Question

When my son Gene was about 12 years old, I started helping him learn to work. I __ twenty chickens and asked him to ____ them. I told him that they would be his own chickens and we would ____ the eggs from him. However, he would have to buy chicken ____ with the money he made from the eggs. Whatever money was ____ would be his to keep. Gene was _____, thinking he would make his first ____ .

After several weeks’ successful work, I began to ____ that egg production was going down. I ____ nothing about it. Then one night, Gene told me he didn’t have ____ money to buy the feed. He said the chickens had never ____ a meal and he could not figure out why some of them had stopped ____ eggs.

Then I asked him if he had ____ the amount of feed he had given the chickens. He was ___. It was like he did not think anyone would ever ____ what he had done. After a long ____, he said yes. He thought he would make more money if he gave them ____ food. I asked him, “Did you fool the chickens?”

I was just astonished at the question in my own ____. I was dumbfounded at the ____ of it. Yes, you can fool everyone else, but you can’t“fool the chickens”, because ____ , you will find out, as the saying goes,“What goes around comes around.”

1.A. sold    B. killed    C. caught    D. bought

2.A. take care of    B. observe    C. train    D. play with

3.A. save    B. borrow    C. buy    D. keep

4.A. nest    B. soup    C. meat    D. feed

5.A. given back    B. picked up    C. left over    D. brought in

6.A. thrilled    B. worried    C. satisfied    D. discouraged

7.A. deal    B. contribution    C. fortune    D. choice

8.A. hear    B. notice    C. predict    D. imagine

9.A. said    B. found    C. thought    D. recalled

10.A. private    B. honest    C. many    D. enough

11.A. missed    B. wasted    C. enjoyed    D. finished

12.A. hatching    B. laying    C. gathering    D. hiding

13.A. balanced    B. checked out    C. cut down    D. measured

14.A. delighted    B. shocked    C. tired    D. disappointed

15.A. forgive    B. allow    C. discuss    D. know

16.A. silence    B. absence    C. negotiation    D. preparation

17.A. heavier    B. fresher    C. less    D. more

18.A. life    B. job    C. case    D. mind

19.A. explanation    B. significance    C. trick    D. example

20.A. in this respect    B. in the end    C. in contrast    D. in addition

Answer

1. D

2. A

3. C

4. D

5. C

6. A

7. C

8. B

9. A

10. D

11. A

12. B

13. C

14. B

15. D

16. A

17. C

18. D

19. B

20. B

【解析】

本为记叙文。本文通过儿子养鸡的故事，告诫人们“善有善报恶有恶报；付出就有收获；种瓜得瓜种豆得豆！”

1.考查动词辨析。A. sold卖；B. killed杀死；C. caught抓住；D. bought买。根据上文I started helping him learn to work.可知，作者给儿子买了二十只鸡。故D选项正确。

2.考查动词辨析。A. take care of照顾；B. observe观察；C. train训练；D. play with玩弄。根据下文I told him that they would be his own chickens可知，作者让儿子照顾小鸡。故A选项正确。

3.考查动词辨析。A. enjoy喜爱；B. borrow借；C. buy买；D. keep保持。根据下文he would have to buy chicken…with the money he made from the eggs可知，作者会买这些鸡蛋。故C选项正确。

4.考查名词辨析。A. nest鸟巢；B. soup汤；C. meat肉；D. feed饲料。根据第二段中的Gene told me he didn't have money to buy the feed可知，应是用卖鸡蛋所得的钱给鸡买饲料。故D选项正确。

5.考查动词辨析。A. given back偿还；B. picked up捡起；C. left over剩下；D. brought in引进。结合句意，买鸡饲料剩余的钱都是他的。故C选项正确。

6.考查形容词辨析。A. thrilled感到兴奋的；B. worried感到担心的；C. satisfied满意的；D. discouraged灰心丧气的。结合上句，买鸡饲料剩余的钱都由Gene保管，Gene应感到兴奋。故A选项正确。

7.考查名词辨析。A. deal协议；B. contribution贡献；C. fortune运气；D. choice选择。make a deal“达成协议”；make a contribution“做出贡献”；make a fortune“发财”；make a choice“做出选择”。买鸡饲料剩余的钱都归Gene所有，故他认为他可以发自己的第一笔财。故C选项正确。

8.考查动词辨析。A. hear听到；B. notice注意到；C. predict预测；D. imagine想象。作者注意到鸡产蛋量在下降。故B选项正确。

9.考查动词辨析。A. said说；B. found发现；C. though认为t；D. recalled回想起。结合句意，作者看到鸡产蛋量下降，他什么也没说。故A选项正确。

10.考查形容词词辨析。A. private私人的；B. honest诚实的；C. many很多；D. enough足够的。根据前面说鸡蛋产量下降，故推断这里Gene 说他没有足够的钱买鸡饲料。故D选项正确。

11.考查动词辨析。A. missed错过；B. wasted浪费；C. enjoyed享受；D. finished完成。Gene分析产蛋量较少的原因，他说这些鸡从没错过一顿饭。故A选项正确。

12.考查动词辨析。A. hatching孵化；B. laying产卵，下蛋；C. gathering聚集；D. hiding隐藏。根据本段第一句…egg production was going down可知，有些鸡停止下蛋了。故B选项正确。

13.考查动词辨析。A. balanced使平衡；B. checked out结账离开；C. cut down砍倒，减少；D. measured测量。结合上文，作者注意到鸡产蛋量减少，故此处作者应问儿子是否减少了给鸡的饲料量。故C选项正确。

14.考查形容词辨析。A. delighted感到高兴的；B. shocked感到震惊的；C. tired感到疲惫的；D. disappointed感到失望的。根据下文It was like he didn't think anyone would ever what he had done可知，儿子对于作者的提问感到震惊。故B选项正确。

15.考查动词辨析A. forgive原谅；B. allow允许；C. discuss讨论；D. know知道。结合句意，好像儿子并不认为有人会知道他做的事情。故D选项正确。

16.考查名词辨析。A. silence沉默；B. absence缺席；C. negotiation谈判；D. preparation准备。结合上文，儿子对于作者的提问感到震惊，故此处应表示“沉默了很长的时间”。故A选项正确。

17.考查形容词辨析。A. heavier更重的；B. fresher更新鲜的；C. less更少的；D. more更多的。结合上文，作者问儿子是否减少了鸡饲料的量，他的回答是肯定的，因为他认为他给鸡的饲料量更少，他就可以赚到更多的钱。故C选项正确。

18.考查名词辨析。A. life生活；B. job工作；C. case案例；D. mind头脑；心灵。作者对于自己问儿子的那个问题在头脑中深到惊讶。故D选项正确。

19.考查名词辨析。A. explanation解释；B. significance重要性；C. trick技巧；D. example例子。句意：这件事的意义使我目瞪口呆。故B选项正确。

20.考查介词短语辨析。A. in this respect在这方面；B. in the end最后；C. in contrast相比之下；D. in addition另外，此外。结合句意，最终你会发现，正如谚语所说，“种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆”。故B选项正确。