二、完形填空 (共10小题，每题1.5分，满分15分)
More than 700 years ago，Scotland ( 苏格兰 ) was fighting with England . The king of England wanted to___16___Scotland. He had a strong army so it was___17___for the Scots to fight. They lost many times, King Robert of Scotland had to run from the English army.
One rainy day, King Robert lay in an old house. He thought that he was not good enough to be king. He was so___18___ that he didn’t even see a spider(蜘蛛)near him. He ___19___when he saw the spider climbing. It was trying to climb up its web at the top of the house but it fell down.
“How sad” thought King Robert. “The spider is like me. It’s not ___20___enough.”He watched while the spider climbed up again. It fell down a second time.
“Be careful, little spider， or you might die,”he said. “Life is so hard. You’ll never get back to your web.”But the spider___21___again and again. King Robert watched while it___22___climbed back to its web. After an hour, the spider got do the web.
“You are such a great___23___，”he said.“If you can keep trying. I can too. I must keep on fighting. I won’t let the English win.” His___24___grew strong and they___25___the English army. Scotland was free.
Nobody knows if this is a true story. Many parents tell it to their children because the want them to keep trying.
16.A. leave B. control C. help D. Visit
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17.A. interesting B. difficult C. important D. necessary18.A. surprised B. bored C. worried D. Lonely
19.A. looked ahead B. looked out C. looked on D. looked up
20.A. old B. strong C. fast D. free
21.A. tried B. fell C. practiced D. cheered
22.A. finally B. easily C. slowly D. suddenly
23.A. player B. fighter C. soldier D. spider
24.A. army B. feeling C. opinions D. family
25.A. kept B. raised C. stopped D. joined
【答案】
16.B
17.B
18.C
19.D
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20.B
21.A
22.C
23.D
24.A
25.C
[解析]
试题分析:文章讲述了700 多年前，英格兰想统治苏格兰，并向之开战，英格兰的国王有着强大的军队，所以苏格兰的国王想当逃兵，但当他在一个小房子里躺着 ，看见一只蜘蛛都能不断尝试最终成功地回到自己的网上，他决定自己也不能放弃尝试，在他的信念下，他的军队越来越强大，最后胜利了。
16.考查动词及语境的理解。A. leave 离开;B. control控制;C. help帮助;D. visit参观。句意：英国的国王想要控制苏格兰。根据Scotland ( 苏格兰 ) was fighting with England .可知，英国想要占领苏格兰。 故选B。
17.考查形容词及语境的理解。A. interesting有趣的;B. difficult困难的;C. important重要的; D. necessary必要的。句意：他有一支强大的军队所以苏格兰想战胜英国是很难的。根据He had a strong army 可知，被打败很难。故选B。
18.考查形容词及语境的理解。A. surprised 吃惊的; B. bored厌烦的，无聊的; C. worried担心的; D. lonely寂寞的。句意:他是如此地担心以至于他甚至没有看见在他附近的蜘蛛。根据He thought that he was not good enough to be king.可知，他认为自己不够好，所以他很担心。故选C。
19.考查动词短语及语境的理解。A. looked ahead计划未来; B. looked out注意，当心; C. looked on旁观;D. looked up抬头看。句意:当他看见蜘蛛在爬的时候,他抬起来了头。根据. It was trying to climb up its web at the top of the house but it fell down.可知，在房顶的蜘蛛需要抬头来看。故选D。
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20.考查形容词及语境的理解。A. old老的; B. strong 强壮的; C. fast 快的; D. free 自由的，空闲的。句意:它不足够的强壮。根据It fell down a second time.可知，蜘触蛛一次又一次地失败，是因为蜘蛛不够强大。故选B。
21.考查形容词及语境的理解。A. tried尝试; B. fell 掉; C. practiced练习;D. cheered欢呼。句意：但是蜘蛛试了一次又一次。根据King Robert watched while it___22___climbed back to its web.可知，蜘蛛攀爬不上去，掉下来然后又尝试再去攀爬。故选A。
22.考查副词及语境的理解。A. finally终于; B. easily容易地;C. slowly慢慢地;D. suddenly突然。句意：King Robert观察着，当蜘蛛慢慢地又爬回到网的时候。根据After an hour, the spider got do the web.可知，蜘蛛的速度很慢。故选C。
23.考查名词及语境的理解。A. player运动员;B. fighter战士;C. soldier 战士;D. spider蜘蛛。句意：你是这么伟大的蜘蛛。根据上文The spider is like me.可知，这里叙述的是蜘蛛的情况。故选D。
24.考查名词及语境的理解。A. army军队; B. feeling心情; C. opinions观点; D. family家庭。句意：他的军队变得更强大。根据I won’t let the English win.可知，军队强大了，才会赢。故选A。
25.考查动词及语境的理解。A. kept保持;B. raised提高;C. stopped阻止，停止;D. joined加入。句意：他们阻止了英国军队。根据Scotland was free.可知，阻止了英国军队的进攻。故选C。
考点：历史类短文阅读。
编辑：小徐