Question

One day a poor man was traveling on horseback. At noon, he tied his horse to a tree and then     down 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.”

    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       , the two horses were fighting. They went up to them, but it was too          . The rich man’s horse was killed. “See what your horse has done!” cried the rich man. “You will have to        for it.” And he brought the poor man before Mr. Know.

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

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

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

“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         you. Then can you expect to get money     him?  ”

The rich man said nothing and left silently.

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

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        B. look       C. wait       D. care

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】

试题分析：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.

2.不听穷的话。此处表转折关系，故应填but.

3. 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. 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. 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.

7.

8. 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.

10. from意为“从……处得到……”故选B。

考点：考查故事类短文。