Question

    When my son Gene was about 12 years old, I started helping him learn to _______ , I bought 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 _______ .

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 food. 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 (惊呆) at the __________ of it. Yes, you can fool everyone else, but you cannot “fool the chickens,” because __________ , you will find out, as the saying goes, “What goes around comes around.”

1.A.share B.cook C.count D.work

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

3.A.borrow B.save C.buy D.keep

4.A.soup B.nest C.feed D.meat

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

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

7.A.devotion B.deal C.money D.choice

8.A.notice B.hear C.predict D.imagine

9.A.found B.said C.thought D.recalled

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

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

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

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

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

15.A.allow B.forgive C.discuss D.know

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

17.A.fresher B.heavy C.solid D.less

18.A.job B.life C.mind D.ease

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

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

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.C

5.D

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.D

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.A

15.D

16.B

17.D

18.C

19.A

20.A

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者通过儿子削减鸡饲料从而导致鸡蛋产量下降这件事中明白了一个道理，那就是“种什么因，得什么果”。

1.考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我儿子Gene快12岁时，我开始帮助他学习工作，我买了20只母鸡让他照顾它们。A. share分享；B. cook烹饪；C. count数数；D. work工作。根据下文的I bought twenty chickens and asked him to ____2____ them.可知，让儿子养鸡是一份工作。故选D项。

2.考查动词短语辨析。句意：当我儿子Gene快12岁时，我开始帮助他学习工作，我买了20只母鸡让他照顾它们。A. observe观察；B. take care of照顾；C. train训练；D. play with同……玩耍。结合句意可知，此处是指让儿子养鸡，故用“照顾”符合语境。故选B项。

3.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我告诉他，这些鸡是他自己的，我们会从他那里购买鸡蛋。A. borrow借；B. save救；C. buy买；D. keep保持。根据下文的with the money he made from the eggs可知，此处用“从他那里购买鸡蛋”符合语境。故选C项。

4.考查名词词义辨析。句意：然而，他要用卖鸡蛋挣的钱来给母鸡买食。A. soup汤；B. nest巢；C. feed食；D. meat肉。根据下文的Gene told me he didn’t have _____10_____ money to buy the food.可知，此处用“食”符合语境，food和feed是同义词。故选C项。

5.考查动词短语辨析。句意：有任何剩余的钱他都可以存起来。A. picked up捡起来；B. given back还回去；C. brought in引入；D. left over剩下。结合上下文可知，此处是指卖了鸡蛋，然后买鸡饲料剩下的钱。故选D项。

6.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：想到可以挣钱，Gene很兴奋。A. worried担心的；B. excited兴奋的；C. satisfied满意的；D. discouraged灰心的。根据上文的Whatever money was _____5_____ would be his to keep.可知，此处是指Gene因为自己可以存下剩余的钱感到兴奋。故选B项。

7.考查名词词义辨析。句意：想到可以挣钱，Gene很兴奋。A. devotion贡献；B. deal交易；C. money钱；D. choice选择。根据上文的Whatever money was _____5_____ would be his to keep.可知，此处用“钱”符合语境，money是原词复现。故选C项。

8.考查动词词义辨析。句意：几周的成功工作之后，我开始注意到鸡蛋的产量下降了，对此我什么也没有说。A. notice注意；B. hear听见；C. predict预测；D. imagine想象。结合句意可知，此处是指作者发现鸡蛋产量下降的事情，用“注意”符合语境。故选A项。

9.考查动词词义辨析。句意：几周的成功工作之后，我开始注意到鸡蛋的产量下降了，对此我什么也没有说。A. found发现；B. said说；C. thought认为；D. recalled回忆。结合句意可知，此处是指作者没有和儿子谈论鸡蛋产量下降的事情。故选B项。

10.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：然后一个晚上，Gene告诉我他没有足够的钱给鸡买饲料。A. honest诚实的；B. private私人的；C. pocket (money)零花钱；D. enough足够的。根据下文的He thought he would make more money if he gave them ___17___ food.可知，Gene因为想多挣钱而苛扣鸡饲料，导致鸡蛋产量下降，最终没有足够的钱给鸡买饲料了。故选D项。

11.考查动词词义辨析。句意：他说他的鸡从没有错过一餐，但他却不知道有些鸡为什么停止生蛋了。A. wasted想；B. missed错过；C. enjoyed享受；D. finished完成。结合上下文可知，此处是指Gene每顿都给鸡喂了食。故选B项。

12.考查动词词义辨析。句意：他说他的鸡从没有错过一餐，但他却不知道有些鸡为什么停止生蛋了。A. laying产卵；B. placing放置；C. gathering聚集；D. hiding隐藏。结合上下文可知，此处是Gene不知道有些鸡为什么停止生蛋了。故选A项。

13.考查动词（短语）辨析。句意：然后，我问他是否削减了他给鸡的食物量。A. checked out核实；B. balanced平衡；C. cut down削减；D. measured测量。根据下文的He thought he would make more money if he gave them ___17___ food.可推测，Gene认为削减鸡的食物量就可以多挣钱。故选C项。

14.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他很震惊。A. shocked震惊的；B. delighted高兴的；C. tired劳累的；D. disappointed失望的。根据下文的It was like he did not think anyone would ever ____15____ what he had done.可推测，Gene因妈妈知道他削减鸡粮而感到震惊。故选A项。

15.考查动词词义辨析。句意：就像他认为没有人知道他所作的事情。A. allow允许；B. forgive原谅；C. discuss讨论；D. know知道。结合句意可知，此处是指Gene觉得没人会知道他克扣鸡粮的行为。故选D项。

16.考查名词词义辨析。句意：沉默了很久之后他承认了。A. absence缺席；B. silence沉默；C. atmosphere氛围；D. preparation准备。结合上下文推测，Gene沉默了很久才鼓起勇气承认自己的行为。故选B项。

17.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他认为如果给鸡更少的食物他就会挣更多的钱。A. fresher更新鲜的；B. heavy重的；C. solid坚固的；D. less更少的。结合句意可知，此处用“更少的食物”符合语境，more和less是反义词复现。故选D项。

18.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我对自己脑海中的这个问题感到惊讶。A. job工作；B. life生活；C. mind头脑，思维；D. ease安逸。根据上文的I asked him, “Did you fool the chickens?”可知，此处用“在我自己脑海里”符合语境。故选C项。

19.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我对这句话的价值感到吃惊。A. value价值；B. explanation解释；C. trick把戏；D. example例子。根据下文的Yes, you can fool everyone else, but you cannot “fool the chickens,”可知，作者认为她问的这个问题是有价值的。故选A项。

20.考查介词短语辨析。句意：是的，你可以愚弄其它任何人，但是你不能“愚弄母鸡”，因为最终你会发现，正如俗话所说“种什么因，得什么果”。A. in the end最终；B. in this respect在这方面；C. in contrast相比之下；D. in addition此外。结合句意可知，此处是指愚弄“鸡”最终所得到的结果。故选A项。