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【题目】There was a farmer named Hafiz in Africa who was happy. He was happy because he was satisfied with his life.

One day a wise man came to him and told him about the ________ of diamonds and the power that goes along with them.

The wise man said ＂If you had a diamond the size of your finger, you could have your own city. If you had a diamond of the size of your fist, you could ________ own your own country.＂ And then he went ________.

That night the farmer couldn’t sleep. He was ________ and he was discontent. The next morning he made arrangements to sell off his farm and went in search of diamonds. He looked all over Africa and Europe but couldn’t ________ any. When he got to Spain, he was emotionally, physically and financially broke. He got so ________ that threw himself into the Barcelona River and died.

Back home, the person who had bought his ________ was watering the sheep at a stream. Across the stream, the light of the morning sun hit a stone and make it sparkle like a rainbow. He picked up the stone and put it in the living room.

That afternoon the wise man came and saw the stone sparkling. He asked,＂ Is Hafiz ________?＂ The new owner said, ＂No, why do you ask so?＂The wise man said, ＂Because that is a diamond. I recognize one when I see one.＂ The man said, ＂No, that’s just a stone I ________. Come, I’ll show you there are many more.＂They went and picked some samples and send them for analysis. Sure enough, the stones were diamonds. They found that the farm was ________ mountains of diamonds.

【1】A. name??? B. value??? C. price??? D. place

【2】A. hardly??? B. seldom??? C. probably??? D. never

【3】A. away??? B. down??? C. inside??? D. ahead

【4】A. unhappy??? B. worried??? C. satisfied??? D. patient

【5】A. buy??? B. sell??? C. make??? D. find

【6】A. pleased??? B. sad??? C. excited??? D. surprised

【7】A. house??? B. sheep??? C. farm??? D. diamond

【8】A. out??? B. back??? C. off??? D. away

【9】A. made??? B. bought??? C. borrowed??? D. picked

【10】A. made of??? B. popular with??? C. short of??? D. covered with

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】A

【5】D

【6】B

【7】C

【8】B

【9】D

【10】D

【解析】试题分析：本文是一篇哲理故事，讲述了原本幸福美满的Hafiz因为贪恋财富而卖掉自己的农场，去世界各地寻找钻石而破产投河自尽，但并不贪心的新农场主却意外获得巨额财富的故事，启示人们不要贪图意外之财，否则一无所有。

【1】句意：一天，一个智者来到他面前，告诉他钻石的价值。考查名词辨析题。A. name姓名；B. value价值；C. price价格；D. place地方。about value of diamonds关于钻石的价值；根据句意和语境，可知选B。

【2】句意：如果你有一个和你拳头一样大的钻石，你可能拥有你自己的国家。考查副词辨析题。A. hardly艰难地；B. seldom极少地；C. probably可能地；D. never从不。根据上一句if you had a diamond the size of your finger, you could have your own city.，结合本句语境，可知ABD三个选项意思都与句意不符，故选C。

【3】句意：然后他走了。考查副词辨析题。A. away离开；B. down向下；C. inside在里面；D. ahead在前面。go away离开；根据句意和语境，可知away符合语境，故选A。

【4】句意：他不高兴，他很不满。考查形容词辨析题。A. unhappy不高兴的；B. worried担心的；C. satisfied满意的；D. patient安静的。and连接并列结构，根据and后面的discontent（不满的），可知选A。

【5】句意：他找遍了非洲和欧洲，但找不到任何东西。考查动词辨析题。A. buy买；B. sell卖；C. make制作；D. find发现。look all over到处找；根据句意和语境，可知选D。

【6】句意：他伤心得跳到巴塞罗那河里死了。考查形容词辨析题。A. pleased高兴的；B. sad伤心的；C. excited兴奋的；D. surprised惊奇的。so…that，如此……以至于……，固定句式；根据句意和语境，可知他非常伤心，故选B。

【7】句意：回到家里，买了农场的那人在小溪边给羊喂水。考查名词辨析题。A. house房子；B. sheep绵羊；C. farm农场；D. diamond钻石。根据前文The next morning he made arrangements to sell off his farm and went in search of diamonds.，结合本句句意和语境，可知ABD三项意思都与句意不合，故选C。

【8】句意：他问：“是Hafiz回来了吗？”考查形容词辨析题。be back回来；根据句意和语境，可知back符合语境，故选B。

【9】句意：那人说：“不，那只是我选的一块石头。”考查动词辨析题。根据下文They went and picked some samples，结合句意和语境，可知选D。

【10】句意：他们发现这个农场到处都是钻石。考查动词短语辨析题。be covered with覆盖着，固定短语；根据句意和语境，可知选D。