Question

【題目】Two old beggars were sitting on a busy street corner of a big city. They watched _______ as a lot of people walked by without looking at them. Sometimes, a kind--hearted woman or a small child would drop a few coins in the _______ in front of them.

As it was getting dark, they started to________ their things. Just as they were getting ready to leave, they notice a man walking towards them. The man _______, reached into his pocket and took something out. What looked like a piece of hard candy, wrapped (包裹) in white paper, hit each of their waiting hats. The rich man continued his way.

“Why couldn’t he leave us a few_________or a bill instead of the rock candy?” said the first beggar. With these words, he picked up the thing and________. Then he collected his things and left.

The second beggar wanted to do the same, but a second thought made him change his________. “I haven’t had anything like this for ages.” he thought. “How _______ of that man to offer me something so sweet!” With that, he opened the white paper. To his________, there was no hard rock candy inside.________, a shiny white pearl (珍珠) worth thousands of dollars fell into his hand.

【1】A. helplessly??? B. happily??? C. uselessly??? D. quickly

【2】A. bags??? B. boxes??? C. hats??? D. pockets

【3】A. sell??? B. hide??? C. place??? D. pack

【4】A. stopped??? B. ran??? C. went??? D. talked

【5】A. books??? B. coins??? C. sweets??? D. flowers

【6】A. carried it away??? B. ate it up??? C. opened it up??? D. threw it away

【7】A. habit??? B. way??? C. mind??? D. rule

【8】A. nice??? B. funny??? C. clever??? D. strange

【9】A. interest??? B. sadness??? C. surprise??? D. pity

【10】A. Besides??? B. Instead??? C. Though??? D. Again

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】D

【4】A

【5】B

【6】D

【7】C

【8】A

【9】C

【10】B

【解析】本篇文章難度適中，主要講述兩個(gè)乞丐在街上乞討，一個(gè)人給他倆每人一個(gè)看似是硬糖的東西，第一個(gè)人很氣憤并丟掉，第二個(gè)人發(fā)現(xiàn)里面竟然是珍珠。

【1】句意“他們很無(wú)助地看著，因?yàn)楹芏嗳俗哌^(guò)都不看他們一眼”。A.無(wú)助地；B.高興地；C.沒(méi)用地；D.迅速地。根據(jù)句意，故選A。

【2】句意“有時(shí)，一個(gè)熱心的女人或者小孩會(huì)向他們面前的帽子里扔一些硬幣”。A.包；B.箱子；C.帽子；D.錢(qián)包。根據(jù)hit each of their waiting hats可知，故選C。

【3】句意“當(dāng)天變黑了，他們開(kāi)始打包他們的東西”。A.賣(mài)；B.藏；C.放；D.打包。根據(jù)句意，故選D。

【4】句意“這個(gè)男人停下來(lái)，手伸到包里，拿出一些東西”。A.停止；B.跑；C.去；D.談話。根據(jù)句意，故選A。

【5】句意“為什么他不給我們一些硬幣或鈔票，而是一些糖？”。A.書(shū)；B.硬幣；C.糖果；D.花。根據(jù)句意，故選B。

【6】句意“邊說(shuō)話，他邊撿起這個(gè)東西扔掉”。A.攜帶；B.吃光；C.打開(kāi)；D.扔掉。根據(jù)句意，故選D。

【7】句意“第二個(gè)乞丐想做相同的事情，但是第二個(gè)想法改變了他的主意”。A.習(xí)慣；B.方法；C.想法；D.規(guī)則。change one’s mind。改變想法。根據(jù)句意，故選C。

【8】句意“那個(gè)男人主動(dòng)給我一些如此甜的東西，他真是太好了”。A.好的；B.有趣的；C.聰明的；D.奇怪的。根據(jù)“I haven’t had anything like this for ages.”可知，故選A。

【9】句意“令他吃驚的是，里面沒(méi)有硬糖，取而代之的是一顆價(jià)值千元的白色珍珠”。A.有趣；B.悲傷；C.驚訝;D.遺憾。to one’s surprise令人驚訝的是。根據(jù)句意，故選C。

【10】句意“令他吃驚的是，里面沒(méi)有硬糖，取而代之的是一顆價(jià)值千元的白色珍珠”。A.除此之外；B.取而代之；C.盡管；D.再一次。根據(jù)句意，故選B。