Question

原創(chuàng)（三）

Once there lived a rich merchant(商人) and a poor shoemaker in the same house. The merchant occupied the second floor,   36   the shoemaker lived and worked in a small room on the first floor. The shoemaker was one of the   37   persons on earth. He worked from morning till night, singing merrily. His heart was filled with   38   , whenever he saw the boots and shoes    39   . Now the merchant upstairs was so rich that he   40    knew how much wealth he had. He was always   41    over his gold and silver coins far into the night. Even in bed his uneasiness(不安) about his riches kept him  42  . When at last he had been asleep for an hour or two, up came the song of the happy shoemaker, who was an   43   riser. It continued all day and was a (n)   44   to the merchant. Day by day the merchant grew more and more tired through want of    45   . He asked a wise friend of his how he could put an   46   to the shoemaker’s song. “Well, if I were you, I would give the shoemaker a hundred pounds,” answered his friend. “You are rich enough to do that, I suppose. Ask for nothing in    47   . Simply give the money.” The merchant    48    the advice.

When the shoemaker    49   the bag that had been sent by the merchant, he was   50    to find shining coins. “I must hide this from the eyes of my neighbors. If they see it, they will think that I have stolen it,” he thought. “I will   51   it away even from my wife.” So he hid the bag of money under the floor. From then on he    52    his neighbors as much as he could. His wife who had been the best  53    to him, became troublesome. Now his mind was too much set on the money bag to   54   to his work with diligence(勤勞). He could not sing merrily now.   55   he thought of the money bag, he became uneasy and unhappy.

36．A．for                  B．therefore          C．but                  D．however

37．A．poorest            B．happiest           C．richest             D．shortest

38．A．smile               B．sorrow             C．sadness            D．joy

39．A．being repaired  B．repair                     C．to repair          D．to be repaired

40．A．a(chǎn)lways             B．completely       C．hardly             D．entirely

41．A．hiding             B．counting          C．calculating       D．figuring

42．A．a(chǎn)wake             B．nervous           C．frightened        D．a(chǎn)sleep

43．A．early               B．happy              C．noisy               D．late

44．A．threat                     B．matter             C．trouble            D．a(chǎn)larm

45．A．sympathy         B．understanding   C．sleep               D．treatment

46．A．end               B．notice              C．information      D．stop

47．A．trouble            B．need                C．turn                 D．return

48．A．refused            B．a(chǎn)greed             C．a(chǎn)sked               D．followed

49．A．stole                B．opened            C．received           D．closed/carried

50．A．excited            B．a(chǎn)mazed           C．a(chǎn)shamed            D．disappointed

51．A．throw              B．keep                C．give                D．put

52．A．a(chǎn)voided           B．thanked           C．helped             D．a(chǎn)ttract

53．A．companion       B．fellow             C．shoemaker              D．merchant

54．A．tend                      B．turn                 C．a(chǎn)ttend              D．come

55．A．Wherever        B．Whatever         C．Whenever        D．However

Answer 1

36—40：CBDDC   41—45：BAACC  46—50：ADDBB  51—55：BAACC

解析:

本文講述了一位富商和一位窮鞋匠的故事。這位富商很有錢(qián)，但老是擔(dān)心他的錢(qián)財(cái)，整天不能入眠；而這位窮鞋匠雖窮，但很快樂(lè)，整天唱個(gè)不停。因此這位富商在朋友的指點(diǎn)下，把一袋子錢(qián)無(wú)償?shù)亟o了窮鞋匠，從此這位“富”鞋匠不在快樂(lè)了。

36．C  考查連詞。此處表示轉(zhuǎn)折。D項(xiàng)為副詞，AB不合句意。

37．B  考查上下文。根據(jù)下文“singing merrily”可以看出B項(xiàng)最符合語(yǔ)境和句意。

38．D  考查介詞與名詞搭配。be filled with joy 表示滿(mǎn)心（非常）高興。不能說(shuō)be filled with smile。

39．D  考查動(dòng)詞。D表示“要被修理”；A表示“正在被修理”；B、C為主動(dòng)形式且C不應(yīng)帶to。

40．C  考查語(yǔ)意及副詞。根據(jù)句意此處表示否定意義“幾乎不”；A、B和D都表示肯定，根據(jù)下文意思選C。

41．B  考查動(dòng)詞。count…coins“數(shù)錢(qián)”；CD表示計(jì)算。

42．A  考查語(yǔ)境理解�！皩�(duì)錢(qián)財(cái)?shù)膿?dān)心使他不能入睡”，故選A。C表示“恐懼”。

43．A  考查語(yǔ)意和形容詞。根據(jù)前文“快樂(lè)的鞋匠經(jīng)常早起”，故選A。B與前文重復(fù)；D的意思相反。

44．C  考查語(yǔ)境理解。根據(jù)句意：這也成了對(duì)商人來(lái)說(shuō)一件頭疼的事，故選C(trouble)。

45．C  考查名詞。根據(jù)句意：由于缺乏睡眠，故商人每天身心疲憊。A項(xiàng)與文意不符。

46．A  考查動(dòng)詞。put an end to“結(jié)束, 終止”

47．D  考查短語(yǔ)意義。in return“作為回報(bào)”；in trouble“有麻煩”；in need“急需”；in turn“依次, 輪流”，根據(jù)句意選D。

48．D  考查動(dòng)詞。follow one’s advice“”采納，接受建議”。

49．B  考查語(yǔ)境。根據(jù)后文提示，B項(xiàng)表示“打開(kāi)錢(qián)袋”；C項(xiàng)為“收到”與后文不符。

50．B  考查語(yǔ)意和形容詞。根據(jù)句意“當(dāng)打開(kāi)錢(qián)袋時(shí)，看到金閃閃的銀子，感到非常驚奇”與文意相符。其它與文意不符。

51．B  考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)。keep sth. away from…“避開(kāi)……”故選B。其它不合語(yǔ)境。

52．A  考查動(dòng)詞。鞋匠怕商人懷疑他偷錢(qián)，盡可能地避開(kāi)商人，故選A。B表感激；C表幫助；D表吸引，都不合語(yǔ)境。

53．A  考查名詞。根據(jù)句意“他的妻子曾經(jīng)是他的知己，此時(shí)已形同陌路。”A“知己，伴侶”其它不和語(yǔ)境。

54．C  考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)。attend to“關(guān)心，從事”；此處表示“他把全部的心思都放在了錢(qián)袋上而無(wú)暇顧及/關(guān)心自己的生意。tend to“傾向于”；turn to“轉(zhuǎn)向，求助于”；come to“達(dá)到，共計(jì)”等均不合句意。

55．C  考查連詞。無(wú)論何時(shí)想起這些錢(qián)，就感到不自在，不高興。ABD與位意不符。