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【题目】Some people believe that dreams can tell them what will happen in the future______ knows why this is so, but there are many stories about people who had dreams that came_____ One of these people was John Chapman, who lived in Swaffham in England many years ago.

John Chapman dreamt that he was ____ on London Bridge and a man told him how to become rich. John Chapman was a poor man and he needed money, so the next day he decided to leave for London. It was 100 miles from Swaffham to London. He walked for a few days and at last he______London Bridge. There were many_____ on the bridge, but they weren't interested in John Chapman. No one _____to him. After three days, John Chapman decided to go home, but before he could do this, a shopkeeper came up to him.

'I've been watching you," he said. "Are you ____ for someone?"

"Yes," said John. "I had a dream about a man here. He would help me to get much money."

"Oh," said the shopkeeper, "you shouldn't believe in dreams.____ I believe in dreams, I' d be in Swaffham right now. I had a dream a few days ago about a man called John Chapman from Swaffham. He had _____in his garden, near an old apple tree."

John Chapman was______by what the shopkeeper said. At once he went home and dug (挖) near an old apple tree. He soon found many pieces of gold. He was so happy that he gave some of the gold to his church (教堂). For the rest of his life, he was a rich man.

【1】A. Nobody B. Anybody C. Somebody D. Everybody

【2】A. out B. up C. true D. to

【3】A. talking B. standing C. speaking D. dreaming

【4】A. reached B. arrived C. got D. went

【5】A. dreams B. trees C. apples D. people

【6】A. listened B. talked C. said D. added

【7】A. waiting B. asking C. caring D. standing

【8】A. When B. Where C. If D. How

【9】A. a shop B. a church C. money D. gold

【10】A. angry B. surprised C. happy D. sad

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】B

【4】A

【5】D

【6】B

【7】A

【8】C

【9】D

【10】B

【解析】试题分析：短文是一个离奇的财富故事，在斯沃弗姆住了很多年的John Chapman梦见他站在伦敦桥上，一个男人告诉了他如何变得有钱。他走了几天，最后到达伦敦桥。等了三天，只有一个店主跟他说了话，竟和梦中的一样。他立刻回家，按照那人说的，在一棵老苹果树旁挖了一棵树，找到了许多金子。John Chapman很高兴，把一些金子给了他的教堂。在他以后的生活中，他是一个富有的人。

【1】句意：有些人相信梦能告诉他们将来会发生什么事，没人知道为什么会这样。考查不定代词辨析题。A. Nobody没人；B. Anybody任何人；C. Somebody某人；D. Everybody每个人。nobody没有人，不定代词，做主语时动词用单数形式。根据句意和语境，可知选A。

【2】句意：但是有很多故事说的是那些梦想成真的人。考查固定短语辨析。come true实现，固定短语。根据题意应选C。

【3】句意：约翰·查普曼梦见他站在伦敦桥上。考查动词形式辨析题。A. talking谈论；B. standing起立；C. speaking说；D. dreaming梦想。根据句意和语境，可知ACD三项都不合句意，故选B。

【4】句意：他走了几天，最后到达伦敦桥。考查动词辨析题。A. reached到达，及物动词，后面直接跟地点名词；B. arrived到达，不及物动词，后面加介词后才可接地点名词；C. got得到，其短语get to表示“到达”；D. went去。本句London Bridge是宾语，根据句意结构，可知选A。

【5】句意：桥上有许多人，但他们对John Chapman不感兴趣。考查名词辨析题。A. dreams梦；B. trees树；C. apples苹果；D. people人们。根据句意，可知ABC三项都不合句意，故选D。

【6】句意：没人跟他说话。考查动词辨析题。A. listened听；B. talked谈话；C. said说，及物动词；D. added加。talk to sb.与某人交谈。根据句意和短语，可知选B。

【7】句意：“我一直在看你，”他说。“你在等人吗？”考查动词辨析题。A. waiting等；B. asking问；C. caring照顾；D. standing站。wait for sb.等某人。根据句意，联系上下文内容，可知选A。

【8】句意：如果我相信梦想，我现在应在斯沃弗姆。考查条件状语从句。A. When当时候，表时间；B. Where在哪里，表地点；C. If如果，表条件；D. How怎么样，表状况。四个选项都可引导状语从句，本句是假设关系，表条件，需用if引导，关系C。

【9】句意：他的花园里有金子，在一棵老苹果树旁边。考查名词辨析题。A. a shop商店；B. a church教堂；C. money钱币；D. gold金子。根据句意，结合下文句子He soon found many pieces of gold.，可知选D。

【10】句意：John Chapman对店主说的话感到惊讶。考查形容词辨析题。A. angry生气的；B. surprised惊讶的；C. happy高兴的；D. sad伤心的。根据上下文可知，John听了话非常惊讶，故选B。