Question

One day a poor man was traveling on horseback. At noon, he tied his horse to a tree and then 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.”     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 , the two horses were fighting. They went up to them, but it was too . The rich man’s horse was killed. “See what your horse has done!” cried the rich man. “You will have to it.” And he brought the poor man before Mr. Know.
Mr. Know asked the poor man some questions. But he made no. At last Mr. Know said, “This man is dumb. He cannot speak.”
“Oh,” the rich man shouted. “He can! He spoke to me when I met him.”
“Are you sure?” asked Mr. Know. “What did he?”
“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 you. Then can you expect to get money him?”
The rich man said nothing and left silently.

【小題1】

A．put down B．set down C．sat down D．turned down

【小題2】

A．So B．But C．And D．Though

【小題3】

A．song B．word C．bell D．noise

【小題4】

A．late B．slow C．hard D．quick

【小題5】

A．pay for B．look for C．wait for D．care for

【小題6】

A．idea B．mistake C．money D．a(chǎn)nswer

【小題7】

A．quietly B．a(chǎn)ngrily C．happily D．heavily

【小題8】

A．speak B．tell C．talk D．say

【小題9】

A．helped B．thanked C．warned D．ordered

【小題10】

A．for B．from C．with D．a(chǎn)bout

Answer 1

【小題1】C
【小題2】B
【小題3】D
【小題4】A
【小題5】A
【小題11】D
【小題12】B
【小題13】D
【小題14】C
【小題15】B

解析試題分析：本篇短文主要講述了一個窮人和一個富人把馬栓在同一樹上，由一窮人的馬比較兇悍，把富人馬殺死了。然后富人與窮人找法官打官司。窮人用聰明的智慧打贏了官司的故事。
【小題1】本題考查詞組辨析及語境的理解。A項意為“鎮(zhèn)壓；制止”；B項意為“看作”；C項意為“坐下”；D項意為“調(diào)低”。由語境可知“在中午，他把馬拴在樹上，然后坐下來吃東西”，只有C項具有“坐下”的意思，故C為正確選項。
【小題2】本題考查連詞及語境的理解。這個窮人不讓富人把馬和他的拴在同一棵樹上，但是這個富人卻不聽窮人的話。此處表轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故B為正確選項。
【小題3】本題考查名詞及語境的理解。由下句“the two horses were fighting”可知他們聽到了一聲可怕的聲音。四個項中只有noise意為“聲音”。 故D為正確選項。
【小題4】本題考查形容詞詞義及語境的理解。由They went up to them 及The rich man’s horse was killed可知，此應(yīng)為形容詞，且表示“晚了”的意思。A項意為“晚了”；B項意為“慢的”；C項意為“困難的”；D項意為“快的”。故選A。故A為正確選項。
【小題5】本題考查固定短語詞義及語境的理解。A 項意為“賠償”；B項意為“尋找”；C項意為“等候”；D項意為“照顧”。由語境可知，這個富人是想讓這個窮人賠償他已死的馬。故選A為正確選項。
【小題6】本題考查詞義名詞詞意辨析及語境的理解。別人問這個窮人問題，但是他并沒有回答。故D為正確選項。
【小題7】本題考查副詞詞意辨析及語境的理解。A項意為“安靜地”；B項意為“生氣地”；C項意為“高興地”；D項意為“沉重地”。聯(lián)系上下文可知此時富人的狀態(tài)是“生氣在大聲喊”，故B為正確選項
【小題8】本題考查動詞詞意辨析及語境的理解。speak強調(diào)說話的能力，說某種語言。tell“告訴"。talk 指談話say 指說的內(nèi)容，帶賓語。句意為“他說的什么內(nèi)容？”強調(diào)說話的內(nèi)容，故D為正確選項。
【小題9】本題考查動詞詞意辨析及語境的理解。此處具有“警告;告誡”的意思。A項意為“幫助”；B項意為“謝謝”；C項意為“警告”；D項意為“命令”。四個選項中只有C具有此意，故C為正確選項
【小題10】本題考查介詞詞意辨析及語境的理解。get… from…意為“從…處得到…”故選B為正確選項。
考點:日常生活類短文。