Question

完形填空,阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。

One day Eric was traveling on horseback. At noon, he tied his horse to a _____ .A few minutes later, Paul came along and tied his horse to the same tree.

“My horse is wild,” said Eric. “Please tie your horse to another tree, _____ my horse will kill yours.”

“No way!” Paul said, “I shall tie my horse as I like!” He tied up his horse and had his _____ nearby. After a moment they heard a terrible noise. The two horses were _____. They ran up to them, but it was too _____. Paul’s horse was killed. “See what your horse has done! You’ll have to _____ it,” shouted Paul. And he brought Eric before Mr. Know.

Mr. Know asked Eric some questions. But Eric said _____. At last Mr. Know said, “This man cannot speak.”

“He can!” Paul said _____. “He talked to me when I met him.”

“Are you _____? ” asked Mr. Know. “What did he say?”

“He told me not to tie my horse to the same tree because his horse was wild and would kill my horse.”

“Oh,” said Mr. Know. “So he _____ you. Then can you expect to get money from him?”Paul had to leave silently.

1.A. tree      B. stone   C. window

2.A. so         B. and     C. or

3.A. breakfast   B.lunch     C. supper

4.A. fighting    B. eating    C. sleeping

5.A. strange     B. late      C. heavy

6.A. wait for   B. look for  C. pay for

7.A. something   B. nothing   C. everything

8.A. happily     B. shyly     C. angrily

9.A. sure        B. afraid   C. sorry

10.A. thanked    B. warned    C. followed

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.B

6.C

7.B

8.C

9.A

10.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了一天中午，Paul与Eric把自己的马都栓在同一棵树上，当时Eric警告过Paul，他的马比较野蛮，可能会伤害Paul的马，但是Paul不听，结果Paul的马死了，于是他想要赔偿，他找到Mr. Know给判案子，他经过调查没有同意给他赔偿。

1.tied his horse to the same tree. 可知，这里指的是马拴在了树上，故选A。

2.

3.At noon, he tied his horse to a 41 . 可知，时间是中午，应该是午饭，故选B。

4.Paul’s horse was killed.可知，马在打架，故选A。

5.Paul’s horse was killed.可知，Paul的马已经死了，所以再去就晚了，故选B。

6.Then can you expect to get money from him?可知，他的马死了，他想要赔偿，故选C。

7.Eric什么都不说。A. something某事；B. Nothing没有事情；C. everything一切事情。根据This man cannot speak.可知，Eric什么也不说，故选B。

8.Paul 生气地说，“他会说话”。A. happily高兴地；B. shyly 害羞地；C. angrily生气地。根据上文可知Paul 的马死了，当然他很生气，故选C。

9.He told me not to tie my horse to the same tree because his horse was wild and would kill my horse可知，是确定的，故选A。

10.He told me not to tie my horse to the same tree because his horse was wild and would kill my horse可知，Eric已经警告Paul了。故选B。

考点：故事类短文阅读。