Question

【題目】In a town in France, there was a farmer who lived alone. Every day he s【1】 a pound of butter to his neighbor, who was a baker. One day the baker decided to weigh the butter to see i 【2】he was getting a pound. After he weighed it, he found that he wasn’t. The baker then took the farmer to the judge (法官).

The judge wanted to know the farmer’s ways to weigh the butter. The farmer replied, “ I’ m so p 【3】 that I do not have enough money to buy anything to weigh it. H 【4】 , I do have a kind of scale (天平).” The judge asked, “Then h 【5】 do you weigh the butter?” The farmer replied, “Before the baker started buying butter from me , I had bought bread from him. So now every time when I b 【6】 home the bread from the baker, I put it on the scale and give him the butter of the same w 【7】.”

We always get back what we give to others. Whenever you take action, ask yourself this question, “Am I honest?”

Honesty or dishonesty can become a habit. Some dishonest people can lie w 【8】 a red face. Others lie so m 【9】 that they do not even know what the truth is any more. But who is it bad for? In fact, those who lie will hurt t 【10】 by their own dishonest behavior.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】sold

【2】if

【3】poor

【4】However

【5】how

【6】bring

【7】weight

【8】without

【9】much

【10】themselves

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了一個面包師經(jīng)常賣給農(nóng)民面包重量不足，并且從農(nóng)民那兒買一磅黃油。農(nóng)民沒有稱，只好用天平來稱，面包師給他多少面包，他就給面包師一樣重的黃油。因此這個故事告訴我們，那些不誠實的人其實會被自己不誠信的行為傷害。

【1】根據(jù)后文的Before the baker started buying butter from me , I had bought bread from him.可知面包師從這個農(nóng)民這里買的黃油，因此農(nóng)民把黃油賣給他。故此處用動詞sold。句意：每天他賣給他的鄰居一磅黃油。

【2】根據(jù)后文的After he weighed it, he found that he wasn’t“他稱了之后，發(fā)現(xiàn)不是一磅”，可知此處是稱一稱，看看是否夠一磅。故用if。句意：一天面包師決定稱一稱這個黃油，看看他是否得到了一磅黃油。

【3】根據(jù)后文的 I do not have enough money to buy anything to weigh it.可知他沒有錢買稱黃油的東西，故此處說明他很窮。故為poor。句意：我很窮沒有錢買稱黃油的任何東西。

【4】結合句意，前半句表示沒有稱東西的工具，后半句表示有一種天平，前后表示轉折關系，又有逗號隔開，故用連詞However。句意：然而，我的確有一種天平。

【5】根據(jù)后文的 So now every time when I b 76 home the bread from the baker, I put it on the scale and give him the butter of the same w 77.可知這是詢問農(nóng)民稱黃油的方式，故用how。句意：那你如何稱黃油的？

【6】根據(jù)I put it on the scale可知把面包帶回家，才能放在天平上，故此處用bring。句意：當我每次把面包從面包師那里帶回家，我就把它放在天平上。

【7】根據(jù)I put it on the scale可知放在天平上，應是兩邊的重量一樣，故為weight。句意：我把它放在天平上，給他同樣重量的黃油。

【8】根據(jù)some dishonest可知此處指的是不誠實的人，因此他們?nèi)鲋e也不表現(xiàn)出來，因此是不臉紅，故用介詞without。句意：有些不誠實的人可能撒謊也不臉紅。

【9】根據(jù)they do not even know what the truth is any more.可知不知道什么是真話，應是撒謊撒得多，故用 much。句意：有些人撒謊撒得如此多，以至于不知道什么是真話。

【10】根據(jù)by their own dishonest behavior.可知自己的不誠實行為會傷害自己，主語是they，故此處用反身代詞themselves。句意：實際上，那些撒謊的人會被自己的不誠實行為傷害自己。