Question

There was once a millionaire(百万富翁).He loved money more      anything else in the world. He didn’t know exactly how       he had. So he asked a little girl to count(数)        his money for him. It        the little girl six days to count his money. When she told the millionaire       he had forty-two million dollars, he was very glad       asked, “How much pay do you want ?”He     that she was only a child, he could cheat(骗) her.

    The little girl said, “Well, I worked      six days, so I think you _    pay me for six days. Give me two pennies for the first day. Each day after that,       give me the amount(数量) you gave the day before multiplied (乘)by itself.”

    The millionaire thought that in this way he would only had to give her very few dollars. What a _    _ little girl! So he immediately(立刻) asked his lawyer to make a contract (条约). He was afraid that she would change _ ___.

On the first day, the millionaire paid her two pennies, and on the second day, __    pennies. He did what he had planned. And on the sixth day the foolish(愚蠢) millionaire      to give the clever little girl all his money.

  At last, it was more than he had .Do you know why? If you have       in it, you may try to work out this math problem..

1.A. as          B. so         C. than        D. then

2.A. many       B. much       C. often        D. far

3.A. both        B. some       C. most        D. all

4.A. cost        B. spent       C. used         D. took

5.A. that        B. what        C. how         D. if

6.A. and        B. but         C. so           D. or

7.A. asked      B. thought      C. told        D. spoke

8.A. in         B. on          C. for          D. at

9.A. had to      B. need        C. should       D. must

10.A. still       B. just         C. really       D. finally

11.A. kind       B. foolish      C. lovely       D. clever

12.A. his plan    B. her life      C. his place     D. her mind

13.A. two       B. four         C. six         D. eight

14.A. need      B. had         C. must        D. may

15.A. interest    B. interested    C. interesting    D. interests

Answer

1.C 

2.B 

3.D  

4.D 

5.A  

6.A  

7.B  

8.C 

9.C 

10.B 

11.B 

12.D 

13.B 

14.B 

15.D 

【解析】

试题分析：一个富翁雇了一个小女孩为他数钱，她用了六天才把钱数完。付工钱时，富翁想欺骗她，但聪明的小女孩用了一个简单的办法得到了富翁所有的钱。

1.考查连词辨析及语境理解。A当……时候;B因此;C比;D然后。根据句意：得知，他爱钱胜过一切 ，考查 more than 胜过，故选C项。

2.考查副词辨析及语境理解。由于不知道自己到底有多少钱，所以找个人帮他“数”钱。How much 多少，故选B项。

3.考查代词及语境理解。A两者都；B一些；C大多数；D所有。 根据上文得知，不知道自己有多少钱，all his money,他所有的钱是多少，故选D项。 

4.考查动词及语境理解。A花费；B度过；C用；D花费。根据it takes sb. some time to do sth.花费某人多少时间做某事，it做形式主语，真正的主语是t o do.因此判断答案用D。 

5.考查连词辨析及语境理解。句意：： 当她告诉他，有许多钱时。Tell后由that引导宾语从句。  

6.考查连词辨析及语境理解。根据句意：得知，他十分高兴并且问这个小女孩。两者之间是顺承的关系 ，故选A项。 

7.考查动词辨析及语境理解。A问；B认为；C告诉；D说 。句意：他认为他是个小孩子，肯定好骗。根据文中出现的 he could cheat(骗) her 因为认为她仅仅是个孩子，故选B项。

8.考查介词辨析及语境理解。句意：小女孩说，我工作了六天，for+ 时间，表示时间的长度。故选C项。 

9.考查情态动词及语境理解。句意：我认为你应该付我六天的工资。Should 表示应该。故选C项。

10.考查副词辨析及语境理解。A仍然；B刚刚；C真的；D最后地。 句意：第一天给我两便士，之后每天你就给我前一天的平方。根据题意选B项。

11.考查形容词辨析及语境理解。根据上文提到 he millionaire thought that in this way he would only had to give her very few dollars.  他认为给小女孩很少的钱，故认为这是很愚蠢的小女孩。所以选B项。

12.考查名词辨析及语境理解。根据上文，他认为给小女孩很少的钱，因为要求律师定个条约，他害怕小女孩改变主意。Change one’s mind 改变主意。故选D项。 

13.考查数词辨析及语境理解。根据上文提到，第一天给2 便士 ，根据条约，第二天给前天的平方，故第二天应给四便士。所以选B项。

14.考查情态动词及语境理解。根据上文，这个百万富翁按照约定给钱，到了第六天，他不得不给小女孩所有的钱。Had to 不得不，故选B项。 

15.考查语境理解。 句意：最后他给了小女孩所有的钱，如果你有兴趣，可以来算算这个问题。 Have intrests in sth ，对……有兴趣。故选D项。

考点：故事类短文。