三、完形填空
Fern pushed a chair out of the way and ran outdoors. The grass was 1 and the earth smelled of springtime. Fern's 2 got wet too by the time she caught up with her father.
“Please don’t 3 it!” she cried. “It’s unfair (不公平的).”
Mr Arable stopped walking. “Fern,” he said 4. “You will have to learn to control yourself.”
“Control myself?” shouted Fern. “This is a matter of life and 5, and you talk about controlling myself.” Tears ran down her cheeks and she tried to pull it out of her father’s hand to 6 him killing the poor little pig.
“Fern,” said Mr Arable. “I know more about raising a litter of (一窝) pigs than you do. A 7 thing makes trouble. It may get sick easily.”
“But it’s unfair,” cried Fern. “The pig couldn’t help being born small, could it? If I had been very 8 at birth, would you have killed me?”
Mr Arable smiled. “Certainly not,” he said, looking down at his daughter with 9. “But this is 10. A little girl is one thing, and a little pig is another.”
“I see no difference,” replied Fern, still standing there. “This is the most terrible case of murder (谋杀) I have 11 heard of.”
A strange look came over Mr Arable’s 12. He seemed 13 ready to cry himself. “All right,” he said. “You go back to the house and I will bring the pig when I come in. I’ll let you start it on a bottle (奶瓶), like a 14. Then you will see what 15 a pig can be.”
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Fern pushed a chair out of the way and ran outdoors. The grass was 1 and the earth smelled of springtime. Fern's 2 got wet too by the time she caught up with her father.
“Please don’t 3 it!” she cried. “It’s unfair (不公平的).”
Mr Arable stopped walking. “Fern,” he said 4. “You will have to learn to control yourself.”
“Control myself?” shouted Fern. “This is a matter of life and 5, and you talk about controlling myself.” Tears ran down her cheeks and she tried to pull it out of her father’s hand to 6 him killing the poor little pig.
“Fern,” said Mr Arable. “I know more about raising a litter of (一窝) pigs than you do. A 7 thing makes trouble. It may get sick easily.”
“But it’s unfair,” cried Fern. “The pig couldn’t help being born small, could it? If I had been very 8 at birth, would you have killed me?”
Mr Arable smiled. “Certainly not,” he said, looking down at his daughter with 9. “But this is 10. A little girl is one thing, and a little pig is another.”
“I see no difference,” replied Fern, still standing there. “This is the most terrible case of murder (谋杀) I have 11 heard of.”
A strange look came over Mr Arable’s 12. He seemed 13 ready to cry himself. “All right,” he said. “You go back to the house and I will bring the pig when I come in. I’ll let you start it on a bottle (奶瓶), like a 14. Then you will see what 15 a pig can be.”
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) 1. A. dry B. wet C. fresh D. low(
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) 2. A. shoes B. coat C. blouse D. gloves(
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) 3. A. hunt B. bite C. move D. kill(
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) 4. A. secretly B. weakly C. gently D. sadly(
B
) 5. A. health B. death C. money D. fun(
A
) 6. A. stop B. keep C. miss D. protect(
D
) 7. A. big B. cheap C. strong D. weak(
B
) 8. A. big B. small C. foolish D. soft(
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) 9. A. sadness B. joy C. love D. hate(
A
)10. A. different B. special C. terrible D. strange(
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)12. A. head B. mind C. life D. face(
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)14. A. toy B. pet C. baby D. hobby(
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)15. A. danger B. result C. illness D. trouble答案：1.B 2.A 3.D 4.C 5.B 6.A 7.D 8.B 9.C 10.A 11.B 12.D 13.A 14.C 15.D
解析：
【分析】做完形填空需先通读全文，明确文章主旨（小女孩Fern阻止父亲杀死弱小小猪的故事），再逐句分析每个空的语境，结合词义辨析、固定搭配、上下文逻辑关系及情感线索确定选项，同时注意细节提示（如后文的脚湿对应草的状态）。
【解析】1. 由后文“got wet”及“earth smelled of springtime”可知，春天的草是湿的，选B；2. 跑向父亲时脚湿，是鞋子被弄湿，选A；3. 后文提到父亲要杀小猪，Fern哭喊阻止，选D；4. 父亲对女儿的态度是温和的，选C；5. “life and death”是固定搭配，意为生死，选B；6. 固定搭配“stop sb doing sth”（阻止某人做某事），Fern要阻止父亲杀小猪，选A；7. 弱小的动物易惹麻烦、生病，选D；8. 对应前文“small”，Fern假设自己出生时很小，选B；9. 父亲对女儿的情感是爱，选C；10. 后文提到女孩和猪不同，此处指“不同的”，选A；11. “ever heard of”意为“曾经听过”，符合语境，选B；12. 表情出现在脸上，选D；13. “almost ready to cry”意为几乎要哭，符合父亲的情绪，选A；14. 用奶瓶喂像婴儿一样，选C；15. 父亲说猪会带来麻烦，选D。
【答案】1.B 2.A 3.D 4.C 5.B 6.A 7.D 8.B 9.C 10.A 11.B 12.D 13.A 14.C 15.D
【知识点】完形填空解题技巧、词义辨析、语境理解
【点评】本文为记叙文，围绕Fern为弱小小猪求情展开，考查学生对语境的把握及词汇的运用能力，需结合上下文逻辑和情感态度解题，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.6
【解析】1. 由后文“got wet”及“earth smelled of springtime”可知，春天的草是湿的，选B；2. 跑向父亲时脚湿，是鞋子被弄湿，选A；3. 后文提到父亲要杀小猪，Fern哭喊阻止，选D；4. 父亲对女儿的态度是温和的，选C；5. “life and death”是固定搭配，意为生死，选B；6. 固定搭配“stop sb doing sth”（阻止某人做某事），Fern要阻止父亲杀小猪，选A；7. 弱小的动物易惹麻烦、生病，选D；8. 对应前文“small”，Fern假设自己出生时很小，选B；9. 父亲对女儿的情感是爱，选C；10. 后文提到女孩和猪不同，此处指“不同的”，选A；11. “ever heard of”意为“曾经听过”，符合语境，选B；12. 表情出现在脸上，选D；13. “almost ready to cry”意为几乎要哭，符合父亲的情绪，选A；14. 用奶瓶喂像婴儿一样，选C；15. 父亲说猪会带来麻烦，选D。
【答案】1.B 2.A 3.D 4.C 5.B 6.A 7.D 8.B 9.C 10.A 11.B 12.D 13.A 14.C 15.D
【知识点】完形填空解题技巧、词义辨析、语境理解
【点评】本文为记叙文，围绕Fern为弱小小猪求情展开，考查学生对语境的把握及词汇的运用能力，需结合上下文逻辑和情感态度解题，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.6