Question

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A woman saw three old men sitting outside the door. She said, “I don’t think I know you, but you must be very hungry. Please come in and have something ________.”

“We don’t go into a house _______ ”they replied.

“Why is that?” she asked.

One of the old men answered, “His name is Wealth(财富), this is Success, and I am Love.” Then he said, “Now go in and ________ with your family which one of us you want in your house.”

The woman went in and told her family what had happened, she said, “Let’s invite Wealth. We are so ________.” Her husband disagreed, “My dear, why don’t we invite Success? Don’t you want me to be a successful man? Then her daughter asked, “Would it be ________ to invite Love? Our life will then be filled with love!”

In the end the family decided to take the _______ advice. The woman went out and asked, “________ one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest.” Love got up and started walking to the house. The other two also got up and ________ him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success, “ I ________ invite Love. Why are you coming along? The two old men answered, “If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two would have to stay out, but since you have invited Love. ________ he goes, we go with him. Where there is Love, there is Wealth and Success.”

1.A. to say        B. to eat       C. to use        D. to drink

2.A. together      B. alone        C. crowdedly      D. lonely

3.A. play        B. exercise     C. agree          D. discuss

4.A. poor         B. rich         C. lucky          D. happy

5.A. worse       B. better       C. less           D. more

6.A. father’s    B. mother’s   C. daughter’s    D. parents’

7.A. which        B. who         C. what         D. whom

8.A. left          B. followed     C. stopped       D. pulled

9.A. only         B. hardly       C. never         D. almost

10.A. whenever    B. whatever     C. however        D. wherever

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.A

5.B

6.C

7.A

8.B

9.A

10.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍了一位女士和她的家人在讨论邀请“财富”、“成功”和“爱”中的一名进入家里来。她想要“财富”进来，她的丈夫想要“成功”进来，他们的女儿想要“爱”进来。他们遵从了女儿的建议。但是，“爱”一进来，其他两个也都进来了。因为无论“爱”去哪里，其他人就去哪里。

1.B考查动词及语境的理解。A. to say 说；B. to eat 吃；C. to use 使用；D. to drink喝。句意：请进来，吃点东西。根据前文的but you must be very hungry.可知你们很饿，因此让你们吃点东西。故选B。

2.A考查副词及语境的理解。A. together 一起； B. alone 独自； C. crowdedly 拥挤地； D. lonely孤独的。句意：他们回答道：“我们不一起进入房子。”根据后文的“Now go in and ___18_____ with your family which one of us you want in your house.”可知你想让我们中的哪一个进入你家，因此不是一起进入，故选A。

3.D考查动词及语境的理解。 A. play 玩；B. exercise 锻炼；C. agree 同意；D. discuss讨论。句意：现在进去和你的家人讨论一下你想让我们中的哪一个进入你家。根据后文的The woman went in and told her family what had happened,可知她进去和她的家人说，因此是在讨论，故此处为discuss，故选D。

4.A考查形容词及语境的理解。A. poor 贫穷的；B. rich 富有的；C. lucky幸运的；D. happy高兴的。句意：我们这么穷。根据前文的Let’s invite Wealth.可知让我们邀请“财富”吧，说明他们缺少钱，因此是贫穷的。故选A。

5.B考查形容词及语境的理解。A. worse 更糟的；B. better 更好的；C. less 更少的；D. more更多的。句意：“爱”不是更好吗？根据后文的Our life will then be filled with love!可知女儿想要邀请“爱”进来，故此处她认为“爱”是更好的，故选B。

6.C考查名词所有格及语境的理解。A. father’s 父亲的； B. mother’s 母亲的；C. daughter’s 女儿的；D. parents’ 父母的。句意：最后这家人决定采用女儿的建议。根据后文的“_______ one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest.”可知此处邀请“爱”进来，这是接受女儿的建议。故选C。

7.A考查代词及语境的理解。A. which 哪一个；B. who 谁；C. what 什么；D. whom谁。句意：你们中的哪一个是“爱”。修饰代词one，故用which, which one“哪一个”。故选A。

8.B考查动词及语境的理解。A. left 离开；B. followed 跟踪，跟随； C. stopped 停止；D. pulled拉；句意：其他两个站起来，跟着他。根据后文的Why are you coming along?可知其他两个和“爱”一起走，因此他们在跟着他，故选B。

9.A考查副词及语境的理解。A. only 仅仅；B. hardly 几乎不；C. never 从不；D. almost几乎。句意：我只邀请了“爱”。 根据Why are you coming along?可知她不明白为什么其他两个人一起来，因此是没有邀请他们，只邀请了“爱”。故选A。

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考点：人生哲理类短文。