【2011·甘肃白银平川学校模拟】

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Recently my wife and I, along with a travel companion, were in the tiny town of Battambang in the central Cambodia. We hired a guide to take us up the river to our next destination at Siem Reap. This was to a six-hour trip followed by crossing Lake Sap, the largest lake in central Asia. Battambang is an extremely poor area, and our means of transportation was a very small, old boat not much larger than the three of us. With six bags tied to the front part of the boat, three travelers, and the boatman, I figured we were overloaded by at least a ton. We frequently had seen four or five people on a single motorbike, so no one but us was concerned about our weight. We had been on the water only a few minutes when our pilot made for shore and jumped from our boat to another. Our guide said not to worry; he would only be a minute. He added, “We need to pick up live chickens for their legs.” My wife and I exchanged glances. We are pretty open-minded, especially when traveling in a third-world country. It was obviously there was little room in our tiny vessel for chickens. If we had to take them along, we were willing to hold them on our legs—there was no place else to put them. The thought even occurred to me that perhaps the chickens were needed if the boat’s tiny engine stopped in the middle of nowhere. I had a vision of us holding them over the side of the boat while their tiny legs paddled away, guiding us to safety. After all, our guide had said we needed them for their legs. We continued to make many jokes about live chickens drawing us to shore if the boat turned over and we were about eating them if we were left on a wild island. Meanwhile our guide just gave us a puzzled look. Finally my wife turned to him and asked, “How many chickens are we taking?” At first he seemed totally surprised, and then a large smile spread over his face. He bent over and began to laugh uncontrollably. My wife turned to me and said, “I’m glad he finds the thought of us holding chickens on our legs for six hours so funny.” When he finished laughing, he looked at us and pronounced every word clearly and loudly, “No live chickens! I said, ‘We need life jackets for the lake!’” It took a moment  for this to sink in, and then we all had a good laugh.

Whenever we made eye contact, our guide would laugh, shake his head and say: “Americans, so funny.”

41. The funny story happened ___________.

A. in the tiny town of Battambang

B. on a motorbike

C. on a small and old boat

D. on a wild island

42. The pilot left their boat to ___________.

A. pick live chickens

B. pick up life jackets

C. make room for live chickens

D. make the boat weigh less

43. Which of the following events truly happened?

A. The couple held the chickens on their legs

B. The chickens’ legs paddled the boat guiding them to safety

C. They ate the chickens while they were left on the wild island

D. They made many jokes about live chickens

44. The guide bent over and laughed uncontrollably because ___________.

A. he suddenly knew what the misunderstanding was

B. he found their thought of holding chickens on their legs funny

C. he thought the American couple were funny

D. they landed safely

    阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

A boy was born to a couple after eleven years of marriage. They were a loving couple and you can imagine how excited they were. Certainly the boy was   1as the apple of their eyes.

    One morning, the husband saw a medicine bottle   2．As he was late for work, he asked his wife to cap the bottle and ___3____. The mother, who was busy in the kitchen,   4the matter. The boy playfully went to the medicine bottle, was    5with its color, and drank it all. It   6to be a poisonous medicine    7adults in small dosages. When the child showed  8of poisoning, the mother took him to the hospital, where he died. The mother was stunned（使昏迷）.She was too   9to face her husband. When the   10father came to the hospital and saw the dead child, he   11his wife and uttered just four words.   

The husband just said “   12”

    The husband was indeed   13in human relationships. The child was dead. He could   14be brought back to life. There was no   15in finding fault with the mother.   16, if only he had taken time to keep the bottle in the cupboard or other place, this would not have happened. No one is   17. She had also lost her only child .What she needed at that moment was comfort and   18from the husband. That was what he gave her.

If everyone can look at life with this kind of perspective, there would be much fewer  problems in the world. Sometimes we spend time in asking who is    19or whom to blame, whether in a relationship, in a job or with the people we know. In this way, we will   20some warmth in human relationship .

1.A．treated        B．thought          C．looked           D．abandoned

2.A．shut           B．close                C．bare             D．open

3.A．put it aside   B．set it aside        C．put it away      D．leave it alone

4.A．completely forgetting              B．wholly terrified

C．totally forgot                       D．absolutely remembered

5.A．satisfied      B．fascinated       C．puzzled          D．calmed

6.A．happened   B．seemed           C．appeared         D．occurred

7.A．stood for      B．left for         C．meant for        D．called for

8.A．symbols        B．signals          C．clues                D．signs

9.A．ashamed        B．frightened       C．annoyed          D．worried

10.A．awful         B．angry            C．heartbroken      D．patient

11.A．looked at         B．smiled at            C．glared at            D．glanced at

12.A．I hate you, now.                  B．How do you do?

C．How did this happen?             D．I love you, Darling.

13.A．an idiot      B．a genius             C．a success            D．an evil

14.A．never         B．seldom           C．even             D．once

15.A．wonder        B．point            C．pleasure         D．worry

16.A．Therefore     B．Otherwise        C．Besides          D．However

17.A．to blame      B．to be blamed     C．to be accused        D．to be noticed

18.A．explanation   B．courage          C．excuse           D．sympathy

19.A．suitable      B．believable           C．accessible           D．responsible

20.A．make out      B．look out         C．stand out            D．miss out