根据上文You can call me Mom or Betsy.，可知作者为了不让Max为难，让他自己决定怎么称呼她(这个后妈)。whatever符合句意，故选B。 【24题详解】
句意：我等着，等待着我的新头衔的宣布。考查名词辨析题。position职位；name名字；title头衔；call称呼。根据后文For a couple of days afterward, Max tried out a new title for me.，可知title符合句意，故选C。 【25题详解】
句意：在那之后的几天里，马克斯给我想出了一个新头衔。考查动词短语辨析题。work out作出/解决；turn out制造；carry out执行；try out尝试，试图。a new title一个新头衔，根据下文and then follow the questions by mouthing the word Mom.，可知work out符合句意，故选A。 【26题详解】
句意：然后跟着问题说出“妈妈”这个词。考查动词辨析题。answer回答；follow跟随；confirm证实；raise增加。根据句意语境，可知ACD三项不合句意，故选B。 【27题详解】
句意：“妈妈”总是没有说出口。考查形容词辨析题。alive活着的；wise明智的；silent 无声的，沉默的，安静的；lost丢失的，不见的。根据下文I notice I don't call you Mom.，可知Max此时称呼作者为妈妈，还是难以启齿，故选C。 【28题详解】
until直到，句意：当我说Betsy的时候，我指的是Mom。考查连词辨析题。多与not连用表示“直到……才”；before在……之前；when当……的时候；unless除非，表条件。本句是when引导的时间状语从句，根据句意语境，可知ABD三项意思都与句意不合，故选C。 【29题详解】
句意：我觉得如果你只是Betsy也许会更安全。考查形容词比较级辨析。politer更加礼貌的；safer更加安全的；sadder更加悲伤的；riskier更加危险的。根据上文的解释Moms die, you know.，可知safer符合句意，故选B。 【30题详解】
句意：“哎，”我答到，沉浸在对我同一个名字的新含义中。考查名词辨析题。pronunciation拼读； announcement宣告/解释；voice 嗓音；sound声音。根据上文When I say Betsy, I mean Mom.，可知作者现在知道了马克斯称呼自己名字的新意义，故选B。
【点睛】完形填空集阅读理解、语法、词法、句法于一体，考查语言的综合运用能力，是难度最大的题目。
解题的方法要带着空，通读文章，搞清事件发生的背景；再读全文，搞清短文内容；最后根据句意，联系上下文确定每个空的正确答案。它的主要题型有（1）考查词义辨析：名词辨析，形容词副词辨析，冠词辨析，介词连词辨析等；（2）考查句子时态，语态，要根据语境，选择正确的时态和语态的选项；（3）考查从句（宾语从句，定语从句，主语从句等）；（4）根据固定句型或短语结合语境选择正确的选项。本题主要考查单词或短语辨析，做此类型题时，要知道每一个词的意义，然后结合上下文背景语境，选择适合语境的选项。
三、阅读理解
阅读下列内容，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
A
Think of the animal world. and a group of colorful wild animals will spring to mind: a parrot's rainbow feathers or the showy scales of sea fish. But, many mammals(哺乳动物) on the planet come in only two colors: black and white. Spend some time exploring what science has discovered about these animals' appearances, and you' ll see that basic black and white isn't so basic at all.
The panda's white body helps it hide in snowy areas. The arms and legs are black, helping it hide in forests. The markings on its head are not used to hide, but to communicate. Black ears can act as a warning to enemies. Depending on the species, black skunks(臭鼬) may wear white spots that act as covering or white stripes that signal enemies to be aware of their smelly spray, which causes no real harm to its victims, but it makes them uncomfortable. Zebras' thin coats make them more vulnerable than long-haired animals to biting flies that carry disease, but the coats stripes prevent flies from landing on them, for reasons that scientists are still studying. Further, their attractiveness to flies increases with stripe width. No two zebras' stripes are exactly the same.
31. According to the passage, which of the following sentences is TRUE? A. The panda's white parts help it hide against snow.
B. Both white spots and white stripes help skunks kill their victims.
C. Zebras with wider stripes are less attractive to flies.
D. Scientists have already known all the secrets about the stripes. 32. What does the underlined word \vulnerable\A. Being easily landed. B. Being easily attracted. C. Being easily discovered. D. Being easily attacked.
