Question

In a land far away, once upon a time there was great poverty, and only the rich could manage without great problems．It is said that one day three of those rich men and their servants were       together on a road when they came to a very poor village．

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

The second rich man, seeing the worrying situation, stopped for a short time and then decided to give the      all his food and drink, since he could see that money would be of little       to them．He made sure that they each       their fair share and would have enough food to last for some time．Then, he left．

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

However, to their great surprise, three days later, they      the third rich man, who was coming in the       direction．He was still traveling quickly, but his wagons, instead of the gold and valuables they had been carrying, were now completely full of farming tools and bags of       ．He was rushing back to help them out of poverty．

1.A．standing     B．traveling     C．gathering      D．running

2.A．land    B．welfare  C．richness        D．poverty

3.A．villagers      B．servants   C．others     D．rest

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

5.A．returned     B．possessed     C．offered        D．received

6.A．turned around B．certain     C．true           D．strange

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

8.A．opposite     B．same      C．similar         D．familiar

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

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.D

6.D

7.A

8.B

9.A

10.D

【解析】试题分析：本文一篇寓言故事，大意是说明三位富人面对贫穷时所采取的不同的行动。

1.动词。A．standing站；B．traveling旅行；C．gathering聚集；D．running跑。这里上下文呼应。根据后面的travelling quickly可知。故选B。

2.名词。A．land土地；B．welfare财富；C．richness富有；D．poverty贫困。第一个富人无法忍受看到这样的贫困状态，所以他拿出了所有的金子和珠宝和村民们分享。根据句意故选D。

3.名词。A．villagers村民；B．servants仆人；C．others其他人；D．rest其余的。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。根据句意故选A.

4.名词。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。be of little use to sb.意为“对某人来说几乎没什么用处”。根据句意故选C。

5.动词。receive“得到”；offer“提供”；gain“取得”；return“归还”。句意：他确保每个人获得合理的份额。根据句意故选D.

6.短语辨析。speed up“加速”；turn back“转过来”；set out“着手、出发”；show off“炫耀”。句意：第三个富人，看到这种状况，加快了行进的速度，而且是直接穿过村庄一点也没有停下来。本题考查短语含义。故选D。

7.形容词。A．good好的；B．certain一定的；C．true真的；D．strange奇怪的。此句为it作形式主语的句子。句意：他们去那里提供帮助是一件很好的事情。故选A。

8.动词。meet“遇到”；welcome“欢迎”；persuade“说服”；accept“接受”。 句意：不过，三天之后，他们又遇到了第三个富人。根据句意故选B。

9.形容词。A．opposite相反的；B．same相同的；C．similar相似的；D．familiar熟悉的。这里指第三位富人从相反的方向过来。故选A。
10.名词。food：食物；jewel：珠宝；money：金钱；seed：种子。此处所填词与farming tools并列，且与bags of修饰。句意：马车上满是农耕的工具和一袋袋的种子。故选D。

考点：寓言故事。