20142015学年度高中英语人教版选修七高分提能训练23.doc

第  PAGE 5 页 共  NUMPAGES 5 页 高分提能训练(二十三) Ⅰ.完形填空 Once upon a time，two cats were passing through a street.__1__they spotted a loaf of bread lying beneath a tree.Both pounced(猛扑)upon it and__2__it at the same time.“It is mine.I saw it first，”claimed one cat__3__the other said，“I pounced upon it first and so it__4__me.”After having fought for a while，one cat said，“Let us__5__it and take one piece each.”“Indeed，a good__6__，”said the other cat.“But how do we divide it now？” A monkey on the tree had__7__all that happened between them.“That loaf of bread looks good.I am__8__to get it，”he thought.Slowly he came down from the tree and walked up to the__9__cats. “My dear friends！Can I help you？”asked the monkey.The cats told the monkey what the__10__was and said，“Why don’t you be the__11__between us and divide it for us？” The clever monkey nodded and then__12__broke the bread into two pieces.But one was a little bigger than the other.“Oh no！I will take a little bite of this piece to make them__13__，”said the monkey.But he took a big__14__from the bigger piece.“Now it has become smaller than the other.I will__15__have to take a little bite from this piece.” When the whole loaf had been eaten，the monkey said，“I am sorry.It was really__16__to divide it so I failed.I must be going now.”Then the monkey jumped onto the tree and__17__.“If only we had not__18__among ourselves，we would have remained__19__and wouldn’t have to go to the monkey and become__20__now，”said the two cats. 语篇解读：两只猫为了争夺一块面包而让一只聪明的猴子有了可乘之机，最后落到白白地看着面包被吃完，它们只能挨饿的惨境。 1．A.Immediately　　　　　 B．Suddenly C．Eventually　 D．Gradually 解析：选B　根据Both pounced upon it可知，它们突然发现了地上的面包。 2．A.caught　 B．chased C．missed　 D．fetched 解析：选A　根据下文两只猫产生了争执可知，它们同时抓住了面包。 3．A.if　 B．until C．while　 D．unless 解析：选C　根据上下文的内容，运用逻辑推断可知，这里是表示对比的关系，所以用连词while。 4．A.belongs to　 B．turns to C．leads to　 D．returns to 解析：选A　根据上文第一只猫所说的It is mine...可判断，它们是在争论谁应该得到这块面包，所以选A。 5．A.throw　 B．weigh C．leave　 D．divide 解析：选D　根据．..take one