Question

A group of people were in search of a home. After some time walking around, they finally found a place to down.

They needed some , and the chief (首领)sent out three groups of people to the surrounding areas. After a short discussion, the three groups went out in directions.

The first group explored the north. There, they saw large fields with crops, vegetables and fruits. They went back to report their . “We saw lots of vegetation (植物). We can be .”

The second group went southwest. There, they saw lots of . As they went back, they said, “We saw hundreds of animals. We can for our food, and rely on meat to sustain (维持) us.”

The last group went southeast. There, they reached the sea and saw hundreds of fish swimming. They returned and said, “We saw plenty of fish. We can go for our food.”

“We can eat meat alone!” shouted the second group.

“No! ! We did not see any animals at all!” said the first group.

The third group joined in, “Are you ? We did not see anything like you have . There was only water. We need to become fishermen!”

Each group got so with the others that they each went to the place they had explored. They were that they alone had the answer and that the others must have been wrong.

, each group of people only chose to believe themselves. 39 they had chosen to learn from one another and them, they could have had the best of everything.

1.A. spending B. costing C. taking D. losing

2.A. break B. cool C. settle D. calm

3.A. water B. food C. energies D. information

4.A. explore B. clean C. measure D. cover

5.A. same B. a C. / D. different

6.A. main B. few C. poor D. many

7.A. experiences B. findings C. results D. conditions

8.A. vegetarians B. fishermen C. hunters D. miners

9.A. mountains B. people C. animals D. houses

10.A. prepare B. hunt C. fight D. wait

11.A. mainly B. partly C. fully D. hardly

12.A. surfing B. boating C. fishing D. swimming

13.A. Fishes B. Crops C. Cows D. Flowers

14.A. going B. sleeping C. coming D. joking

15.A. described B. brought C. wrote D. explained

16.A. strict B. angry C. sad D. pleased

17.A. sad B. pleasant C. sure D. anxious

18.A. Happily B. Luckily C. Unluckily D. Hopefully

19.A. After B. Because C. Before D. If

20.A. admire B. believe C. appreciate D. understand

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.D

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.B

11.A

12.C

13.B

14.D

15.A

16.B

17.C

18.C

19.D

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了一个哲理小故事。在故事中想要定居下来的人们需要水源，于是首领派出了三群人分别去查看周围地区。这些派出去的人有的发现了植物，有的发现了动物，有的发现了鱼。但是当回来汇报的时候，他们却固执己见，因此而分道扬镳，各自去了各自探索的地方，而没有享受到共同的资源。

1.A动词辨析。A. spending 花费，度过；B. costing花费；C. taking带，花费D. losing 失去。固定短语：spend time doing sth“花时间做某事”，其他不构成搭配。

2.C动词辨析。A. break打破；B. cool冷却；C. settle定居；D. calm使冷静。从上下文可知这群人在找个地方安家，由此推断在走了很久之后他们安顿了下来。break down 机器出故障，身体垮掉；cool down 冷静下来；冷却下来；settle down 安顿下来；calm down 冷静下来，答案选C。

3.B名词辨析。 A. water 水；B. food食物；C. energies 精力，能源；D. information信息。根据下文内容可知他们想找水，答案选B。

4.A动词辨析。 A. explore 探索； B. clean 打扫；C. measure 测量；D. cover覆盖。从上文可知他们要找到水源，所以此处是去周围地方寻找，而且根据倒数第二段内容they each went to the place they had explored.可以判断他们是去探索周围地区，答案选A。

5.D 词语辨析。A. same 同样； B. a一个； C. /； D. different不同的。从下文内容可知这三群人分别去了不同的方向，答案选D。

6.D形容词辨析。 A. main 主要的；B. few 很少；C. poor穷的；D. many许多。根据下文内容“We saw lots of vegetation ”可知他们看到了很多庄稼，水果和蔬菜，答案选D。

7.B名词辨析。 A. experiences经历；B. findings发现；C. results结果； D. conditions条件。根据语境可知他们回去后汇报他们发现的情况，故答案选B。

8.A名词辨析。 A. vegetarians 素食者； B. fishermen 渔民；C. hunters 猎人；D. miners矿工。根据上文内容可知他们发现了许多植物，所以他们认为可以以植物为食，故答案选A。

9.C名词辨析。 A. mountains山； B. people 人们； C. animals动物；D. houses房子。根据下文内容We saw hundreds of animals可以判断答案选C。

10.B. 动词辨析。 A. prepare 准备；B. hunt狩猎；C. fight 打斗；D. wait等待。从上文内容可知他们发现了很多动物，由此判断他们认为可以猎杀动物为食，故答案选B。

11.A副词辨析。A. mainly 主要地；B. partly部分地；C. fully完全地；D. hardly几乎不。根据语境判断他们认为有动物的存在，他们就可以主要以动物为食，故答案选A。

12.C动词辨析。A. surfing冲浪；B. boating 划船；C. fishing钓鱼；D. swimming游泳。根据前句内容We saw plenty of fish.可知他们认为可以打渔为生，答案选C。

13.B名词辨析。 A. Fishes鱼；B. Crops庄稼；C. Cows牛；D. Flowers花。从上文内容可知第一组人们发现的是植物，而没有发现动物，所以他们支持吃植物。答案选B。

14.D动词辨析。A. going 去；B. sleeping睡觉；C. coming来；D. joking开玩笑。第三组人们既没看到植物也没看到动物，所以他们以为这两组人们说的不是事实，故答案选D。句意：你们在开玩笑吗？

15.A动词辨析。 A. described描述；B. brought 带来； C. wrote 写；D. explained解释。由语境可知此处指他们所描述的东西，其他不符合语境。选A。

16.B形容词辨析。 A. strict 严格的；B. angry生气的；C. sad难过的；D. pleased满意的。从上下文内容可知他们彼此不相信对方所讲的话，而且又回到自己探索到的地方，由此判断他们对别人都非常生气，答案选B。

17.C形容词辨析。A. sad 难过的；B. pleasant 愉快的；C. sure有把握的；D. anxious焦虑的。根据下文each group of people only chose to believe themselves.可知他们都对自己所发现的感到有把握，确信自己所看到的是对的，be sure of “对……有把握”，故答案选C。

18.C副词辨析。 A. Happily 高兴地；B. Luckily幸运地；C. Unluckily不幸地； D. Hopefully有希望地。从故事内容可知他们没能够享受到共同发现的资源，这对他们来说是不幸的，故答案选C。

19.D连词辨析。 A. After在之后；B. Because 因为；C. Before在之前；D. If如果。本句使用了虚拟语气，所以此处是一种假设，故答案选D。

20.B. 动词辨析。 A. admire羡慕； B. believe 相信；C. appreciate 感激； D. understand理解。根据上文内容可知此处指：如果他们选择互相学习，并且相信别人，那么他们会从中享受到所有美好的东西。选B。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读。