Question

  Many years ago there lived in England a wise and good king whose name was Alfred. The king did not have a very 1 life in those days. There were 2 almost all the time,Be?tween ruling and fighting, he had a busy time indeed.

  A fierce, rude people, called the Danes, came to England and fought with the English. They were so 3 that after a great battle the English army was defeated. King Alfred  4 alone from the field of the battle.

  Late in the day he came to a hut. He was very tired and hungry, and he 5the hostess to give him something to eat and a place to sleep in. The woman was 6 some cakes,and she looked with 7 at the poor,ragged fellow. She hadn't thought that he was the  8

  "Yes," she said, "I'll give you some supper 9 you watch these cakes. I want to 10 and milk the cow. You must make sure that they do not burn 11 I'm away."

  King Alfred was very 12to watch the cakes,but he had far greater things to 13 . How was he going to get his army together again? And how was he going to drive the fierce Danes out of the land? He forgot his 14 ;he forgot the cakes, too. In a little while the woman came back. The cakes were 15 .

  "You lazy fellow！" she cried 16 . "See what you have done!You want something to eat,but you don't want to 17 ！"

  The king laughed at the thought of being 18 in this way，but he was so hungry that he did not 19 it.

  Many days later, he gathered his 20 together again and beat the Danes in a great battle. 

(   ) 1. A. healthy    B. confusing    C. active    D. easy

(   ) 2. A. disasters    B. competitions    C. wars    D. accidents

(   ) 3. A. curious    B. strong    C. swift    D. eager

(   ) 4. A. escaped    B. avoided    C. came    D. separated

(   ) 5. A. encouraged    B. Ordered    C. permitted    D. begged

(   ) 6. A. baking    B. selling    C. packing    D. cutting

(   ) 7. A. shame    B. pity    C. fear    D. anxiety

(   ) 8. A. king    B. enemy       C. soldier    D. friend

(   ) 9. A. if    B. so    C. but    D. until

(   ) 10. A. settle down    B. carry on    C. go out    D. give up

(   ) 11. A. until    B. so    C. although    D. while

(   ) 12. A. careful    B. willing    C. nervous    D. surprised

(   ) 13. A. set down    B. build up    C. put forward    D. think about

(   ) 14. A. hunger    B. danger    C. pain    D. strength

(   ) 15. A. moving    B. drying    C. smoking    D. boiling

(   ) 16. A. proudly    B. readily    C. carefully    D. angrily

(   ) 17. A. survive    B. work    C. struggle    D. improve

(   ) 18. A. blamed    B. injured    C. fooled    D. punished

(   ) 19. A. accept    B. believe    C. mind    D. confirm

(   ) 20. A. competitors    B. men    C. family    D. neighbours

Answer 1

1- 5 DCBAD   6—10 ABAAC

11—15 DBDAC 16—20 DBACB

本文講述了英國歷史上一位著名的國王Alfred的故事。

1.D根據(jù)下文"總有戰(zhàn)爭"可知，國王的日子也不容易。

2.C由本空后fighting可知，在那個(gè)年代，經(jīng)常有戰(zhàn)爭發(fā)生。

3.B從下文英國軍隊(duì)?wèi)?zhàn)敗可知，丹麥的軍隊(duì)很強(qiáng)壯。

4.A從下文可知，國王獨(dú)自一人逃了出來。

5.D國王很餓,所以他乞求女主人給他點(diǎn)東西吃。

6.A從下文可知，女主人正在烤蛋糕。

7.B看著這個(gè)衣衫襤褸的窮人，女主人覺得他很可憐。

8.A她從來沒有想到眼前的這個(gè)人就是國王。

9.A女主人說："如果你看著這些蛋糕的話，我就給你晚餐吃。"

10.C從第五段倒數(shù)第二句可知，女主人想出去。

11.D女主人說："在我出去時(shí)，你一定要確保它們別被烤糊了。"

12.B國王現(xiàn)在非常餓，當(dāng)他聽到幫助女主人干點(diǎn)兒活就可以得到東西吃時(shí),他非常樂意。

13.D但是，他的腦子里一直在思考以后準(zhǔn)備怎么辦。

14.A他想著想著就忘記了饑餓，忘記了還在烤著的蛋糕。

15.C國王一直在想別的事，所以蛋糕被烤糊了。

16.D看到蛋糕被烤糊了，女主人非常生氣。

17.B女主人罵國王想吃東西，卻不想費(fèi)力干活。

18.A國王顯然受到了女主人的責(zé)罵。

19.C但是他太餓了，顧不上在意這些刻薄的話。

20.B從倒數(shù)第三段中的How was he going to get his army together again?可知，此處應(yīng)選men。