Question

Once a man and his wife worked for a businessman. There was a big box in the businessman’s living room. The businessman pointed at the box and said, “There’s only one thing you mustn’t do. Don’t open the box.” After saying this, he       the living room.

The woman said to her husband, “There must be something expensive in the box. Let’s       it, shall we?” Her husband said no to her.

The woman didn’t give up her       . One day, she decided to find out what was in it. Her husband didn’t stop her. She opened the box and looked    .She found nothing in the box and tried hard to close it,       she failed.

That evening the businessman came home and found the box was     .He was very angry and asked the woman and her husband to leave his home．

“But there was nothing in the box,” the woman said. “We haven’t taken anything      .” The businessman shouted at them, “The box is not important. I cannot believe you. That’s important!”

1.A．left            B．entered         C．went to

2.A．open           B．close           C．clean

3.A．work           B．advice         C．idea

4.A．inside         B．outside         C．down

5.A．so            B．and            C．but

6.A．lost            B．open           C．empty

7.A．at once         B．at last          C．at all

Answer

1.A

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.C

6.B

7.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了一个商人让一对夫妇看着一个箱子，只有一个要求，就是不要打开它，妻子由于好奇心，打开了箱子，商人看到后，对他们失去了信任，让他们离开了。

1.A考查动词及语境的理解。说完这些后，他离开了客厅。A．left离开；B．entered进入；C．went to去了，根据上文，在客厅里有个箱子。故选A.

2.A考查动词及语境的理解。里面一定有些贵重的东西，让我们打开吧！ A．open打开；B．close关上；C．clean打扫。故选A。

3.C考查名词及语境的理解。这个女人没有放弃她的想法。A．work工作；B．advice建议；C．idea想法。根据下文，她打开了箱子。故选C。

4.A考查副词及语境的理解。她打开了箱子，向里面看。A．inside在里面；B．outside在外面；C．down向下。根据句意，故选A。

5.C考查连词及语境的理解。她发现箱子里什么也没有，她使劲关上箱子，但是她关不上了。A．so所以；B．and和，C．but但是。用but表示转折 。故选C。

6.B考查形容词及语境的理解。那天晚上，商人回来了，他发现箱子是开着的。A．lost迷路的，丢失的；B．open开着的；C．empty空的。根据句意，故选B。

7.C考查副词及语境的理解。我们根本什么东西都没拿走。A．at once 立刻，马上；B．at last最终，最后；C．at all一点也不。not…at all表示一点也不。故选C

考点：故事类短文。