题目内容
A young student was one day taking a walk with a professor, who was commonly 21 the students’ friend. As they went 22 , they saw lying in the path a pair of old 23 , which they supposed to belong to a poor man who was employed in a 24 close by. The student turned to the professor, saying, “Let’s play the man a 25 : We will hide his shoes, and 26 ourselves behind those bushes, and wait to see his 27 when he cannot find them.”
“My young friend,” answered the professor, “we should never 28 ourselves at the 29 of the poor. But you are 30 , and may give yourself a much greater 31 by means of the poor man. Put a coin into each shoe, and then we will hide ourselves and 32 how the discovery affects him.” The student did so, and they both placed themselves behind the bushes. The poor man soon finished his work, and came 33 the field to the path 34 he had left his coat and shoes. While 35 his coat he slipped his foot into one of his shoes; but feeling 36 , he stopped down to feel 37 it was, and found the coin. Astonishment and wonder were seen upon his face. He now put the money into his pocket, but his 38 was doubled on finding the other coin. He fell upon his knees, looked up to heaven and uttered aloud a fervent（热烈的）thanksgiving, in which he 39 his wife, sick and helpless, and his children without bread. The student stood there deeply 40 , and his eyes filled with tears.
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【解析】
1.考查动词。这个教授被称为学生的朋友。
2.考查副词。 这里用go on表示“当他们向前走着的时候”。
3.考查名词。 从下文“we will hide his shoes”可知，他们走着走着，在小路上发现了一双破旧的鞋子。
4.考查名词。 从语境的逻辑关系看，农民将鞋子放在路边，然后赤脚到田里劳动，因此选A项。
5.考查名词。 从下文可知，这个学生建议教授和这个农民开一个玩笑(捉弄这个农民)，把他的鞋子藏起来。play a trick“捉弄”。make和joke搭配，构成make a joke“开玩笑”。
6.考查动词。这里用hide oneself＋地点状语表示“躲藏在某地”，然后我们在灌木丛后面藏起来。
7.考查名词。 农民在田里劳作完毕后，找不到自己的鞋子，自然是感到“焦虑/着急”，而不是“兴奋、悲伤、失望”。
8.考查动词。 从学生的提议看，这个学生是想拿农民当乐子，因此选C项，表示我们不能这样来寻开心。
9.考查名词。 教授告诫学生，我们不能拿穷人来寻开心。这里用at the expense of表示“以……为代价”。
10.考查形容词。 从后面教授的建议可知选D项，既然你有钱，那么就该用有钱的方式来开这个玩笑。
11.考查名词。 这里用pleasure与前面的amuse呼应，教授建议学生用另外一种方式和这个农民开玩笑，并且这个玩笑会让人觉得更有乐趣。
12.考查动词。从语境看，这师生二人是要看生活的乐趣，而且是躲到灌木丛后面观看，因此选B项，用watch表示“观察”。notice多指无意间看见；realize“意识到”；find“发现，找到”。每只鞋里放一枚硬币，然后我们藏起来，用这样的方式来看看，当这个农民发现自己的鞋子里有硬币的时候，这一发现对他有什么影响。
13.考查介词。 这里用across指“从……一边到另一边，横过”：农民完成了田里的劳作，穿过田地来到小路上。
14.考查连词。 这里用where引导定语从句表地点：这个农民来到他当初放鞋子和衣服的小路上。
15.考查动词短语。 这里表示农民穿上衣服，强调动作，用putting on。wear指穿着的状态，不接on；dress up“装扮”；pull in“进站停靠”。
16.考查形容词。 这个农民一边穿衣服，一边把脚放进鞋子里，突然感觉到鞋子里有硬邦邦的东西(前面提到的硬币)。
17.考查连词。 于是，农民弯下腰去摸，看鞋子里是什么，此处应用what引导宾语从句。
18.考查名词。 前面提到这个农民在发现一只鞋子里的硬币时觉得惊讶(Astonishment and wonder)，因此本题不难判断选C项。
19.考查动词。 农民跪倒在地，看着天，很虔诚地感谢上帝，并且说到他家的窘境：老婆生病了，孩子们没有面包吃。
20.考查动词。 听到农民说的这番话，学生被深深打动了，眼中噙满热泪。
Loch Ness, the largest freshwater lake in the British Isles, is twenty four miles long and, at one point, one mile wide. It has an average depth of four hundred and fifty feet and at times drops close to a thousand. It is cold and murky (混沌的), with dangerous currents. In short, it is the perfect place to hide a monster from even the sharpest eyes of science.
The Loch Ness Monster, also called Nessie, is supposedly living in this area. The earliest recorded sighting of the Loch Ness Monster was in the biography of Life of St. Columba by Adamnan in the year AD 565. The monster apparently attacked a man who was swimming in the River Ness.
The monster didn’t make headlines again until August 27, 1930, when 3 fishermen reported seeing a creature with 20 feet long approaching their boat, throwing water in the air. In 1933, after a new road was built along the edge of the Loch, the number of reports rose suddenly. Early in 1934, Author Grant, a young student, was out on his motorcycle one evening when he almost ran into the monster as it crossed the road. Grant’s description of the thing – small head, long thin neck and tail with a big body, seemed to match the appearance of the plesiosaur (蛇颈龙), an aquatic (水生的) type of dinosaur that has been extinct (已灭绝的) for 65 million years.
The Loch Ness Investigation Bureau was formed in 1962 to act as a research organization for information about the creature. Even now, efforts have continued to find the monster. A great deal of information was discovered about the Loch, but there isn’t any yet to produce any specific evidence of a monster.
Skeptics (怀疑论者) argue that the water in the Loch is too cold for a plesiosaur to live in. They also argue that an air-breathing animal, like a whale or seal, would spend much more time on the surface than the creature seems to, and would be spotted more often.
Some scientists have wondered if the sightings might be caused by an underwater wave which is known to sometimes occur in deep, long, and cold lakes, like Loch Ness. Such a wave might push debris (废弃物) to the surface that might look like a strange animal.
However, none of these is identified.
【小题1】According to the skeptics, which of the following is TRUE?
| A．It is impossible for a monster to live in cold water. |
| B．The Loch Ness Monster often stays under the water. |
| C．The Loch Ness Monster is an air-breathing animal. |
| D．There is no so-called monster in Loch Ness. |
a. A young student met with a monster crossing the road.
b. A swimmer was attacked by a monster in Loch Ness.
c. A new road was built along the edge of the Loch.
d. The Loch Ness Investigation Bureau was set up.
e. Three fishermen saw a creature swimming towards their boat.
| A．b, e, c, a, d | B．a, b, e, d, c |
| C．b, d, a, c, e | D．d, c, e, b, a |
| A．The natural scenery of Loch Ness. |
| B．The Nessie. |
| C．Skeptics’ opinions on Loch Ness Monster. |
| D．The Loch Ness Investigation Bureau’s research results. |