Question

In a land far away, once upon a time there was great poverty, and only the rich could manage without great problems．It is said that one day three of those rich men and their servants were together on a road when they came to a very poor village．

The first could not stand seeing the , so he took all the gold and jewels from his wagons （四輪載重馬車） and shared them out among the villagers．He wished them all the best of luck, and he left．

The second rich man, seeing the worrying situation, stopped for a short time and then decided to give the all his food and drink, since he could see that money would be of little to them．He made sure that they each their fair share and would have enough food to last for some time．Then, he left．

The third rich man, on seeing such poverty, and went straight through the poverty-stricken village without stopping．The two other rich men saw all this from a distance and commented heatedly with each other on how the third rich man lacked sympathy．It was that they themselves had been there to offer help．

However, to their great surprise, three days later, they the third rich man, who was coming in the direction．He was still traveling quickly, but his wagons, instead of the gold and valuables they had been carrying, were now completely full of farming tools and bags of ．He was rushing back to help them out of poverty．

1.A．standing B．traveling C．gathering D．running

2.A．land B．welfare C．richness D．poverty

3.A．villagers B．servants C．others D．rest

4.A．interest B．concern C．use D．attraction

5.A．returned B．possessed C．offered D．received

6.A．turned around B．certain C．true D．strange

7.A．welcomed B．met C．accepted D．persuaded

8.A．opposite B．same C．similar D．familiar

9.A．food B．jewels C．money D．seeds

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.D

6.D

7.A

8.B

9.A

10.D

【解析】試題分析：本文一篇寓言故事，大意是說明三位富人面對貧窮時所采取的不同的行動。

1.動詞。A．standing站；B．traveling旅行；C．gathering聚集；D．running跑。這里上下文呼應。根據后面的travelling quickly可知。故選B。

2.名詞。A．land土地；B．welfare財富；C．richness富有；D．poverty貧困。第一個富人無法忍受看到這樣的貧困狀態(tài)，所以他拿出了所有的金子和珠寶和村民們分享。根據句意故選D。

3.名詞。A．villagers村民；B．servants仆人；C．others其他人；D．rest其余的。所填部分做give的間接賓語，知人，由上下文意思可知此處表“村民”之意。根據句意故選A.

4.名詞。interest：興趣；利潤；使對……感興趣；concern：關心，在乎；use：使用，利用；attraction：吸引力。所填詞構成of結構。be of little use to sb.意為“對某人來說幾乎沒什么用處”。根據句意故選C。

5.動詞。receive“得到”；offer“提供”；gain“取得”；return“歸還”。句意：他確保每個人獲得合理的份額。根據句意故選D.

6.短語辨析。speed up“加速”；turn back“轉過來”；set out“著手、出發(fā)”；show off“炫耀”。句意：第三個富人，看到這種狀況，加快了行進的速度，而且是直接穿過村莊一點也沒有停下來。本題考查短語含義。故選D。

7.形容詞。A．good好的；B．certain一定的；C．true真的；D．strange奇怪的。此句為it作形式主語的句子。句意：他們去那里提供幫助是一件很好的事情。故選A。

8.動詞。meet“遇到”；welcome“歡迎”；persuade“說服”；accept“接受”。 句意：不過，三天之后，他們又遇到了第三個富人。根據句意故選B。

9.形容詞。A．opposite相反的；B．same相同的；C．similar相似的；D．familiar熟悉的。這里指第三位富人從相反的方向過來。故選A。
10.名詞。food：食物；jewel：珠寶；money：金錢；seed：種子。此處所填詞與farming tools并列，且與bags of修飾。句意：馬車上滿是農耕的工具和一袋袋的種子。故選D。

考點：寓言故事。