Question

There were two lazy men who did any work at all. They spend the whole day sitting in the sun and sleeping talking about what they would do when they were .Many years went in this way and the two men poor. One summer’s day as they were sitting on a bench in the sunshine, one of the men jumped his feet without warning and exclaimed, “We can’t go on this. We’ve got to do something to some money.”

“ for instance?” asked his friend in a voice.

“We’ll go to the mountains and snails（蜗牛）,” said the first man.

The second man didn’t want to go out at first. But in the end his friend him. They each took a bucket（桶）and set for the mountains. They walked extremely slowly. When they reached the hill, they looked it might have a lot of snails on it. The first man said, “Let’s work . I’ll go up this side with my bucket, and you go up the other side with , we’ll meet at the top.”

They snails all day and in the evening they met on top of the hill. “How many did you get?” asked the first man. “Two,” said the second man. “I got three, but one got away.”

1.A. always B. never C. often D. seldom

2.A. used to B. was used to C. got used to D. became used to

3.A. or B. and C. but D. with

4.A. old B. ill C. rich D. poor

5.A. on B. with C. by D. down

6.A. appeared B. proved C. continued D. remained

7.A. calmly B. quietly C. nervously D. nearly

8.A. up B. down C. off D. to

9.A. as B. like C. with D. about

10.A. steal B. rob C. exchange D. make

11.A. How B. However C. What D. Whatever

12.A. tireless B. tiring C. tired D. tiresome

13.A. catch B. take C. get D. fetch

14.A. advised B. persuaded C. agreed D. forced

15.A. up B. about C. down D. off

16.A. as B. though C. that D. as though

17.A. lonely B. separately C. alone D. together

18.A. mine B. ours C. yours D. yourself

19.A. hunted B. found C. searched D. caught

20.A. nearly B. finally C. mainly D.already

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.A

4.C

5.C

6.D

7.B

8.D

9.B

10.D

11.C

12.C

13.A

14.B

15.D

16.D

17.B

18.C

19.A

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述从前有两个懒人，整天无所事事呆在太阳底下睡觉或是幻想有钱之后做什么，很多年后依然很贫穷。有一天其中一人建议去赚点钱，于是两人便上山去抓蜗牛，结果在山上抓了一天，两人都只抓到两只的故事。

1.never…at all构成否定结构，用来加强语气，相当于not…at all表示一点也不，故选B

2. to+动词原形”表示过去经常发生的动作；be used to, get used to, become used to表示“习惯”，后应跟名词或v.-ing形式，句意为他们过去常常整天坐在太阳下，故选A

3.spend the whole day sitting in the sun and sleeping talking about what they would do他们要么是坐一整天要或者是讨论做什么，故选A

4.We’ve got to do something to some money可知他们谈论的是有钱了做什么，故选C

5. by意为时间的流逝，根据句子Many years went 许多年过去了，故选C

6..Many years went in this way and the two men poor.许多年像这样过去了，两人还是这么懒，故仍旧很穷，故选D

7.One summer’s day as they were sitting on a bench in the sunshine两人是安静地坐在沙滩上，故选B

8.jump to one’s feet意为跳起来，跃起根据句子one of the men jumped his feet without warning and exclaimed其中一个人突然跳起来，，故选D

9.We can’t go on this其中一人说我们不能再像现在这样了，故选B

10. money意为挣钱，根据句子We’ve got to do something to some money其中一人说我们要挣钱，故选D

11. for instance一人就问例如呢，用what表示具体的内容，且本句省略句，全句的完整形式是What have we got to do for instance故选C

12.不疲倦的；B使人疲倦的；C疲倦的；D令人疲倦的，根据句子“ for instance?” asked his friend in a voice一人用疲倦的声音问道，故选C

13. 考查动词词义辨析。 A抓；B拿；C得到；D得到，根据句子We’ll go to the mountains and snails（蜗牛）第一人就建议去抓蜗牛，故选A

14.The second man didn’t want to go out at first. But in the end his friend him.第二人起初不想去，第一人劝服了他，故选B

15. set off意为出发，动身， 根据句子They each took a bucket（桶）and set for the mountains.他们每人拿了个桶出发前往山上，故选D

16.When they reached the hill, they looked it might have a lot of snails on it.当他们登上山，好像山上有很多蜗牛，故选D

17.I’ll go up this side with my bucket, and you go up the other side我去这一边你去那一边，可知两人是分开干活，故选B

18.you go up the other side with ,第一人说我带着我的桶去这边，你带着你的去那边，故选C

19.They snails all day他们应该是搜寻蜗牛，故选A

20.“I got three, but one got away我差不多抓到三只，一只跑了，故选A

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