Question

Mr. Smith lives in a village. He has ____ farms and about twenty people working for him. He often tells them ____ hard and be honest. (诚实的).

Today he goes to a farm and works with the workers there as usual. Soon it is time ____lunch. He puts ____ nice bread on the table and then ____. A few minutes later he comes back again but he ____ find the bread.

“ Who eats____  on the table?” he shouts.

Some of the workers answer “ We  ____.”

The others say, “ We see nothing.”

“ Well,”says Mr. Smith, “____ are a lot of mice in the rooms, you know. So I ____ some poison (毒药)in the bread.  ____ they eat, they must die. Then I can kill them.”

As soon as he finishes, four workers begin to cry. “Oh, dear!”

“ What’s wrong with you?” ____ Mr. Smith.

“ We eat the bread when you are out. We are going to die.” one of them cries.

“ ____,” Mr. Smith says ____ a smile, “ I only ____you. Use your head.”

1.A. a fewB. fewC. little        D. a little

2.A. workB. workingC. workedD. to work

3.A. inB. atC. forD. with

4.A. twoB. manyC. aD. some

5.A. goes outB. comes inC. entersD. gets in

6.A. shouldn’tB. can’tC. wouldn’tD. mustn’t

7.A. foodB. the breadC. drinksD. apples

8.A. aren’tB. don’tC. doD. doesn’t

9.A. TheyB. WeC. WhatD. There

10.A. takeB. buyC. putD. need

11.A. ThatB. BeforeC. IfD. Until

12.A. asksB. askC. answerD. answers

13.A. Excuse meB. Don’t worryC. Congratulations D. Great

14.A. withB. forC. inD. on

15.A. have fun withB. play a trick onC. killD. have lunch with

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.D

5.A

6.B

7.B

8.B

9.D

10.C

11.C

12.A

13.B

14.A

15.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了一个名叫史密斯的人，有一些农场和20个工人为他工作。他经常告诉他们要努力工作，要诚实。今天，他和工人一起劳动，吃午饭时，他放在桌子上一些面包，出去后再回来，面包找不到了。于是他告诉工人这些面包里面放了毒药，用来杀死老鼠的。听了这些话之后，有四名工人哭了。史密斯先生笑了，原来这是他给大家开的一个玩笑。

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13.__ a smile,可知他带着笑容，说明没有危险，不用担心。故选B。

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15.__ a smile, “可知没有可担心的，他还笑着说，因此此处是他在开玩笑。 故选B。

考点：故事类短文。