life is short, especially if you are a dog.
To me, Duke is like a teacher who has taught me how to love and to be loved.
【主旨大意】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者在翻老照片的时候，无意间看到了一张与Duke的照片，顿时间回想起曾经与Duke在一起的一幕幕。虽然Duke是一只小狗，但作者却从Duke的身上学到了很多东西，使得作者懂得在生活中如何去爱和被爱。
61. caught 考查动词时态。根据上下文语境可知，本文描述的是过去的事情，因此动词应用一般过去时态，故填caught。
62. a 考查冠词。根据句意：对于这样一只小狗来说，Duke是一个有趣的名字。可知此处是泛指一只狗，故用不定冠词a。
63. books 考查名词单复数。此处作者看书不是一次两次的，而是习惯性的经常看书，故填books。
64. to play 考查动词不定式用法。此处为不定式作目的状语，意为“出去玩游戏”。故填to play。 65. himself 考查反身代词用法。根据句意：他将把猫赶到树下，然后走开，感觉很得意。因为该句的主语和宾语是同一个人，要用反身代词作宾语。故填himself。
66. it 考查代词用法。根据句意：当他饿了的时候，他就会用嘴叼着盘子并把它放在我母亲的脚下。此空指food dish，即用代词it。
67. better 考查形容词比较级。根据后面的than可知，此空为比较级，意为“比以前更好”，故填better。
68. for 考查介词用法。固定短语be good for意为“对??有好处”。故填for。
69. if/ when 考查从句引导词。根据句意：我知道最简单的晚餐可能就是美味的，如果你带着极大喜悦去享用它。此时的句子就是由if引导的条件状语从句。还可以理解为当你享用它的时候，此时的句子就是由when引导的时间状语从句。故填if或when。
70. Sadly 考查副词用法。此处是副词修饰整个句子作状语，意为“悲伤地”，故填Sadly。
（2016?山东淄博）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
In 1990, when I 50 (be) nine years old, I wanted very much to find 51 pen friend. I found Ashley’s address in a magazine, and decided 52 (write) to her.
I sent off my letter with a little hope. Very quickly, I received her letter. 53 my surprise, Ashley was only one month 54 (old) than me. I learned some new expressions from her. I 55 (real) liked this new friend.
Letter after letter, year after year, Ashley and I continued to write to one another. A letter would be received and I’d write back right away. We would send each other birthday and Christmas 56 (gift).
Eight years later, my parents decided it was time 57 me to meet this friend. They drove me down to Mississippi for a few days. We 58 (have) a fun time together. We did the things that teenage girls love to do.
Twenty-five years after the 59 (one) letter, Ashley and I still have an amazing friendship. Although we don’t write letters now, we communicate through mobile phones and the Internet.
【主旨大意】本文是一篇记叙文。
50. was。考查动词，题干提示in 1990，故可知为一般过去时。 51. a。考查冠词，pen friend为可数名词单数形式，故用a。
52. to write。考查非谓语动词，decide to do sth.“决定做某事”。 53. To。考查介词，to my surprise“使我惊奇的是”，固定搭配。
54. older/ elder。考查形容词比较等级，题干中有比较级的标志词than，故用比较级形式。 55. really。考查副词，语境中要求修饰动词liked，故用副词形式。 56. gifts。考查名词，语境意为相互送礼物，故用名词复数形式。
57. for。考查介词，it was time for sb. to do sth.意为“该是某人做某事的时间了”。 58. had。考查动词，语境为过去时，故用过去时形式had。
59. first。考查数词，语境意为在第一封信之后的20年间，故用序数词first。
(2016?山东枣庄) A语法填空
阅读下面材料，有的答案要填入适当的内容，有的答案要用括号内单词的正确形式，每个答案不多于3个单词。
Last night I went to a concert of Chinese folk music. 46 piece which was played on the erhu especially moved me. I was made 47 (feel) sad and painful 48 (strong) . The piece 49 (name) Erquan Yingyue, but it was one of 50 (move) pieces of music that I’ve ever heard. The erhu sounded so sad 51 I almost cried along with it as I listened. Abing 52 was a folk musician wrote the music. He could play many musical 53 (instrument) with his father’s help. By age 17, he was known 54 his musical skills. Today, Abing’s Erquan Yingyue is a piece which all the greatest erhu masters play and praise. It 55 (become) one of China’s national treasures.