33. Which could be the best title of the passage? A. Why Animal Stripes Come in Different Shapes B. Why So Many Animals Wear Black-and-White Coats C. How Wild Animals Protect Themselves from Enemies D. How Black and White Become Basic Colors in Animal World 【答案】31. A 32. D 33. B 【解析】 【分析】
短文大意：本文是科普文，以熊猫、臭鼬和斑马三种动物为例，探索了它们的外貌颜色，发现很多动物披着黑白相间的条纹。 【31题详解】
题意：根据短文，下列哪个句子是正确的?考查细节判断题。A. The panda's white parts help it hide against snow. B. Both 熊猫的白色部分帮助它躲避雪；根据The panda's white body helps it hide in snowy areas.，可知说法正确。white spots and white stripes help skunks kill their victims. 白色斑点和白色条纹都能帮助臭鼬杀死它们的猎物；根据Depending on the species, black skunks may wear white spots that act as covering or white stripes that signal enemies to be aware of their smelly spray,，可知说法错误。C. Zebras with wider stripes are less attractive to flies. 条纹较宽的斑马对苍蝇的吸引力较小；根据Further, their attractiveness to flies increases with stripe width.，可知说法错误。D. Scientists have already known all the secrets about the stripes. 科学家已经知道关于条纹的所有秘密；根据for reasons that scientists are still studying.，可知说法错误。综合以上分析，故选A。 【32题详解】
more更加，题意：带下划线的“vulnerable”是什么意思?考查词义理解题。根据下文的转折but the coats stripes prevent flies from landing on them,，可知更加易受攻击，故选D。
【33题详解】
题意：这篇文章最好的标题是什么?考查标题归纳题。A. Why Animal Stripes Come in Different Shapes为什么动物条纹有不同的形状；B. Why So Many Animals Wear Black-and-White Coats为什么这么多动物披着黑白相间的“外套”；C. How Wild Animals Protect Themselves from Enemies 野生动物如何保护自己免受敌人的伤害；D. How Black and White Become Basic Colors in Animal World黑白如何成为动物世界的基本颜色。根据短文内容，通过探索不同动物的外貌颜色，发现很多动物披着黑白相间的条纹，故选B。
【点睛】阅读理解是最能体现学生英语能力的题型，分值较高，如何通过解题方法的掌握来提升自己解答阅读理解题的技巧是学生最关心的问题。初中阅读理解一般考查学生的细节理解能力，主旨理解能力和推理判断能力。做阅读理解题，首先要准确理解题意，然后根据题意根据短文内容做出正确的答案。（1）考查细节理解能力，此类型题较简单，准确理解题意后，直接到文中找出答案。（2）考查猜词能力。做这种题型时，要根据上下文意思准确猜出词意。3）考查推理判断能力，此类题型较难，准确理解题意后，在文中找出相关的内容做出合理的推断。（4）考查主旨理解题。此类题型需通读全文，整体把握，根据文本主要内容选择合适的选项。
B
I saved the grain carefully and finally had enough to plant. I built a wall around my garden to keep the wild goats away.
Then when my crop bore its fruit, the birds discovered it. The birds were not afraid of my dog at all. I shot them but as soon as I walked away. they returned. At last, I killed some birds and hung them among the crop, hoping they would serve as the scarecrows, which turned out to be successful. By harvest time. I had nearly two bushels of rice and two and a half bushels of wheat.
With my new grain to store, I found a new problem. The fine grain ran through my baskets. It took me nearly two months to form and dry two ugly pots- one for rice and one for wheat.
Next I formed a clay oven and made some other tools from hard wood and cloth to bake bread. I made and baked bread in my oven. I spent the third year on the island in farming and baking.
Soon after that. I began to think of my days sailing in a tidy boat with Xury. I wished to have a boat and explore the island by sea.
I tried to turn over the ship's boat that I had seen washed up, but failed. I was still determined to have a boat. So I chose a strong tree and spent weeks cutting it down. Then it took me months to turn it from tree to boat.
When it was time to launch, I realized I had made my boat too far from the nearest stream. The boat was far too heavy