Question

The Colors of Friendship友誼的顏色

Once upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel. Green said, “Clearly I am the most important. I am the sign of life and hope. I was chosen for grass, trees and leaves. Without me, all animals would ___1__.”

Blue interrupted, “You only think about the __2__, but consider the sky and the sea. __3__ the water that is the basis of life and drawn up by the clouds from the deep sea. Without my peace, you would all be __4__.”

Yellow chuckled (笑道), “You are all so serious. I bring laughter, fun, and __5__ into the world.”

Orange started next to blow her trumpet, “I am the color of health and strength. I may be __6__, but I am precious for I serve the needs of human life. When I fill the sky __7__, my beauty is so striking that no one gives another __8__ to any of you.”

Red could stand it __9__ and he shouted out, “I am the ruler of all of you. I am the color of danger and of bravery. I am willing to __10__ truth. I am also the color of passion and of love.”

Then came Purple and Indigo (深藍(lán)) …

The colors went on boasting, each convinced of his or her own __11__. Their quarreling became louder and louder. Suddenly there was a startling flash of bright lightening thunder. Rain started to pour down __12__. The colors crouched (蜷縮) down __13__, drawing close to one another for comfort.

In the midst of the clamor (叫嚷), rain began to speak, “You foolish colors, fighting __14__ yourselves, each trying to dominate __15__. Don’t you know that you were each made for a special purpose, __16__? Join hands with __17__ and come to me.”

Doing as they were told, the colors __18__ and joined hands. They formed a colorful rainbow. From then on, whenever a good rain ___19__ the world, a rainbow appears in the sky. They remember to __20__ one another.

A. stay                      B. leave                   C. go out                     D. die

A. earth                    B. moon                          C. star                         D. sun

A. That is                  B. I am                        C. It is                         D. This is

A. anything                  B. nothing                     C. something            D. everything

A. warmth                 B. sadness                    C. depression               D. anxiety

A. usual                    B. normal                    C. common             D. scarce

A. at midnight    B. at noon or at night     C. at sunrise or sunset   D. during the day

A. gift                      B. honor                      C. thought                   D. respect

A. for more               B. any more                 C. very much                   D. no longer

A. turn to        B. fight for                  C. struggle with            D. bend over

A. superiority    B. disadvantages           C. inferiority               D. weakness

A. gently          B. quietly                    C. violently                  D. peacefully

A. with care      B. in fear                     C. by chance               D. on purpose

A. among            B. by                           C. for                          D. against

A. others                 B. themselves               C. the other                  D. the rest

A.equal and simple    B.ordinary and similar  C.more or less D.unique and different

A. each other           B. me                          C. one another              D. them

A. combined            B. separated                 C. united                     D. divided

A. cleans                 B. washes                    C. brightens                 D. dampens

A. appreciate           B. quarrel with             C. ignore                     D. praise

Answer 1

【小題1】D

【小題2】A

【小題3】C

【小題4】B

【小題5】A

【小題6】D

【小題7】C

【小題8】C

【小題9】D

【小題10】B

【小題11】A

【小題12】C

【小題13】B

【小題14】A

【小題15】D

【小題16】D

【小題17】C

【小題18】C

【小題19】B

【小題20】A

解析:

這是一篇富有哲理的文章。綠色象征生命，紅色象征熱情，黃色象征著溫暖和快樂……。顏色之間也要一爭高下，比比誰更重要。斑斕世界，五顏六色，一個(gè)也不能少。看那雨后的彩虹，也許你會(huì)因此而相信：唯有手拉手、肩并肩，才能創(chuàng)造出美麗和希望。

【小題1】由上文I am the sign of life and hope可知“沒有我，其它的動(dòng)物就會(huì)死亡�！�

【小題2】由下文的“天空和海洋”，結(jié)合上文的“草、樹、葉”可知，此處指“陸地”。

【小題3】此處是一個(gè)強(qiáng)調(diào)句型：It be +被強(qiáng)調(diào)部分+that從句。

【小題4】此處與第一段的最后一句有異曲同工的作用，意為“沒有我，你們?nèi)�都沒有”。

【小題5】此選項(xiàng)應(yīng)與前面的laughter, fun一樣表示積極向上的詞，而sadness，depression，anxiety都表示“消極”的意義。

【小題6】桔黃色在平時(shí)不多見，結(jié)合下文只有在太陽升起或落下時(shí)出現(xiàn)，因此用scarce表示“稀少，不常見”。

【小題7】由常識可知，只有在太陽升起或落下時(shí)天空才出現(xiàn)桔黃色。

【小題8】由上文“我的美麗如此迷人”推斷下文“當(dāng)我出現(xiàn)時(shí)，沒有人會(huì)想起你們的”。give thought to想起，注意。

【小題9】由下文shouted out可知，紅色再也忍不住了，no longer表示“不再”。

【小題10】由上文bravery可知，此處意為“我愿意為真理而戰(zhàn)”。fight for為……而戰(zhàn)。

【小題11】由上文各種顏色的講話內(nèi)容及此句中的boasting可知，它們都在吹噓自己的優(yōu)越。

【小題12】由謂語動(dòng)詞pour down可知，副詞用violently來表示“猛烈、激烈”。

【小題13】由謂語crouched down及下文“互相縮成一團(tuán)”可知：它們處于“恐懼之中”。

【小題14】三者或三者以上相互之間應(yīng)用介詞among。

【小題15】句中的動(dòng)詞dominate意為“支配”，根據(jù)上文的內(nèi)容，他們極力說自己的優(yōu)點(diǎn)，想超出對方，因此用the rest表示除自己之外的所有其它顏色。

【小題16】由for a special purpose可知，各種顏色都有自己的特殊用途，它們各自的特點(diǎn)是其它顏色沒有的，因此用unique and different來表示“獨(dú)特的和與眾不同的”。

【小題17】此處表示三者以上的“互相，彼此”，要用one another。

【小題18】由下文joined hands可知，顏色們聯(lián)合起來，團(tuán)結(jié)在一起。

【小題19】此處是擬人化的表達(dá)，wash有“沖洗”之意。此處意為“每當(dāng)一場大雨之后”。

【小題20】它們團(tuán)結(jié)在一起形成了美麗的彩虹，所以顏色們都記住要彼此欣賞。