Question

There was once a young man walking down the streets of Rome, from one end of the city to the other, on his way to visit a relative. While walking, he happened to       a beautifully impressive church and heard        sounds coming from the building. They sounded like a lot of pounding（冲击）.

Deciding to satisfy his       , he approached the building, opened the heavy door and looked inside the church. Well , all he could       was an old man in front of a big piece of marble ,      the marble with a chisel（凿子） and hammer.

“Well , it must be something very     ,” the young man probably thought to himself, “      he doesn’t even notice me.” He then left the church and continued with his     .

Several days later, he returned on the same      . It seemed that the old man was still going at it, so he decided to ask him what he was        doing.

He again went to the door, opened it and looked inside. To his     , there was a big statue of an angel      with wings spreading out wide open, light       on it through the stained glass windows, and it       the front of the church.

He could not help it but the next moment he was right next to the old man,        his jaw hanging wide open. He       with absolute amazement and a puzzled look on his face.  He just could not understand how the old man knew that there was an angel in that piece of    and he could not help but        him, “Sir , how did you know that there was an    in that piece of marble?”

The old man        and replied, “Son, there is an angel in every one of us. All we need to do is to take a hammer and a chisel and chip away at all those little piece that do not look like an angel.”

1.A. enter           B. build         C. pass           D. visit

2.A. loud           B. noisy         C. pleasant        D. rough

3.A. relative        B. curiosity       C. owner          D. wife

4.A. hear          B. see          C. feel           D. smell

5.A. wiping         B. cutting        C. taking          D. turning

6.A. mysterious     B. optimistic      C. important       D. strange

7.A. because        B. although       C. unless          D. if

8.A. thought       B. work         C. journey         D. pray

9.A. route         B. square        C. business        D. time

10.A. usually         B. secretly        C. really          D. absolutely

11.A. disappointment  B. amazement     C. relief          D. joy

12.A. sitting        B. kneeling       C. lying           D. standing

13.A. shining        B. bathing        C. throwing        D. looking

14.A. decorate       B. exposed        C. shaded         D. beautified

15.A. for            B. at             C. with           D. in

16.A. shared         B. wondered      C. frowned        D. noticed

17.A. stone          B. clay           C. marble         D. wood

18.A. challenge       B. ask           C. praise          D. question

19.A. admire         B. inventor       C. eagle           D. angel

20.A. sat down       B. turned around    C. looked up       D. came out

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.B

6.D

7.A

8.C

9.A

10.C

11.B

12.D

13.A

14.D

15.C

16.C

17.C

18.B

19.D

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：有个人穿越罗马城去看亲戚，在路过一个教堂时，他被里面的声音吸引，最后发现这是一个雕刻家在雕刻一个天使雕塑。本文告诉我们，每个人心里都有美好的一面。

1.C考查动词。A.Enter进入；B.Build建立；C.pass经过；D.visit拜访；在走路的过程中，他恰好经过一个很美丽的教堂，故选C。

2.A考查形容词。A.loud大声；B.noisy吵；C.pleasant乐意；D.rough粗糙；根据They sounded like a lot of pounding（冲击），可知这个声音是很大声的，故选A。

3.B考查名词。A.relative亲戚；B.curiosity好奇；C.owner拥有者；D.wife妻子；他经过了一个美丽的教堂，从教堂里传出来很大的声音，这引起了他的好奇心，故选B。

4.B考查动词。A.hear听到；B.see看见；C.feel感觉；D.smell闻到；根据looked inside the church. 可知他是在看教堂里面，那么他所能看见的东西，选B。

5.

Marble，a chisel（凿子） and hammer.可知男人是在锯这块大理石，选B。

6.D考查形容词。A.mysterious神秘的；B.optimistic乐观的；C.important重要；D.strange奇怪；根据he doesn’t even notice me.可知这看起来很奇怪，有人进入教堂，但是那个男人都没注意到，故选D。

7.A考查连词。A.because因为；B.although虽然；C.unless除非；D.if如果；Well , it must be something very , 与 he doesn’t even notice me.之间是因果关系，可知选A。

8.C考查名词。A.thought想法；B.work作品；C.journey旅程；D.pray祈祷； There was once a young man walking down the streets of Rome, from one end of the city to the other可知这个男人行走在罗马城里，这是一段旅程，故选C。

9.A考查名词。A.route路线；B.square广场；C.business事业；D.time时间；he returned on the same .他是去看亲戚然后原路返回，按照和之前的一样的路线回来，选A。

10.C考查副词。A.usually通常；B.secretly秘密的；C.really事实上；D.absolutely确定；他很好奇，想问这个男人事实上究竟在干什么，选C。

11.B考查名词。A.disappointment失望；B.amazement震惊；C.relief放松；D.joy快乐；here was a big statue of an angel with wings spreading out wide open这个雕像很令他吃惊，选B。

12.D考查动词。A.sitting坐；B.kneeling跪着；C.lying躺；D.standing站；with wings spreading out wide open根据常识，这种类型的天使雕像通常是站立的，选C。

13.A考查动词。A.shining闪耀；B.bathing沐浴；C.throwing扔；D.looking看；阳光透过窗户在天使的身上闪耀，故选A。

14.D考查动词。A.decorate装饰；B.exposed显露；C.shaded阴影；D.beautified美丽；这个天使雕塑使得教堂的前面更加美丽，故选D。

15.C考查介词。A.for为了；B.at在；C.with和；D.in在里面；his jaw hanging wide open.此处是with的复合结构，表示伴随状况，他的下巴因吃惊而张大，故选C。

16.C考查动词。A.shared分享；B.wondered疑惑；C.frowned皱眉；D.noticed注意；他很震惊也很困惑，这种情况下，他是邹着眉头的，故选C。

17.

Marble可知这个天使雕塑是用大理石雕刻成的，故选C。

18.B考查名词。A.challenge挑战；B.ask询问；C.praise鼓励；D.question问题；根据“Sir , how did you know that there was an in that piece of marble?可知他是向那个男人提问，故选B。

19.D考查名词。A.admire尊敬；B.inventor制造者；C.eagle老鹰；D.angel天使； there was a big statue of an angel with wings spreading out wide open可知雕刻者用大理石雕出的是一个天使雕塑，故选D。

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