Question

It was a sunny day. A city man was driving along a country road with a new wagon（马车）and a beautiful pair of horses. He didn’t pay a lot of      to where he was going. Pretty soon he    that he was lost, but he     to drive, expecting to re-find his way or to    someone who could tell him how to get back to the     .

    It was a long       road. For many hours he kept on driving. When it was almost     ，he saw in a     a tall farmer ploughing（犁地） the land. He stopped his        team of horses near the fence and called out，“Hello，farmer.”

    “Hello，yourself，”the farmer replied，       ploughing.

    “Where does the horse       ？”he asked without knowing his language mistakes.

    “I haven’t seen it go anywhere. It        stays right where it is，”said the farmer，    stopping his work.

    “How far is it to the next town？” said the city man，speaking a little     .

    “Don’t know. I never      it,” replied the farmer. By this time the city man was getting      .“What do you know？You’re the biggest fool I      saw.”

      stopping, the farmer turned and looked for a long time     at the city man. Then he said，“Maybe I don’t know much.      I am a fool. But at least I’m not lost！”

1.A. signs           B. orders                         C. attention                      D. direction

2.A. realized      B. recognized     C. accepted                        D. received

3.A. stopped       B. used                              C. wanted            D. continued

4.A. miss          B. meet                           C. look                             D. lose

5.A. town          B. country                        C. capital            D. village

6.A. lonely        B. busy                         C. dirty                 D. crowded

7.A. at noon       B. at night           C. raining              D. dark

8.A. truck         B. pile                              C. field                 D. store

9.A. strong        B. tired                             C. weak                 D. tiring

10.A. but           B. went on                      C. stopped             D. still

11.A. go            B. lead up                      C. get                   D. show

12.A. always        B. often                            C. sometimes          D. seldom

13.A. began         B. still                            C. without             D. already

14.A. clearly       B. lower                           C. more loudly       D. more politely

15.A. judged        B. measured        C. saw                             D. studied

16.A. sad           B. lovely                       C. friendly           D. angry

17.A. ever          B. often                             C. even            D. never

18.A. Still         B. Not                               C. With            D. Finally

19.A. gladly        B. immediately       C. in silence        D. excitedly

20.A. Really        B. Perhaps            C. Certainly       D. Fortunately

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.A

7.D

8.C

9.B

10.D

11.A

12.A

13.C

14.C

15.B

16.D

17.A

18.D

19.C

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要讲了一个城市人赶着马车在乡下迷路了，他遇到一个农民，向农民问路，农民却所问非所答。商人生气了，骂农民是最大的傻瓜，而农民回答：“可能我是个傻瓜，但是我至少没有迷路

1.考查名词辨析A. signs迹象；B. orders命令；C. attention注意力；D. direction方向；根据Pretty soon he realized that he was lost,可知这里想说他没有太注意自己要去哪里，attention 注意，故选C

2.考查动词辨析A. realized意识到；B. recognized辨认；C. accepted接受；D. received收到；句意：这里想说不久他意识到自己迷路了，根据语境，realized意识到，故选A

3.考查动词辨析A. stopped停止；B. used用；C. wanted想；D. continued继续；根据expecting to find his way or to meet someone who could tell him how to get back to the town，可知这里想说但他继续驱车赶路，continued继续，故选D

4.考查动词辨析A. miss错过；B. meet遇到；C. look看；D. lose失去；根据someone who could tell him how to get back to the town 有人告诉他如何回到小镇，故选B，meet遇到的某个人。

5.考查名词辨析A. town城镇；B. country国家；C. capital首都；D. village村；根据“How far is it to the next town?” said the city man，这个人问，离下个小镇还有多远，故选A

6.考查形容词辨析A. lonely孤独的；B. busy忙的；C. dirty脏的；D. crowded拥挤的；根据When it was almost dark, he saw in a field a tall farmer ploughing the land.可知这里想说这是一条漫长且荒凉的路，lonely荒凉的，故选A

7.考查介词短语辨析A. at noon中午；B. at night晚上；C. raining下雨；D. dark黑的；根据For many hours he kept on driving，过了很长时间，他继续开车，可知dark天黑了，故选D

8.考查名词辨析A. truck卡车；B. pile堆；C. field地；D. store商店；根据a tall farmer ploughing the land，有一个很长得很高的农民在耕地，故选C，

9.考查形容词辨析A. strong强壮的； B. tired累的；C. weak虚弱的；D. tiring麻烦的；根据For many hours he kept on driving.可知这里想说他停下了他的疲劳的马队，tired疲劳的，故选B。

10.考查动词辨析A. but但是；B. went on继续；C. stopped停止；D. still仍然；这里想说农民回答“你也好”，依然在犁地，still仍然，所以选D项。

11.考查动词辨析A. go去；B. lead up通向；C. get得到；D. show展示；根据I haven’t seen it go anywhere，我没有看到他进去，故选A

12.考查副词辨析A. always经常；B. often通常； C. sometimes有时；D. seldom很少；这里想表达它一直待在它原来的地方，always始终，故选C

13.考查介词辨析A. began开始；B. still仍然；C. without 没有；D. already已经；这里想说没有停下他的工作，without没有，故选C。

14.考查比较级A. clearly清晰地；B. lower比较低；C. more loudly 更大声；D. more politely更礼貌；这里想这个城市人说话更大声了，根据上文提到，没有理他，所以更大声地说，故选B。

15.考查动词辨析A. judged 判断；B. measured测量；C. saw看到；D. studied研究；句意：这里想说我从来没有测量过，measured测量，根据句意，他也不清楚这个问题，故选D。

16.考查形容词辨析A. sad悲伤的；B. lovely可爱的；C. friendly友好的；D. angry生气；根据“What do you know? You’re the biggest fool I ever saw.”可知这个城里人生气了，angry生气的，故选A

17.考查副词辨析A. ever曾经；B. often经常；C. even甚至；D. never从不；这里想说你是我曾经见过的最大的傻瓜，故选D，ever曾经，体现最高级。

18.考查副词辨析A. Still仍然；B. Not不；C. With和；D. Finally最后地；句意：最后停下来，农民转过身来看了这个城里人一会。根据上文提到，一起没有说话，后来才做了这些动作，故选D项。

19.考查副词辨析A. gladly高兴地；B. immediately立刻；C. in silence沉默地；D. excitedly兴奋地；句意：最后停下来，农民转过身来沉默地看了这个城里人一会，根据Then he said，然后他说，证明刚才没有说话，故选B，

20.考查副词辨析A. Really真的；B. Perhaps也许；C. Certainly当然；D. Fortunately幸运的是。这里想说可能我是个傻瓜，但是我至少没有迷路，Perhaps可能，故选B

考点：故事类短文。