Question

Long time ago, there was a farmer who lived with his daughter. A young man fell in love with the farmer’s beautiful daughter and wished to   36  her. One day, he went to the farmer to  37  his permission. The farmer looked at him and said, “ Guy, stand out in that  38  . I’m going to release (释放)  39  bulls, one at a time. If you can  40  the tail of any one of the three bulls, you can marry my daughter.”

  41 , the young man got out and stood in the field,   42   the first bull. The barn（牛棚） door   43    and out came the biggest bull that he had ever seen. He   44    that one of the next bulls had to be a better   45    than this one, so he ran over to the side and let the bull   46   .

A few   47    later, the barn door opened again. Unbelievable! The young man had never seen any bull so   48    and fierce as this one in his life. It stood there, pawing（扒） the ground and   49  the young man. “ What the next   50   was like ? It had to be a better choice than this one,” he thought. He let the bull pass through again.

The door opened a third time. A   51    came across the young man’s face. This was the weakest bull that he had ever seen. “ This one was my bull,” he   52    to himself. As the bull came running by, he positioned himself just right and   53    at just the exact moment. He threw his hands to catch ...... But to his  54   , the bull had no tail.

Life is full of opportunities.    55   catch the first one.

1.                A．call            B．recognize       C．respect   D．marry

2.                A．remember      B．copy           C．ask  D．answer

3.                A．field           B．forest          C．river D．building

4.                A．two            B．three          C．four D．five

5.                A．see            B．cut            C．catch D．discover

6.                A．Immediately     B．Quietly         C．Finally    D．Proudly

7.                A．talking about     B．thinking of       C．looking for D．waiting for

8.                A．moved         B．opened         C．broke    D．closed

9.                A．decided        B．noticed         C．suggested D．learned

10.               A．rule           B．help           C．choice    D．reason

11.               A．get up         B．go back         C．fall down  D．pass through

12.               A．seconds        B．days           C．hours D．months

13.               A．famous         B．big            C．short D．beautiful

14.               A．seeing         B．looking         C．eyeing    D．searching

15.               A．fish            B．horse          C．bird  D．bull

16.               A．pity           B．shame          C．smile D．tear

17.               A．explained       B．said           C．sang  D．flew

18.               A．jumped        B．escaped        C．stopped   D．shouted

19.               A．anger          B．surprise        C．joy   D．excitement

20.               A．Never          B．Often          C．Seldom    D．Always

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.C

11.D

12.A

13.B

14.C

15.D

16.C

17.B

18.A

19.B

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文描述了一个年轻人要娶农民的女儿，农民对对他说，要是能抓住三头牛中的任意一头牛的尾巴，就可以娶他的女儿。结果年轻人错失了这个机会，告诉我们生活指充满了机会，我们总是要抓住第一个。

1.D 上下文串联。根据上文fell in love with和marry my daughter.”可知他想来娶农民的漂亮女儿。

2.C 动词辨析。A记得B复制C请求D回答；他想来请求农民的允许，允许他娶他的女儿。

3.A 上下文串联。根据41空后的in the field说明农民要求他站在农田里。

4.B 上下文串联。根据下文描述以及49空后的the three bulls，可知一共有3头公牛被放出来，说明农民要求他抓住任意一个牛尾巴。

5.C 动词辨析。A看见B砍C抓D发现；农民说：如果你抓住其中一头牛的尾巴，就可以娶的女儿。

6.A 副词辨析。A立刻B安静C最后D自豪；这个年轻人立刻就走到地里去。

7.D 短语辨析。A谈论B思考C寻找D等待；年轻人立刻站在地里，等待着第一头公牛的出现。

8.B 动词辨析。A移动B打开C坏了D关闭；牛棚的门打开了，从里面出来了一头大公牛。

9.A 动词辨析。A决定B注意到C建议D学会；他决定也许下一个公牛是一个比这个更好的选择。

10.C 名词辨析。A规则B帮助C选择D理由；他觉得这头公牛太厉害了，认为下一个是更好选择。

11.D 上下文串联。根据50空后的pass through again说明他把这条头过去了。

12.A 名词辨析。A秒B天C小时D月；BCD不符合逻辑，应该是几秒钟以后，另外一头牛出来了。

13.B 形容词辨析。A著名B大C短D漂亮；第二头更大更凶猛的公牛出现了。

14.C 动词辨析。A看见B看C盯着…看D寻找；这个公牛扒着地盯着他看。

15.D 上下文串联。上文描述一共有3头公牛，已经出现了2头，接下来会是第三头公牛。

16.C 名词辨析。A遗憾B羞愧C微笑D眼泪；第三头牛出来了，很弱，年轻人认为自己可以抓住这头牛的尾巴，也就可以娶对方的女儿了，所以笑了。

17.B 固定搭配。Say to oneself心里想；他心里想，这是我的那头牛了。

18.A 动词辨析。A跳B逃脱C停止D喊叫；当公牛朝他跑过来的时候，他在准确的时间跳了起来。

19.B 名词辨析。A愤怒B惊讶C开心D兴奋；让他惊讶的是这头牛没有尾巴。

20.D 副词辨析。A从未B经常C很少D总是；生活指充满了机会，我们总是要抓住第一个。

考点：考察夹叙夹议类短文