完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Christmas was coming and ten-year-old Tracy told her father and me that she wanted a new bike. Her bike was too, and it needed repairing as well. As Christmas, her dream for a bike seemed to disappear(消失), we thought, for she didn't say it again. We were busysome beautiful story books, a doll house, a holiday dress and toys. Then to our surprise, on December 24, she said she really wanted a bike more than. Now we didn't know to do. It was just too late. We were busy with Christmas dinner and packing presents, parents' presents, a brother's present and friends' presents till midnight. So there wastime to take to buy the "right bike" for our little girl. Thinking we were parents who would make their child unhappy, we felt sorry and. Suddenly my husband had an idea. "What about making a little bike with clay (黏土) and writing a note that she could trade in (交换) the model bike for a real one?" So he spent the next five hours carefully ____with clay to make a small bike. Christmas morning, we were so excited for Tracy to open the little box with the beautiful red and white clay bike and the note. She opened and read the loudly. She looked at me and said, "So, does this mean I can trade in this bike for a real _?" Smiling, I said, "Yes!" Tracy had tears in her eyes when she replied, "I would trade in this beautiful bike Daddy made me. I ___keep it than get a real bike. This is the best Christmas present I have ever got in my life!"
试题分析：这篇文章讲述了十岁的特蕾西在圣诞节来临之际，告诉父母自己想得到一辆新的自行车。但在圣诞夜来临前，父母并没有准备该礼物，父母深感歉意，父亲花了五个小时做了一个黏土自行车，并承诺可以用它来交换真的自行车。特蕾西很感动，认为这是她得到的最好的礼物。 【小题1】考查名词及语境的理解。她的自行车太旧了，需要修理一下。A. new 新的； B. old老的； C. beautiful 漂亮的； D. modern现代的。联系下文and it needed repairing as well,它也需要修理，根据句意故选B。 【小题2】考查动词及语境的理解。联系下文，Then to our surprise, on December 24,然后，是我们吃惊的是，在十二月二十四，可知填came nearer. 根据句意故选A 。 【小题3】考查动词及语境的理解. 联系下文some beautiful story books, a doll house, a holiday dress and toys.可知选D.be busy doing sth,be busy with sth,都是忙着做某事的意思。根据句意故选D。 【小题4】考查不定代词及语境的理解. else用在不定代词和特殊疑问词后面。Anything else 意为：其他的任何东西。根据句意故选B。 【小题5】考查特殊疑问词及语境的理解。What 做动词不定式 to do 的宾语。注意;how to do +宾语. 根据句意故选A。 【小题6】考查名词复数所有歌及语境的理解。联系下文parents' presents, a brother's present and friends' presents till midnight.父母的礼物，兄弟的礼物，朋友的礼物一直到深夜。西方过圣诞节要准备亲朋好友的礼物，此处缺少了孩子的礼物。可知选B。 【小题7】考查名词的修饰词及语境的理解. 联系上文on December 24，We were busy with Christmas dinner and packing children′s presents, parents' presents, a brother's present and friends' presents till midnight.可知选B. no 修饰名词作定语时，no +可数名词或不可数名词都可，等于not a /any +名词 eg: no water="not" any water,no student="not" a student no students="not" any students. 根据句意故选B。 【小题8】考查形容词及语境的理解。我们想着身为父母，让孩子不开心，我们感到愧疚和伤心make their child unhappy, make+sb.+形容词（宾补）。根据句意故选C。 【小题9】考查形容词及语境的理解。联系下文So he spent the next five hours carefully working with clay to make a small bike.所以他（父亲）花了五个小时的时间仔细地用陶土只做了一辆小自行车。说明了他的愧疚和难过。根据句意故选C。 【小题10】考查动词及语境的理解。句式sb spend time doing sth,某人花时间做某事。其他句型：It takes sb time to do sth . 某人花时间做某事.Sth cost sb money .某物花某人钱。根据句意故选B。 【小题11】考查名词及语境的理解。联系下文we were so excited for Tracy to open the little box with the beautiful red and white clay bike and the note。我们这么激动，特蕾西打开了那个小盒子，里面装着漂亮的红白陶土制成的自行车和便条。根据句意故选C。 【小题12】would rather。联系上文可知A。one，代词，用来代替前面出现的单数可数名词，可用ones代替前面出现的复数可数名词。根据句意故选A。 【小题13】考查表频率的付词及语境的理解。Never,从来不。根据句意故选C。 【小题14】考查would rather及语境的理解.该句意为：我宁愿拥有它而不是得到一辆真正的自行车。would rathe…than 宁愿……而不是。Eg.I would rather stay than go.我宁愿留下而不是走。根据句意故选D。 【小题15】考查代词及语境的理解。该句意为：这是我一生中收到的最好的圣诞礼物。 that I have ever got in my life!为定语从句，that为连词，在定语从句中做got的宾语。先行词为present.what不能引导定语从句。根据句意故选D. 考点：故事类短文