Question

【题目】

hide they also continue but bored treat finally value active or sorry

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, there lived a wise man called Chen Shi. When he was an officer, he 【1】 people with fairness and was greatly loved by them. Later he returned to his hometown and lived a simple life. One year, a terrible famine(饥荒) took place and thieves were 【2】 in the area where Chen lived. One night, someone climbed into Chen’s house through a window and searched everywhere for 【3】 things. Just at that time, Chen got up and walked out of his bedroom. The thief quickly 【4】 himself on the beam(梁). Chen noticed the thief anyway. However, instead of calling him down, Chen called his family into the room and started lecturing(告诫) them.

“Sorry to wake all of you up, 【5】 I have something important to tell you. That is: people must work hard to improve 【6】. There are no people in the world who are just born bad, you know.” Chen looked up at the beam for a bit, then 【7】 his lecture. “Usually people got bad because their bad environment caused them to do so and slowly it became a habit of theirs. I believe that the person on the beam is 【8】 a good man in the heart.”

Hearing that, the thief climbed down. Chen’s words had moved from his head to his heart. He was very 【9】 for what he did and promised Chen that he would never steal again. 【10】 Chen gave him some clothes and let him go.

Since then, a thief has got another name — the gentleman on the beam.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】treated

【2】active

【3】valuable

【4】hid

【5】but

【6】themselves

【7】continued

【8】also

【9】sorry

【10】Finally

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了《梁上君子》这一著名成语故事。

【1】

句意：他当官时，对人很公平，深受人们的喜爱。

根据下文was greatly loved by them可知，陈寔深受人们的喜爱，是因为他为官时待人公平公正。备选单词中treat意为“以……方式对待”，且故事叙述部分均采用一般过去时，故动词treat应用过去式，故答案为treated。

【2】

句意：盗贼在陈寔居住的地区很活跃。

根据上文One year, a terrible famine(饥荒) took place可知，有一年发生了饥荒，带来社会动荡，盗贼盛行。备选单词中active意为“活跃的”，符合句意，故答案为active。

【3】

句意：到处寻找值钱的东西。

根据上文someone climbed into Chen’s house through a window可知，有人翻窗进了陈寔的家里，去偷值钱的东西。备选单词中value可转换为形容词valuable，意为“很值钱的”，作定语修饰名词things，故答案为valuable。

【4】

句意：小偷很快就躲到了横梁上。

根据上文Just at that time, Chen got up and walked out of his bedroom可知，陈寔醒了，并走出了卧房，于是小偷很快就躲到了横梁上。备选单词中hide意为“躲藏”，且故事叙述部分均采用一般过去时，故动词hide应用过去式，故答案为hid。

【5】

句意：很抱歉吵醒你们，但我有重要的事要告诉你们。

根据前后句Sorry to wake all of you up和I have something important to tell you句意可知，空格处应填入意为“但是”的连词表转折。备选单词中but意为“但是”，符合句意，故答案为but。

【6】

句意：人们必须努力提高自己。

根据下文There are no people in the world who are just born bad可知，没有人生来就是坏人，所以人们应该不断提高自己，本句主语为people，故应用意为“他们自己”的反身代词。备选单词中they可转换为反身代词themselves，意为“他们自己”，符合句意，故答案为themselves。

【7】

句意：陈寔抬头看了看横梁，然后继续他的讲话。

根据下文“Usually people got bad because their bad environment caused them to do so and slowly it became a habit of theirs. I believe that the person on the beam is also a good man in the heart.”可知，陈寔抬头看了看横梁，然后继续他的讲话。备选单词中continue意为“继续”，且故事叙述部分均采用一般过去时，故动词continue应用过去式，故答案为continued。

【8】

句意：我相信梁上的人打心眼里也是个好人。

根据上文Usually people got bad because their bad environment caused them to do so and slowly it became a habit of theirs可知，通常情况下，人们会因为恶劣的环境而变得不好，慢慢地，这成为他们的习惯，而他相信梁上的人打心眼里也是个好人。备选单词中also意为“也”，符合句意，故答案为also。

【9】

句意：他对自己的所作所为感到非常抱歉。

根据下文promised Chen that he would never steal again可知，他承诺不再偷窃，此处指的是他对自己的所作所为感到非常抱歉。备选单词中sorry意为“惭愧”，be sorry for意为“对……感到抱歉”，符合句意，故答案为sorry。

【10】

句意：最后陈寔给了他一些衣服，让他走了。

根据上文He was very sorry for what he did and promised Chen that he would never steal again可知，故事到此已经完结了，最后陈寔给了他一些衣服，让他走了。备选单词中finally意为“最终”，且位于句首首字母大写，故答案为Finally。