二、完形填空。（每小题1分，共15分）
There was a town next to a river. The people there had much 1 . But they wasted it. That made the Sky angry. It said, "If you waste water, I'll 2 from you." But the people didn't listen.
When the season 3 from spring to summer, the clouds disappeared.
The bright sun was hot and made the river 4 . There was no water available.
People asked, "When will the 5 fall?"
The Sky answered, "You don't appreciate water. You waste it, and now I will 6 make rain again."
A boy thought that this wasn't 7 . He thought of a solution. He asked the Sky to race against him. He said, " 8 I get to the top of that hill before your rain can form puddles(水洼), you must 9 our river."
The Sky laughed, "Little boy, I am the Sky. I am 10 everything else. You cannot beat me." But the boy knew 11 would win.
When the race began, the boy ran forward. The Sky started 12 on the hill.
But puddles did not form there. When it rained on the hill, the water went down.
The Sky kept raining. The water flowed down into the river. When the boy reached the top of the hill, the river was full. The people began to 13 . It was the highest level the river had ever been at before.
The Sky was 14 . "A boy can't beat me! I won't fill your river," it said.
Now the boy laughed. "It doesn't matter whether you want to fill it or not," he said. "You already did." The Sky looked at the full 15 .
"You tricked me," it said. It asked the people, "Do you appreciate water now?"
"Yes," they said. "We won't waste it."
That is how a boy saved his town and won the race for water.
(
C
)1. A. money
B. time
C. water
D. land
(
A
)2. A. take it away
B. throw it away
C. give it away
D. drive it away
(
B
)3. A. returned
B. changed
C. failed
D. climbed
(
C
)4. A. normal
B. full
C. dry
D. dirty
(
D
)5. A. summer
B. chance
C. success
D. rain
(
A
)6. A. never
B. sometimes
C. often
D. always
(
B
)7. A. useful
B. fair
C. lucky
D. easy
(
D
)8. A. Because
B. Though
C. And
D. If
(
C
)9. A. empty
B. clean
C. fill
D. forget
(
B
)10. A. in
B. above
C. around
D. under
(
D
)11. A. nobody
B. everybody
C. it
D. he
(
A
)12. A. raining
B. running
C. resting
D. working
(
A
)13. A. celebrate
B. cry
C. drink
D. leave
(
C
)14. A. proud
B. happy
C. angry
D. quiet
(
B
)15. A. town
B. river
C. sun
D. hill
答案：1. C 根据“There was a town next to a river.”和“But they wasted it.”可知,小镇紧挨着河,人们拥有很多水却浪费。
2. A 根据 If you waste water 可知,天空因为人们浪费水,要把水拿走。
3. B 根据语境可知,春夏交替时,云彩消失了。
