Question

【题目】One day, Nick invited his friends to supper. He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen. Suddenly, he __【1】____ (find) that he had run out of salt. So Nick called to his son, “Go to the village and buy some salt, but pay a fair price for it: neither too much nor too little.”

His son looked surprised. “I can understand why I shouldn’t pay too much, Father, but if I can pay less, why not save a bit of money?”

“That would be a very __【2】____ (reason) thing to do in a big city, but it could destroy a small village like ours,” Nick said.

Nick’s guests, who had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy salt more __【3】_____ (cheap) if they could. Nick replied, “The only reason a man would sell salt at a lower price would be because he was desperate for money. And anyone who took advantage of that situation would be showing a lack of respect for the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce it.”

“But such a small thing couldn’t _【4】___(possible) destroy a village.”

“In the beginning, there was only a very small amount of unfairness in the world, but everyone added a little, always __【5】___ (think) that it was only small and not very important, and look where we have ended up today.”

Answer 1

【答案】

【小题1】found

【小题2】reasonable

【小题3】cheaply

【小题4】possibly

【小题5】thinking

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要通过主人公Nick让儿子去买盐，借此教育他凡是要公平行事，保持整体的平衡。

【小题1】考查一般过去时。全篇讲述过去的事情，find——found。

【小题2】考查名词的形容词形式。Reason——reasonable合理的，句意为：这在大城市可能是件很合理的事情，但却能毁掉我们这样的小村庄。

【小题3】考查形容词的副词形式。Cheap——cheaply，便宜地。客人问Nick，如果能以低一点的价格买到盐，为什么不那样做呢？

【小题4】考查形容词的副词形式。Possible——possibly，可能地。句意为：但是这样小的一件事不可能就毁掉整个村子吧。

【小题5】考查动名词。Think——thinking，思考。每个人都再往上加一点不公平，并且认为只是一件不重要的小事，所以看看我们现在成了什么样了。