Question

【題目】 There was once a wise old lady who lived on a hill. All the children used to go and ask her questions. She always gave them _____ answers.

There was a little boy among the children. One day he caught a little bird and held it in his hands without anybody seeing it. Suddenly he had an idea and asked his friends to ______.

“Let’s play a trick on the old lady,” he said, “I’ll ask her what I’m holding in my hands. ______, she’ll answer that I have a bird. Then I’ll ask her if the bird is alive or dead. If she says the bird is dead, then I’ll ______ my hands and let the bird fly away. If she says the bird is alive, I’ll quickly ______ it and show her the dead bird. ______ way, she’ll be wrong.”

The children agreed this was a clever plan. So ______ the hill they all went to the lady’s house.

“Granny, we have a ______ for you,” they all shouted.

“What’s in my hands?” the little boy asked.

“Why, of course it must be a bird.” the old lady replied.

“But is it alive or dead?” the boy asked ______.

All the boys ______ her answer and got ready to laugh at her.

The old lady thought for a moment and then replied, “It’s up to you, my child. If you’re kind enough, it’ll be alive.”

【1】A.rightB.funnyC.possible

【2】A.play with itB.go with himC.go back home

【3】A.ProbablyB.Of courseC.Successfully

【4】A.closeB.raiseC.open

【5】A.killB.saveC.fly

【6】A.EachB.BothC.All

【7】A.acrossB.downC.up

【8】A.presentB.birdC.question

【9】A.quietlyB.excitedlyC.worriedly

【10】A.waited forB.listened toC.thought of

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】B

【4】C

【5】A

【6】A

【7】C

【8】C

【9】B

【10】A

【解析】

本文是一篇記敘文。文章主要講述一個(gè)睿智的老太太總是說(shuō)正確的答案，一次孩子們抓到一只鳥(niǎo)，準(zhǔn)備了兩個(gè)答案讓老太太回答，想要讓她出丑，沒(méi)想到老太太的回答依然睿智。

【1】

句意：她總是給孩子們正確的答案。

right正確的；funny有趣的；possible可能的。根據(jù)后文“____ way, she’ll be wrong.”講小男孩想要證明她會(huì)出錯(cuò)，可知她總是給孩子們正確的答案。故選A。

【2】

句意：突然，他有了個(gè)注意，讓他的伙伴和他一起去。

play with it和它一起玩；go with him和他一起走；go back home回家。根據(jù)后文“The children agreed …went to the lady’s house.”可知，孩子們都同意這個(gè)男孩的計(jì)劃，并且和他一起去老太太的家里，所以男孩是讓小伙伴們和他一起去。故選B。

【3】

句意：我會(huì)問(wèn)她我的手里抓著什么，當(dāng)然，她會(huì)回答我有一只鳥(niǎo)。

probably很可能；of course當(dāng)然；successfully成功地。根據(jù)上文老太太給孩子們的答案都是正確的，所以男孩肯定也會(huì)猜到老太太會(huì)回答那是一只鳥(niǎo)，所以of course回答顯然或眾所周知的事實(shí)。故選B。

【4】

句意：如果她說(shuō)鳥(niǎo)死了，我就會(huì)張開(kāi)手讓鳥(niǎo)飛走。

close閉合；raise升起；open打開(kāi)。根據(jù)上文“held it in his hands without anybody seeing it.”可知，男孩把鳥(niǎo)抓在手里不讓任何人看到，那么想要讓鳥(niǎo)飛走，那就只能張開(kāi)手。故選C。

【5】

句意：如果她回答鳥(niǎo)活著，我會(huì)殺了它。

kill殺死；save保護(hù)，解救；fly飛。根據(jù)后文“show her the dead”，男孩為了讓老太太出丑，當(dāng)她回答鳥(niǎo)活著的時(shí)候，他會(huì)給他展示一只死的鳥(niǎo)，所以他會(huì)殺死鳥(niǎo)。故選A。

【6】

句意：每一個(gè)回答，都是錯(cuò)的。

each每一；both兩個(gè)；all所有。橫線(xiàn)后way是可數(shù)名詞的單數(shù)形式，B和C都是跟復(fù)數(shù)形式，不能選，只有each后能加名詞單數(shù)。故選A。

【7】

句意：所以他們上山去老太太的家里。

across穿過(guò)；down向下；up向上。根據(jù)第一段“There was … on a hill”可知，老太太住在山上，所以孩子們是上山。故選C。

【8】

句意：“老奶奶，我們有一個(gè)問(wèn)題要問(wèn)你。”孩子們叫起來(lái)。

present禮物；bird鳥(niǎo)；question問(wèn)題。根據(jù)后文““What’s in my hands?” the little boy asked.”可知，他們是在向老太太提問(wèn)題。故選C。

【9】

句意：“那么是活的還是死的？”孩子們激動(dòng)地問(wèn)道。

quietly安靜地；excitedly激動(dòng)地；worriedly擔(dān)心地。根據(jù)上文孩子針對(duì)老太太的回答準(zhǔn)備兩種不同的回答，為的就是要捉弄老太太，以及下文“got ready to laugh at her.”他們已經(jīng)準(zhǔn)備好要嘲笑她，所以此時(shí)他們的心情是激動(dòng)的。故選B。

【10】

句意：男孩們等著她的回答。

waited for等待；listened to聽(tīng)；thought of想起。根據(jù)后文“The old lady thought for a moment”可知，老太太思考了一會(huì)兒，在這一會(huì)兒的時(shí)候，男孩是在等待老太太的答案，并且準(zhǔn)備嘲笑她。故選A。