Question

(   ) 10. Twice or thrice his trick succeeded. The whole village came running out to his           the instant he called,but all the return they got was to be laughed at for their pains.
A. connection    B. assistance     C. attention D. conclusion

Answer 1

10. B考查名词的词义辨析和用法。connection联系，连接；assistance帮助，援助；attention注意，关注;conclusion结论,结束。come to one' s connection 与某人联系上；come to one' s assistance来帮助某人;come to one' s attention照料某人,引起某人的关注；come to one's conclusion得出某人自己的结论。句意：他的恶作剧成功了两三次。 他一喊，整个村子的人都跑出来帮忙，而他们费尽力气所得到的回报就是一顿嘲笑。