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【題目】One day,a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas when they saw a horseshoe(馬蹄鐵)on the ground.The father said to his son,“Look at the horseshoe on the ground.Go and __ the horseshoe and put it in your bag,my son.” But Thomas said,“If I do so,it will waste my time.” His father said nothing but picked it up himself.When they __ a nearby town,they had a rest.There the farmer sold the horseshoe and __ some strawberries with the money.

The father and the son went on walking.The sun was well up in the __.They soon drank up all their water and there was not a house or even a tree for them to have a rest.Thomas felt __ thirsty to walk on.At this time,his father gave him a strawberry and he quickly ate it.After a while,his father gave him __ strawberry and once again,his son got it quickly and put it in his mouth.

And so they __.The old farmer gave the strawberries and the son ate them.When Thomas had eaten up all the strawberries,his father said to him,“My dear son,__ you picked up that horseshoe,you would have your own __ to eat.Always remember the lesson:if you don’t worry about the little things,you will find it difficult to ___ the great things.

【1】A. give up B. put up C. pick up D. take up

【2】A. got on B. got to C. got off D. got down

【3】A. threw B. bought C. sold D. found

【4】A. sky B. sea C. river D. ground

【5】A. so B. very C. quite D. too

【6】A. another B. other C. else D. the other

【7】A. carried on B. turned on C. went on D. worked on

【8】A. or B. if C. unless D. until

【9】A. water B. money C. horseshoe D. strawberries

【10】A. do B. use C. eat D. drink

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】B

【4】A

【5】D

【6】A

【7】D

【8】B

【9】D

【10】A

【解析】試題分析：本文通過懶惰的托馬斯不聽父親勸告不去撿馬蹄鐵而不能換得自己的草莓的故事，告訴我們一個道理：如果不在意一些小事情，就很難做到那些大事情。

【1】句意：去把馬蹄鐵撿起來放進你的包里。考查動詞短語辨析題。A. give up放棄；B. put up張貼；C. pick up撿起；D. take up占用。根據(jù)下文His father said nothing but picked it up himself.，可知選C。

【2】句意：當他們到達附近的城鎮(zhèn)時，他們休息了一會兒�？疾閯釉~短語辨析題。A. got on上車；B. got to到達；C. got off下車；D. got down下來。a nearby town附近的小鎮(zhèn)，是一個地點；根據(jù)句意語境，可知got to符合句意，故選B。

【3】句意：在那里，農(nóng)夫賣掉馬蹄鐵，用錢買了一些草莓�？疾閯釉~辨析題。sold the horseshoe賣掉馬蹄鐵；and連接并列結(jié)構(gòu)，根據(jù)句意語境，可知選B。

【4】句意：天上陽光充足�？疾槊�詞辨析題。in the sky在天上；根據(jù)The sun was well up，可知選A。

【5】句意：托馬斯感到太渴了，不能繼續(xù)走下去�？疾楣潭ǘ陶Z辨析題。too…to…太……而不能……，表否定，是固定結(jié)構(gòu)；根據(jù)句意語境，可知選D。

【6】句意：過了一會兒，他父親又給了他一枚草莓。考查不定代詞辨析題。A. another又一個/再一個；B. other其他的；C. else別的；D. the other（兩者中的）另一個，表特指。根據(jù)上文,his father gave him a strawberry and he quickly ate it.，結(jié)合句意語境，可知父親又給了他一個，故選A。

【7】句意：于是他們繼續(xù)趕路。考查動詞短語辨析題。A. carried on經(jīng)營；B. turned on打開（水、電視、收音機、燈、煤氣等）；C. went on繼續(xù)；D. worked on繼續(xù)工作。根據(jù)句意語境，可知他們父子接著趕路，ABC三個選項意思都與句意不符，故選D。

【8】句意：親愛的兒子，如果你撿起那個馬蹄鐵，你會有自己的草莓吃�？疾檫B詞辨析題。本句是條件狀語從句，需用if連接；根據(jù)句意語境，可知選B。

【9】句意：親愛的兒子，如果你撿起那個馬蹄鐵，你會有自己的草莓吃�？疾槊�詞辨析題。根據(jù)句意和上下文，可知是有“草莓”吃，故選D。

【10】句意：你會發(fā)現(xiàn)做這些大事情是很困難的�？疾閯釉~辨析題。A. do做；B. use使用；C. eat吃；D. drink喝。本句the great things做空白處的賓語；根據(jù)句意語境，可知BCD三項意思都與句意和文意不合，故選A。