Question

Once there lived a rich man 1. wanted to do something for the people of his town. But first he wanted 2. (find) out whether they deserve his help.

In the center of the main road into the town, he placed 3. very large stone. Then he 4. (hide) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.

"Who put this stone in the center of the road?" said the man, but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued his way. 5. man came and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained about the stone but not tried to remove 6.. Later in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone, 7. (say) to himself, "the night will be very dark. Some 8. (neighbor) will come along 9. (late) in the dark and will fall against the stone."

Then he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his strength to move it. How great his surprise was at last! 10. the stone, he found a bag of money.

Answer

1.who/that

2.to find

3.a

4.hid

5.Another

6.it

7.saying

8.neighbors

9.later

10.Under

【解析】文章讲述一位富人测试他城镇的人是否善良的故事。

考察学生的词汇，语法运用能力以及对文章的理解。

1.考查定语从句。句意：曾经有一位有钱人，他想为他城镇的人们做些什么事。很明显，a rich man后构造了定语从句，关系词在定语从句中作为主语，故用who/that。

2.考查固定的动词搭配。句意：但是，首先他想看看他们是否值得他的帮助。本题考查want to do 想做某事，故用to find。

3.考查冠词。句意：在通向城镇的主道中间，他放了一块大石头。根据句意可知可数名词stone表示泛指概念，故用a。

4.考查时态。句意：然后他躲在一颗树后面等待。根据上下文，可知这里用一般过去时，故用hid。

5.考查代词。联系上文，一位老人过来，只是埋怨路上有石头，并没有移去石头。可知这里“又一个人走过来，也做了同样的事情。”故这里用Another。

6.考查代词。句意：他们所有人都抱怨石头，但是并没有试着移开石头。这里用it指代上文提到过的单数可数名词stone，故用it。

7.考查现在分词作状语。句意：一位年轻人经过。他看到石头，自言自语：“天很快就要黑了……”。这里用现在分词作为伴随状语，故saying。

8.考查名词复数。句意：晚上天会很黑，一些邻居将会在天黑路过，可能会被石头绊倒。根据句意可知名词“邻居”这里用复数，故neighbors。

9.考查副词。句意：一些邻居将会在天黑之后路过。later 后来，较晚地。later in the dark天黑之后。故用later。

10.考查介词。句意：最后他非常地惊讶！在石头下面，他发现了一包钱。根据句意可知这里用介词under。

【名师点睛】

伴随状语的用法

伴随状语出现的条件 ：由一个主语发出两个动作或同一个主语处于两种状态， 或 同一个主语发出一个动作时又伴随有某一种状态。伴随状语的逻辑主语一般情况下必须是全句的主语，伴随状语与谓语动词所表示的动作或状态是同时发生的。

伴随状语可以有以下几种表示方法：

一、使用分词形式

The dog entered the room, following his master(这条狗跟着主人进了屋)。

The master entered the room, followed by his dog(主人进了屋，后面跟着他的狗)。

二、用 with 复合结构

The little girls were playing with snow with their hands frozen red.

(小女孩 们在玩雪，手都冻红了)。

The old woman left her house with water running all the time.

(这个老妇人离开家，水一直流着)。

三、用独立主格结构

The little boy goes to school, the little dog accompanying him every day

(这小孩每天去上学，那条小狗陪伴着他)。

文中句子：He saw the stone, ___7___ (say) to himself, "the night will be very dark.…”。（一位年轻人经过。他看到石头，自言自语：“天很快就要黑了……”。）这里say的逻辑主语是全句的主语He，并谓语动词saw所表示的动作是同时发生的。故做伴随状语，另外动作say与其逻辑主语he之间是主动关系，故应该用现在分词saying。