Question

Late one night, a thief crept into a wealthy merchant’s house. He was a young thief, without experience. In fact, this was his first professional . So he had everything carefully.

All went marvelously well at first. He found, as he , an unlatched window and got into the room easily. But, stepping his way through the room, he stubbed (碰到) his bare against a table leg. Choking (抑制) back a cry of pain, terrified of waking the merchant, he hit on the forehead and called himself a fool. He had to bring a light.

In the darkness, , he was able to see an oil lamp on the table, and lit it, then he gave a of relief. As he the lamp, a small spider came out from under its .

“Thank you for saving my life,” said the spider. “Before he went to bed, the merchant set this lamp down on top of me so I couldn’t escape. If you hadn’t come along, I wouldn’t have the night; , I’d have extremely uncomfortable situation for a long time.”

“You have saved a life and shown compassion (同情), ”the spider went on, the impatient thief said he had not to do so. “ yet, you have done so without the thought or hope of reward. You have gained more merits (优点) than you could possibly imagine.”

“But you’re only a spider,” said the thief.

“And you’re only a man.” said the spider. “My dear thief, when you understand that is life, whether on eight legs or , you will have understood much. Your deed, , has got rid of the bad things from your heart. Go from here with a fresh spirit. And good luck to you.”

The thief did so and never thought to steal again.

1.A. job B. mistake C. appearance D. finding

2.A. explainedB. managed C. planned D. imagined

3.A. expected B. remembered C. reminded D. meant

4.A. dull B. dark C. sitting D. terrible

5.A. head B. shoulder C. hand D. toe

6.A. the merchantB. the spider C. the thief D. himself

7.A. rememberedB. forgot C. avoided D. happened

8.A. howeverB. when C. so that D. but

9.A. applauseB. cry C. sigh D. laugh

10.A. woke upB. laid down C. picked up D. turned over

11.A. base B. cap C. cover D. foot

12.A. spent B. lasted C. hated D. worried

13.A. in timeB. however C. anyhow D. indeed

14.A. althoughB. so C. so that D. as if

15.A. said B. led C. cared D. intended

16.A. Better B. Worse C. Natural D. Lucky

17.A. hopefulB. least C. ordinary D. most

18.A. man B. spider C. life D. chance

19.A. three B. two C. a dozen D. a hundred

20.A. in no caseB. at ease C. in any case D. without delay

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.D

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.C

11.A

12.B

13.D

14.A

15.D

16.A

17.B

18.C

19.B

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇寓言故事，讲述了一个贼在蜘蛛的劝说下改过自新的事情。一个初次做贼的人无意中救了蜘蛛的性命，蜘蛛告诉他尽管他是无意中救了自己性命，这也说明他内心是一个好人，他有着自己没有意识到的优点，还让他摆脱掉心中的邪恶念头，去寻找全新的自己。

1.C.名词辨析。. A. job工作；B. mistake错误；C. appearance外表，出现；D. finding发现结果。从语境可知这是小偷第一次出来偷东西，所以选C。

2.C. 动词辨析。 A. explained解释；B. managed管理，设法做；C. planned计划；D. imagined想象。从上文知道由于是第一次偷东西，所以小偷计划很详细，选C。

3.A. 动词辨析。 A. expected 预计；期望；B. remembered记得；C. reminded提醒；D. meant意思是，意味着。由上文可知这是他预料中或者计划中的，选A。

4.B形容词辨析。A. dull呆板的；B. dark黑的；C. sitting坐着的； D. terrible可怕的。从下文He had to bring a light.可知屋子在晚上很黑，选B。

5.5】D. 名词辨析。A. head头；B. shoulder肩膀；C. hand 手；D. toe脚趾。从情理可知他的脚碰到了桌子腿上，选D。

6.6】D名词辨析。A. the merchant商人；B. the spider蜘蛛；C. the thief 贼；D. himself他自己。根据and后内容可知贼自己拍着自己的额头骂自己是傻子，短语：hit sb on the head“打到某人（身体部位）”。

7.】B动词辨析。A. remembered记得；B. forgot忘记；C. avoided 避免；D. happened发生。贼在黑暗中碰到桌子腿上，所以他骂自己忘了点灯，选B。

8.A.副词辨析。 A. however然而；B. when当…..时候；C. so that以便；D. but但是。在黑暗中贼可以看到一盏油灯，所以是转折关系，填副词howerer。

9.C. 名词辨析。 A. applause掌声；B. cry哭；C. sigh 叹气；D. laugh笑。根据情景可知他点着灯后如释重负，舒了一口气，心想自己不会再碰到桌子腿上了，选C。

10.C. 动词短语辨析。. A. woke up醒来；B. laid down 放下；C. picked up捡起；D. turned over翻身，转身。从后句内容a small spider came out from under its .可知只有贼把灯拿起来后蜘蛛才会爬出来，选C。

11.A名词辨析。. A. base基础，底座；B. cap帽子；C. cover盖子；D. foot脚。从情理可知蜘蛛被压在了灯座下面，选A。

12.B. 动词辨析。A. spent度过；B. lasted持续；C. hated讨厌；D. worried担心。商人把灯无意中压在了蜘蛛身上，由此推断蜘蛛是指自己不会活过今晚，选B。

13.D 短语辨析。A. in time及时；B. However然而；C. anyhow 不管怎样；D. indeed的确。从情理可知蜘蛛被灯压着的确会不舒服，选D。

14.A.连词辨析。 A. although尽管；B. so因此；C. so that以便； D. as if仿佛；根据贼和蜘蛛说的话可知，尽管贼一再表示自己不是有意救蜘蛛的，可知蜘蛛仍然非常感激，选A。

15.】D动词辨析。A. said说；B. led带领；C. cared 关心；D. intended打算；固定短语：intend to do “打算做某事，有意做某事”，选D。

16.A形容词辨析。A. Better更好；B. Worse更差；C. Natural自然的；D. Lucky幸运的；从蜘蛛说话的内容可知蜘蛛认为无意中的行为更能体现一个人的美德，选A。句意：然而那就更好了。

17.B形容词辨析。A. hopeful有希望的； B. least最少的；C. ordinary 普通的；D. most最多。从贼的说话内容可知他是无意去救蜘蛛的，所以是根本不求回报的，选B。

18.C 名词辨析。A. man人；B. spider蜘蛛；C. life生活，生命；D. chance机会。从语境可知蜘蛛强调不管是八条腿的蜘蛛还是两条腿的人，生命就是生命，选C。

19.B数词辨析。 A. three三个；B. two两个；C. a dozen一打；D. a hundred一百。人都是两条腿的，选B。

20.C短语辨析。.A in no case决不；B. at ease轻松；C. in any case 在任何情况下；D. without delay不耽搁地。从语境可知蜘蛛劝告贼，不管在任何情况下，一个人好的行为都会除掉心里面的邪恶或者肮脏的念头，选C。

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