Question

 No one ever saw the Mute Singer at night. Nobody even knew where he 1        But during the day he could be found at the same place,sitting near the church and playing his 2        while his lips moved silently with the music. Everybody liked the Mute Singer,the peasants as much as the 3        People threw their pennies into the cups of the beggars sitting on the ground asking for help. But not so 4        the Mute Singer. Into his cup,they dropped their pennies 5       . He used the shell of a turtle as a cup. He got much more money than the others,but this did not 6        any of the beggars.

  At the 7        of the day,the beggars crowded around the Mute Singer in front of the church. He took a clean white handkerchief from the pocket of his old coat,and put it 8        on the ground. He made it seem like a(n) 9       ceremony. Then,he put all his 10        on the clean white cloth. He made all the beggars do the same. Then,he gave all the beggars an equal share of the money but 11        nothing for himself. Sadly,he looked around at the beggars 12        with dirt and disease.

  The sun was sinking fast and the peasants had all left the 13        area. The Mute Singer 14        his head and started to pray. The beggars were on their 15        joining him in prayer. Then the Mute Singer began to play his guitar,moving his lips with the music. The beggars sat still and listened. The music cut deep into their 16       . It cut through their years of pain and suffering and 17        of hope. It made them feel 18        again. Many of them cried,and with dried old hands wiped away their tears. I heard a beggar say the Mute Singer was not a human being,but God 19        as a beggar. "If that is true," another answered, "he would not come as a beggar,but as a 20      .”

(   ) 1. A. went   B. slept   C. lived   D. lay

(   ) 2. A. saxophone   B. violin   C. flute   D. guitar

(   ) 3. A. beggars   B. villagers   C. officials   D. children

(   ) 4. A. as   B. to   C. with   D. for

(   ) 5. A. gently   B. rudely   C. proudly   D. meanly

(   ) 6. A. trouble   B. scare   C. puzzle   D. strike

(   ) 7. A. break   B. beginning   C. middle   D. end

(   ) 8. A. directly   B. softly   C. smoothly   D. wildly

(   ) 9. A. serious   B. religious   C. exciting   D. encouraging

(   ) 10. A. books   B. food   C. instruments   D. money

(   ) 11. A. shared   B. kept   C. benefited   D. stored

(   ) 12. A. occupied   B. overcome   C. covered   D. filled

(   ) 13. A. begging   B. downtown   C. church   D. working

(   ) 14. A. lowered   B. laid   C. dropped   D. raised

(   ) 15. A. knees   B. hands   C. feet   D. chests

(   ) 16. A. stomachs   B. ears   C. eyes   D. hearts

(   ) 17. A. itch   B. wait   C. gain   D. loss

(   ) 18. A. satisfied   B. alive   C. human   D. rich

(   ) 19. A. served   B. dressed   C. treated   D. pretended

(   ) 20. A. doctor   B. priest   C. teacher   D. musician

Answer 1

1. B夜晚不知在何處"睡"，睡眠是夜晚必做之事。

2. D由第3段第3行得知。

3. A由后一句得知。

4. C大家把錢扔給乞丐，但對Mute Singer卻不這樣。

5. A大家對Mute Singer很尊重，所以把錢輕輕地放在他的杯子里。

6. A大家給Mute Singer的錢要比給乞丐的錢多一些，但從下文得知這并沒有給乞丐帶來任何影響。

7. D 一天結(jié)束后才可能把所得的錢拿出來分。

8. C這里是說Mute Singer把手帕平整地攤開來放錢。

9. B Mute Singer很虔誠，他為乞丐所做的這一切就好像是宗教儀式一樣。

10. D由本段倒數(shù)第2句得知。

11. B他把錢都分給乞丐，自己卻什么都沒留下。

12. C他同情這些滿身泥土、被疾病折磨的乞丐。

13. C 由下句started to pray得知。

14. A祈禱要低下頭。

15. A祈禱是跪著的，所以是雙膝著地。

16. D Mute Singer的音樂深深地刺痛了乞丐的心，讓他們想起了多年來所經(jīng)歷的痛苦。

17. D乞丐們經(jīng)歷了多年的痛苦，失去了希望。

18. C Mute Singer的音樂使乞丐們產(chǎn)生了共鳴，他們重新感覺到自己活著像個人。

19. B有些乞丐認為Mute Singer是神，只是裝扮成乞丐而已。

20. B和神、宗教有關(guān)的只有牧師。