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Bassanio fell in love1.          Portia, but he couldn’t ask her to marry him 2.          he was poor. He had to borrow some money3. ______    his friend Antonio, a merchant of Venice. Antonio had no money then. He went to Shylock, a cruel and4.______   (greed) money-lender. Shylock agreed to lend him the money on condition that he would cut a pound of his flesh5.______   he couldn’t repay him within three months.

Unfortunately Antonio’s ships were lost6.       sea. 7.______   (know) that Antonio probably had to die, Portia asked Bassanio to go to see his friend at once. She dressed herself 8.        as a lawyer and turned up at the court. She let Shylock cut just9.______  one pound of flesh off Antonio, no more, no less, no drop of blood, otherwise he10. ______   lose all his money. Her clever idea saved Antonio and made Shylock give half of his money to Venice.

Answer

1.with

2.because

3.from

4.greedy

5.if

6.at 

7.Knowing

8.up

9.only

10.would

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了安东尼奥为了好朋友向夏洛克借钱，结果由于自己的船失事，不能按时还上钱，按照约定，夏洛克需要从安东尼奥身上割掉一磅肉，没有办法，鲍西亚假扮律师救了安东尼奥。

1.考查固定短语。这里是fall in love with“爱上，喜欢上”，是固定短语。

2.考查连词。他没有请她嫁给他因为他很穷，根据上下文可知用because.

3.考查短语。borrow sth from sb从某人那里借钱。他不得不从商人安东尼奥那里借钱。

4.考查形容词。这里用形容词来修饰后面的名词，故用greedy.

5.考查连词。如果在三个月内还不上钱，就从他身上割掉一磅肉，根据句意故用if.

6.考查短语。at sea  在海上。不幸地是安东尼奥的船在海上失事了，故用sea.

7.考查非谓语动词。这里know 与它的逻辑主语Portia之间是主动关系，这个句子已经有谓语动词，故用 Knowing.

8.考查动词短语。她把自己打扮成律师，dress sb up as 把某人装扮成。

9.考查她让夏洛克从安东尼奥身上割肉仅仅一磅肉，不多不少不能流一点血，否则的话他将失去所有的财产，故用only.

10.考查动词时态。根据上下文可知说的是将来的事情，过去说的将要做某事，所以用过去将来时，故用would.

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