There was a rich foreign merchant who had 4 wives.  He loved the 4th wife the most and  36  her with the best clothes and  37   her to delicious food. 

   He also loved the 3rd wife very much.  He’s very proud  38  her and always wanted to show her off to his friends. 

   He too,  loved his 2nd wife.   39   the merchant faced some problems,  he always turned to his 2nd wife and she  40   always help him out. 

Now,  the merchant’s 1st wife had made great contributions to his business.  However,  the merchant did not love her and    41   she loved him deeply,  he hardly took notice of her. 

   One day,  the merchant fell ill.  He knew that he was going to die  42   .  He told himself,  “Now I have 4 wives with me.     43  when I die,  I’ll be alone.  How   44   I’ll be! ”

   Thus,  he asked the 4th wife,  “I   45    you most.  Now that I’m dying,  will you   46  me and keep me company?  ”“No way! ”replied the 4th wife and she walked away without another word. 

The  47   merchant then asked the 3rd wife,  “I have loved you so much for all my life.  Will you follow me and keep me company?  ”“   48   ! ”replied the 3rd wife.  “Life is so good over here! I’m going to   49    when you die! ”

   He then asked the 2nd wife.  “I   50   turned to you for help.  Now I need your help again.  Will you follow me and keep me company?  ”“I’m sorry,  I can’t  51   you out this time! ”replied the 2nd wife. 

Then a voice   52   out,  “I’ll leave with you.  I’ll follow you no matter  53   you go.  ”Broken-hearted,  the merchant said,  “I  54   have taken much better care of you while I could have! ”

   55  ,  we all have 4 wives in our life: our body,  our possessions,  our friends,  and our soul.  We should take good care of our soul all our life. 

A.  offered    B.  bought     C.  provided      D.  shared   

[解析]选C。provide sb.  with sth.  向某人提供某物; offer用于offer sb.  sth.  或offer sth.  to sb.  。share与文意不符。B项干扰性最大, 但buy的句型只能用作buy sb.  sth.  或buy sth.  for sb.  , 不能用with。

37.  A.  gave     B.  treated     C.  made     D.  sent

[解析]选B。treat sb.  to sth.  是固定搭配, 意思是“用某物招待某人”, 关键信息是介词to。

38.  A.  of      B.  with     C.  to      D.  for

 [解析]选A。商人以有这位妻子而自豪, 总是想向客人炫耀自己的妻子。be proud of.  .  .  为……而自豪。

39.  A.  Wherever     B.  However

C.  Whether         D.  Whenever

[解析]选D。由下文always得出, 每当遇到麻烦就去找第二位妻子求救。此处指时间, 不是指地点(wherever)、方式(however)或表示疑问(whether)。

40.  A.  ought to       B.  dared

C.  would             D.  might

 [解析]选C。此处would意思是“过去的习惯性动作”, 即总是帮他摆脱困境。并非只有这位妻子应该帮助丈夫摆脱困境, 故排除A项; 其他dared与might不符合文意。

41.  A.  since     B.  although     C.  once     D.  as

 [解析]选B。此处与下文形成转折关系, 尽管第一位妻子很爱他, 但他几乎注意不到。

42.  A.  soon     B.  away      C.  easily     D.  bitterly

[解析]选A。由下文安排后事得出, 他知道自己不久就要离开人世。die away逐渐消失; die easily不符合文意; die bitterly文中没有信息支持。

43.  A.  So     B.  And     C.  But      D.  For

[解析]选C。与上文形成转折, 活着的时候有四位妻子相伴, 死后却孤零零一个人。

44.  A.  lonely     B.  difficult     C.  lovely     D.  funny

[解析]选A。lonely“寂寞的, 孤独的”, 指去世后一个人没人陪伴很孤独。死后的感觉不应该是difficult“困难的”, lovely“可爱的”或funny“滑稽的”。

45.  A.  respected      B.  missed      C.  wanted     D.  loved

[解析]选D。文章开始说他最爱第四个妻子, 由此得出。respect“尊重”,  miss“想念”和want“想得到”都不如love“爱”能表达这位商人以前对这位妻子的感情。

46.  A.  like     B.  catch     C.  help      D.  follow

[解析]选D。follow me意思是“跟着我一块去”, 即和商人一起死。keep sb.  company陪伴某人。

47.  A.  sad     B.  hopeless     C.  anxious     D.  lucky

[解析]选A。遭到第四位妻子的拒绝后商人非常悲伤。此时商人只问了一位妻子, 所以还不至于hopeless“绝望的”; anxious“担忧的”和lucky“幸运的”与逻辑不符。

48.  A.  Yes      B.  No      C.  Sure      D.  OK

[解析]选B。由下文得知第三位妻子也拒绝了商人的要求。Yes,  Sure,  OK都表示同意, 实际上是遭到了拒绝, 故可排除。

49.  A.  work     B.  leave     C.  remarry      D.  stay

[解析]选C。remarry“再婚”符合全文意义, 其他选项意思与全文不符。“商人死后这位妻子要另嫁人”是对商人的明确答复, 她说“这儿很好”可排除leave; work,  stay与商人的问题无关。

50.  A.  seldom        B.  always

C.  sometimes        D.  often

 [解析]选B。上文用了whenever, 与此处的always相符。商人遇到困难总是找这位妻子帮忙。

51.  A.  advise    B.  demand      C.  suggest      D.  help

[解析]选D。help sb.  out是固定搭配, “帮助某人脱离困境”, 上文已出现。advise,  demand,  suggest都不与out搭配。

52.  A.  called     B.  went     C.  came      D.  warned

[解析]选A。看到其他三位妻子拒绝了丈夫, 第一个妻子站出来“大声说”。call out“大声说……”。

53.  A.  how     B.  where     C.  when     D.  why

[解析]选B。no matter where相当于wherever“无论哪儿”, 丈夫无论到哪儿她都会跟着。作者把第一位妻子比作人的灵魂。第一位妻子表示, 无论丈夫到哪儿, 她都跟随。

54.  A.  must     B.  need     C.  should      D.  may

[解析]选C。should have done“过去本该做但实际上没做”, 商人后悔以前没有关心第一位妻子。

55.  A.  Otherwise    B.  Therefore

C.  Anyway         D.  Actually

[解析]选D。actually“实际上”, 作者用这个转折词说明自己的观点, 上文只是个比喻。otherwise“不然的话”; therefore“因此”; anyway“无论如何”都不表示总结性的转折。

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