Question

Life is often like a game of cards—you can’t help the hand you’re dealt, but you can help the way you play it. It’s easy for us to do something without careful thinking, but it’s hard for us to take back what we have done.

There was once a who repeated a bit rumor(謠言) about a neighbor. Within a few days the whole community the story. The person it concerned was deeply and annoyed. Later, the woman responsible for the rumor learned that it was completely . She was very sorry and went to a old man to find out what she could do to the damage.

“Go to the marketplace,” he said, “and a chicken, and have it . Then on your way home, pluck its feathers and drop them along the road.” surprised by this advice, the woman did she was told.

The next day the wise man said, “Now, go and collect all those you dropped yesterday and them back to me.”

The woman the same road, but to her disappointment, the wind all the feathers away. After searching for , she returned with only three in her hand. “You see,” said the old man, “It’s easy to drop them, it’s impossible to get them back. So it is with rumor. doesn’t take much to spread a rumor, but you do, you can never completely make up for the wrong.”

1.A. boy B. man C. woman D. chicken

2.A. knew B. found C. realized D. recognized

3.A. wounded B. hurt C. injured D. attacked

4.A. collecting B. sparing C. spreading D. sharing

5.A. polite B. untrue C. suitable D. illegal

6.A. wise B. famous C. stupid D. noble

7.A. do B. ruin C. cause D. repair

8.A. provide B. charge C. bargain D. buy

9.A. bought B. dropped C. killed D. flown

10.A. one by one B. all in all C. day by day D. step by step

11.A. As B. Although C. Despite D. Instead

12.A. that B. it C. what D. which

13.A. feathers B. words C. action D. rumors

14.A. bring B. keep C. hold D. break

15.A. copied B. followed C. had D. instructed

16.A. blew B. should blow C. had blown D. blown

17.A. days B. times C. hours D. periods

18.A. but B. so C. and D. thus

19.A. He B. This C. That D. It

20.A. unless B. once C. until D. whether

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.D

9.C

10.A

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.A

15.B

16.C

17.C

18.A

19.D

20.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述一個婦女散布謠言使一位鄰居受到傷害，心懷愧疚的她向智者尋求補救方法。智者讓她買雞并沿路丟下雞毛，第二天再收集回來。通過這個事例說明一個道理：散布謠言是容易的，然而彌補傷害是很難的。

1.C名詞辨析 boy：男孩man：男子woman：女子chicken：雞 根據后文“the woman responsible for”可知，故選C。

2.A動詞辨析 knew:知道 found:發(fā)現 realized:意識到 recognized:辨認出。根據語境“幾天之內，整個社區(qū)都知道這個謠言”，故選A。

3.B形容詞辨析wounded：受傷的（尤指刀，槍傷口） hurt：傷害（心理或身體傷害） injured：受傷的attacked：受到攻擊的。根據“annoyed”可推知“此人的情感受到深深的傷害”，故選B。

4.C動詞辨析 collecting：收集 sparing：節(jié)省 spreading：分布，散布 sharing：分享。根據上文“repeated a bit rumor”（散布謠言）可知，故選C。

5.B形容詞辨析polite：禮貌的untrue：不真實的suitable：合適的illegal：不合法的。根據后文“She was very sorry”可知謠言是不真實的。故選B。

6.A形容詞辨析wise：明智的famous：出名的stupid：愚蠢的noble：高尚的。根據下文老人讓這個婦女的做法以及“the wise man”可知，這位老人非�！坝兄腔�(wise)”。故選A。

7.D動詞辨析 do：做ruin：毀壞 cause：造成，引起repair：修理，彌補。根據語境“她非常后悔，找到一位智者詢問做什么可以彌補過失”，故選D。

8.D動詞辨析 provide：提供charge：收費 bargain：討價還價 buy：購買。根據語境“‘去市場買一只雞’，老人說”，故選D。

9.C動詞辨析 bought：購買dropped：扔掉 killed：殺死 flown：飛。根據后文”pluck its feathers

and drop them”可知智者叫她把雞殺了之后拔下羽毛并扔掉。故選C。

10.A介詞短語辨析 one by one：一個接一個地 all in all：總而言之 day by day：日復一日地 step by step：逐步地，一步一步地。根據語境“拔下羽毛并沿路一根一根地把羽毛扔下”，故選A。

11.B連詞辨析 As：因為，由于 Although：盡管 Despite：不管； 盡管 Instead：代替，反而。根據語境“盡管對他的建議感到很驚訝，這個女子仍然按照智者說的去做”，故選B。

12.C代詞辨析 what she was told為what引導的賓語從句，what一方面起連接句子作用，另一方面在從句中作動詞do的賓語，不含疑問意思。故選C。

13.A名詞辨析 feathers：羽毛 words：語言 action：行為 rumors：謠言。根據語境“現在去把你昨天扔下的羽毛收集起來并帶來給我”，故選A。

14.A動詞辨析 bring：帶來 keep：保持 hold：抓住 break：打破。根據語境“帶來給我”可知，故選A。

15.B動詞辨析 copied：復制 followed：跟隨，沿著 had：具有 instructed：命令，指示。根據語境“那名女子沿著相同的道路走”，可知故選B。

16.C時態(tài)辨析 根據語境“那名女子沿著相同的道路走，但大失所望的是，大風已經把羽毛吹走了”，分析可知“大風把羽毛吹走”發(fā)生在女子重新走那條路之前，故用過去完成時had blown。故選C。

17.C名詞辨析 days：天 times：時間 hours：小時 periods：階段。根據語境“找了幾個小時后，女子只找到三根羽毛”，故選C。

18.A連詞辨析 but：但是 so：于是，所以 and：并且 thus：因而，因此。根據語境“扔掉羽毛很簡單，但再把它們找回來幾乎是不可能的”，可知前后文為轉折關系，故選A。

19.D代詞辨析 根據語境“散布謠言很簡單，但一旦你做了這樣的事，你就很難彌補過失”，可知it為形式主語。故選D。

20.B連詞辨析 unless：除非 once：一旦 until：直到 whether：是否。根據語境“但一旦你做了這樣的事，你就很難彌補過失”可知，故選B。

考點：考查故事類短文閱讀