Question

Once upon a time, there was a lazy poor living in a small house with spider webs(蜘蛛网) on the walls and mice running around. People ______ coming into such a dirty place and the poor man was lonely and sad every day. He thought it was poverty(贫困) that______ his unhappy life.  One day, the poor man dropped in on a wise old man and asked him for ______ about changing his life. The old man gave him a beautiful vase(花瓶) and said, “This is a magic vase that will bring you _______.”  The poor man looked at the vase ______ . Why would he need a vase in his poor house? However , he didn’t want to ______ such a beautiful vase, so he brought it home on the table.  “It.s not right for something so beautiful to be ______.” the poor man looked at the vase and thought. Then he picked some wild flowers and put them into it, making it even more beautiful.  ______ he was still not satisfied . “It is not good for such a beautiful thing to stand next to a spider web.” At this, he started to do some cleaning in the house and paint the walls.  His house turned into _______ place immediately. The poor man _______ . He suddenly realized that in the past it was his laziness that made him poor and unhappy. From then on, he worked hard and his life got better and better.

1.A.enjoyed     B.avoided      C.forgot     D.considered

2.A.led to       B.connected to  C.made up   D.set up

3.A.service      B.knowledge   C.advice     D.care

4.A.peace       B.happiness    C.mess      D.regret

5.A.sadly       B.nervously    C.proudly    D.surprisedly

6.A.throw away  B.give out     C.pay for     D.keep off

7.A.ugly        B. Full        C.empty    D.dirty

8.A.Although    B.But         C.So        D.Because

9.A.large       B.dark         C.strange    D.comfortable

10.A.cheered up  B.rang up      C.sped up    D. stayed up

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.D

6.A

7.C

8.B

9.D

10.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了一个懒惰的穷人想摆脱不幸福的生活，于是向一个明智的老人请求建议。老人给他一个美丽的花瓶。穷人发现美丽的花瓶和家里脏乱的环境不匹配，于是开始打扫自己的家。最后穷人发现正是自己的懒惰造成了自己的贫穷和不幸福。

1.B考查动词及语境的理解。A. enjoyed 喜欢；B. avoided 避免；C. forgot 忘记；D. considered 考虑。句意：人们避免进入那么脏的地方。根据后文贫穷的人感到孤独，可知人们避免去那么脏的地方，故选B。

2.A考查动词及语境的理解。A. led to 导致； B. connected to与……相连接；C. made up 组成，编造；D.set up 建立。句意：他认为是贫困导致了他不愉快的生活。根据后文结合句意，故选A。

3.C考查名词及语境的理解。A. service 服务；B. knowledge知识；C. advice建议；D. care关心，关怀。句意：一天这个穷人拜访了一个明智的老人，向老人请求改变他的生活的建议。根据后文老人所做的事情，可知穷人向老人请求的是建议，故选C。

4.B考查名词及语境的理解。A. peace 和平；B. happiness 幸福；C. mess 混乱；D .regret 遗憾，抱歉。句意：老人给了他一个美丽的花瓶并且说‘这是一个魔瓶，它将能带给你幸福。结合上下文，故选B。

5.D考查副词及语境的理解。A. sadly悲伤地；B. nervously紧张的；C. proudly 骄傲地；D. surprisedly吃惊地。穷人吃惊的看着这个瓶子。根据后文穷人的疑惑，可知他对此感到吃惊，故选D。

6.A考查动词及语境的理解。A. throw away扔掉；B. give out 分发；C. pay for 为……付款；D.keep off 避开。句意：他不想扔掉那么漂亮的花瓶，所以他把它带回家放到桌子上。根据转折词however，故选A。

7.C考查形容词及语境的理解。A. ugly丑陋的；B. Full 满的；C. empty 空的；D. dirty 脏的。根据后文穷人摘了些花放到瓶子里，可知穷人想，这么漂亮的东西空着是不合适的。故选C。

8.B考查连词及语境的理解。A. Although 尽管；B. But 但是；C. So 所以；D. Because因为。根据后文穷人的想法：这么漂亮的东西挨着蜘蛛网是不好看的，可知他仍然不满意。结合上句可知是转折关系，故选B。

9.D考查形容词及语境的理解。A. arge 大的；B. dark 黑暗的；C. strange 奇怪的；D. comfortable 舒服的。根据上文他清整了房间可知房子马上变成了一个舒适的地方。故选D。

10. cheered up使振作；B. rang up 打电话； C. sped up加速； D. stayed up熬夜。穷人高兴起来了。他马上意识到在过去就是他的懒惰使他贫穷和不快乐。结合句意，故选A。

【考点定位】故事类短文。