Question

One day a rich man was invited to dinner at the home of one of his friends. He did not know what to   36  the wine, meat and chicken he had just bought. Certainly he could not    37   them to the servant. Then he had   38   idea. He called up the servant and    39  to him.

"I'll be away for the whole evening, and I'll leave you to look after the house. In the cupboard there are two bottles filled with    40 . Be careful about it. You'll be killed if you take even a   41   of it. There is also some meat and chicken in the cupboard. Take care of them".    42  these words the rich man left the home.

  43  the master turned his back, the servant opened the cupboard and began to enjoy all the nice things in it. He   44  the two bottles and ate up the meat, the chicken and   45  he found in the cupboard. He was   46  and soon fell 47 .

At mid-night the rich man returned home. He looked into the cupboard and to his great 48  , all the wine and food were   49 . He was mad with   50 and called the servant up.

"Oh, Master," the servant began to say   51  the rich man could open his mouth; "while you were away, the neighbor's black cat stole into our kitchen and ate up every things in the cupboard. I know you would be angry with me. I was so   52  that I drank the two bottles of poison to kill   53  “there were tears in the servant's eyes.”Oh, Master," he continued, "Please don't get angry with a 54 _ man. I'll soon be dead.

The rich man, of course, did not   55 a word of his story. But again, he could do nothing about it.

1.                A．make          B．put into         C．deal with  D．do with

2.                A．buy            B．cook           C．leave D．bring

3.                A．some          B．an             C．the  D．no

4.                A．said           B．told            C．spoke    D．talked

5.                A．water          B．oil             C．wine D．poison

6.                A．piece          B．drop           C．lot   D．bottle

7.                A．At             B．On            C．With D．Hearing

8.                A．Before         B．While          C．Hardly when   D．As soon as

9.                A．broke          B．emptied        C．removed D．cleaned

10.               A．that           B．what           C．something D．everything else

11.               A．satisfied        B．excited         C．worried   D．disappointed

12.               A．sleep          B．asleep         C．sleepy D．sleeping

13.               A．surprising       B．surprise        C．surprised  D．joy

14.               A．gone          B．left            C．missed    D．disappeared

15.               A．tears          B．scene          C．anger D．a smile

16.               A．when          B．after           C．as    D．before

17.               A．afraid          B．sad            C．anxious   D．sure

18.               A．the cat         B．the man        C．myself D．the neighbor

19.               A．dead          B．dying          C．living D．wounded

20.               A．say            B．hear           C．believe    D．listen to

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.D

6.B

7.C

8.D

9.B

10.D

11.A

12.B

13.B

14.A

15.C

16.D

17.A

18.C

19.B

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了一个有趣的故事，有钱人被朋友邀请出去吃饭因为不放心家里吃的喝的，对仆人说这是毒药，聪明的仆人用自己的办法骗了主人，让主人无可奈何。

1.考查动词：A. make 制作B. put into 放入C. deal with处理（和how连用） D. do with处理（和what连用），他不知道怎么处理酒，因为和what连用，选D

2.考查动词：A. buy买B. cook烧C. leave离开，留下D. bring带来，他不能把它们留给仆人。选C

3.考查冠词：他有了个好主意，用an，A. some一些C. the那个D. no没有，不符合句意，选B

4.考查动词：A. said说，后面接说话的内容，B. told告诉C. spoke说话D. talked谈论，因为后面是他和仆人说话的内容。选A

5.考查名词：A. water 水B. oil油C. wine酒D. poison毒药，从后面的You'll be killed可知选 D

6.考查名词：A. piece块B. drop滴C. lot多D. bottle瓶子，一滴都会致命的。选B

7.考查介词：with these words说完这些话，富有的人走了。选C

8.考查连词：A. Before在…之前B. While当…时候C. Hardly when一…就，用于倒装句，D. As soon as一…就，主人一转身，仆人就打开橱柜。选D

9.考查动词：A. broke打破B. emptied倒空C. removed移开D. cleaned打扫，他倒空了两个瓶子吃完了肉。选B

10.考查动词：吃完了他在橱柜里找到的一切东西。everything else选D

11.考查形容词：A. satisfied 满意的B. excited兴奋的C. worried担心的D. disappointed失望的，吃完了东西，一定是满足了。选A

12.考查动词：A. sleep睡觉B. asleep这是形容词，睡着了C. sleepy困的D. sleeping睡觉的现在分词，词组fall asleep。选B

13.考查形容词：A. surprising 令人惊讶的， B. surprise惊讶C. surprised感到惊讶的D. joy高兴，to one’s surprise使某人惊讶的是，主人回来看见东西都没了，肯定惊讶了。选B

14.考查形容词：A. gone没有了B. left离开C. missed错过，表示不见了：missingD. disappeared 消失，不能用被动，选A

15.考查名词：A. tears眼泪B. scene场景C. anger愤怒D. a smile微笑，这里表示：因为生气要发疯了。选C

16.考查连词：在主人张开嘴之前，仆人就说话了。Before可以翻译成“在…之前，还没来得及”选D

17.考查形容词：A. afraid害怕B. sad悲伤C. anxious焦虑的D. sure确定的，我很害怕以至于喝了两瓶毒药。选A

18.考查名词：A. the cat猫B. the man那个人C. myself 自己D. the neighbor邻居，喝了毒药是自杀。选C

19.考查形容词：A. dead死的B. dying快死的C. living活着的D. wounded受伤的，后面的句子I'll soon be dead.可知选 B

20.考查动词：A. say说话B. hear听见C. believe相信D. listen to听，主人当然不相信了。选C

考点：考查故事类短文