Question

   Emperor Akbar was traveling to a city a long way from his home. It was hot and he was beginning to feel tired and bored.

   “Can anybody shorten this 36 for me? ” he asked impatiently.

   The courtiers (侍从) 37 one another nervously. They knew there was no shorter road through the mountains to the city.

   “I 38 said Birbal.

   “You can shorten the road?” said the emperor. “Well,go on. Do it!”

   “I will ,” said Birbal. “But first listen to this 39 .”

   Birbal rode beside the emperor and began to tell a story. It was a very 40 tale,so all the listeners were fascinated. 41 they^were told the end of the story,they had reached the end of their journey.

   “We’ve arrived!” said the emperor happily. “So soon!”

   Several days later,a man came to 42 Birbal. He had heard stories about how clever Birbal was.

   The man asked Birbal,“Would you prefer to answer a hundred 43 questions or just one difficult question?”

   “Ask me one difficult question ,” said Birbal.

   “Well then,tell me ,” said the man, “44 came first into the world,the chicken or the egg?”

   “The chicken,” repliedBirbal.

   “How do you know?” asked the man,thinking he had frapped (诱骗) Birbal.

   “We had 45 you would ask only one question and you have already asked it’s said Birbal. He walked away,leaving the man speechless.

() 36. A. name   B. road   C. stick   D. mountain

() 37. A. looked at   B. looked for   C. looked after   D. looked through

() 38. A. can,   B. can't   C. should   D. shouldn’ t

() 39. A. song   B. news   C. story   D. conversation

() 40. A. short   B. long   C. boring   D. exciting

() 41. A. After   B. Though   C. Before   D. Since

() 42. A. kill   B. cheat   C. praise   D. challenge

() 43. A. easy   B. difficult   C. new   D. old

() 44. A. who   B. where   C. how   D. which

() 45. A. hoped   B. agreed   C. advised   D. believed

Answer 1

36. B 37. A 38. A 39. C 40. D 41. C 42. D 43. A 44. D 45. B

[体裁]记叙文

[话题]故事与诗歌

[大意]材料讲述了关于印度智者Birbal 的两个小故事。

36. B.由下一段第二句They knew there was no shorter ro,ad ...可知该空填 road。

37. A.由上下文可知侍从们对'皇帝提出 的要求无能为力,他们紧张地互相“看

着”。

38. A.由下一段第一句 You can shorten the road?可知答案。

39. C.由下一段第一句中的story可知答

案。

40. D。 由后半句_so all the listeners were fascinated可知Birbal讲的故事“令人

兴奋”。

41. C.该句意思是“在故事讲完之前，他 们就已经到达了旅程的终点”。

42. D.由下文可知该男子问了 Birbal-个很难回答的问题，以此来“挑战” Birbal的智慧。

43. A.该空填easy ,和_该句后面的 difficult相对应。

44. D.由该句句尾的 the chicken or the egg可知该空i真which?

45. B.由上文可知Birbal和男子已经就 回答一百个容易的问题还是一个难 的问题达成了协议，因此该空填 agreed。