【題目】Long ago, people lived happily under the rule of a king. The people of the kingdom were very _____ as they were wealthy and had no problems.

Once, the king decided to travel and visit far-away places of great historic importance. He chose to travel on foot, _____ he wanted to talk to his people. People of distant places were very happy to have a _____ with their king. They were proud that their king had a kind heart.

After several weeks of travel, the king _____ to the palace. He was quite happy to visit many places and see his people. _____, he felt a lot of pain in his feet as it was his first trip on foot covering a long distance. He _____ to his ministers that the roads were covered with stones and weren’t _____. He said that he was very worried about _____ people who walked along them.

He ordered to cover the roads in the whole country with _____ in order that the people of his kingdom could walk comfortably. The king’s ministers were very surprised to hear his order as thousands of cows would have to be ______ for leather. And it would also cost a lot of money.

Finally, a wise man from the ministry came to the king and said that ______ had a better idea. The minister said, “Instead of covering the roads with leather, why not just have a piece of leather cut in the right ______ to cover your feet?”

The king was ______ by his idea and praised the minister. He ordered a pair of leather shoes for himself and requested all his countrymen also to wear shoes.

Changes are unavoidable, and they should come ______ ourselves. We cannot or should not __depend on others to make them. That means, instead of trying to change the world, we ______ try to change ourselves.

【1】A. crazy B. polite C. happy D. smart

【2】A. though B. because C. until D. unless

【3】A. business B. trip C. discussion D. conversation

【4】A. came B. returned C. hurried D. headed

【5】A. Besides B. Also C. However D. Instead

【6】A. shouted B. apologized C. explained D. complained

【7】A. safe B. comfortable C. straight D. convenient

【8】A. a B. an C. the D. （不填）

【9】A. dirt B. sand C. wood D. leather

【10】A. killed B. sold C. raised D. exchanged

【11】A. he B. she C. we D. they

【12】A. place B. position C. shape D. order

【13】A. confused B. disappointed C. heard D. surprised

【14】A. of B. from C. for D. with

【15】A. should B. may C. must D. would

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】D

【4】B

【5】C

【6】D

【7】B

【8】D

【9】D

【10】A

【11】A

【12】C

【13】D

【14】B

【15】A

【解析】本文是一篇記敘文。講述了一位國王在自己的國家徒步旅游的途中發(fā)現(xiàn)地上滿是石頭而不能行走，他命令在地上鋪上皮革以便于人們舒適地行走，大臣們聽后覺得這個命令行不通，因為這需要許多的奶牛和錢。最后一位聰明的大臣想出了一個辦法，即制作適合人們腳的大小的皮革鞋。作者通過這個故事告訴我們：變化不可預(yù)料，與其改變世界，不如改變我們自己。

【1】考查形容詞詞義辨析。crazy瘋狂的；polite禮貌的；happy幸福的；smart聰明的。根據(jù)后文“as they were wealthy and had no problems(因為他們富有并且沒有煩惱)”可推知這個國家的人們都很幸福，故選C。

【2】考查連詞詞義辨析。though 雖然；because 因為；until 直到；unless 除非。聯(lián)系上下文可知此處表示原因，故選B。

【3】考查名詞詞義辨析。business商業(yè)；trip旅游；discussion討論；conversation談話。結(jié)合句意及語境可知是進行交談，have a conversation with sb. 與某人交談。故選D。

【4】考查動詞詞義辨析。came來；returned返回；hurried匆忙；headed前進。根據(jù)句意可知是國王返回了王宮，故選B。

【5】考查副詞詞義辨析。Besides此外；Also并且；However然而，可是；Instead反而，代替。聯(lián)系上下文可知前后表示轉(zhuǎn)折，故選C。

【6】考查動詞詞義辨析。句意：路上布滿了石子……。shouted喊叫；apologized道歉；explained解釋；complained抱怨。結(jié)合句意及語境可知選D。

【7】考查形容詞詞義辨析。safe安全的；comfortable舒適的；straight筆直的；convenient便利的。結(jié)合語境可知道路布滿了石子肯定會不舒服，故選B。

【8】考查冠詞的用法。a表泛指, 用在以輔音音素開頭的單詞前；an表泛指, 用在以元音音素開頭的單詞前；the表特指, 可用在西洋樂器名詞前；零冠詞有特殊的用法, 如用在一日三餐等名詞前。定語從句who walked along them修飾先行詞people，特指這部分人，需填定冠詞the。故選D。

【9】考查名詞詞義辨析。dirt泥土；sand沙子；wood木頭；leather皮革。根據(jù)第10空后面的“for leather(為了皮革)”可知國王命令所有的路上都要鋪滿皮革，故選D。

【10】考查動詞詞義辨析。killed殺死；sold賣；raised提升，養(yǎng)育；exchanged交換。根據(jù)句意可知要獲取皮革就得要殺死奶牛，故選A。

【11】考查代詞詞義辨析。he他；she她；we我們；they他/她/它們。分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知空處指代前面的a wise man，故選A。

【12】考查名詞詞義辨析。place地方；position位置；shape形狀；order命令。根據(jù)句意可知應(yīng)該是將皮革裁剪成合適的形狀來蓋住腳，故選C。

【13】考查動詞詞義辨析。confused迷惑；disappointed失望；heard聽到；surprised驚訝。由“國王表揚了這個大臣”可知國王被他的主意所驚訝，故選D。

【14】考查介詞詞義辨析。of ……的；from來自；for為了；with帶有。根據(jù)句意及文章最后一句中“we should try to change ourselves”可推知這些改變應(yīng)該來自我們自己，故選B。

【15】考查情態(tài)動詞詞義辨析。should 應(yīng)該；may 可能；must 必須；would將。根據(jù)語境可知，此處表示與其改變世界，我們應(yīng)該努力改變我們自己。故選A。

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