Question

【题目】 Once there was a ship that was carrying a crystal ball to the Emperor. _________, the ship was caught in a storm and sank to the bottom of the sea.

The Emperor was very _________. He had been looking forward to ___________ the crystal ball. So he _________ his best divers to find the ship and bring back the crystal ball. He promised _________that he would make whoever found the crystal ball a samurai (武士) – a kind of a warrior prince.

Again and again, the divers dived into the sea, _______ they could not find the crystal balll.

Then a young woman carrying her small son, Kamatari, _______, she asked if she could try to find the crystal ball.

The Emperor was _________by her request, for she was a very thin young woman and did not look very _________.

However, he agreed and promised that if she was __________, he would make her son a samurai.

The woman dived into the sea. She swam down to the bottom where a dragon lived.

There she found the crystal ball. She took it __________ and began to swim up to the surface.

The __________dragon immediately swam after her and attacked her.

Bravely, with only a small knife to fight with, she fought against the huge__________.

At last, she reached the surface safely and __________the Emperor the crystal ball.

He was so ____________that he kept his promise. And that is how Kamatari became a samurai.

【1】A.UnluckilyB.ClearlyC.NearlyD.Possibly

【2】A.happyB.lazyC.busyD.sad

【3】A.makingB.buyingC.receivingD.finding

【4】A.toldB.orderedC.encouragedD.hoped

【5】A.herB.himC.themD.us

【6】A.andB.butC.soD.if

【7】A.joinedB.arrivedC.criedD.laughed

【8】A.crazyB.worriedC.interestedD.surprised

【9】A.strongB.beautifulC.outstandingD.clever

【10】A.earlyB.lateC.impoliteD.successful

【11】A.slowlyB.quicklyC.simplyD.normally

【12】A.angryB.smallC.youngD.long

【1】A.personB.buildingC.animalD.clerk

【14】A.showedB.passedC.handedD.sent

【15】A.seriousB.funnyC.pleasedD.polite

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】C

【4】B

【5】C

【6】B

【7】B

【8】D

【9】A

【10】D

【11】B

【12】A

【13】C

【14】C

【15】C

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。从前有一艘载着送给皇帝的水晶球的船沉入海底，皇帝命令潜水员下海寻找，可是他们没有找到。后来一个瘦弱的年轻女子潜入海底把水晶球带给皇帝。皇帝因此封她的儿子为武士。

【1】句意：不幸的是，这艘轮船因受暴风雨袭击而沉入海底。

考查副词辨析。A. Unluckily不幸的是；B. Clearly很明显；C. Nearly几乎是； D.Possibly可能的。这艘轮船因受暴风雨袭击而沉入海底，这是件不幸的事情，故选A。

【2】句意：这位国王非常伤心。

考查形容词辨析。A. happy开心的；B. lazy懒惰的；C. busy忙的；D. sad伤心的。水晶球掉进了海里，推知国王很伤心。故选D。

【3】句意：他一直盼望着能找到水晶球。

考查动词辨析。A. making制作，动词make的动名词形式；B. buying买，动词buy的动名词形式；C. receiving接收，动词receive的动名词形式；D. finding找到，动词find的动名词形式。结合上文，水晶球沉入大海，可推知国王想找到它。故选C。

【4】句意：所以他命令他最好的潜水员找到那艘船，把水晶球带回来。

考查动词辨析。A. told告诉，动词tell的过去式；B. ordered命令，动词order的过去式；C. encouraged鼓励，动词encourage的过去式；D. hoped希望，动词hope的过去式。根据他的身份可知是命令潜水员去找水晶球。故选B。

【5】句意：他答应他们，他会封找到水晶球的人为武士。

考查代词辨析。A. her她；B. him他；C. them 他们；D. us我们。根据前文的“So he ____4____ his best divers to…”可知国王是向这些潜水员们许诺，故代词用them。故选C。

【6】句意：潜水员们一次又一次地潜入海中，但是他们找不到水晶球。

考查连词辨析。A. and和，而且；B. but但是；C. so所以； D. if如果。前后半句表示转折关系，故用连词but。故选B。

【7】句意：然后，一位年轻的女士带着她的小儿子Kamatari来到了这里，她问她是否能试着找水晶球。

考查动词辨析。A. joined加入，参加；B. arrived到达；C. cried哭；D. laughed笑。分析语境可知，这位年轻的女士带着她的小儿子来到了这里，故选B。

【8】句意：皇帝对她的请求感到惊讶……

考查形容词辨析。A. crazy疯狂的；B. worried 担心的、焦虑的；C. interested感兴趣的；D. surprised惊讶的。根据下文“she was a very thin young woman ”可知她是一位瘦小的女士，却要去帮国王寻找水晶球，故国王感到惊讶，故选D。

【9】句意：因为她是一个非常瘦的年轻女子，看上去并不强壮。

考查形容词辨析。A. strong强壮的； B. beautiful漂亮的；C. outstanding出色的；D. clever聪明的。前文说这是女士很瘦小，只用“看上去也不强壮”符合语境，故选A。

【10】句意：然而，他同意了，并承诺如果她成功了，他会让她的儿子成为一名武士。

考查形容词辨析。A. early早的；B. late晚的；C. impolite不礼貌的；D. successful成功的。根据上文国王说的话“He promised ____5____that he would make whoever found the crystal ball a samurai (武士) —a kind of a warrior prince.”可知，“如果她成功了”符合语境，故选D。

【11】句意：在那里她找到了水晶球。她迅速拿起它，开始向水面游去。

考查副词辨析。A. slowly缓慢地；B. quickly快速地；C. simply简单地；D. normally正常地。根据上文“The woman dived into the sea. She swam down to the bottom where a dragon lived.”可知，她游到的海底有龙生活，很危险，故赶紧离开，quickly符合语境，故选B。

【12】句意：愤怒的龙立即追上并攻击她。

考查形容词辨析。A. angry生气的；B. small小的；C. young 年轻的；D. long长的。根据下文龙要攻击她，推知龙很生气，故选A。

【13】句意：她勇敢地，只拿着一把小刀和这头巨大的动物搏斗。

考查名词辨析。A. person人；B. building建筑物；C. animal 动物；D. clerk职员。根据前文提到的是“dragon”可知，是是一头巨大的动物，故选C。

【14】句意：最后，她安全地到达了水面，并把水晶球交给了皇帝。

考查动词辨析。A. showed展示；B. passed传递；C. handed 上交；D. sent派送。她是为国王寻找水晶球，那找到之后，应该上交给国王，handed符合语境，故选C。

【15】句意：他很高兴，遵守了诺言。

考查形容词辨析。A. serious严肃的；B. funny有趣的；C. pleased高兴的；D. polite有礼貌的。这位女士找到了国王的水晶球，国王一定很开心，pleased符合语境，故选C。