Question

    Once upon a time there lived a king. One day, the king _______ some of his servants to dig a pond outside his palace. As soon as the pond was dug, he made a(n) _______ to his people who gathered around him, _______ that one person from each _______ should bring a glass of milk during the night, and pour it into the pond _______ the pond would be full of milk by the next morning. When hearing the order, everyone present said yes and then went home. One man was _______ to take the milk during the night, but suddenly he came up with a good idea. Since everyone would_______milk, he would just take a glass of water and pour it inside the pond. He thought it would be so _______ that no one else would _______ it. So he just poured the water into the pond and went back home. He felt rather ________, because he saved a glass of milk for his family.

The next morning, the king came to ________ the pond outside his palace with all his ministers. But much to their surprise, they saw the pond only filled with water! What had happened was that everyone was ________ just like others: "I don't have to put in milk, someone else will do it." So when it comes to helping poor people, do not think that others will take care of it. Instead, it starts with you. If you don't do it, no one else will do it. Whatever you do, be true to your words. And it will make a big difference.

1.A.encouraged B.ordered C.invited D.advised

2.A.effort B.deal C.announcement D.note

3.A.suggesting B.requiring C.supposing D.expecting

4.A.group B.school C.village D.family

5.A.so that B.even though C.as though D.now that

6.A.pleased B.determined C.eager D.prepared

7.A.bring B.drink C.add D.buy

8.A.fast B.dark C.easy D.noisy

9.A.hear B.believe C.discover D.like

10.A.worried B.surprised C.disappointed D.satisfied

11.A.visit B.dig C.decorate D.fill

12.A.imagining B.deciding C.thinking D.reminding

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.D

5.A

6.D

7.A

8.B

9.C

10.D

11.A

12.C

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。本文写了国王让人挖了一个池塘，让每个人从家里拿一杯牛奶倒进去，第二天满池子是水。故事告诉我们一个道理：做事是从你开始，如果你不去做，别人就不会去做。无论你做什么，都要忠于你的话，这将产生很大的影响。

1.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：国王命令他的仆人在宫殿外边挖一个池塘。A. encouraged 鼓励；B. ordered命令，预定；C. invited邀请；D. advised建议。根据the king和his servant可知，此处用“命令”符合语境，故选B项。

2.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：池塘一挖好，他就对周围的民众宣布，要求来自每个家庭的人在晚上带一杯牛奶，然后把牛奶倒在池塘中，因此第二天早上池塘就会装满牛奶。A. effort努力； B. deal 交易；C. announcement 宣布；D. note便条。根据下文的___3___ that one person from each ___4___ should bring a glass of milk during the night可知这是国王宣布的一个命令，故选C项。

3.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：句意：池塘一挖好，他就对周围的民众宣布，要求来自每个家庭的人在晚上带一杯牛奶，然后把牛奶倒在池塘中，因此第二天早上池塘就会装满牛奶。A. suggesting建议；B. requiring要求；C. supposing假设；D. expecting希望。因为宣布人是国王，故此处用“要求”符合语境，故选B项。

4.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：池塘一挖好，他就对周围的民众宣布，要求来自每个家庭的人在晚上带一杯牛奶，然后把牛奶倒在池塘中，因此第二天早上池塘就会装满牛奶。A. group 组；B. school 学校；C. village 村庄；D. family家庭。根据上文的one person from each可知此处用“家庭”符合语境，且下文的He felt rather ___10___, because he saved a glass of milk for his family.也有暗示，family是原词复现，故选D项。

5.

考查连词词义辨析。句意：池塘一挖好，他就对周围的民众宣布，要求来自每个家庭的人在晚上带一杯牛奶，然后把牛奶倒在池塘中，因此第二天早上池塘就会装满牛奶。A. so that 因此；B. even though 即使；C. as though 好像；D. now that既然。根据句意可知，上文文是因果关系，用“因此”符合语境，故选A项。

6.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：一个人准备在晚上带牛奶，但是他突然有了一个好主意。A. pleased高兴的；B. determined 有决心的；C. eager热切的；D. prepared有准备的。根据后文he would just take a glass of water and pour it inside the pond，可见他开始的时候准备带牛奶的，后来改变了主意，故选D项。

7.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：因为每个人都会带牛奶，他想带一杯水倒在池塘里。A. bring 带来；B. drink喝；C. add 增加；D. buy买。根据上文的one person from each ___4___ should bring a glass of milk during the night,可知此处用“带来”符合语境，bring是原词复现，故选A项。

8.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他想天这么黑，肯定没有人会发现。A. fast 快速的；B. dark黑暗的；C. easy容易的；D. noisy吵闹的。根据上文的one person from each ___4___ should bring a glass of milk during the night可知，人们是在晚上带来牛奶，故此处用“暗的”符合语境，故选B项。

9.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：他想天这么黑，肯定没有人会发现。A. hear听到；B. believe相信；C. discover发现；D. like喜欢。根据语境天这么黑，没有人会发现他拿来的是水，故选C项。

10.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他感到很满意，因为他为家人节约了一杯牛奶。A. worried焦急的； B. surprised惊讶的； C. disappointed 失望的；D. satisfied满意的。根据下文because he saved a glass of milk for his family可知，因为他为家人节省了一杯牛奶，自己应该感到满意，故选D项。

11.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：第二天早上，国王和他所有的大臣去参观宫殿外面的池塘。A. visit参观；B. dig 挖掘；C. decorate 装饰；D. fill充满。 根据下文的But much to their surprise， they saw the pond only filled with water!可知国王和官员们去看池子，故选A项。

12.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：巧的是，每个人想的都和其他人一样：我不必倒入牛奶，因为其他人会倒。A. imagining想象；B. deciding决定；C. thinking思考，想；D. reminding提醒。根据下文的"I don't have to put in milk, someone else will do it."可以推断这是每个人心里想到的内容，故选C项。