Question

【題目】There was a farmer named Hafiz in Africa who was happy. He was happy because he was satisfied with his life.

One day a wise man came to him and told him about the ________ of diamonds and the power that goes along with them.

The wise man said ＂If you had a diamond the size of your finger, you could have your own city. If you had a diamond of the size of your fist, you could ________ own your own country.＂ And then he went ________.

That night the farmer couldn’t sleep. He was ________ and he was discontent. The next morning he made arrangements to sell off his farm and went in search of diamonds. He looked all over Africa and Europe but couldn’t ________ any. When he got to Spain, he was emotionally, physically and financially broke. He got so ________ that threw himself into the Barcelona River and died.

Back home, the person who had bought his ________ was watering the sheep at a stream. Across the stream, the light of the morning sun hit a stone and make it sparkle like a rainbow. He picked up the stone and put it in the living room.

That afternoon the wise man came and saw the stone sparkling. He asked,＂ Is Hafiz ________?＂ The new owner said, ＂No, why do you ask so?＂The wise man said, ＂Because that is a diamond. I recognize one when I see one.＂ The man said, ＂No, that’s just a stone I ________. Come, I’ll show you there are many more.＂They went and picked some samples and send them for analysis. Sure enough, the stones were diamonds. They found that the farm was ________ mountains of diamonds.

【1】A. name??? B. value??? C. price??? D. place

【2】A. hardly??? B. seldom??? C. probably??? D. never

【3】A. away??? B. down??? C. inside??? D. ahead

【4】A. unhappy??? B. worried??? C. satisfied??? D. patient

【5】A. buy??? B. sell??? C. make??? D. find

【6】A. pleased??? B. sad??? C. excited??? D. surprised

【7】A. house??? B. sheep??? C. farm??? D. diamond

【8】A. out??? B. back??? C. off??? D. away

【9】A. made??? B. bought??? C. borrowed??? D. picked

【10】A. made of??? B. popular with??? C. short of??? D. covered with

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】A

【5】D

【6】B

【7】C

【8】B

【9】D

【10】D

【解析】試題分析：本文是一篇哲理故事，講述了原本幸福美滿的Hafiz因為貪戀財富而賣掉自己的農(nóng)場，去世界各地尋找鉆石而破產(chǎn)投河自盡，但并不貪心的新農(nóng)場主卻意外獲得巨額財富的故事，啟示人們不要貪圖意外之財，否則一無所有。

【1】句意：一天，一個智者來到他面前，告訴他鉆石的價值。考查名詞辨析題。A. name姓名；B. value價值；C. price價格；D. place地方。about value of diamonds關(guān)于鉆石的價值；根據(jù)句意和語境，可知選B。

【2】句意：如果你有一個和你拳頭一樣大的鉆石，你可能擁有你自己的國家�？疾楦痹~辨析題。A. hardly艱難地；B. seldom極少地；C. probably可能地；D. never從不。根據(jù)上一句if you had a diamond the size of your finger, you could have your own city.，結(jié)合本句語境，可知ABD三個選項意思都與句意不符，故選C。

【3】句意：然后他走了�？疾楦痹~辨析題。A. away離開；B. down向下；C. inside在里面；D. ahead在前面。go away離開；根據(jù)句意和語境，可知away符合語境，故選A。

【4】句意：他不高興，他很不滿�？疾樾稳菰~辨析題。A. unhappy不高興的；B. worried擔(dān)心的；C. satisfied滿意的；D. patient安靜的。and連接并列結(jié)構(gòu)，根據(jù)and后面的discontent（不滿的），可知選A。

【5】句意：他找遍了非洲和歐洲，但找不到任何東西。考查動詞辨析題。A. buy買；B. sell賣；C. make制作；D. find發(fā)現(xiàn)。look all over到處找；根據(jù)句意和語境，可知選D。

【6】句意：他傷心得跳到巴塞羅那河里死了�？疾樾稳菰~辨析題。A. pleased高興的；B. sad傷心的；C. excited興奮的；D. surprised驚奇的。so…that，如此……以至于……，固定句式；根據(jù)句意和語境，可知他非常傷心，故選B。

【7】句意：回到家里，買了農(nóng)場的那人在小溪邊給羊喂水。考查名詞辨析題。A. house房子；B. sheep綿羊；C. farm農(nóng)場；D. diamond鉆石。根據(jù)前文The next morning he made arrangements to sell off his farm and went in search of diamonds.，結(jié)合本句句意和語境，可知ABD三項意思都與句意不合，故選C。

【8】句意：他問：“是Hafiz回來了嗎？”考查形容詞辨析題。be back回來；根據(jù)句意和語境，可知back符合語境，故選B。

【9】句意：那人說：“不，那只是我選的一塊石頭�！笨疾閯釉~辨析題。根據(jù)下文They went and picked some samples，結(jié)合句意和語境，可知選D。

【10】句意：他們發(fā)現(xiàn)這個農(nóng)場到處都是鉆石�？疾閯釉~短語辨析題。be covered with覆蓋著，固定短語；根據(jù)句意和語境，可知選D。