Question

【题目】 Mr. West was born in a small English town. His father had a shop there. The shopkeeper didn’t think it was ____ for his son to go to school. So he taught him how to get more money. They got much money there and then ____ to the city. Now Old West can’t manage his shop and his son, Mr. West has to do it ____ him. As he has little knowledge, Mr. West is often ____ in public and sometimes he gets into trouble. So he ____ a lot of books and shelves and put them in his sitting room so that the visitors can see them ____ they go in. He often goes to the parties and carefully ____ what the learned（有学问的）men say. He hopes to make friends with them.

Once Mr. West was told that it was a famous writer’s birthday that day. He hurried there with his wife. He gave the writer some ____ presents and the old man thanked him. After dinner they began to talk about the literary works（文学作品）.

He could hardly answer any questions. The writer had to ask him ____ one, “What was Shakespeare?”

“It was a kind of drink, ” answered Mr. West. “But people do not like it now. ”

The writer had a smile and soon he stopped ____ . On their way home, his wife said, “You made a mistake just now. Shakespeare is a delicious cake, like the Chinese moon cake!”

【1】A.usefulB.possibleC.easyD.difficult

【2】A.wentB.gotC.ranD.moved

【3】A.withB.afterC.instead ofD.before

【4】A.helpedB.laughed atC.hurtD.beaten

【5】A.borrowedB.madeC.boughtD.wrote

【6】A.becauseB.ifC.thatD.as soon as

【7】A.listens toB.hearsC.looks atD.sees

【8】A.cheapB.expensiveC.uselessD.small

【9】A.more difficultB.the most difficultC.easyD.the easiest

【10】A.to talkB.to answerC.talkingD.answering

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】C

【4】B

【5】C

【6】D

【7】A

【8】B

【9】D

【10】C

【解析】

本文讲述了Mr. West由于缺乏知识，他经常在公共场合被嘲笑，有时还会惹上麻烦。所以他买了很多书和书架，把它们放在客厅里，这样拜访者一进去就能看到。后来一次参加一个作家的聚会，作家问了简单的问题，但是他也回答不上来，所以装有学问是不现实的。

【1】句意：店主认为他儿子上学没有用。

useful有用的；possible可能；easy轻易；difficult困难；根据“So he taught him how to get more money. ”所以他教他如何获得更多的钱，所以此处应该觉得他儿子上学没有用，故选A。

【2】句意：他们在那里赚了很多钱，然后搬到市里。

went去；got得到；ran跑；moved搬；根据“Mr. West was born in a small English town”原来在城镇，后文是city，所以是搬到市里，故选D。

【3】句意：现在Old West 不能管理他的商店，Mr. West 不得不代替他来管理。

with用；after之后；instead of代替；；before之前；根据 “Now Old West can’t manage his shop and his son, Mr. West has to do it ___3___ him.”现在老韦斯特不能管理他的商店，Mr. West 不得不 他来管理，所以此处是取代，故选C。

【4】句意：由于韦斯特先生缺乏知识，他经常在公共场合被嘲笑。

helped帮助；laughed at嘲笑；hurt使受伤；beaten打败；根据前文“As he has little knowledge”他缺乏知识，所以此处应该是被嘲笑，故选B。

【5】句意：所以他买了很多书和书架，把它们放在客厅里，这样拜访者一进去就能看到。

borrowed借；made做；bought买；wrote写；根据“ So he __5__ a lot of books and shelves and put them in his sitting room ”他把书放在家里客厅，所以应该是自己买回来的书，故选C。

【6】句意：所以他买了很多书和书架，把它们放在客厅里，这样拜访者一进去就能看到。

because因为；if如果；that那个；as soon as一……就；根据“ so that the visitors can see them ___6___ they go in.”此处是买回来的书放客厅为了让拜访者一进到他家，就可以看到。所以是一……就，故选D。

【7】句意：他经常去聚会和仔细听那些有学问的人说的话。

listens to听（强调“听”这个动作）；hears听到（强调听到的内容）；looks at看一看；sees看见；根据listen to sb表示听某人的话，此处是听有学问的人说话，故选A。

【8】句意：他送给那位作家一些贵重的礼物。

cheap便宜；expensive昂贵的；useless无用的；small小；根据前文他参加聚会，想和那些人做朋友，所以此处作家生日，应该是送了昂贵的礼物，故选B。

【9】句意：作家不得不问他最简单的一个问题。

more difficult更难；the most difficult最困难；easy轻易；the easiest最简单；根据“He could hardly answer any questions.”他几乎不能回答任何问题，所以此处是问了最简单的问题，故选D。

【10】句意：作家笑了笑，很快就停止了谈论。

to talk谈论（动词不定式）；to answer回答（动词不定式）；talking谈论（动名词，现在分词）；answering回答（动名词，现在分词；根据stop to do 表示停下去做什么，stop doing是停止做什么，此处应该是笑了笑，停止谈话，故选C。