Question

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Once upon a time there were two brothers who lived near each other. One day, they had a ________ because of some small things. And neither was willing to________  each other.

One morning, there was a knock at door of the elder brother. He ________   it and found a man standing beside the door. “I’m a carpenter(木匠). I’m ________   a few days’ work. Perhaps you would have a few small jobs I could help with.”

“Yes,” said the elder brother. “I do have a job for you. ________  at that farm across the small river. It is my younger brother’s. We had a quarrel, so I won’t like to see his ________ anymore. I want you to build me a 8-foot ________  .”  The man said, “I think I understand the situation. Don’t worry. I’ll be able to do a job that makes you ________  .” So the elder brother was very glad and left for the town nearby.

In the evening, the carpenter had just ________   his job when the elder brother returned. But he was ________ to find, instead of a fence, before him, stood a ________ , which went from one side of the river ________  the other! On the other________  of bridge, was his younger brother.

“Do you know the name of the bridge?” The carpenter asked.

“No,” the elder brother was________  .

“OK, I can tell you. Its name is understanding and ________  ,” the carpenter smiled.

Suddenly they began to understand ________   . Surely, between two brothers there should be a bridge rather than a________   . Standing on the bridge, they ________  each other’s hands with ________   in their eyes.

“Could you stay another few days? I’ve a lot of other work for you,” said the elder brother. “I’d love to________ on,” the carpenter said. “But I have many more bridges to build.”

1.A. meeting        B. question    C. decision       D. quarrel

2.A. forgive        B. like        C. speak          D. think

3.A. got           B. opened    C. shut           D. left

4.A. looking for   B. looking at  C. looking on     D. looking up

5.A. See           B. Watch     C. Observe       D. Look

6.A. river          B. face        C. farm          D. eyes

7.A. wall          B. bridge     C. road           D. fence

8.A. excited        B. pleased    C. moved         D. surprised

9.A. begun        B. done       C. finished      D. continued

10.A. surprised    B. happy       C. anxious       D. sad

11.A. house        B. fence      C. bridge       D. river

12.A. till         B. between    C. across        D. to

13.A. field         B. side      C. end            D. stage

14.A. disappointed  B. puzzled     C. amazed         D. worried

15.A. love          B. hate       C. joy           D. anger

16.A. everything  B. nothing    C. anything       D. something

17.A. river        B. fence      C. farm          D. wall

18.A. brought      B. took       C. held           D. clapped

19.A. smiles        B. sadness     C. anger         D. tears

20.A. leave        B. get         C. stay          D. work

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.A

5.D

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.C

10.A

11.C

12.D

13.C

14.B

15.A

16.A

17.B

18.C

19.D

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：兄弟两因为一些小事儿发生矛盾，哥哥本想让木匠在两家之间造一个篱笆，但是木匠却在两家之间的河上造了一座桥，化解了兄弟之间的矛盾。

1.D考查名词以及对语境的理解。A. meeting会议; B. question问题; C. decision决定; D. quarrel争吵。根据下文的We had a quarrel,可知，兄弟俩闹矛盾吵架了，故选D。

2.A考查动词以及对语境的理解。A. forgive原谅；B. like喜欢；C. speak说话；D. believe相信。根据下文的…instead of a fence,可知，他们互不原谅，要建一道篱笆，彼此分开，故选A。

3.B考查动词以及对语境的理解。A. got得到；B. opened打开；C. shut关闭；D. left离开。 上文说有人敲门，所以他应该去开门。故选B。

4.A考查动词短语以及对语境的理解。A. looking for寻找；B. looking at看；C. looking on观看，看待；D. looking up查找；根据I do have a job for you.可知那个木匠正在找工作。故选A。

5.D考查动词以及对语境的理解。A. See看见；B. Watch观看；C. Observe观察；D. Look at看…; 根据搭配可知意思是：看河对面的那个农场。故选D。

6.C考查名词以及对语境的理解。A. river河流；B. face脸；C. farm农场；D. eyes眼睛。根据前面说弟弟的农场在河对岸，他们吵架了，他不想看到他的农场，后面木匠没有造篱笆，而是造了一座桥。故选C。

7.D考查名词以及对语境的理解。 A. wall墙；B. bridge桥；C. road路；D. fence篱笆；根据下文的instead of a fence，可知他要造一座8英尺的篱笆，故选D。

8.B考查形容词以及对语境的理解。A. excited激动的，兴奋的；B. pleased高兴的；C. moved感动的；D. surprised感到吃惊的。根据常识可知，他会让雇主高兴的。故选B。

9.C考查动词以及对语境的理解。A. begun开始；B. done做；C. finished完成；D. continued继续。根据上下文可知木匠已经完成了工作。故选C。

10.A考查形容词以及对语境的理解。A. surprised吃惊；B. happy高兴；C. anxious焦虑；D. sad伤心。根据上下文可知本来是想让他建篱笆的，他却建了一座桥，所以应该是很惊讶。故选A。

11.B考查名词以及对语境的理解。A. house房子；B. bridge桥；C. fence 篱笆；D. river河。根据On the other of bridge, was his younger brother.，可知，本来是想让木匠建篱笆的，他却建了一座桥，故选B。

12.D考查介词固定搭配以及对语境的理解。A. till直到；B. between两者之间；C. across横穿； D. to 到。From…to….从…到…, 故选D。

13.C考查名词以及对语境的理解。A. field田地；B. side边；C. end末端；D. stagee舞台，由句意可知在桥的另一端，是他兄弟家。故选C。

14.B考查形容词以及对语境的理解。A. disappointed失望的；B. puzzled困惑的；C. amazed惊讶的；D. worried担心的；由句意可知他不理解木匠的用意，所以应该是感觉困惑。故选B。

15.A考查名词以及对语境的理解。 A. love爱；B. hate恨；C. joy快乐；D. anger愤怒，横线所填的词应该很understanding是同一类的。故选A。

16.A考查代词以及对语境的理解。A. everything 一切；B. nothing没什么；C. anything任何事情；D. something某些事情。由句意可知他明白了一切。故选A。

17.B考查名词以及对语境的理解。A. river河；B. fence篱笆；C. farm 农场；D. wall墙。由上文可知兄弟间应该是桥而不是篱笆，故选B。

18.C考查动词以及对语境的理解。 A. brought带来；B. took带走；C. held握住；D. clapped拍手；由句意可知俩个兄弟紧紧地握着双手，眼含泪水，兄弟和解了。故选C。

19.D考查名词以及对语境的理解。 A. smiles微笑；B. sadness悲伤；C. anger愤怒；D. tears眼泪。俩个兄弟紧紧地握着双手，眼含泪水，故选D。

20.考查动词以及对语境的理解。 A. leave离开；B. get得到；C. stay停留；D. work工作。

由上文可知两兄弟中的兄长想留他待下来，他说他也想留下来，可是他还有很多这样的桥要建。故选C。

考点：考查故事类阅读。