Question

【题目】In a town in France, there was a farmer who lived alone. Every day he s【1】 a pound of butter to his neighbor, who was a baker. One day the baker decided to weigh the butter to see i 【2】he was getting a pound. After he weighed it, he found that he wasn’t. The baker then took the farmer to the judge (法官).

The judge wanted to know the farmer’s ways to weigh the butter. The farmer replied, “ I’ m so p 【3】 that I do not have enough money to buy anything to weigh it. H 【4】 , I do have a kind of scale (天平).” The judge asked, “Then h 【5】 do you weigh the butter?” The farmer replied, “Before the baker started buying butter from me , I had bought bread from him. So now every time when I b 【6】 home the bread from the baker, I put it on the scale and give him the butter of the same w 【7】.”

We always get back what we give to others. Whenever you take action, ask yourself this question, “Am I honest?”

Honesty or dishonesty can become a habit. Some dishonest people can lie w 【8】 a red face. Others lie so m 【9】 that they do not even know what the truth is any more. But who is it bad for? In fact, those who lie will hurt t 【10】 by their own dishonest behavior.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】sold

【2】if

【3】poor

【4】However

【5】how

【6】bring

【7】weight

【8】without

【9】much

【10】themselves

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了一个面包师经常卖给农民面包重量不足，并且从农民那儿买一磅黄油。农民没有称，只好用天平来称，面包师给他多少面包，他就给面包师一样重的黄油。因此这个故事告诉我们，那些不诚实的人其实会被自己不诚信的行为伤害。

【1】根据后文的Before the baker started buying butter from me , I had bought bread from him.可知面包师从这个农民这里买的黄油，因此农民把黄油卖给他。故此处用动词sold。句意：每天他卖给他的邻居一磅黄油。

【2】根据后文的After he weighed it, he found that he wasn’t“他称了之后，发现不是一磅”，可知此处是称一称，看看是否够一磅。故用if。句意：一天面包师决定称一称这个黄油，看看他是否得到了一磅黄油。

【3】根据后文的 I do not have enough money to buy anything to weigh it.可知他没有钱买称黄油的东西，故此处说明他很穷。故为poor。句意：我很穷没有钱买称黄油的任何东西。

【4】结合句意，前半句表示没有称东西的工具，后半句表示有一种天平，前后表示转折关系，又有逗号隔开，故用连词However。句意：然而，我的确有一种天平。

【5】根据后文的 So now every time when I b 76 home the bread from the baker, I put it on the scale and give him the butter of the same w 77.可知这是询问农民称黄油的方式，故用how。句意：那你如何称黄油的？

【6】根据I put it on the scale可知把面包带回家，才能放在天平上，故此处用bring。句意：当我每次把面包从面包师那里带回家，我就把它放在天平上。

【7】根据I put it on the scale可知放在天平上，应是两边的重量一样，故为weight。句意：我把它放在天平上，给他同样重量的黄油。

【8】根据some dishonest可知此处指的是不诚实的人，因此他们撒谎也不表现出来，因此是不脸红，故用介词without。句意：有些不诚实的人可能撒谎也不脸红。

【9】根据they do not even know what the truth is any more.可知不知道什么是真话，应是撒谎撒得多，故用 much。句意：有些人撒谎撒得如此多，以至于不知道什么是真话。

【10】根据by their own dishonest behavior.可知自己的不诚实行为会伤害自己，主语是they，故此处用反身代词themselves。句意：实际上，那些撒谎的人会被自己的不诚实行为伤害自己。