Question

One day a poor man was traveling on horseback. At noon, he tied his horse to a tree and then  46  to eat something. A few minutes later, a rich man came along and tied his horse to the same tree.

“Please tie your horse to another tree,” said the poor man. “My horse is wild. It will kill yours.”

   47    the rich man said, “I shall tie my horse as I like!” he tied up his horse and had his lunch nearby. After a moment they heard a terrible   48   , the two horses were fighting. They went up to them, but it was too   49   . The rich man’s horse was killed. “See what you horse has done!” cried the rich man. “You will have to   50   it.” And he brought the poor man before Mr. Know.

Mr. Know asked the poor man some questions. But he made no   51   . At last Mr. Know said, “This man is dumb. He cannot speak.”

    “Oh,” the rich man shouted   52   . “He can! He spoke to me when I met him.”

    “Are you sure?” asked Mr. Know. “What did he   53   ?”

    “He told me not to tie my horse to the same tree because his horse was wild and would kill my horse.”

    “Oh,” said Mr. Know. “So he  54  you. Then can you expect to get money  55   him?  ”

    The rich man said nothing and left silently.

1.A. put down           B. set down         C. sat down         D. turned down

2. A. So                    B. But              C. And              D. Though

3. A. song              B. word             C. bell             D. noise

4.A. late               B. slow             C. hard             D. quick

5. A. pay for               B. look for     C. wait for         D. care for

6.A. idea               B. mistake          C. money            D. answer

7. A. quietly               B. angrily      C. happily          D. heavily

8.A. speak              B. tell             C. talk             D. say

9.A. helped             B. thanked          C. warned           D. ordered

10.A. for                   B. from             C. with             D. about

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.A

6.D

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.B

【解析】主旨大意：本篇短文主要讲述了一个穷人和一个富人把马栓在同一树上，由一穷人的马比较凶悍，把富人马杀死了。然后富人与穷人找法官打官司。穷人用聪明的智慧打赢了官司的故事。

1.本题考查词组辨析。A项意为“镇压；制止”；B项意为“看作”；C英意为“坐下”；D项意为“调低”。由语境可知“在中午，他把马拴在树上，然后坐下来吃东西”，只有C项具有“坐下”的意思，故选C。

2.由语境可知，这个穷人不让富人把马和他的拴在同一棵树上，但是这个富人却不听穷的话。此处表转折关系，故应填but.

3.由下句“the two horses were fighting”可知他们听到了一声可怕的声音。四个项中只有noise意为“声音”。

4.由They went up to them 及The rich man’s horse was killed可知，此应为形容词，且表示“晚了”的意思。A项意为“晚了”；B项意为“慢的”；C项意为“困难的”；D项意为“快的”。故选A。

5.A 项意为“赔偿”；B项意为“寻找”；C项意为“等候”；D项意为“照顾”。由语境可知，这个富人是想让这个穷人赔偿他已死的马。故选A。

6.别人问这个穷人问题，但是他并没有回答。

7.A项意为“安静地”；B项意为“生气地”；C项意为“高兴地”；D项意为“沉重地”。联系上下文可知此时富人的状态是“生气在大声喊”，故选B。

8.speak强调说话的能力，说某种语言。tell“告诉"。talk 指谈话say 指说的内容，带宾语。句意为“他说的什么内容？”强调说话的内容，故选D。

9.此处具有“警告;告诫”的意思。四个选项中只有C具有此意，故选C。

10.get from意为“从…处得到…”故选B。