Question

Once there lived an unhappy king who slept badly and didn’t feel like eating anything. This made     queen and his people worried. A doctor was called in to     him. The doctor said it’s all in his mind instead of his body. So     medicine nor rest could help him but a shirt of a happy person.

The prime minister was called to the palace. When hearing the king’s situation, he said, “Although I have much power, it doesn’t make me       . I’m always worried about losing it.” Then, the king’s banker came and said he had lots of wealth, but he also worried about losing it. He was never happy, either. Next, the palace singer came and his words were almost the same.

Finally, the top general was told to find a happy man in     time. Luckily, he found a poor man without power, money or fame singing happily on a street. The general asked him    made him so happy. The poor man answered that he had everything he wanted and he didn’t want those he couldn’t have. His songs came from the happiness in his heart. When the general asked for the man’s shirt,     , the man said, “What shirt? I don’t own any shirts!”

1.A. a         B. an            C. the           D. /

2.A. examine   B. notice       C. look          D. watch

3.A. none      B. neither      C. both          D. all

4.A. happily   B. unhappily    C. unhappy        D. happy

5.A. three day B. three days’ C. three day’s  D. three-days

6.A. that      B. which       C. what           D. where

7.A. to his surprise  B. after all   C. as usual  D. in total

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.B

6.C

7.A

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：从前有一个不开心的国王，他睡不好，不想吃东西。医生告诉他，药物和休息都对他没有用，他需要的是一个快乐人的衬衫。于是大臣们被派去找快乐的人。最终在大街上找到了一个一无所有的快乐人，他说他拥有他想要的一切，他不想要他得不到的东西，他的歌声来自内心的幸福感，可是他没有衬衫。

1.C 考查冠词及语境理解。句意：这使得皇后及他的人民很着急。特指这个国家独一无二的皇后，特指独一无二的人或事物，用定冠词the。故选C。

2.A 考查动词及语境理解。句意：招了一个医生进宫为他作检查。A. examine检查；B. notice通知，察觉；C. look看；D. watch观察。招医生进宫是为国王作体检：examine。故选A。

3.B考查不定代词及语境理解。句意：所以药和休息都不能帮助它。A. none都不，指三者及三者以上的人或物都不；B. neither 指两都不；C. both 两者都；D. all三者及三者以上的人或物都。neither…nor…：……既不……也不，是一个固定结果，故选B。

4.D考查副词及语境理解。句意：虽然我有很大的权力，但是并不使我快乐。A. happily快乐地，副词；B. unhappily不快乐地，副词；C. unhappy不快乐的，形容词；D. happy快乐的，形容词。make sb +adj：表示使某人怎么样，后跟形容词作宾语补足语，从含义上看是“权力大也不使我快乐”，故选D。

5.B考查形容词及语境理解。句意：最后，命令大将军在三天内找到一个快乐的人。A. three day三天；B. three days’三天的；C. three day’s三天的；D. three-days三天的。在三天的时间里，“三天的”有两种方式，一是用所有格形式：three days’(s结尾的所有格，在s的右上角加’)，二是用连字符：three-day（加连字符后，名词用单数）。故选B。

6.C考查连词及语境理解。句意：将军问他什么使他那么快乐。A. that 引出宾语从句；B. which哪一个，哪些；C. what什么；D. where在哪儿。根据句意可以推测出“什么”使他快乐，用what，故选C。

7.考查短语辨析及语境理解。句意：当将军向他要衬衫时，令他吃惊的是，这个人说“什么衬衫？我没有衬衫” A. to his surprise令他惊奇的是；B. after all毕竟，终究； C. as usual和平常一样；D. in total总共，总数。在将军看来，快乐的人应该什么都有，可是这个人没有衬衫，因此，令他吃惊：to his surprise。故选A。

【考点定位】考查故事类短文。