4. C 根据 The bright sun was hot 和“There was no water available.”可知,烈日炙烤让河流干涸了。
5. D 根据“There was no water available.”可知,人们没有水了,询问什么时候会下雨。
6. A 根据“You don't appreciate water. You waste it”可知,天空因为人们不珍惜水,说永远不会再降雨。
7. B 根据“He thought of a solution.”可知,男孩觉得天空的做法不公平,所以想办法解决。
8. D 根据 I get to the top of that hill before your rain can form puddles 和“you must ... our river”可知,此处是男孩提出的条件,用 If 引导条件状语从句。
9. C 根据后文“When the boy reached the top of the hill, the river was full.”可知,男孩要求天空把河流填满。
10. B 根据 I am the Sky 可知,天空在万物之上。
11. D 根据后文男孩赢得比赛的结果可知,男孩知道他自己会赢。
12. A 根据“But puddles did not form there. When it rained on the hill”可知,天空开始在山上降雨。
13. A 根据 the river was full 可知,河流被填满了,人们开始庆祝。
14. C 根据“A boy can't beat me! I won't fill your river”可知,天空没有赢过男孩,感到很生气。
15. B 根据“When the boy reached the top of the hill, the river was full.”可知,天空看着被填满的河流。
解析：
【分析】
做完形填空首先要先通读全文，理清故事整体脉络：本文讲述了一个临河小镇的居民原本肆意浪费水资源，惹怒天空后遭遇干旱，最终一个聪明的男孩用智慧和天空打赌，巧妙让雨水汇入河流，也让居民意识到要珍惜水资源的故事。解题时不需要急于逐个选空，先把握全文“水”的核心主题，再逐空寻找上下文的对应线索：比如前文提到临河、后文提到浪费水、河流干涸、降雨等关键信息，都可以作为对应空的选择依据，遇到拿不准的选项可以先跳过，后续出现的情节提示往往能反过来验证前面的答案，最后再把所有选定答案代入全文通读，检查逻辑是否通顺。
【解析】
1. 选C。后文多次提到人们浪费水、缺水的情节，且小镇紧挨着河流，可知这里人们原本有很多水资源，money钱、time时间、land土地都不符合后文线索。
2. 选A。take it away表示“把它带走/拿走”，天空警告人们如果浪费水，就会把水收走；throw it away扔掉、give it away赠送、drive it away驱赶，都不符合语境。
3. 选B。change from spring to summer是固定搭配，表示从春天过渡/转变到夏天，return返回、fail失败、climb攀爬都不符合季节更替的语境。
4. 选C。后文提到没有可用的水，可知炎热的太阳把河流烤干了，dry干涸的，normal正常的、full满的、dirty脏的都不符合缺水的设定。
5. 选D。此时河流干涸没有水，人们自然会询问什么时候会下雨，summer夏天、chance机会、success成功都不符合人们盼水的语境。
6. 选A。天空生气人们不珍惜水，说再也不会降雨了，never绝不、从不，sometimes有时、often经常、always总是都不符合天空放话的语境。
7. 选B。男孩觉得天空永远不让下雨的做法不公平，所以才想出了解决方案，useful有用的、lucky幸运的、easy简单的都不符合逻辑。
8. 选D。这里是男孩提出的打赌条件，用if引导条件状语从句，表示“如果我比你在雨形成水洼之前先到达山顶，你就……”，because因为、though尽管、and和都不符合条件逻辑。
9. 选C。结合后文男孩到山顶时河流已经满了，可知男孩的要求是让天空把河流填满，empty清空、clean清理、forget忘记都和后文情节矛盾。
10. 选B。天空在万物的上方，above表示在……之上，in在里面、around在周围、under在下面都不符合天空的位置属性。
11. 选D。男孩知道自己的计策会生效，他肯定自己会赢，he指代男孩自己，nobody没人、everybody所有人、it它都不符合语境。
12. 选A。后文提到雨落在山上，水不会形成水洼而是往下流，可知天空一开始就在山上降雨，run跑、rest休息、work工作都不符合天空的行为。
13. 选A。河流重新满了，缺水很久的居民自然开始庆祝，cry哭、drink喝、leave离开都不符合人们重获水资源的喜悦状态。
14. 选C。天空发现自己居然输给了小男孩，非常生气，说不会填满河流，proud骄傲的、happy开心的、quiet安静的都不符合天空不服气的状态。
15. 选B。前文提到男孩到达山顶时河流已经满了，所以天空看着已经被填满的河流，town小镇、sun太阳、hill小山都不符合前文的线索。
【答案】
1-5 CABCD 6-10 ABDCB 11-15 DAACB
【知识点】
完形语境推理，动词短语辨析，条件状语从句
【点评】
本篇是趣味性很强的记叙文完形，主题围绕节约用水的正向价值观展开，所有题目几乎都能在前后文中找到明确的提示线索，没有设置偏难怪的词义辨析题，既考察学生对故事逻辑的梳理能力，也能引导学生树立珍惜水资源的环保意识，适合初中低年级学生练习。
【难度系数】
0.75
