Question

    One day a father of a very rich family took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people can be. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.

On their return from their _______, the father asked his son, "How was the trip?" "It was great, Dad." "Did you see how poor people can be?" the father asked. "Oh Yeah." said the son. "So what did you _______ from the trip?" asked the father.

The son answered, "I saw that we have one dog and they have four. We have a pool that _______ to the middle of our garden and they have a creek(小溪)that has no end. We have imported lanterns(灯笼)in our garden and they have the _______ at night. Our patio(院子)reaches to the front yard and they have the _______ horizon(地平线). We have a small piece of land to live on and they have _______ that go beyond our sight. We have servants who serve us, but they serve others. We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have _______ around our property(财产)to protect us, but they have friends to protect them."

With this the boy's father was speechless.

Then his son added, "Thanks dad for showing me how _______ we are."

Too many times we _______ what we have and concentrate on(把注意力集中在)what we don't have. What is one person's ________ object is another's prize possession. It is all based on one's perspective(观点). Make you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for all the bounty(恩赐)we have, instead of worrying about wanting more. Take joy in all you have, especially your friends.

1.A.trip B.tour C.visit D.travel

2.A.expect B.regret C.keep D.learn

3.A.reaches B.gets C.arrives D.spreads

4.A.dark B.darkness C.stars D.day

5.A.beautiful B.full C.longer D.whole

6.A.a sky B.a road C.fields D.earth

7.A.dogs B.walls C.guards D.servants

8.A.poor B.rich C.weak D.happy

9.A.miss B.forget C.remember D.consider

10.A.valuable B.useful C.priceless D.worthless

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.D

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.B

10.D

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文，主要讲述父亲带儿子去旅行，旅行回来问儿子是否看到旅行中看到的农场的人有多么穷，但是儿子给了不同的回答，觉得那些人很富有而意识到他自己很穷。作者由此启发读者对于一个人不值钱的东西，对另一个人来说是财宝；我们要珍惜我们已拥有的东西。

1.

句意：当他们旅行回来，父亲问儿子“旅行怎么样？”

trip短途旅行；tour巡游；visit参观；travel旅行的统称。根据第一段“a very rich family took his son on a trip to the country”以及后一句“How was the trip”可知此处用名词trip表示短途旅行。故选A。

2.

句意：父亲问：“你从旅行中学到了什么？”

expect期望；regret后悔；keep保持；learn学习。根据下一段儿子的回答可知此处父亲询问的是从旅行中学到了什么，用动词learn。故选D。

3.

句意：我们有游泳池延伸到花园的中部，他们有小溪没有尽头。

reaches到达，延伸；gets得到；arrives到达；spreads扩散。根据“to the middle of our garden”可知此处用动词短语reach to表示“延伸到花园的中央”。故选A。

4.

句意：我们花园里有进口的灯笼，他们晚上有星星。

dark黑暗的；darkness黑暗；stars星星；day天。根据前几句话可知儿子觉得那些人拥有的东西比他多，根据“We have imported lanterns”可知此处用名词stars表示他们晚上有星星。故选C。

5.

句意：我们的院子延伸到前院，他们有整个地平线。

beautiful漂亮的；full满的；longer更长的；whole整个的，全部的。根据“Our patio reaches to the front yard”可知我们的院子是有限制的，只延伸到前院，而他们的院子没有限制，有整个地平线，此处用形容词whole。故选D。

6.

句意：我们有小块土地居住，他们居住在茫茫无际的田野。

a sky天空；a road路；fields田野；earth土地。根据“We have a small piece of land to live on”我们只有一小块土地，而他们有田野，而且田野是超过我们的视野范围的，此处用名词fields。故选C。

7.

句意：我们的财产四周有墙来保护，但是他们有朋友来保护它们。

dogs狗；walls墙；guards守卫；servants仆人。根据“around our property to protect us”可知此处用名词walls表示在四周建造墙来保护我们的财物。故选B。

8.

句意：然后他的儿子说：“谢谢父亲让我知道我们有多么的穷。”

poor贫穷的；rich富有的；weak虚弱的；happy开心的。根据第三段的内容可知儿子觉得那些人很富有而自己很穷，此处用形容词poor。故选A。

9.

句意：很多时候我们忘记了我们所拥有的东西，把注意力集中在我们没有的东西上。

miss失去；forget忘记；remember记得；consider认为。根据“concentrate on what we don't have”可知此处用动词forget表示忘记了自己有的东西，而把注意力集中在没有的东西上。故选B。

10.

句意：对于一个人不值钱的东西，对另一个人来说是财宝。

valuable珍贵的；useful有用的；priceless极珍贵的；worthless不值钱的。根据“another's prize possession”可知此处表示对于一个人不值钱的东西对于另一个人是无价之宝。此处用形容词worthless。故选D。