Question

【题目】完形填空

Once a man and his wife worked for an old man. There was a big box in the old man’s living room. The old man pointed（指着）to the box and said, “There’s only one thing you do. Don’t open the box.” saying this, he left his home.

The woman said to her husband, “There must be expensive in the box. Let’s open it, shall we?” Her husband said to her. But the woman didn’t give up her . One day, she decided to find out was in it. Her husband didn’t stop her. She opened the box and looked inside. To her surprise, she found nothing in the box. She tried hard to close it, but she .

That evening the old man came home and found the box was . He was very and asked the woman and her husband to leave his home.

“But there was nothing in the box,” the woman said, “We didn’t take anything at all.” The old man them, “The box is not important, but I cannot believe you. That is important.”

【1】A. may not B. mustn’t C. could not D. needn’t

【2】A. After B. For C. By D. Before

【3】A. nothing B. everything C. something D. anything

【4】A. no B. yes C. goodbye D. much

【5】A. work B. box C. way D. idea

【6】A.which B. what C. who D. that

【7】A. did B. opened C. failed D. stopped

【8】A. lost B. open C. empty D. broke

【9】A. general B. happy C. careful D. angry

【10】A. turned to B. listened to C. shouted at D. smiled at

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】A

【5】D

【6】B

【7】C

【8】B

【9】D

【10】C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了一个男人和他的妻子为一位老人工作。老人告诉他们那个盒子不能打开。可是，他的妻子不听老人的建议，私自打开了盒子。老人把他们解雇了。

【1】B 考查情态动词和细节理解题。句意：有一件事你一定不能做。mustn't do表示一定不能做某事根据句意选B。

【2】A考查连词和细节理解题。句意：说完以后，他离开他的房间。结合上下文这里要说“在说完这句话之后……”因此选A。

【3】C考查不定代词和细节理解题。句意：盒子里一定有贵重的东西。nothing 没有东西；everything 每一件东西；something 表示不确定的某物，用于肯定句；anything某物，用于疑问句和否定句。故选C。

【4】A考查细节理解题。句意：她的丈夫对她说不行。say yes to sb.：同意某人；say no to sb.：不同意某人。结合上下文，他的丈夫不同意她打开（下文有个“But”）故选A。

【5】D考查细节理解题。句意：但是她不放弃她的主意。A. work工作；B. box 盒子；C. way方法；D. idea 表示想法、主意。根据句意选D。

【6】B考查细节理解题。句意：一天，他决定弄明白里面有什么。what 引导的宾语从句，表示盒子里的东西。故选B。

【7】C考查细节理解题。句意：她努力合上它，但是她失败了。A. did ；B. opened打开；C. failed失败；D. stopped停止。根据句意选C。

【8】B考查细节理解题。句意：那天晚上老人回来了，发现盒子开了。A. lost丢失；B. open 开放的；C. empty空的；D. broke折断，毁坏；上文中那个女人已经把盒子打开了，所以他发现那个盒子是开着的。因此，选B.open。

【9】D考查形容词和细节理解题。句意：他很生气并且让她和她的丈夫离开她的家。A. general一般的，普通的；综合的；大体的；B. happy 幸福的；高兴的；C. careful仔细的，小心的；D. angry生气的，愤怒的，狂暴的。根据短文内容和句意可知选D。

【10】C考查动词短语和综合理解题。句意：老人对他们大喊。shout at sb. 冲某人大喊。 此时，那个老人因为生气而冲那对夫妇大喊……。故选C。