Question

There once lived a young man who was always unhappy and complained about his poverty. One day, he went to see a fortune teller to inquire how to become_____1____. The fortune teller said, "Young man, you are already wealthy now."

"Where is my wealth?" the young man asked _______2____.

"It is with you. Your _______3___ is (are) your wealth. You use them to see this world. You use them to see all the ______4______things in this world. You can read, study and learn. Your hands are your wealth. You can use them to work. You can use them to hug your beloved ones. Your ____5_____are your wealth. You can go to any places..." the fortune teller said.

"You call these wealth? Everyone has them," the young man said.

"These are wealth. What you have now are not what others can luckily have. Are you ______6___ to give your eyes to me? I am willing to give you a lot of money to _____7_____ for them," the fortune teller said.

"No, are you crazy? I am not going to exchange my eyes for money! They are _____8____ to me!" the young man ____9_______.

"Precisely, these are wealth to you. You will not exchange them for money. Furthermore, although a lot of people have their wealthy things, they do not ____10_____ them or treasure them. They are not_____11____ to Heaven for giving them their wealth. They even complain that Heaven is unfair to them. Do you want to _____12_____one of them before you will treasure them?" the fortune teller said.

Everyone is wealthy. But we should not ____13______it for granted. We need to treasure our wealth, take care of it and use it _____14_____. We should not overuse it because once it is ____15____, it is gone forever. Remember it is our wealth that we do not want to lose.

1.	A．happy B．young C．wealthy D．poor

 

2.	A．anxiously B．sadly C．quietly D．patiently

 

3.	A．knowledge B．skills C．brain D．eyes

 

4.	A．ugly B．beautiful C．strange D．useful

 

5.	A．legs B．cars C．jewels D．banknotes

 

6.	A．lovely B．optimistic C．angry D．willing

 

7.	A．charge B．buy C．exchange D．change

 

8.	A．precious B．useless C．extra D．special

 

9.	A．wept B．demonstrated C．smiled D．yelled

 

10.	A．see B．realize C．keep D．hold

 

11.	A．grateful B．careful C．meaningful D．faithful

 

12.	A．get B．grasp C．have D．lose

 

13.	A．take B．make C．set D．sell

 

14.	A．wrongly B．wisely C．naturally D．really

 

15.	A．old B．used C．gone D．dead

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.D

7.C

8.A

9.D

10.B

11.A

12.D

13.A

14.B

15.C

【解析】

试题分析：

1.从第一行。。。complained about his poverty可知年轻人老抱怨他的贫穷，想向算命先生打听如何

变富有，本空应与 poverty相对应，故应填wealthy有钱的，富裕的

2.年轻人老抱怨他的贫穷，算命先生却说他已经很有钱了，所以年轻人很着急的想知道答案。Ｂ

悲伤的Ｃ平静的Ｄ有耐心的，均不合语境

3.从下文You use them to see this world你用眼睛来看世界，所以眼睛是财富

4.丑陋的B漂亮的C奇怪的D有用的，用排除法，可以用眼睛看世界上所有美好的东西。

5.从下文 You can go to any places你可以去任何地方，所以腿是财富

6.Ａ可爱的Ｂ乐观的Ｃ生气的Ｄ乐意的，愿意的，根据句意及下文I am willing to。。。可知句意，

你愿意把你的眼睛给我吗，

7.从下文I am not going to exchange my eyes for money可知算命先生说要用钱换年轻人的眼睛。

8.上文提到算命先生说要用钱换年轻人的眼睛，年轻人不同意，根据常识可知，眼睛对人而是很

珍贵的，故选Ａ

9.听到算命先生说要用钱换年轻人的眼睛，年轻人反应很强烈，所以歇斯底里的叫喊。

10.Ａ看见Ｂ意识到Ｃ保持Ｄ拿着，握着，根据上下文及句意可知，很多人拥有财富，却没有意识

到或珍惜。

11.根据上下文，应与下文complain相对，他们不感激上苍给予他们财富，甚至还抱怨上苍不公

平。Ａ感谢的，感激的Ｂ小心的，仔细的Ｃ有意义的Ｄ真诚的

12.从下文before you will treasure them可知与treasure对应，句意，难道你想在还没来得及珍惜他

们就失去其中的一件东西吗?

13.固定搭配。take...for granted认为。。。理所当然，想当然

14.Ａ错误地Ｂ英明地，聪明地Ｃ自然地Ｄ真正地，我们应该珍惜我们的财富，爱护它，明智的使

用它。

15.从下文it is gone forever可知此空填gone,一旦失去，就永远失去。

考点：夹叙夹议类短文。

点评：本文讲述一位年轻人因为贫穷而向一位算命先生打听怎么变富，算命先生说他已经有财富。眼睛，手，脚都是他的财富，这是用金钱都不会换来。要懂得珍惜。算命先生的话发人深省：每个人都是有财富的，但我们要珍惜我们的拥有。