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　　Mr West was born in a small English town. His fatter had a 1 there. The shop keeper didn't think it was 2 for his son to go to school. So he taught him how to get 3 money. They got much money there and then 4 to the city. Now Old West can't manage his shop and his son, Mr West has to do it 5 him. As he has little knowledge, Mr West is often 6 in public and sometimes he gets into trouble. So he 7 a lot of books and shelves and put them in his sitting room so that the visitors can see them 8 they go in. He often goes to the parties and carefully 9 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 10 writer's birthday that day. He hurried there with his wife. He gave the writer some 11 presents and the old man thanked him. After 12 they began to talk about the literary works.

　　He could hardly answer any questions. The writer had to ask him 13 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 14 . On their way home, his wife said, “You made a mistake just now. Shakespeare is a 15 cake, like the Chinese moon cake!”

(1) A．factory

B．shop

C．cinema

D．park

(2) A．useful

B．possible

C．easy

D．difficult

(3) A．much

B．less

C．little

D．more

(4) A．went

B．got

C．ran

D．moved

(5) A．with

B．after

C．instead of

D．before

(6) A．helped

B．laughed at

C．hurt

D．beaten

(7) A．borrowed

B．made

C．bought

D．wrote

(8) A．because

B．if

C．that

D．as soon as

(9) A．listens to

B．hears

C．looks at

D．sees

(10) A．strange

B．kind

C．foreign

D．famous

(11) A．cheap

B．expensive

C．useless

D．small

(12) A．dinner

B．school

C．discussion

D．class

(13) A．more difficult

B．the most difficult

C．easy

D．the easiest

(14) A．to talk

B．to answer

C．talking

D．answering

(15) A．thin

B．thick

C．delicious

D．large

Answer 1

答案：B;A;D;D;C;B;C;D;A;D;B;A;D;C;C
解析：

整体把握：短文讲述了一个近似于中国的“滥竿充数”的故事。一个从小不学知识的人，虽然能挣到许多钱，但是内心的空虚是无法用钱弥补的，他买了许多书来充当门面，经常故意找有学问的人谈话、交朋友，当然也是洋相百出。 (1) 点拨：由下文的the book keeper得知。 (2) 点拨：父亲认为他儿子上学没用处。 (3) 点拨：父亲教儿子怎样去多挣钱。 (4) 点拨：由城镇搬家到城市。 (5) 点拨：父亲年龄大了，不能经营商店了，儿子不得不代替父亲来做这件事。 (6) 点拨：因为没有知识，经常当众被嘲笑。 (7) 点拨：因为……，所以他买了许多书和书架。 (8) 点拨：把书和书架放在客厅里，目的是让客人一进门就看得见。 (9) 点拨：他很认真地听那些有学问的人说话。 (10) 点拨：著名的作家肯定有学问呀，他才更乐于前往。 (11) 点拨：所以他肯定要送些贵重礼物了。 (12) 点拨：饭后开始聊天。 (13) 点拨：他什么文学知识也不懂，作家只好问一个最容易的问题。 (14) 点拨：作家只好尽快地结束谈话。 (15) 点拨：沙士比亚是一个很好吃的蛋糕，就像中国的月饼。