题目内容
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或者括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16~25的相应位置上。
One day, Nick invited his friends to supper. He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen .Suddenly, he 16 (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 17 too little.”
His son looked surprised.” I can understand why I shouldn’t pay too much, Father, but if I can pay less, 18 not save a bit of money?”
“That would be a very19(reason)thing to do in a big city, but it could destroy a small village like outs,” Nick said.
Nick’s guests, 20 had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy sale more cheaply if they could. Nick replied,” The only reason a man would sell sale 21 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 22 the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce it.”
“But such a small thing couldn’t 23 (possible) destroy a village.”
“In the beginning, there was only 24 very small amount of unfairness in the world, but everyone added a little ,always 25 (think) that it was only small and not very important ,and look where we have ended up today.”
【语篇解读】
本文是一篇记叙文。Nick在家宴请朋友们时，突然发现盐没了，于是让儿子买盐，并吩咐他不要买贵的，也不要买太便宜了。这些话引起Nick朋友的不解，从而展开一段谈话，道出了利用别人的困境占便宜的人是对别人的劳动不尊重的道理。
【答案解析】
16. found。考查谓语动词的时态。根据句意：他突然发现他没有盐了。此处缺谓语，再根据本文为讲述一个故事，故这里谓语动词应用一般过去时。
17．nor。考查连词在句型中的搭配：neither…nor…。此分句的句意：要给一个合理的价钱：不要给钱太多，也不要给钱太少。
18．why。考查疑问副词的用法，此处句意为：但是爸爸，如果我能够花更少的钱，为什么不能省一些钱呢？本句中，if引导条件状语从句，why引导主句，这里为“why not + V原”的句式结构，表示建议。
19． reasonable。考查词性转化。这里为名词转化为形容词。这里前一个分句的句义为：在大城市里，这样做可能是非常合理的……。根据空格后面是名词，所以这里缺形容词。
20．who。考查相连接代词词的用法，分析句子结构可知，本句为非限制性定语从句，why为定语从句的引导词，表人。句意为：Nick的朋友们碰巧听到了他们的的谈话，他们问为什么父子俩能买到更便宜的盐，却不那么做呢。
21．at。考查介词的用法。这是固定配搭，at a price/ speed“以一个（……样的）价格/速度”。这里，sell/ buy sth. at a (low/ high…) price“以一个（高/低的）价钱出售/买到某物”。本句句义：一个愿意用较低价钱出售盐的人的唯一原因是因为他非常需要钱。
22．for。考查介词的用法，根据短语show respect for 可知答案。本句句义：（利用这种情况）利用别人的困难的人将是对那个辛勤劳作生产盐的人的汗水和劳动的不尊重。
23．possibly。考查词性转化。根据句子结构可知，这里要修饰的是动词destroy，所以这里为形容词转化为副词。本句句义为：“但是这样的一个行为虽然小却有可能毁掉一个小村庄（的和谐）。”
24．a。短语层次。考虑不定冠词的泛指用法。a (small/ big) amount of…表示“一点量/很大量的……”，其中amount为可数名词，不定冠词在这里为泛指用法。
25．thinking。考查非谓语动词的用法，根据句意：但是每一个人都要加一点点，总是想着只是多得了一点点，不重要的话，（看一看今天我们的社会成了什么样子）。可知这里要用现在分词作伴随状语。
