Question

 

    Once upon a time,there was a lazy poor man living in a small house with spider webs (物蛛网) on the walls and mice running around. People 31 coming into such a dirty place and the poor man was lonely and sad every day. He thought it was poverty (贫困) that 32 his unhappy life.

    One day,the poor man dropped in on a wise old man and asked him for 33 about changing his life. The old man gave him a beautiful vase (花瓶) and said, " This is a magic vase that will bring you 34 "

    The poor man looked at the vase 35 Why would he need a vase in his poor house? However,he didn't want to 36 such a beautiful vase,so he brought it home and put it on the table.

   "It's not right for something so beautiful to be 37" the poor man looked at the vase and thought. Then he picked some wild flowers and put them into it,making it even more beautiful.

    38 he was still not satisfied. " It is not good for such a beautiful thing to stand next to a spider web. n At this,he st'tarted to do some cleaning in the house and paint the walls.

   His house turned into a 39 place immediately. The poor man 40 He suddenly realized that in the past it was his laziness that made him poor and unhappy. From then on,he worked hard and his life got better and better.

31. A. enjoyed   B. avoided

   C. forgot   D. considered

32. A. led to   B. connected to

   C. made up   D. set up

33. A. service   B. knowledge

   C. advice   D. care

34. A. peace   B. happiness

   C. mess   D. regret

35. A. sadly   B. nervously

   C. proudly   D. surprisedly

36. A. throw away   B. give out

   C. pay for   D. keep off

37. A. ugly   B. full   C. empty   D. dirty

38. A. Although   B. But

   C. So   D. Because

39. A. large   B. dark

   C. strange   D. comfortable

40. A. cheered up   B. rang up

   C. sped up   D. stayed up

Answer 1

31. B 32. A 33. C 34. B 36. A 37. C 38. B 40. A

[完形短文大意]一个懒惰而贫困的人从不打扫房间，没有 人愿意到他脏乱的家里来，他抱怨自己生活得不快乐，直到一位智 者送给他一个漂亮的花瓶，他才意识到自己的懒惰就是他不开心 的根源，于是他开始努力工作，生活变得越来越好。

31. B结合上下文的描述可知，人们都”避免”去这么脏的地方，

故所缺的词是avoided。

32. A他觉得是贫困"导致"了他不如意的生活，故所缺的短语是

led to。

33. C他向一位智者征求可以改变生活的"建议"，故所缺的词是

advice 

34. B结合上下文的描述可知，那位老人给了他一个漂亮的花

瓶，并说这是一个有魔力的花瓶，能够给他带来"快乐"，故 所缺的词是happiness。

35. ) 那个贫困的人"惊讶地”看着那个花瓶，故所缺的词

是 surprisedly。

36. A然而他不想"扔掉"这么漂亮的一个花瓶，故所缺的短语是

throw away。

37. C结合下文中的描述可推断，那个贫困的人觉得这么漂亮的

东西空着不合适，故所缺的词是empty。

38. B结合上下文的描述可推断，"但是"他仍然不满意，故所缺

的词是But。

39. 1) 打扫之后，他的房子立刻变成了一个"舒适的”地方，故所 缺的词是comfortable。

40. A结合上下文的描述可推断，那个贫困的人振作了起来，故 cheered up符合题意。