Question

   When I was about six years old,my brother David and ] visited our aunt,Mary. We stayed in her house for a night. David was only 4 years old,and was still 31 of the dark,so Mary left the hall light on when we slept.

However,David 32 the grey moths (蛾) lying around the hall light. He asked Mary to make the moths go away. When she asked 33 , he simply said, " Because they are ugly and scary. I don't like them. n Mary laughed and said,n Being ugly outside doesn’t 34 not being beautiful inside. In fact,moths are one of the most beautiful animals in the animal world. "

"Once,the angels (天使) were 35 They were sad because it was raining heavily. The 36 little moths hated to see others so sad. They decided to make a rainbow (彩虹) to cheer up the angels. They thought if the butterflies (蝴蝶) 37 ，they could make a beautiful rainbow together."

M Then one of the moths went to ask the butterflies for help. But the butterflies didn't want to 38 any of their colors,so the moths decided to make a rainbow themselves. They beat their wings very hard and the colors on them made a rainbow. They kept giving a little more and a little more 39 the rainbow went across the sky. They had given away all their colors except grey,which didn't match the beautiful rainbow. " "Then the once colorful moths became 40 The angels saw the rainbow and smiled. . . " My brother went to sleep with that story and hasn’t feared moths since then.

31. A. afraid   B. sure   C. proud   D. happy

32. A. liked   B. hated   C. let   D. killed

33. A. how   B. what   C. when   D. why

34. A. mean   B. make   C. know   D. hope

35. A. laughing   B. playing   C. crying   D. talking

36. A. kind   B. angry   C. ugly   D. sad

37. A. refused   B. advised   C. helped   D. left

38. A. give up   B. pick up  C. turn up   D. look up

39. A. unless   B. until   C. after   D. since 

40. A. red   B. yellow   C. green   D. grey

Answer 1

31. A 32. B 33. D 34. A 35. C 36.A 37. C 38. A 39. B 40. D

[完形短文大意]本文中Mary給David講了一個故事，故事 解釋了蛾子為什么是灰色的-原來，蛾子是為了給傷心的天使做出一道美麗的彩虹才變成了灰色。

31. A 下文中提到了” so Mary eft the hall light on when we slept'可知，David"害怕"黑，故afraid符合題意。

32. B結(jié)合下文中的”他要Mary把蛾子趕走”可知，David”討厭'

圍著燈飛來飛去的灰色蛾子。故hated符合題意。

33. D結(jié)合下文中David的回答可知，符合題意的詞是why。

34. A此處Mary說的是”外表丑陋并不意味著內(nèi)心不美麗"，占j

所缺的詞是mean。

35. C結(jié)合其后的"他們很難過，因為雨下得很大"可推斷，當(dāng)?shù)奶焓乖凇笨奁?。故crying符合題意:

36.A結(jié)合下文的描述可知，蛾子很"善良"，故kind符合題意。 

37. C結(jié)合下文中的"ask the butterflies for help”可推斷，他們覺揭 如果蝴蝶”幫忙”的話，他們就能一起做一道美麗的彩虹故helped符合題意。

38. A但是蝴蝶不想”放棄"他們的任何色彩，故give up符合題意。

39. B他們一點一點不斷奉獻(xiàn)出自己的色彩，”直到"一道彩虹橫跨在天空中，故until符合題意。

40. D結(jié)合上文中的"grey moths”可知答案為D.