Question

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Fred and Ted were not very smart．They were always geting things________．The only work they could get was digging holes and painting．They were easy jobs________Fred and Tedc still made mistakes．They dug holes in the wrong places，or painted things the wrong______．Once they painted a floor and then walked on it while the paint was still________．

  One day their boss asked them to paint a flagpole（旗杆）outside the office building．“This shouldn’t be too________for them to do，”their boss thought．“All they_______is paint and brushes．”

Their boss told them________the paint and brushes were and then he went away．An hour later he came back．Fred and Ted were not painting the flagpole．They didn’t even________the paint and brushes．Fred was standing_______the flagpole and Ted was standing on his shoulders，trying to reach the________of it with a ruler．

“What are you two men doing？”their boss asked．

“We have to find out how much________we need．”Ted said．“So we’re measuring（测量）the flagpole．”

“That’s not the________to do it．”their boss said．“________the flagpole out of the ground，and place it down．”

“Hey！”Fred said，“________not stupid．We can’t measure how high it is that way．We can only measure________it is．”

1.A．right      B．wrong     C．well     D．different

2.A．and        B．so        C．or       D．but

3.A．shape      B．size      C．color  D．height

4.A．wet       B．hot      C．dry      D．cold

5.A．dangerous  B．difficult C．easy  D．interesting

6.A．lose       B．like       C．need  D．take

7.A．what       B．where      C．when   D．how

8.A．buy       B．make      C．have   D．see

9.A．in        B．on        C．through  D．against

10.A．foot      B．back       C．middle   D．top

11.A．paint    B．time       C．water   D．money

12.A．idea      B．place      C．way      D．reason

13.A．Pull      B．Put        C．Cut      D．Carry

14.A．He’s     B．We’re    C．They’re D．You’re

15.A．how far B．how tall  C．how deep D．how long

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.B

6.C

7.B

8.C

9.D

10.D

11.A

12.C

13.A

14.B

15.D

【解析】

1.Fred和Ted都不聪明”，下文提到了“他们做很简单的工作，但仍然犯错”。结合上下文可推断，他们总是把事情弄错。故符合题意的词是wrong。

2.Fred和Ted仍然会犯错”，由此可知符合题意的并列连词是but。

3.paint搭配的名词是color。

4.wet。

5.difficult。

6.all they need。

7.where，老板告诉了他们油漆和刷子在哪里。

8.have。句意：他们甚至没有拿油漆和刷子。

9.against，表示当时“Fred靠着旗杆”。

10.Ted试图用尺子够到旗杆的顶端。

11.

12.way，意为“方法；方式”。

13.out of the ground”以及“place it down”，由此可推断，老板的意思是把旗杆拔出来。故所缺的动词是pull。

14.Fred说的是“我们不傻”。故答案为B。

15.D。