二、完形填空
Have you ever read stories by Hans Christian Andersen, the famous Danish writer? He wrote many classic fairy tales. These tales make a great difference to
1 children across the world.
Andersen was born in a poor family in Denmark in 1805. His father died in 1816 and this
2 a deep mark on his life. Although he lived a(n)
3 life, he still got education in boarding schools (寄宿学校).
4 14, Andersen moved to Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, to become an actor. With the
5 of Jonas Collin, he was able to go to the University of Copenhagen in 1828. One year later, he began to write poems and fairy tales. In the spring of 1872, Andersen fell out of bed and didn’t get
6 again. He lived until 18
75 and died 7 at the home of his close friends.
People often read Andersen’s stories from an early age. For example, we often read “The Ugly Duckling” and talk about its message of
8 and becoming special. Kids love “The Emperor’s New Clothes”
9 it is funny. Some stories are so
10 that people often quote (引用) them in everyday life. For example, we usually call something people don’t talk about openly “the emperor’s new clothes”.
(
) 1. A. many
B. much
C. few
D. little
(
) 2. A. showed
B. lost
C. left
D. filled
(
) 3. A. early
B. easy
C. magical
D. hard
(
) 4. A. At
B. In
C. Through
D. By
(
) 5. A. task
B. support
C. goal
D. use
(
) 6. A. good
B. perfect
C. lucky
D. well
(
) 7. A. clearly
B. finally
C. peacefully
D. happily
(
) 8. A. giving up
B. picking up
C. standing up
D. growing up
(
) 9. A. because
B. while
C. before
D. if
(
) 10. A. healthy
B. careful
C. popular
D. traditional
解析：
1. 考查形容词辨析。空格后children是可数名词复数，句意为“这些童话对全世界很多孩子产生了巨大影响”，many修饰可数名词复数表示“许多”，much修饰不可数名词，few/little表否定含义“几乎没有”，不符合语境，选A。
2. 考查固定搭配。leave a deep mark on...是固定短语，意为“在……身上留下深刻印记”，此处用过去式left符合故事叙述的过去时态，选C。
3. 考查形容词辨析。前文提到安徒生出身贫困，父亲早逝，可推知他的生活很艰难，hard意为“艰难的”，符合语境，选D。
4. 考查介词用法。表达“在某人多少岁时”用介词at+基数词，是固定用法，at 14即“在14岁时”，选A。
5. 考查固定搭配。with the support of sb. 意为“在某人的支持/帮助下”，符合“他得以进入哥本哈根大学”的语境，选B。
6. 考查形容词辨析。句意为“1872年春天，安徒生从床上摔下来，身体再也没有康复”，get well是固定表达，指身体恢复健康，well此处表示“身体好的”，选D。
7. 考查副词辨析。句意为“他活到1875年，在密友家中平静离世”，peacefully意为“平静地”，符合人物去世的语境，选C。
8. 考查动词短语辨析。《丑小鸭》的核心寓意是成长之后变得与众不同，grow up意为“成长”，give up放弃，pick up捡起，stand up起立，均不符合作品寓意，选D。
9. 考查连词辨析。空格后是孩子们喜欢《皇帝的新装》的原因，表原因用连词because，选A。
10. 考查形容词辨析。后文提到人们在日常生活中经常引用这些故事，说明这些故事非常受欢迎，popular意为“受欢迎的”，符合语境，选C。
