Question

Clever Man

One day a poor man was traveling on horseback. At noon,he tied his horse to a tree and then 1 down to eat something. A few minutes later,a rich man came along and tied his horse to the same tree.

“ Please tie your horse to another tree ,” said the poor man. “ My horse is wild. It will kill yours. ” 2 the rich man said ,“ I shall tie my horse as I like!” He tied up his horse and had his lunch nearby. After a moment they heard a terrible 3 ,the two horses were fighting. They went up to them,

but it was too 4 . The rich man’s  horse was killed. “ See what your horse has done!” cried the rich man. “You will have to 5 for it. ” And he brought the poor man before Mr. Know.

Mr. Know asked the poor man some questions. But he made no 6 . At last Mr. Know said ,“ This

man is dumb. He cannot speak.

“ Ohthe rich man shouted 7 . “ He can!He spoke to me when I met him. ”

“Are you sure?” asked Mr. Know. “What did he 8 ?”

“He told me not to tie my horse to the same tree because his horse was wild and would kill my horse.

“Oh ,” said Mr. Know. “So he 9 you. Then can you expect to get money 10 him?”

The rich man said nothing and left silently.

() 1. A. put   B. set   C. sat   D. turned

() 2. A. So   B. But   C. And   D. Though

() 3. A. song   B. word   C. bell   D. noise

() 4. A. late   B. slow   C. hard   D. quick

() 5. A. pay   B. look   C. wait   D. care

() 6. A. idea   B. mistake   C. money   D. answer

() 7. A. quietly   B. angrily   C. happily   D. heavily

() 8. A. speak   B. tell   C. talk   D. say

() 9. A. helped   B. thanked   C. warned   D. ordered

() 10. A. for   B. from   C. with   D. about

Answer 1

1. C 2. B 3. D 4. A 5. A 6. D 7. B 8. D 9. C 10. B

WEEK SIXTEEN Monday 星期一

本文讲述了一个穷人和富人之间发生的故事。

1. C考查动词辨析。put“放”;set“放置”;sat“坐”;turned

“转”。根据句意“他把马拴在树上然后坐下吃东 西”可知选C项。    

2. B考查连词辨析。so“所以”;but“但是”;and“并且”;

though“虽然”。根据上文穷人好心让富人把马拴在别处，但是富人却偏要把马拴在那棵树上，可知选B项

3. D 考查名词辨析。song“歌”;word“词”;beir‘钟”;noise

“吵闹”。根据句意“不久之后他们听到了一阵可怕的吵闹声”可知选D项。

4. A考查形容词辨析。late“晚的”； slow“慢的”;hard“困

难的”;quick “快的”。根据句意“他们赶到那里但是 却太晚了，富人的马已经被杀了”可知选A项。

5. A考查动词辨析。pay“付款”;look“看”;wait“等”;care

“关心”。根据句意富人要求穷人赔偿他的马，可知 选A项。

6. D考查名词辨析。idea“主意”;mistake “错误”;money

“钱”;answer“回答”。根据句意“无所不知先生问了 穷人一些问题但是穷人没有回答”可知选D项。

7. B考查副词辨析。quietly“安静地”;angrily“生气地”；

happily“开心地”;heavily“沉重地”。根据上下文可 知富人此时非常生气，可知选B项。

8. D考查搭配辨析。四个选项都是“说”的意思,但是搭

配有不同：speak与to搭配;teir‘告诉”;talk与to搭配;say强调说的内容，故选D项。

9. C考查动词辨析及行文逻辑。helped“帮助”;thanked“感谢”;warned“警告”;ordered“命令”。根据上文富人的话推得句意“他已经警告过你了”可知选C项。

10. B考查介词辨析。for“为了”;from“来自”;with“和”；

about“关于”。根据句意“你还想要从他那里得到钱?”可知选B项。