Question

Hundreds of years ago in a small town, a moneylender lent a lot of money to a poor man. The moneylender , who was old and ugly,     the poor man’s beautiful daughter. So he came up with an idea. He said the poor man didn’t need to return the money to him     he could marry his daughter. Both the man and his daughter were     .

The moneylender then told them that he would put a small     stone and a small white stone into an empty bag. The girl would have to     one. If she took the black stone , she would become the moneylender’s     and her father’s debt(债务) would be let go. If she picked the white stone, she didn’t need to marry him and her father’s debt would     be let go. Her father would be put into prison if she refused to pick a stone.

As they talked, the moneylender picked up two stones. As he did that, the girl     that he had put two black stones in the bag. He then asked the girl to pick her stone from the bag.

The girl thought for a while and then had an idea. She put her hand into the bag and took out a stone.     looking at it, she let it fall onto the path where it     became lost among all the other stones. “ Oh how     I was！” She said, “But never     . If  you look into the bag for the one that is left, you will be able to     which stone I picked.” This     tells: Sometimes we can think about things in a     way. Most difficult problems do have an solution.

1.A. pleased        B. attracted                     C. loved                           D. saw

2.A. if             B. unless                       C. so                                       D. but

3.A. bored        B. frightened                     C. relaxed          D. excited

4.A. pink          B. red                                        C. black                                    D. yellow

5.A. show          B. drop                                     C. check                                   D. choose

6.A. daughter      B. cousin                           C. wife                                    D. friend

7.A. again          B. still                           C. never                                   D. hardly

8.A. said           B. feared                        C. thought                      D. noticed

9.A. On          B. About                        C. For                                      D. Without

10.A. usually       B. surprisingly      C. immediately                 D. slowly

11.A. worried       B. clever                          C. careless                    D. lucky

12.A. laugh         B. mind                          C. cry                                     D. complain

13.A. tell           B. explain                       C. ask                                    D. arrange

14.A. saying        B. story                          C. news                                    D. man

15.A. careful         B. funny                         C. different                     D. normal

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.D

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.D

10.C

11.C

12.B

13.A

14.B

15.C

【解析】

试题分析：这是一则故事，讲述了一个穷人欠债，而这个债主相中穷人的女儿，如果可以和穷人的女儿结婚，就可以抵销债务。而这个女孩巧妙的解决了这个问题。

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9.……上面”；B.About“关于”；C.For“为，给”；D.Without“没有”。结合语境，故选D。

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11.粗心啊！A. worried“担心的”；B. clever“聪明的”；C. careless“粗心的”；D. lucky“幸运的”。结合上文这个女孩的举动，可知选B。

12.C。

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考点：故事类短文。