Question

A wise man was visiting the Ganges, a river which flows through northern India, to take a bath. He found a group of family members on the   26  , shouting angrily at each other. He___27    his disciples(弟子), smiled and asked, “Why do people shout in    28   at each other ?” The disciples   29    for a while and one of them said, “ Because we   30__   our calm, we shout.” “But, why should you shout    31   the other person is just next to you ? You can as well tell him what you have to say in a(n)   32   manner,” asked the wise man. Some disciples gave some other answers, but none   33   the other disciples. Finally the wise man explained, “When two people are angry at each other, there is a distance between their   ___34   . To cover that distance they must shout to be able to  35   each other. The angrier they are, the louder they will have to shout to __36    that great distance. What   37__    when two people fall in love ? They don’t shout at each other but talk softly, because their hearts are very  38   . The distance between them is either nonexistent or very small.”

The wise man  39    , “When they love each other even more, they do not   __40   , but only whisper and they get even closer to each other. Finally they   41 need not whisper. They only look at each other and that’s   42  . That’s how close people are when they love each other.”

He looked at his disciples and said, “So, when you   43  , do not let your hearts get distant. Do not say words that distance each other more.   44   there will come a day when the distance is so great that you will not find the path to  45  . You may end up becoming enemies, for instance.”

1.                A．roof           B．platform        C．bank D．street

2.                A．referred to      B．attended to      C．shouted to D．turned to

3.                A．anger          B．excitement      C．disappointment D．surprise

4.                A．thought        B．relaxed         C．listened  D．waited

5.                A．control         B．disturb         C．lose D．enjoy

6.                A．as long as       B．in case         C．when D．unless

7.                A．soft            B．impressive      C．weak D．responsible

8.                A．encouraged     B．satisfied        C．entertained   D．bothered

9.                A．directions       B．bodies          C．goals D．hearts

10.               A．hurt           B．attack          C．understand D．hear

11.               A．keep          B．measure        C．cover D．shorten

12.               A．matters        B．happens        C．works D．succeeds

13.               A．close          B．huge           C．special    D．open

14.               A．doubted        B．continued       C．replied    D．promised

15.               A．pass           B．cry            C．care  D．speak

16.               A．sometimes      B．still            C．even D．ever

17.               A．nothing        B．all             C．one  D．something

18.               A．argue          B．apologize       C．criticize   D．explain

19.               A．Worse still      B．Therefore       C．Or else    D．Besides

20.               A．beat           B．follow          C．walk  D．return

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.A

5.C

6.C

7.A

8.B

9.D

10.D

11.C

12.B

13.A

14.B

15.D

16.C

17.B

18.A

19.C

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：文章是一位智者教育弟子争吵的时候千万不要伤害对方的心灵的故事。

1.上下文串联。从上句的the Ganges, a river which…可以看到这里是看到一家人在河岸上正吵架。选C

2.短语辨析。A. referred to参考B. attended to照顾C. shouted to对…叫喊 D. turned to转向…

由后文可知他想借此机会对弟子进行教育，选D

3.上下文串联。根据上文的angrily可知这里是in anger. 选A

4.动词辨析。A. thought想B. relaxed放松C. listened听D. waited等待，这里是指弟子思考了一会。选A

5.动词辨析。A. control控制B. disturb打扰C. lose失去D. enjoy享受，这里是指人失去了内心的平静才会怒喊。选C

6.连词辨析。When指 在…情况下。选C

7.上下文串联。由前面所提及的离的很近可知，这里是用柔和的方式。选A

8.考查动词：A. encouraged鼓励B. satisfied满意C. entertained娱乐D. bothered麻烦，一些弟子又出了另外的答案，但没有一个能让其他人满意。选B

9.名词辨析。A. directions方向B. bodies身体C. goals目标D. hearts心，当两个人争吵时，彼此的内心就会产生距离感，故D正确。

10.上下文串联。提高嗓音是为了能让双方都听见。D

11. 上下文串联。上文的to cover that distance可知C正确。

12.上下文串联。由下句thay don’t shout at each other.可知如果两个人相会是什么情况呢？B

13.上下文串联。根据下句The distance between them is either nonexistence or very small可知两颗心彼此很近。选A。

14.上下文串联。根据上述内容这位智者接着continued. 选B

15.动词辨析。与本段后面的whisper构成对比，故是speak。选D 

16.副词辨析。根据上下文串联，可知这里表示递进关系。选C

17.考查代词：他正要注意对方就可以明白一切的事情。选B

18.动词辨析。这里是指争吵的时候千万不要伤害对方的心灵。选A

19.词义辨析。这里是指不要说出那些令人心碎的话，否则你的心会彻底相离。选C

20.动词辨析。你们的心灵的距离会越来越远，以至于你们不能再和好如初（find the path to return）选D

考点：考查人生百味类短文