Question

Mr. Black was over fifty years old. He sometimes made some mistakes in his work, and he lost his work. So he had     time every day to do something. Then he often met his old friends under a big tree. They had drinks there and talked     anything they liked.

One day, some old men were sitting together again and talking about young people in this world. They all agreed that the old people were     than young people. Then one of the old    said that young men were stronger than old men.         of them agreed that this was true,   Mr. Black didn’t. He said, “No. I am as strong now as when I was a young man.” His friends were surprised    what he said. “Well,” said Mr. Black, “Near my house there is a big stone. When I was a young man, I used   to move it, but I couldn’t because I was not     . I am an old man now, and when I try to move it, I still    . So, I am as strong as when I was young.”

1.A. many        B. a lot         C. lots of        D. lot

2.A. for         B. to             C. with            D. about

3.A. clever       B. cleverer       C. cleverest       D. a clever

4.A. man          B. woman         C. men            D. women

5.A. All         B. None          C. Both           D. Neither

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

7.A. at          B. to             C. of             D. on

8.A. trying     B. try           C. to try         D. to trying

9.A. strong enough B. enough strong C. weak enough    D. enough weak

10.A. can         B. can’t        C. could          D. couldn’t

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.A

6.D

7.A

8.C

9.A

10.B

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：本文叙述了布莱克先生失业后和几个老人在树下谈论的事情。他们都认为老人比年轻人聪明。他们也都认为年轻人比老人强壮。但是布莱克先生不这样认为。他说，他年轻时搬不动他家附近的一块石头，现在老了，还是搬不动那块石头，所以他认为年老时和年轻时一样强壮。

1. 许多的，修饰可数名词； a lot 很多；lots of 很多的，修饰可数名词或不可数名词；lot份额。修饰不可数名词time，故用lots of，所以选C。

2. for 为……说话；talked to 与……交谈；talked with 与……交谈；talked about.谈论关于；此处的宾语是anything，故结合句意，表示谈论某事，所以选D。

3.

4. woman 女人； men 男人们； women 女人们；根据前文的some old men were sitting together again 可知此处是一些老男人，所以选C。

5. 所有，表示三者或三者以上；None 没有一个，表示三者或三者以上；Both 两个都；Neither两者都不；根据some old men可知此处是三人以上，结合句意表示同意，所以选A。

6.

7. 在；to 向；of 的；on 在……上面。be surprised at“对……感到惊讶”所以选A。

8.

9. enough 足够强壮的weak enough 足够虚弱的； 根据but I couldn’t可知我搬不动，是因为不够强壮，所以选A。

10. 能；can’t 不能；could 能，can的过去式； couldn’t不能，can’t 的过去式；根据I am an old man now,可知此处用一般现在时，结合句意，表示不能搬动，所以选B。

考点：故事类短文。