Sarah came running in. She shouted happily

题目内容：

Sarah came running in. She shouted happily, "Look what I ____36_____." She put a snake skin on the newspaper I was reading and it came so suddenly that it caused me to ____37_____. "Mom, look! Isn't it ____38_____?" said my seven-year-old daughter. I ____39_____ the snake skin and thought that it really wasn't pretty. Everything children see ____40_____is full of beauty in their eyes; they see only ____41_____ and excellence in the world until educated.

"____42_____ did the snake do this?" Sarah asked. I tried to seize the ____43_____ to teach my children that there was almost always something beyond the obvious. I wanted to tell them that there was something else going on ____44_____ what they saw in front of them. "Snakes shed (蜕) their skin because they need to renew themselves," I ____45_____.

"Why do they have to renew themselves?" Sarah asked.

My son Robert laughed and said, "Because they don't ____46_____ what they are and they want to be someone else." I politely ignored him and said that by shedding skins, we could ____47_____ the hidden reality.

"We often need to shed our skin, those coatings that we ____48_____ ourselves with," I said to my children, who listened very ____49_____, with their eyes wide open. "This snake ____50_____ needs this skin. It is probably too hard for him, or he probably doesn't think he looks as ____51_____in it as he once did. It's like buying a new ____52_____."

I'm sure this explanation will not ____53_____ the naturalists. But Sarah was getting to understand that renewal is part of ____54_____. She should learn from it what we need to keep and what we need to ____55_____.

小题1:

A．made

B．seized

C．caught

D．found小题2:

A．think

B．jump

C．run

D．struggle小题3:

A．interesting

B．smooth

C．beautiful

D．colorful小题4:

A．stared at

B．took off

C．referred to

D．brought back小题5:

A．by accident

B．over and over again

C．in the future

D．for the first time小题6:

A．honesty

B．difference

C．value

D．fear小题7:

A．Where

B．Why

C．How

D．When小题8:

A．information

B．possibility

C．opportunity

D．question小题9:

A．besides

B．for

C．without

D．around小题10:

A．talked

B．explained

C．whispered

D．shouted小题11:

A．keep

B．want

C．need

D．like小题12:

A．see

B．guess

C．ignore

D．remember小题13:

A．keep

B．store

C．cover

D．improve小题14:

A．properly

B．attentively

C．sadly

D．angrily小题15:

A．once more

B．at times

C．right now

D．no longer小题16:

A．nice

B．healthy

C．strong

D．big小题17:

A．hat

B．watch

C．suit

D．home小题18:

A．move

B．satisfy

C．correct

D．defeat小题19:

A．experience

B．achievement

C．progress

D．competition小题20:

A．throw out

B．hope for

C．find out

D．throw away

最佳答案：

小题1:D

小题2:B

小题3:C

小题4:A

小题5:D

小题6:C

小题7:B

小题8:C

小题9:A

小题10:B

小题11:D

小题12:A

小题13:C

小题14:B

小题15:D

小题16:A

小题17:C

小题18:B

小题19:C

小题20:D

答案解析：

作者耐心地向孩子们解饰蛇蜕皮这一现象,同时也让孩子们明白一 个道理: 该留的留 ,该丢弃的丢弃。

小题1:考查动词：A. made制作B. seized抓住C. caught抓住D. found找到， Sarah 拿着一试蛇皮 让作者看, "瞧，我找到了什么？选D。

小题2:考查动词：A. think想B. jump跳C. run跑D. struggle挣扎，根据 it came so suddenly 可知突然看到蛇皮,作者很害怕,所以是跳了起来 。选B。

小题3:考查形容词：A. interesting有趣的，B. smooth光滑的，C. beautiful漂亮的， D. colorful彩色的，根据后文的 thought that it really wasn't that pretty 可知 Sarah 觉得蛇皮很美。选C。

小题4:考查词组：A. stared at盯着看B. took off脱下C. referred to参考，所指，D. brought back带回来，作者是望着蛇皮在心里想。选A。

小题5:考查词组：A. by accident偶然B. over and over again 一遍一遍的

C. in the future未来D. for the first time第一次，由 Sarah 看到蛇皮的好奇心可知这里是指孩 子第一次看到的时候都是觉得漂亮的。选D。

小题6:考查名词：A. honesty诚实B. difference不同C. value价值D. fear害怕，孩子的心美好,所以在他受教育前，不管他第一次看到什么,都只看到好的有价值的方面，故试 C

小题7:考查连接词：A. Where哪里B. Why为什么C. How怎样D. When在什么时候，根据后文作者说的话,可知 Sarah 是想知道蛇为什么这么做。选B。

小题8:考查名词：A. information信息B. possibility可能性C. opportunity机会 D. question问题，句意：作者抓住这个机会向孩子讲了一些道理。选C。

小题9:考查介词：A. besides除了B. for因为C. without没有D. around在…周围，根据 there was almost always something beyond the obvious 的语境,可知这里需填 A ,表示除了看 到的以外,还有的我们不知道的一些东西。选A.

小题10:考查动词：A. talked谈论B. explained解释C. whispered 低语D. shouted叫喊，作者是在向孩子解饰原因,故试 B

小题11:考查动词：A. keep保持B. want想要C. need需要D. like喜欢，句意：根据 they want to be someone else 的语境, 可推断 Robert 是想说蛇不喜欢现在的样子,所以才想要改变。选D。

小题12:考查动词：A. see看见B. guess 猜测C. ignore忽视D. remember记住，去除了外面的皮,就能"看到"隐藏在里 面的东西了。选A。

小题13:考查动词：A. keep 保存B. store储存C. cover覆盖D. improve改进，这些外皮是用遮盖住我们自己的,故选D 。

小题14:考查副词：A. properly 合适地B. attentively注意地C. sadly悲伤地， D. angrily生气地，根据 with their eyes wide open 的试境,可知 孩子听得很认真，选B。

小题15:考查词组：A. once more再一次B. at times有时C. right now 现在D. no longer不再，句意：蛇蜕皮了,所以作者认为那 蛇不再需要那条皮了。选D。

小题16:考查形容词：A. nice漂亮的，B. healthy健康的C. strong强壮的， D. big大的，蛇蜕皮了,也可能是因为蛇皮已不像以前那么好看了,所以想换新的。选A。

小题17:考查名词：A. hat帽子B. watch手表C. suit 外套D. home家，皮不好看了,想换新的,就像人换新衣服一样。选C。

小题18:考查动词：A. move 移动B. satisfy使…满意C. correct纠正D. defeat击败，作者的解饰不是科学的角度出发的,故她的解释可能不能让博物家满意。选B。

小题19:考查名词：A. experience经验B. achievement成就C. progress进步D. competition竞争，作者在前文说蛇褪皮是因为皮已经不好 了, 需要更好的皮,所以Sarah 觉得褪皮是一个进步的过程。选C。

小题20:考查词组：A. throw out扔掉B. hope for期盼C. find out查明D. throw away扔掉，作者通过蛇蜕皮这件事告试孩子，该留的留 ,该丢弃的丢弃。选 D 。

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考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。