Question

【题目】 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

A learned man always has a lot of riches in himself.

Simonides，a famous Greek poet，once made a tour around the wellknown cities of Asia.Years later，he decided to 1 to his native land by sea.

However，he boarded on a ship，which got 2 in a terrible storm.Together with its own poor condition，the ship began to 3 into the sea.Some passengers was busy 4 together their bags，and their 5 belongings.To everyone’s surprise，Simonides was a(n) 6 .One who was 7 curious，asked，“Are you going to save 8 of your property，Simonides？” He made a reply.“All my possessions are 9 me.”

While a few made their 10 by swimming，the majority，being weighed down by their burdens，disappeared in the sea. 11 ，some thieves made their appearance，and stole 12 the few lucky people had saved，leaving them nothing.

Clazomenae，an ancient city，chanced to be near the beach.Here lived a wealthy man 13 the pursuits(追求) of literature.He had often read the poems of Simonides，and was a very great 14 of him though he had never seen Simonides. 15 ，Simonides was saved by this man shortly after he got to the beach.Knowing who he was from their brief conversation，the man 16 Simonides into his house with the greatest pleasure，and 17 him with clothes，money，and attendants.The other 18 meanwhile were carrying about their bowls，begging for food in the same city.One day，Simonides 19 to meet them.With much sympathy，Simonides remarked，“I told you that all my property was about me；what you have 20 to save is lost now.”

【1】A. return B. get C. visit D. come

【2】A. hit B. caught C. struck D. seized

【3】A. break B. drown C. fall D. sink

【4】A. gathering B. keeping C. joining D. carrying

【5】A. common B. formal C. precious D. previous

【6】A. millionaire B. example C. fool D. exception

【7】A. slightly B. extremely C. gradually D. generally

【8】A. nothing B. few C. none D. no one

【9】A. about B. around C. of D. for

【10】A. effort B. effect C. escape D. attempt

【11】A. In fact B. In brief C. After all D. Worse still

【12】A. that B. what C. which D. when

【13】A. related to B. adapted to C. determined to D. devoted to

【14】A. adviser B. listener C. admirer D. buyer

【15】A.Unluckily B. Fortunately C. Naturally D. Frequently

【16】A. ordered B. forced C. received D. begged

【17】A. provided B. offered C. showed D. afforded

【18】A. villagers B. writers C. stealers D. survivors

【19】A. hoped B. happened C. managed D. demanded

【20】A. struggled B. failed C. encouraged D. succeeded

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【4】A

【5】C

【6】D

【7】B

【8】C

【9】A

【10】C

【11】D

【12】B

【13】D

【14】C

【15】B

【16】C

【17】A

【18】D

【19】B

【20】A

【解析】

【1】前文说Simonides在亚洲各大名城旅游，该空所在句说“to his native land”，故选A项。return表示“返回，回去”。

【2】此处用get/be caught in表示“被困于，遇到”，表示他坐的船遇到了风暴。

【3】根据空前的描述可知，船很破旧，遇到暴风雨之后就开始下沉。sink表示“下沉”，符合语境。

【4】一些乘客忙着收拾自己的行李。gather表示“收拢，归拢(分散的东西)”。

【5】船要沉了，乘客收拾行李时会拿珍贵的东西，故选C，precious表示“珍贵的”。

【6】根据空前的“To everyone’s surprise”可知，选D。人人都在收拾行李，只有Simonides是个例外(exception)。

【7】一个人对Simonides的反应感到非常(extremely)好奇。

【8】结合语境判断选C，用none表示“全无，没有一点儿”。

【9】结合语境判断选A，Simonides认为他自己就是所有的财产。文章最后一句中的“about me”是线索提示。

【10】根据下文中的“disappeared in the sea”可知，选C表示“逃脱”。

【11】下文谈到了小偷的出现，因此选D项，表示“更糟糕的是”。

【12】这里用what引导宾语从句，指物，并在从句中作宾语。故选B。

【13】这个富人喜欢文学，经常读Simonides的诗歌，因此选D项，devoted to表示“专心致力于”。

【14】这个富人喜欢读Simonides的诗歌，由此可见他是Simonides的崇拜者，因此选C，表示“崇拜者”。

【15】Simonides上岸以后被这个富人救了，这对Simonides来说是一件很幸运的事，故选B项。

【16】这里用动词receive表示“接待”：这个富人高兴地接Simonides到他家里。

【17】这个富人还为Simonides提供了衣服、钱及侍从。provide表示“提供”，符合语境。offer也有“提供”的意思，但其用法是offer sb.sth.，故可排除。

【18】此处表示同一条船上的其他幸存者(survivors)的境遇，因此选D。

【19】Simonides碰巧遇到他们，此处用happen to do sth.表示“碰巧做某事”。

【20】当初你们努力要拯救的东西现在都丢了。struggle努力，奋斗，符合语境。