The King was known for his kindness. His people 1 him and were proud of him.

   Once,the King decided to build a palace on the river bank. In a few days the palace was ready. And 2 bringing the King to show the palace,the minister decided to take a final look.

   “ Great!” the minister said,looking at the palace. Then 3 his eyes fell on a hut (小屋) just a few steps away from the palace gate. “What is this hut doing here?” shouted the minister. “Sir,it 4 to an old woman. She has been living here for a long time,^ replied a soldier.

   The minister walked up to the 5 and spoke to the old lady. “I want to buy your hut. Ask for anything”，he said. “I am sorry,Sir. I can not 6 your offer. My hut is dearer to me than my life ,” the old lady said.

   The minister tried to tell the old lady that 7 hut would spoil the charm of the new palace. But the old lady refused to sell her hut to the King. The 8 was then taken to the King.

   The King thought for a while,and then said ,“ Let the old lady have her hut 9 it is. It will only add to the beauty of the new palace. v Then turning to the minister,the King said, “Let us not forget that what seems 10 to us may be precious to someone else. ”

1. A. visited   B. left   C. loved   D. hated

2. A. before   B. after   C. while   D. until

3. A. slowly   B. suddenly   C. early   D. happily

4. A. decides   B. hopes   C. wants   D. belongs

5. A. river   B. hut   C. soldier   D. palace

6. A. accept   B. refuse   C. find   D. pass

7. A. your   B. my   C. her   D. his

8. A. story   B. matter   C. idea   D. job

9. A. how   B. why   C. when   D. where

10. A. popular   B. poor   C. ugly   D. beautiful

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

  國(guó)王在河邊建造了一座宮殿，大臣覺得宮殿旁邊的一間小屋與宮殿極不協(xié)調(diào)，于是試圖說服住在里面的老婦人把小 屋賣給國(guó)王，但善良的國(guó)王卻允許老婦人留下這個(gè)小屋。

1. C由下文的were proud of him可知，人們以國(guó)王為榮，由此可推斷人們熱愛國(guó)王。

2. A大臣應(yīng)該是在帶國(guó)王看宮殿之前，自己先去看一下。before意為“在……之前”.

3. B由語境可知，他的眼神應(yīng)該是突然地落在離宮殿門口幾步遠(yuǎn)的小屋上。

4. D belong to意為“屬于”，為常用搭配。由下文可知這間小屋屬于一位老婦人。

5. B由上文可知老婦人住在那間小屋里，故大臣應(yīng)該是走到小屋那里，跟老婦人說話。

6. A 倒數(shù)第二段提到了“But the old lady refused to sell her hut to the King. ”，由此可知老婦人不接受大臣的提議。accept意為“接受”，符合此處語境。

7. C由空格前的the old lady可知，此處需用形容詞性物主代詞her修飾后面的hut。

8. B上文提到大臣認(rèn)為老婦人的小屋破壞了新宮殿的魅力，但是老婦人拒絕把小屋賣給國(guó)王。大臣解決不了 這件事，故他把這件事帶給了國(guó)王，matter意為“事 情”。

9. D由下文可知國(guó)王認(rèn)為小屋能給新宮殿增色，故他想讓老婦人繼續(xù)擁有那里的小屋，故選where來引導(dǎo)地點(diǎn) 狀語從句。

10. C上文提到大炬眼中的小屋影響了宮殿的美觀，但小屋 對(duì)老婦人來說卻是珍貴的。由此可知此處選ugly (丑陋 的) 與后面的precious (珍貴的) 作對(duì)比。

題目來源：一本英語閱讀理解與完形填空150篇中考 > TEST3

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