Question

完形填空  阅读短文，从每题A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个能填入文章中相应空白处的最佳答案。

One day a poor man was traveling on horseback. At noon, he tied his horse to a tree and then _______ to eat something. A few minutes later, a rich man came along and tied his horse to the same tree.

“Please tie your horse to _______ tree,” said the poor man. “My horse is wild. It will kill yours.” _______ the rich man said, “I shall tie my horse how I want!” he tied up his horse and had lunch nearby. After a moment they heard a terrible _______, the two horses were fighting. They went to them, but it was too _______. The rich man’s horse was killed. “See what your horse has done!” cried the rich man. “You will have to _______ it.” And he brought the poor man before Mr. Know.

Mr. Know asked the poor man some questions. But he did not _______. At last Mr. Know said, “This man is dumb (哑的). He can’t speak.”

“Oh,” the rich man shouted _______. “He can! He spoke to me when I met him.”

“Are you sure?” asked Mr. Know. “What did he _______?”

“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?”

The rich man said nothing and left silently.

1.A. put down      B. sat down    C. set down      D. turned down

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

3.A. So             B. And         C. Though        D. But

4.A. song           B. word        C. bell          D. noise

5.A. late           B. slow        C. hard          D. quick

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

7.A. write          B. sing        C. answer         D. listen

8.A. quietly        B. angrily     C. happily        D. heavily

9.A. speak         B. talk         C. tell          D. say

10.A. helped        B. warned       C. ordered       D. thanked

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.D

5.A

6.A

7.C

8.B

9.D

10.B

【解析】

试题分析：本篇短文主要讲述了一个穷人和一个富人把马栓在同一树上，由于穷人的马比较凶悍，把富人马杀死了。然后富人与穷人找法官打官司。穷人用聪明的智慧打赢了官司的故事。

1.B考查动词短语及名词辨析。A. put down放下；B. sat down 坐下；C. set down放下；D. turned down拒绝。句意：在中午，他把马系在一棵树上，然后坐下吃一些东西。这里是坐下吃一些东西。根据题意，故选B。

2.C考查形容词及语境的理解。A. Other别的，其他的；B. Others别的；C. another另一个；D. the other两者中的另一个。句意：“请把你的马系在另一棵树上”那位穷人说。这里表示另一棵。根据题意，故选C。

3.D考查连词及语境的理解。A. So因此；B. And和，又；C. Though尽管；D. But但是。句意：但是那位富人说：“我的马是野马，它会杀死你的”。这里表示转折关系。根据题意，故选D。

4.D考查副词及形容词辨析。 A. Song儿子；B. Word单词；C. Bell铃声；D. Noise噪音。句意：过了一会他们听到了一个可怕的声音。这里指的是噪音。故选D。

5.A考查形容词辨析。A. Late晚的；B. Slow慢的；C. Hard困难的；D. Quick快速的。句意：但是太晚了。这里是晚的。根据题意，故选A。

6.A考查动词短语及介词辨析。A. pay for支付；B. look for寻找；C. care for喜欢；D. wait for等待。句意：你将不得不付钱。这里是付款。故选A。

7.C考查动动词及语境的理解。 A. Write写；B. Sing唱歌；C. Answer回答；D. Listen听。句意：但是他没有回答。这里是没有回答的意思。根据题意，故选C。

8.B考查副词及语境的理解。A. quietly 安静地；B. Angrily生气地；C. Happily高兴地；D. Heavily重地。句意：那个富人大声地喊。这里是副词修饰动词。根据题意，故选B。

9.D考查动词及语境的理解。A. Speak说；B. Talk交谈；C. Tell告诉；D. Say说。句意：他说什么了？这里说什么的意思。根据题意，故选D。

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考点：考查故事类短文。