Question

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Once a man and his wife worked for an old man. There was a big box in the old man’s living room. The old man pointed（指着）to the box and said, “There’s only one thing you         do. Don’t open the box.”      saying this, he left his home.

The woman said to her husband, “There must be        expensive in the box. Let’s open it, shall we?” Her husband said       to her. But the woman didn’t give up her         . One day, she decided to find out        was in it. Her husband didn’t stop her. She opened the box and looked inside. To her surprise, she found nothing in the box. She tried hard to close it, but she             .

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

“But there was nothing in the box,” the woman said, “We didn’t take anything at all.” The old man          them, “The box is not important, but I cannot believe you. That is important.”

1.A. may not     B. mustn’t     C. could not     D. needn’t

2.A. After      B. For        C. By            D. Before

3.A. nothing   B. everything C. something     D. anything

4.A. no          B. yes          C. goodbye      D. much

5.A. work       B. box          C. way          D. idea

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

7.A. did         B. opened       C. failed       D. stopped

8.A. lost        B. open        C. empty        D. broke

9.A. general     B. happy       C. careful     D. angry

10.A. turned to B. listened to C. shouted at   D. smiled at

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.D

6.B

7.C

8.B

9.D

10.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了一个男人和他的妻子为一位老人工作。老人告诉他们那个盒子不能打开。可是，他的妻子不听老人的建议，私自打开了盒子。老人把他们解雇了。

1.B考查情态动词及语境理解。句意：老人指着箱子，说：“只有一件事你不必做。不要打开盒子，“A. may not不可以；B. mustn’t不必；C. could not不能；D. needn’t不必，这里指不必做这样的事情。故选B。

2.A考查连词及语境理解。A. After在……之后；B. For为了；C. By靠……；D. Before在……之前。本句的意思是说完这之后，他离开了家。表示在……之后，用连词after。根据语境故选A。

3.C考查不定代词词及语境理解。A. Nothing没什么；B. Everything一切；C. Something某物；D. Anything任何东西。本句的意思是句子意思是盒子里肯定有贵重的东西，让我们打开它。表示某种贵重的东西用不定代词something。故选C。

4.A考查单词词义辨析及语境理解。A. No不；B. Yes是；C. Goodbye再见；D. Much很，非常。句意：他的丈夫对她说：“不要这样做”。根据短语say ...to sb.表示对某人说……。根据题意故选A。

5.D考查名词及语境理解。A. Work工作；B. Box箱子；C. Way方式；D. Idea主意。本句的意思但是那位妇女没有放弃他的想法。这里指她还是想打开盒子。根据语境故选D。

6.B考查疑问词的辨析及语境理解。A .which哪一个；B. What什么；C. Who谁；D. That引导词。结合句意：一天，她决定找出里面有什么。在这里指他想知道盒子里有什么。根据语境故选B。

7.C考查动词及语境理解。A. Did做；B. Opened打开；C. failed失败；D. Stopped停止。句意：她设法努力打开它，但是她失败了。在这里指他没有打开。所以本题选C。

8.B考查动词的辨析及语境理解。A. Lost失去；B. Open打开；C. Empty空的；D. Broke破坏。本句的意思是那天晚上，老人回到家，发现盒子是打开的。这里指老人发现盒子打开了。根据语境故选B。

9.D考查形容词词及语境理解。A. General一般的；B. Happy高兴的；C. Careful小心的；D. Angry生气的。句意：他非常的生气，让那位妇女和他的丈夫离开他的家。这里老人发现盒子打开后非常的生气。故选D。

10.C考查动词短语及语境理解。A. turned to转到；B. listened to听；C. shouted at大喊；D. smiled at对……笑。本句的意思是老人对他们大喊，“盒子不重要，但我不能相信你。根据题意故选C。

考点：故事类短文。