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. damage       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：本文主要讲述了一个债主借给了一个穷人许多钱，债主喜欢上了穷人的的女儿。于是他说如果能娶穷人的女儿，就不用还钱了。穷人和她的女儿不愿意。债主说他往袋子里放两块石头一个白色的一个黑色。如果穷人拿到了黑色的，穷人的女儿就得嫁给他，如果是白色的，钱和人都不要了。债主往袋子里装了两块黑色的石头，被穷人女儿看到了。穷人女儿抓石头的时候，抓出一个立马扔到了石头堆里，找不到了。穷人女儿说，看看剩下的那个就知道我抓的是什么颜色的了。

1. 考查动词及语境的理解。句意，又老又丑的债主喜欢上了漂亮的穷人的女儿A. pleased 满意，高兴B. Attracted吸引C. Loved爱D. Saw看到；根据下文内容债主要娶穷人女儿，因此是推断出喜爱。故选C。

2. 考查连词及语境的理解。句意，如果他能娶穷人的女儿，穷人就不用还钱了。A. if 如果B. Unless除非C. So因此D. But但是；根据下文可知，债主跟穷人谈条件，所以是条件状语从句。故选A。

3. 考查形容词及语境的理解。句意，穷人和他的女儿都很害怕。A. Bored厌烦的B. Frightened害怕的C. Relaxed放松的D. Excited兴奋的；根据下文内容，穷人和他的女儿想方设法不嫁给他，可以推测他俩感到恐惧。故选B。

4.A. Pink粉色的B. Red红色的C. black 黑色的D. Yellow黄色的；根据下文债主的话可以推测一块白色的和一块黑色。故选C。

5. A. show 展示B. Damage损害C. Check检查D. Choose选择；根据上下文可知债主要女孩选择一个。故选D。

6. A. Daughter女儿B. Cousin堂兄弟C. Wife妻子 D. Friend朋友；根据上下文He said the poor man didn’t need to return the money to him _____ he could marry his daughter.可知债主要娶她为妻。故选C。

7. A. again 又B. still依然C. never从不D. hardly几乎不；根据前一句If she took the black stone , she would become the moneylender’s _____ and her father’s debt (债务) would be let go.如果抓到黑色石头，她爸爸不用还债，如果抓到白色石头，她爸爸依然不用还债。故选B。

8. A. said说B. feared害怕C. thought认为D. noticed注意，发现；根据句意，是她发现了债主的做法，后面才有了聪明的决定。故选D。

9.考查介词及语境的理解。句意，在没看到石头的情况下，她把石头扔到小路上，那块石头掉到那里却找不到了。A. On在...上B. About关于C. For为了D. Without不带有；根据下文找不到了，所以是在看不到的情况下。故选D。

10.在没看到石头的情况下，她把石头扔到小路上，那块石头掉到那里却找不到了。 A. usually通常B. surprisingly惊讶地C. immediately立刻，马上D. slowly慢慢地；因为找不到是哪一块石头，可以推断是立刻迷失了。故选C。

11. A. worried担心B. clever聪明C. careless马虎，粗心 D. lucky幸运的；穷人女儿装作不小心把石头弄丢，所以她会说：“我多么不小心啊！”故选C。

12. A. laugh大笑B. mind介意C. cry大哭D. complain抱怨；never mind没关系的意思。故选B。

13. A. tell告诉，辨别出 B. explain解释C. ask问D. arrange安排；这里的tell是辨别的意思。故选A。

14. A. saying谚语B. story故事C. news新闻D. man男人；整篇文章讲述的是一个故事。故选B。

15. A. careful认真B. funny有趣的C. different不同的D. normal正规的；根据文章全篇大意，可以推断是用不同的思维思考问题。故选C。

考点：人生百味类短文。