Question

【题目】根据短文理解，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳答案填空。
Mr. Brown and his son Jack lived in a house with a garden. There was a 1 in the garden. When they went through the garden, they were always tripped (绊倒；绊）by the stone.
One day, Jack said to his father, “I2 that stone. Why don't we move it away?”
Mr. Brown said, “It was there when your grandfather was 3. It's so big. We can't move it.”
Twenty years later, Jack 4 up and had a son. One day, Jack's son said to him, “Look at the stone. Shall we move it?”
Jack said, “That stone is too 5. We can't move it.”
But his son made a 6 to move it. He brought some tools to the garden. He dug around the stone.
Jack thought that it would take his 7 the whole day to move the stone. To his 8, the little boy only 9 ten minutes moving it.
Sometimes, things are not as 10 as we thought. Just do it.
（1）A.stone B.coin C.ball
（2）A.pick B.like C.hate
（3）A.alive B.new C.happy
（4）A.looked B.got C.grew
（5）A.small B.heavy C.far
（6）A.mistake B.decision C.mind
（7）A.father B.grandson C.son
（8）A.surprise B.sadness C.disappointment
（9）A.paid B.took C.spent
（10）A.easy B.difficult C.expensive

Answer 1

【答案】（1）、A
（2）、C
（3）、A
（4）、C
（5）、B
（6）、B
（7）、C
（8）、A
（9）、C
（10）、B

【解析】这是一篇带点小哲理的故事类短文。说的是花园中有一块大石头，祖父，父亲都认为石头太大而没人去尝试搬走，最后小小的儿子却只花了十分钟就搬动了，由此得出的结论是：有时事情不如我们想象中的那么难，只要去做就好了。
（1）由后一句When they……by the stone“当他们经过花园的时候就会被一块石头绊倒”，可知花园里有一块石头，故选A。
（2）一天，Jack对父亲说，我……那块石头，为什么不把它搬走？A. pick 捡起；B. like 喜欢；C. hate 讨厌，根据题意，选C。
（3）当你祖父……，它就在那里了。A. alive 活着； B. new新的； C. happy快乐的。故选A。
（4）二十年后，Jack……并有了个儿子。A. look up查找； B. got up起床； C. grew up长大。根据题意，选C。
（5）We can't move it.我们搬不动它，说明这块石头太重。故答案选B。A.small小的；B.far远的。
（6）但是儿子……，他拿了工具去花园。but转折，说明他要去搬石头。A.mistake错误；B.decision决定；C.mind思想，应该是决定去搬，故选B。
（7）Jack以为会花他……一整天搬这块石头，这里的人物关系是父子，Jack是父亲，故此处填son。选C。
（8）A.to his surprise使他惊讶的是 B.to his sadness使他悲伤的是 C.to his disappointment使他失望的是。the little boy only …… ten minutes moving it.这个小男孩只花了十分钟，所以应该是使他惊讶，答案选A。
（9）考查spend，pay，take的用法。spend，pay是人做主语，spend...on sth/doing sth; pay some money for sth ;take是it做主语。句型it takes sb some time to do sth。此处是little boy 作主语且后面有moving，故用spend，选C。
（10）Sometimes, things are not as ___ as we thought. Just do it.有时候事情并不如我们想的……，只要去做就好了。结合整篇文章，可知事情不如我们想象中的难，故选B。A.easy容易的；C.expensive昂贵的。