人失望的，而不是失望的，如：Most of the students are making good progress but Jeremy seems a hopeless case,大多数学生进步都很快, 但杰里米却似乎无可救药。
painful“使疼痛的，令人烦恼的”，而不是“烦恼的”。如：It was painful to admit that I was wrong. ,dull, 令人厌烦的; 单调的，而不是“烦恼的”如：: The conference was deadly dull.
备考： 本题中：除A. 以外的三个词，都是“令人??，使人感到??”，很显然用于the woman是不合适的。
22. B . 从run away with pears看出，应该是大声的喊，shout，大声说出。Whisper是低声说。Call做喊叫讲不带表示内容的的宾语。A. nnounce，通知。
23. A. . 从one evening 以及下文的next morning可看出是请求过夜。stay for the night 过夜，固定搭配。
24. B. 从常识可知，留宿陌生人应该考虑他是否是诚实。从下文let him in 看出是允许进入。故选B. honest，与下文This one did not look trustworthy to her呼应。
25. C . 既然允许过夜，接下来最有可能的应该是招待。treat 招待，款待，其它选项不符合情理。 26. D .从下文that引导同位语从句的内容看，应该是她的一个很难实现的愿望。suggestion 建议d, emand 要求 permission 允许，均对题意不符。
27. B 考点：同位语从句
wish是先行词，同位语从句谓语动词用should + 动词原形，另外，could不能与be able to连用
28. A. 根据上下文，没有她的允许不得下来。
29. D 到树上当然是偷摘果实（梨）了。branch 树枝； food 食物； tree 树，均不符合题意。 30. D 长时间的请求后，老太太才让梨树放他们下来。Before，在??之前，才?? 31. B 当然是放偷梨的孩子走了。用them指代偷梨的孩子 32. C 这样的整治，孩子们当然不敢来了，老太太自然就没有这个麻烦了。 33. C 据上下文，有一个停在她家门前请求住宿。Stop at 在某处停下来。 34. A. 看见这个人不太可信，所以要查问他了。有因果关系 35. A. take sb with sb 带某人走， 36. B 从上下文可知，是摘一些梨作为纪念。从climb可以看出是要上树采摘，而不是挑选或摇动。 37. B 从文章一开始，She spent all her time taking care of the tree.可知老太太与这棵梨树的深厚感情。摘几颗梨应该是想记住它所带给她的快乐了。从文章中也没有看到，梨树给他带了什么荣誉、希望或者是什么兴奋的事情。 38. C 从climb high to get the best fruit可知，是老太太以“年老爬不上树”为由诱骗“death” 上树（进入陷阱） 39. B Will you be so kind to do sth 请求别人帮助，固定表达法。 40. C 从With a deep sigh可知，Death并不愿意为他爬树摘梨，但念及快要死的人了，就答应了，但不会很乐意的，unwillingly 不乐意地。Disappointedly是失望的，这里death并没有什么愿望，也就谈不上失望了。 方法提炼： 做完形填空一定要注意上下文。不可只看一句话。准确掌握词义，在学习这类形容词时，要尤其注意是主动意味，还是被动意味，又如：interesting 令人感兴趣的，有趣的，interested 感兴趣的。主动意味的多用于事物，被动意味的多用于人。The book is interesting. I’m interested in the book. 总而言之，做完形填空的秘诀是： 文章首句要重视，全篇理解有启示。 记叙体裁为主体，通读全文明意旨。 填空多是实意词，四个选项巧设计。 词类范畴必同一，确定最佳靠逻辑。 字里行间找信息，个别填空借常识。 相近词义细辨析，习惯用法靠记忆。
全文整体看仔细，复读反思再核实。 四、完形填空提升训练
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She had been shopping with her mom in Wal-Mart. She must have been 6, a beautiful brown-haired girl. It was pouring 1 . The rain was very 2 . We all stood inside the door of the shopping center. A. s we watched the rain pour down, the little girl’s 3 broke the trance（出神,发呆），we were all caught in. \ 4 the rain,\\\ 5 . \ 6 it 7 a bit.\The young child waited for about 8 minute and repeated, \ \ 9 wet if we 10 ,\\we won’t, Mom. That’s not 11 you said this morning.\\ 12 did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?\\you 13 ? When you were talking to daddy about his cancer, you said, ‘we can get through anything!’\ The mother paused and thought for a moment about what she would say. \you are absolutely 14 . Let’s run through the 15 . If we get wet, maybe we just need 16 .\17 watching, smiling and laughing as they ran past all the cars. They both got wet, 18 they were followed by a few others who screamed and 19 like children all the 20 to their cars. I, too, ran and got wet. I needed a good washing, too. 1. A. . inside B. in C. outside D. out 2. A. . gentle B. heavy C. fine D. big 3. A. . sound B. tone C. noise D. voice 4. A. . in B. through C. across D. by 5. A. . repeated B. said C. spoke D. talked 6. A. . when B. after C. until D. since
7. A. . put down B. slows down C. take down D. set down
8. A. . another B. other C. the other D. others 9. A. . make B. leave C. have D. get 10. A. . run B. do C. walk D. go 11. A. . that B. what C. which D. how 12. A. . Where B. When C. Why D. What 13. A. . say B. forget C. remember D. know 14. A. . wrong B. good C. kind D. right 15. A. . difficulty B. trouble C. street D. rain 16. A. . washing B. playing C. running D. relaxing 17. A. . sat B. stood C. applauded D. jumped 18. A. . and B. so C. but D. or 19. A. . cried B. laughed C. shouted D. watched 20. A. . way B. road C. path D. route 2 It was the afternoon of December 24, the day before Christmas, but I had to stay to tidy the office. The only thing that __1__ my day was the beautifully decorated__2__in our waiting room and a 3 sent to me by a fellow I was dating—a dozen long-stemmed red roses. Suddenly, our receptionist came and said there was a lady outside that urgently needed to speak with me. A. s I stepped out, I noticed a young 4 woman with a baby in her arms standing there 5 , she explained that her husband—a prisoner in a nearby prison—was my next patient. She told me she wasn’t 6 to visit her husband in prison and 7 he had never seen his son. So she 8 me to let her wait here ahead of time. I agreed. 9 ,it was Christmas Eve. A. short time later, her husband arrived—with chains on his feet, cuffs on his hands, and two armed guards 10 him. The woman’s tired face 11 when her husband took a seat beside her. I watched them laugh, cry, and share their 12 . He seemed like a gentle and honest man. A. t the end of the 13 , the man had to go back and I 14 him a Merry Christmas. He smiled and thanked me and said he felt saddened by the 15 that he hadn’t been able to get his wife 16 for Christmas. On hearing this, I was 17 with a wonderful idea.