【主旨大意】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了二泉映月的这首乐曲及其作者阿炳。阿炳在其父亲的帮助下学习演奏了很多乐器。
46. The 考查定冠词的用法。根据上句提到的这首曲子，下文再提到应该用定冠词the。 47. to feel 考查非谓语动词。be made to do 意为“被用来做??”。
48. strongly 考查副词的用法。painful意为“疼”是形容词，应该用用副词修饰。
49. was named考查被动语态的用法。句意为：这首曲子叫做二泉映月。根据句意可知应该用被动语态。并用一般过去时的，其构成为was/ were +过去分词。 50. the most moving 考查的固定短语用法。one of + the +最高级+名词的复数。move 意为“感动”是动词，应该变成形容词moving。
51. that考查固定短语用法。so… that意为“如此??以至于”。句意：二胡听起来如此悲伤，以至于我听的时候几乎跟着哭了。
52. who/ that考查人定语从句用法。先行词为人，关系代词应该用that或who。
53. instruments考查名词的复数用法。根据前面的many，可知后面应该用名词的复数形式。 54. for 考查固定短语。 be known for 意为“因??而著名”。句意：在他17时，他以他的音乐技能而著名。
55. has become 考查现在完成时。根据句意：它成为中国的国宝之一。根据句意可知应该用现在完成时。
(2016?重庆A卷)VIII. 短文填空。（每空2分，共16分）
根据下面短文内容，在短文的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。
A big company wanted to find someone to work for them. Lots of young college students came to 80 for the job, but only a small part of them were left. And this time, the company didn’t plan to choose the right persons as usual.
Here came the day when they took the final interview. A big box 81 of papers was
placed on the way to the interview room, and a few papers were lying around the box.
The first student came. He hurried along the way to take the interview. “Who put this 82 in the middle of the road?” the student said to himself, but he did not try to move the box away. Instead, he passed around the box and continued his way.
The second student came along and did the same thing. Then another came, and another. All of them complained (抱怨) about the box but 83 of them tried to move it. What’s worse, someone even stepped (踩) on the papers and left without having a look at the things on the ground.
Half an hour later, a thin young man with glasses came. He was also 84 those who were left to take the interview. He saw the box and the papers around it. Without thinking twice, he 85 and began to pick up the papers and put them into the box. Then he managed to move the box to the side. To his great 86 , he found an invitation under the box. On it were the following words, “Congratulations, young man! You are the 87 person we are looking for! Would you like to join us?”
Sometimes, you see, helping others is helping yourself.
【主旨大意】这是一则小故事。很多大学生来到一家公司招聘，但是最后的考核环节缺少摆放在路中间的一个纸箱子和纸箱子外面的几张测试卷。很多学生都从旁边经过，甚至有些人把这几张试卷踏在脚下，只有一个学生把试卷装进箱子里，并把箱子移到道路旁边，最终被该公司录取。文章告诉我们一个道理：细节决定成败。 80. ask ask for为固定搭配，意为“请求”。 81. full full of...意为“装满??的”。
82. box根据上文可知路上有个箱子，故填box。
83. none 结合上文“Then another came, and another. All of them complained about the box...”，可知很多人走过去，却没有一个去移动那个箱子，故填none。 84. among此处among意为“（三者及以上事物）??中的一个”。 85. stopped 根据常识，此句意为“他停下来，开始拾起试卷并把它们放进箱子里”，故填stop。86. surprise to one’s surprise意为“令某人惊奇的是”。
87. right/very此处the right/very person意为“正是、恰恰是”。
(2016?福建福州) 阅读下面短文，根据中文、首字母、音标或语境的提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的单词，要求所填的单词意义准确，拼写正确。
In New York City public schools, 176 different languages are spoken 86 a more than one million students. For160,000 children, English is not their first language. New York’s Department of Education makes learning 87b for these students by providing dual-language (双语) programs. Students are taught in two languages, English and 88 one, such as French, German or Japanese. Math, social studies, science and all other regular courses are taught in both languages. And they learn about the 89 /?k?lt??(r)/ of the other country.
Milady Bacz, a headmaster, says these dual-language programs will help children succeed in the future. “The jobs of the future 90 /r??kwa??(r)/ that our students know more than one language. They’re going to travel 91 (在国外) and communicate with people from all over the world. This will open doors for them.”
