2016年10月浙江卷

第三部分：语言运用(共两节，满分45分)第一节 完形填空(共20个小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When my son Gene was about 12 years old, I started helping him learn to 36 , I bought twenty chickens and asked him to 37 them. I told him that they would be his own chickens and we would 38 the eggs from him. However，he would have to buy chicken 39 with the money he made from the eggs. Whatever money was 40 would be his to keep. Gene was 41 ，thinking he would make his first 42 .

After several weeks’ successful work，I began to 43 that egg production was going down, I 44 nothing about it. Then one night, Gene told me he didn’t have 45 money to buy the feed. He said the chickens had never 46 a meal and he could not figure out why some of them had stopped 47 eggs.

Then I asked him if he had 48 the amount of feed he had given the chickens. He was 49 , It was like he did not think anyone would ever 50 what he had done. After a long 51 - he said yes. He thought he would make more money if he gave them 52 food. I asked him, “Did you fool the chickens?”

I was just astonished at the question in my own 53 .1 was dumbfounded (惊呆)at the 54 of it. Yes. you can fool everyone else，but you cannot “fool the chickens," because 55 , you will find out, as the saying goes, "What goes around comes around."

36. A. cook B. share C. count D. work

37. A. take care of B. observe C. train D. play with

38. A. save B. borrow C. buy D. keep

39. A. nest B. soup C. meat D. feed

40. A. given back B. picked up C. left over D. brought in

41. A. thrilled B. worried C satisfied D. discouraged

42. A. deal B. contribution C. fortune D. choice

43. A. hear B. notice C. predict D. imagine

44. A. said B. found C. thought D. recalled

45. A. private B. honest C. pocket D. enough

46. A. missed B. wasted C. enjoyed D. finished

47. A. hatching B. laying C. gathering D. hiding

48. A. balanced B. checked out C. cut down D. measured

49. A. delighted B. shocked C. tired D. disappointed

50. A. forgive B. allow C. discuss D. know

51. A. silence B. absence C. negotiation D. preparation

52. A. heavy B. fresher C. less D. solid

53. A. life B. job C. ease D. mind

54. A. explanation B. significance C. trick D. example

55. A. in this respect B. in the end C. in contrast D in addition

答案解析：

36.选项分析：A. cook烹饪;B. share分享;C. count数数;D. work工作。

解析：根据后文“I bought twenty chickens and asked him to...”可知，作者让儿子通过养鸡来学习“工作”，work符合语境，其他选项均不符合文意。所以选D。更多真题请微信搜索英语巴士小程序。

37.选项分析：A. take care of照顾;B. observe观察;C. train训练;D. play with和……玩。

解析：买了鸡后，自然是要让儿子“照顾”它们，take care of符合逻辑，其他选项不符合语境。所以选A。

38.选项分析：A. save节省;B. borrow借;C. buy买;D. keep保持。

解析：根据后文“he would have to buy chicken...with the money he made from the eggs”可知，这里说的是用鸡蛋赚的钱来“买”东西，所以是作者他们从儿子那里“买”鸡蛋，buy符合文意。所以选C。

39.选项分析：A. nest巢;B. soup汤;C. meat肉;D. feed饲料。

解析：养鸡需要用鸡蛋赚的钱买“饲料”，feed符合语境，其他选项与养鸡无关。所以选D。

40.选项分析：A. given back归还;B. picked up捡起;C. left over剩下;D. brought in带来，赚得。

解析：这里说无论“剩下”多少钱都归儿子自己，left over符合文意，其他选项不符合语境。所以选C。

41.选项分析：A. thrilled兴奋的;B. worried担心的;C. satisfied满意的;D. discouraged气馁的。

解析：儿子觉得自己能赚钱了，应该是“兴奋的”，thrilled符合语境，其他选项不符合儿子的心情。所以选A。

42.选项分析：A. deal交易;B. contribution贡献;C. fortune财富;D. choice选择。

解析：儿子认为自己能赚到第一笔“财富”，make one's fortune是固定短语，意为“发财，赚大钱”，符合文意。所以选C。

43.选项分析：A. hear听到;B. notice注意到;C. predict预测;D. imagine想象。

解析：根据“egg production was going down”可知，作者“注意到”鸡蛋产量下降了，notice符合语境，其他选项不符合文意。所以选B。

44.选项分析：A. said说;B. found发现;C. thought认为;D. recalled回忆。

解析：作者注意到鸡蛋产量下降，但“什么也没说”，said符合语境，其他选项不符合文意。所以选A。

45.选项分析：A. private私人的;B. honest诚实的;C. pocket口袋;D. enough足够的。

解析：儿子说没有“足够的”钱买饲料，enough符合语境，其他选项不符合文意。所以选D。

46.选项分析：A. missed错过，未吃到;B. wasted浪费;C. enjoyed享受;D. finished完成。

解析：儿子说鸡从来没有“错过”一顿饭，即每顿饭都吃到了，missed符合语境，其他选项不符合文意。所以选A。

47.选项分析：A. hatching孵化;B. laying下蛋;C. gathering聚集;D. hiding隐藏。

解析：这里说不知道为什么有些鸡停止“下蛋”了，lay eggs是固定短语，意为“下蛋”，符合文意。所以选B。

48.选项分析：A. balanced平衡;B. checked out结账离开，核实;C. cut down削减;D. measured测量。

解析：作者问儿子是否“削减”了给鸡的饲料量，cut down符合语境，其他选项不符合文意。所以选C。

49.选项分析：A. delighted高兴的;B. shocked震惊的;C. tired疲惫的;D. disappointed失望的。

解析：儿子“震惊”了，好像没想到会有人知道他做了什么，shocked符合语境，其他选项不符合儿子的反应。所以选B。

50.选项分析：A. forgive原谅;B. allow允许;C. discuss讨论;D. know知道。

解析：儿子觉得没人会“知道”他做了什么，know符合语境，其他选项不符合文意。所以选D。

51.选项分析：A. silence沉默;B. absence缺席;C. negotiation谈判;D. preparation准备。

解析：儿子沉默了很久后说是的，after a long silence是固定表达，意为“沉默了很久之后”，符合语境。所以选A。

52.选项分析：A. heavy重的;B. fresher更新鲜的;C. less更少的;D. solid固体的。

解析：儿子认为给鸡“更少的”食物就能赚更多的钱，less符合语境，其他选项不符合文意。所以选C。

53.选项分析：A. life生活;B. job工作;C. ease轻松;D. mind头脑，思想。

解析：作者对自己脑海中突然出现的这个问题感到惊讶，in one's mind是固定短语，意为“在某人的脑海中”，符合语境。所以选D。

54.选项分析：A. explanation解释;B. significance重要性，意义;C. trick诡计;D. example例子。

解析：作者对这件事的“意义”感到惊呆，significance符合语境，其他选项不符合文意。所以选B。

55.选项分析：A. in this respect在这方面;B. in the end最终;C. in contrast相比之下;D. in addition此外。

解析：最后作者说“最终”你会发现“善有善报，恶有恶报”，in the end符合语境，其他选项不符合文意。所以选B。