Question

In a land far away, once upon a time there was great poverty （贫困）,and only the rich could manage without great _36. Three of those rich men and their servants were_37_together on a road when they came to a very_38_village.

The first could not stand seeing the poverty, _39 he took all the gold and jewels from his wagons (四轮载重马车) and shared 40 out among the villagers. He wished them all the best of luck, and he left.

The second rich man ,seeing the _41 situation, stopped for a short time and gave _42 all his food and drink, since he _43  see that money would be of little _44 to them. He made sure that they each 45their fair share and would have enough food to _46 for some time . Then, he left.

The third rich man, on seeing such poverty, _47  and went straight through the _48  without stopping. The two other rich men saw this from a distance and commented with each other 49 the third rich man lacked sympathy. It was _50  that they themselves had been there to offer help.

However, three days later, they 51the  third rich man ,who was coming in the opposite direction . He was 52  travelling quickly, but his wagons,  53  the gold and valuables they had been  54  ,were now full of farming tools and bags of  55 .He was rushing back to help them out of poverty.

1.                A．loss            B．expectations     C．success   D．problems

2.                A．standing        B．travelling        C．gathering D．running

3.                A．faraway        B．poor           C．different  D．ancient

4.                A．unless          B．because        C．so   D．if

5.                A．them          B．anything        C．nothing   D．those

6.                A．curious         B．worrying        C．dangerous D．puzzling

7.                A．the villagers     B．his servants      C．the others D．the rest

8.                A．could          B．might          C．should   D．must

9.                A．interest        B．concern        C．use  D．attraction

10.               A．returned       B．gained         C．offered   D．received

11.               A．remain         B．last            C．supply D．share

12.               A．turned back     B．set out         C．showed off D．speeded up

13.               A．village         B．land           C．field  D．road

14.               A．whether        B．how           C．where D．when

15.               A．good          B．certain         C．true  D．strange

16.               A．welcomed      B．met           C．accepted  D．persuaded

17.               A．still            B．already         C．always D．indeed

18.               A．except         B．instead of       C．apart from D．along with

19.               A．loading         B．treasuring       C．carrying   D．earning

20.               A．food           B．jewels          C．money    D．seeds

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.B

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.A

8.A

9.C

10.D

11.B

12.D

13.A

14.B

15.A

16.B

17.A

18.B

19.C

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：

1.loss：损失；expectation：预测，料想；success：成功；problem：问题。本句意思是：只有富人们才能毫无问题地解决生活问题。选D。

2.根据本剧中的on a road可以推断出此处选B。

3.faraway：遥远的； poor：贫穷的；different：困难的；ancient：古代的，古老的。根据前后文中的poverty可以推断出此处选B。

4.此处所填词用作并列连词，表结果，根据句意可知其意思是：因此，所以，选C。

5.此处所填代词指代前文中的jewels，是复数，故用them。

6.curious：好奇的；worrying：令人担忧的；dangerous：危险的；puzzling：令人迷惑的。所填词修饰situation，根据句意可知在此处意思是：令人担忧的，选B。

7.所填部分做give的间接宾语，知人，由上下文意思可知此处表“村民”之意，选A。

8.此处所填情态动词表示能力，意思是：能，会，选A。

9.interest：兴趣；利润；使对……感兴趣；concern：关心，在乎；use：使用，利用；attraction：吸引力。所填词构成of结构，选C。

10.此处所填词表动作，意思是：收到。接到，选D。

11.remain：剩下，仍就是；last：持续；supply：供给；供应；share：分享。由some time可知选B。

12.turn back：转回，返回；set out：着手，开始；show off：炫耀；speed up：加速。根据went straight可知所D。

13.由前文可知此处所填词意思是：村庄，选A。

14.所填词引导宾语从句，且表示感叹，感叹的中心词是动词lack，故用how。

15.本句表达的是前两个富人的思想，即他们自己对自己的行为感到自豪，故选A。

16.本句意思是：他们遇见了第三位富人。选B。

17.still：任然，还；already：已经；always：经常；indeed：的确。根据本剧的时态可以推断出所填词意思是：仍然，选A。

18.except for：除……之外；instead of：代替；而不是；apart from：除了，除过；along with：和。由句意可知选B。

19.load：装载；treasure：珍惜；carry：运，搬运；earn：挣，赚。根据后文的full of可以推断出选C。

20.food：食物；jewel：珠宝；money：金钱；seed：种子。此处所填词与farmingtools并列，且与bags of修饰，故选D。

考点：考查故事类短文