Question

Mr. Black was over fifty years old. He sometimes made some mistakes in his work, and he lost his work. So he had   41  time every day to do something. Then he often met his old friends under a big tree. They had drinks there and   42   anything they liked.

One day, some old men were sitting together again and talking about young people in this world. They all agreed that the old people were    43   than young people. Then one of the old  44   said that young men were stronger than old men.

   45   of them agreed that this was true,   46   Mr. Black didn’t. He said, “No. I am as strong now as when I was a young man.” His friends were surprised   47   what he said.

“Well,” said Mr. Black, “Near my house there is a big stone. When I was a young man, I used    48   to move it, but I couldn’t because I was not    49  . I am an old man now, and when I try to move it, I still   50  . So, I am as strong as when I was young.”

1.A. many B. a lot       C. lots of   D. lot

2.A. talked for   B. talked to      C. talked with   D. talked about

3.A. clever        B. cleverer       C. cleverest      D. a clever

4.A. man B. woman         C. men     D. women

5.A. All      B. None    C. Both     D. Neither

6.A. so       B. or C. and       D. but

7.A. at      B. to C. of          D. on

8.A. trying        B. try      C. to try    D. to trying

9.A. strong enough B. enough strong      C. weak enough        D. enough weak

10.A. can         B. can’t      C. could            D. couldn’t

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.A

6.D

7.A

8.C

9.A

10.B

【解析】短文大意：这篇短文主要记述了一位老人的故事。他因为自己年轻时不能搬动一块石头，老了以后也不能搬动这块石头，来证明自己和以前一样强壮。其实这倒不如说和以前一样虚弱。

1.词义辨析. A. 许多的,修饰可数名词复数;B.副词短语,许多,大量;C.许多,可修饰可数名词和不可数名词;D.名词,命运,一块,一堆.联系前文描述,可知此处指的是,因此他每天有很多时间做一些事情.故选C.

2.短语辨析. A. 谈论;B.对……谈论；C.和……谈论；D.谈论某事。联系下文，可知此处指的是谈论他们喜欢的任何事情。故选D。

3.联系下文than young people 描述，可知前面表示和年轻人的对比，故用形容词的比较级做表语，形容词前一般不能加不定冠词修饰，故选B，更聪明的。

4.联系前文，可知此处指的是其中一个老男人。结合语境可知此处指的是多个老男人之一，故用复数形式。选C，男人们。

5.不定代词辨析。A. 所有的；B.一个也没有；C.两者都；D. 两者都不。联系下文描述，可知此处指的是所有老人都认为这是正确的。故选A。

6.连词辨析。A.因此；B.是否，或者；C. 和，并且；D.但是，可是。联系上下文，可知前后是转折关系，故选D，但是布莱克先生不这么认为。

7.介词辨析。A. 在一点；B. 到，向；C.属于，关于；D. 在上面，通过某种媒介。联系前文描述，可知此处指的是，他的朋友们对他说的话感到很意外。短语be surprised at对……感到惊奇，对……感到意外。故选A。

8.联系下文时间状语从句，可知下文指的是，我过去尝试移动它。短语used to do sth，过去常常做某事。故选C。

9.联系前文描述，可知此处意思是，我不能移动它，是因为我不够强壮。Enough做副词修饰形容词一般要放在被修饰词的后面，故选A。

10.联系前文描述，可知此处指的是，我仍旧不能移动它。故选B，不能。