Question

    In ancient China, there was a man called Zhou Yong. Before his father died, he left Zhou Yong a great number of gold ingots（元宝）. Zhou _____ them in a safe place in his home.

One day, Zhou decided to travel far away. He was afraid that ______would steal the gold ingots. But they were too heavy for him to bring______ with him. So he put all the ingots into a jar（坛子） and gave it to his friend Zhang San, telling Zhang that the jar was full of fresh red dates（红枣）.

A year later, Zhou came back home. One day before he came back, Zhang’s wife wondered what was inside the jar. She _____ opened it. She was shocked when she saw so _____ ingots inside. She then told Zhang about the ingots. They took the ingots out and _____ the jar with fresh red dates.

When Zhang ______ the jar to Zhou, Zhou opened it and asked," Where are my gold ingots?" Zhang denied（否认） that he had taken the ingots. After _____ about it for a while, they went to see the county magistrate（县官）.

When the magistrate asked Zhang what had happened, he answered, "Zhou said that there were fresh red dates in it when he gave me the jar a year ago. "

The magistrate ______ the jar and the red dates in it carefully. Then he said, "Bring the ingots back, Zhang San!"

Zhang still denied having taken them. But after the magistrate explained ______ he knew, Zhang finally admitted（承认） that he had taken the ingots.

How did the magistrate know that Zhang was lying?

1.A.threw B.dropped C.hid D.dug

2.A.thieves B.friend C.family D.brothers

3.A.along B.in C.into D.to

4.A.excitedly B.secretly C.happily D.sadly

5.A.much B.many C.more D.most

6.A.filled B.put C.brought D.made

7.A.returned B.took C.gave D.brought

8.A.talking B.arguing C.thinking D.telling

9.A.looked B.found C.examined D.saw

10.A.how B.what C.where D.which

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.A

4.B

5.B

6.A

7.A

8.B

9.C

10.B

【解析】

这个故事讲述的是姓周的一名男子谎称自己装满元宝的罐子里装的是大枣让张她朋友代为保管。但他的朋友发现其实是元宝的时候，想占为已有。于是她们找县官去评理，聪明的县官让真相浮出水面。

1.句意：周把它们藏在家里的一个安全的地方。

考查动词的用法，A. threw投掷；B. dropped使落下；C. hid 隐藏；D. dug挖。根据...in a safe place in his home"中的“safe安全”可推测周姓男子要把元宝藏起来。故选C。

2.句意：他担心小偷会偷走金锭。

考查名词的辨析，A. thieves小偷；B. friend朋友；C. family 家人；D. brothers兄弟。根据“... would steal the gold n...会偷走金元宝”，可知这里选“thieves小偷”。故选A。

3.句意：但是它们太重了，他不能随身携带。

考查接介词，A. along沿着，一起；B. in在……里，在……状态中，从事…..；C. into到……里，深入……之中；D. to向，跟。“along with伴随”。符合句意，故选A。

4.句意：她偷偷打开了它。

考查副词的辨析，A. excitedly激动地；B. secretly悄悄地；C. happily开心地；D. sadly伤心地。根据上下文可推测，“她悄悄地打开了罐子”。故选B。

5.句意：当她看到里面有这么多钢锭时，她大吃一惊。

考查固定搭配，A. much+不可数名词；B. many+可数名词；C. more更多；D. most最多。“so many+可数名词的复数形式”; "so much +不可数名词" ，这里“金元宝ingots"是可数名词。故选B。

6.句意：他们把钢锭拿出来，在罐子里装满新鲜的红枣。

考查动词的辨析及固定搭配，A. filled填补；B. put放；C. brought带来；D. made制造。“fill sth with sth ......填满”，符合句意，故选A。

7.句意：当张把罐子还给周时，周打开罐子问。

考查动词辨析，A. returned返回，归还；B. took拿，取，接受；C. gave给；D. brought带来。“ return sth to sb ...把...归还给... ，符合句意，故选A。

8.句意：争论了一会儿之后，他们去见了县长。

考查动词的辨析，A. talking拿，取，接受；B. arguing争论；C. thinking思考；D. telling告诉。结合文意应该是在争吵了一阵子以后，再去找县官，故选B。

9.句意：县官仔细检查了罐子和里面的红枣。

考查动词的辨析，A. looked看；B. found发现；C. examined检查，测试；D. saw看见。他们找县长断案，那么县长应该是仔细检查，故选C。

10.句意：但在县长解释了他所知道的情况后，张某最终承认是他拿走了钢锭。

考查疑问制词的辨析，A. how怎样；B. what什么；C. where哪里；D. which哪一个。句意：“县官解释了他所了解到的之后，张承认了是他拿走了金元宝。”“what he knew他所了解的”。故选B。