Question

完型填空。

It was evening. Two travellers were riding their horses through the fields. Suddenly they found they had lost their way. They began _______ a house to stay in. They also tried to find a person to show them the ______ way the next morning.

They saw a farm house at last. When they came into the house, they found a farmer and his wife were having supper. The farmer asked them to sit down and eat together with them. As they were very hungry, they did so ______.

While eating, the farmer watched the plate without saying a word. This made the travellers feel_____ frightened. They thought he was_______ because he had not asked them to come.

After supper the farmer’s wife asked them to go upstairs (上楼) to sleep. They were so tired that they didn’t take off their clothes and went to bed. But the younger one was too frightened to sleep. He heard the farmer and his wife talking in the room below. At first he could not hear _______. But then he clearly______ the man say, “Must we kill them _______?” The woman answered, “Yes, of course.” A moment later he again heard a man coming up into the room. He quickly went into the washroom. The door slowly opened and the farmer came in with a light in one hand and a long knife in _______. He went to the meat hanging (挂) on the wall, cut off a piece, and returned _______ as possible.

The next morning when they came down for breakfast, they found on the table some meat and chicken. Everything was clear.

1.A. to look at    B. to look for    C. to look up     D. to look after

2.A. right        B. left          C. wrong         D. same

3.A. pleased      B. a pleasure     C. with pleasure D. with a pleasure

4.A. few           B. a few        C. little         D. a little

5.A. happy       B. unhappy       C. polite         D. surprised

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

7.A. listened     B. heard         C. hear          D. listen to

8.A. anybody       B. every        C. both          D. everyone

9.A. other         B. the other    C. others        D. another

10.A. so quick     B. as quick      C. so quickly     D. as quickly

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.B

10.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了两个游客在晚上迷路了，在一农家做客时，误听到农夫说杀死他们，非常害怕，第二天看到是满桌子的肉和鸡，才终于明白是怎么回事了。

1.B考查动词及语境的理解。A. to look at看……；B. to look for 寻找；C. to look up向上看；D. to look after照顾。根据上文他们迷路了，到了晚上，所以是寻找可以待在里面的房子。故选B。

2.】A考查形容词及语境的理解。A. right右边，正确的；B. left左边；C. wrong错误，D. same相同的。第二天上午他们也设法找到一个能告诉他们正确道路的人。根据句意，故选A。

3.C考查短语及语境的理解。A. pleased高兴的；B. a pleasure 快乐；C. with pleasure乐意地；D. with a pleasure错误短语。根据上下文可知他们愉快地那么做了（吃饭）。故选C。

4.D考查副词及语境的理解。A. few几乎没有；B. a few有几个；C. little几乎没有，修饰不可数名词；D. a little一点儿，修饰不可数名词或者形容词。根据上文农夫看着盘子不说一句话，看着这使得游客感到有点害怕。高兴D。

5.B考查动词及语境的理解。A. happy高兴的；B. unhappy不高兴的；C. polite礼貌的；D. surprised吃惊的。根据上文可知他们认为农夫不高兴是因为他过去没有让他们来。故选B。

6.A考查代词及语境的理解。A. anything任何事情；B. nothing没有事情；C. something某事；D. everything一切。根据后文可知一开始他没有听到什么，not anything=nothing ,高兴A。

7.B考查动词及语境的理解。A. listened听；B. heard 听到；C. hear 听到，原形；D. listen to听……。但是接着他听清楚了那个男人说：我们必须杀死他们吗？根据短文描述的是过去的事情，表示听到的结果，高兴B。

8.C考查代词及语境的理解。A. anybody任何人；B. every每一个；C. both两个都；D. everyone每一个人。根据后文可知句意：我们必须杀死他们两个吗？故选C。

9.B考查代词及语境的理解。A. other其他的，修饰名词复数； B. the other其他的，指剩余所有；C. others代词，其他的；D. another另一个。农夫一只手拿着灯，另一只手拿着长刀。根据句意，故选B。

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考点：故事类短文。