Question

One day a heavy storm hit a village. Nothing was ____41____ but a rock fell from the nearby mountain. The rock rolled down from the mountain and __42_____ in the middle of the main oad in the village. It was very big and shaped more or less __43__ a ball. The villagers decided to move it away since it was blocking the street. Several of the ___44___ men came to try to lift it out of the road. No matter _____45____ they tried, they couldn’t move it.

All of this time a young boy was ___46_____ the men trying to move the rock.. “Excuse me,” he said, “but I think I could move it.” “You,” they shouted, “____47___ are you talking about? All of us have just tried and can’t ___48_____ move it a little.” They all ____49______ the boy.

The next ___50_____ some villagers came to the street. To their great __51____, the rock was gone. More people ran out to see for themselves. It was true the rock was not in the road any more. The little boy stood in the street, smiling, “ I told you I could move it. I did it last night.” ___52_____ he walked over to ___53____ the rock had been and ____54_____ some dirt with a shovel( 铲 ) “You see,” he said, “ I dug a hole __55____ the rock and it rolled down into the hole by itself. Then I covered it with dirt.”

1.	A．hurt B．found C．destroyed D．broken

2.	A．lay B．stopped C．stood D．placed

3.	A．as B．for C．alike D．like

4.	A．happiest B．biggest C．weakest D．strongest

5.	A．what B．how hard C．how many D．how long

6.	A．seeing B．hearing C．watching D．staring

7.	A．whom B．how C．where D．what

8.	A．still not B．already C．even D．will

9.	A．smiled at B．praised C．joked with D．laughed at

10.	A．night B．evening C．afternoon D．morning

11.	A．joy B．interest C．satisfaction D．surprise

12.	A．At last B．Then C．Finally D．So

13.	A．where B．in which C．there D．place

14.	A．gave B．covered C．uncovered D．put

15.	A．around B．below C．next to D．away from

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.D

5.B

6.C

7.D

8.C

9.D

10.D

11.D

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.C

【解析】文章讲述了一个小男孩用很聪明的方法解决了巨石挡路的问题。

1.C 动词辨析。A伤害；B发现；C破坏；D打破；指巨石没有破话任何东西。

2.A 动词辨析。A躺，位于；B停止；C站立；D放置；指巨石位于路中央。

3.D 介词辨析。Like像…一样；指巨石的形状像球。

4.D 形容词辨析。指村子里最强壮的人都来搬巨石。

5.B 词义辨析。No matter how hard无论多么用力，副词hard修饰动词lift。

6.C 动词辨析。A看见；B听见；C注视着；D盯着（不及物动词）；指一个男孩一直在注视着。

7.D 语法分析。What引导起这个特殊疑问句，在 句中做talk about的宾语。

8.C 副词辨析。Even甚至；指最壮的人用力太石头，巨石甚至动都没有动。

9.D 词义辨析。Laugh at嘲笑；指那些人都嘲笑这个男孩。

10.D 上下文串联。根据下文可知是第二天早晨村民发现巨石不见了。

11.D 名词辨析。A快乐；B兴趣；C满意；D惊讶；指村民们发现巨石没有了，非常惊讶。

12.B 词义辨析。A最后；B那时；C最后；D于是；指那时他走到埋巨石的地方。

13.A 语法分析。Where the rock had been是地点状语从句。解析同上。

14.C 动词辨析。根据下文可知巨石被他埋了起来，这里是指他用铲子把巨石挖出来。

15.C 介词辨析。A周围；B下面；C旁边；D离开；指他在巨石旁边挖一个洞，让巨石滚下去。