Question

A woman came out of her house and saw three old men with long white beards(胡須) sitting in her front yard. She said, “I don’t think I you, but you must be hungry. Please and have something to eat.”

“Is the man of the house ?” they asked. “No,” she replied(答復(fù)), “He’s out.” “Then we cannot come in,” they replied. In the evening when her came home, she told him had happened. “Go tell them I am home and invite them in!” The woman went out and invited the men in. “We do not go into a house ,” they replied. “Why is that?” she asked.

One of the old men explained, “His name is Wealth(財富),” he said, one of his friends, “and he is Success, and I am Love.” Then he added, “Now go in and your husband which one of us you want in your home.”

The woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband was . “How nice!” he said. “Since(既然) that is , let us invite Wealth. Let him come and fill our home with wealth!” His wife . “My dear, why don’t we invite Success?” Their daughter-in-law was listening from the other corner of the house. She jumped in with her own , “Wouldn’t it be better to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love.” “Let us our daughter-in-law’s advice,” said the husband to his wife. “Go out and invite to be our guest.” The woman went out and asked the three old men, “Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our .”

Love got up and walking toward the house.

The other two also got up and followed him. , the lady asked Wealth and Success, “I only invited Love. Why are you coming in?”

The old men replied together, “If you had invited Wealth or Success, two of us would have stayed out, but since you Love, wherever he goes, we go with him. there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!”

1.A. like B. know C. recognize D. need

2.A. go out B. get away C. get up D. come in

3.A. in B. out C. away D. off

4.A. friend B. father C. brother D. husband

5.A. what B. that C. which D. why

6.A. one by one B. one after another C. alone D. together

7.A. laughing at B. looking at C. pointing to D. staring at

8.A. argue with(爭論)B. discuss with C. debate with(辯論) D. quarrel with(爭吵)

9.A. excited B. surprised C. shocked D. tired

10.A. the situation B. the position C. the case(情形) D. the point(要點)

11.A. agreed B. appreciated(欣賞) C. nodded D. disagreed

12.A. suggestion B. decision C. solution D. explanation(解釋)

13.A. discuss B. take C. consider D. ignore(忽視)

14.A. Success B. Wealth C. Love D. them

15.A. friend B. relative C. son-in-law D. guest

16.A. started B. stopped C. continued D. enjoyed

17.A. Pleased B. Surprised C. Worried D. Disappointed

18.A. others B. another C. other D. the other

19.A. invited B. invite C. had invited D. will invite

20.A. Wherever B. However C. Whenever D. Whatever

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.D

5.A

6.D

7.C

8.B

9.A

10.C

11.D

12.A

13.B

14.C

15.D

16.A

17.B

18.D

19.A

20.A

【解析】

試題分析：文章講述了一個關(guān)于財富、成功和愛的故事。三個白胡子老人分別是“財富”、“成功”和“愛”，人們一次只能邀請他們中的一個到他們家里做客。如果邀請“財富”或“成功”中的一位，其他兩位將留在外面。但是當(dāng)“愛”被邀請時，剩下的兩位也會跟著“愛”走。故事告訴我們，有愛的地方就會有成功和財富。

1.came out of her house and saw three old men”可知，女士發(fā)現(xiàn)自家門前有三個老人，她不認識他們，她認為他們是餓了需要吃的東西，故選B。

2.have something to eat”可知，女士讓三位老人進去吃東西，故選D。

3.“No,” she replied(答復(fù)), “He’s out.””可知，老人們問男主人是否在家，故選A。

4.the man of the house...“He’s out.””可知，女士的丈夫晚上才回來，故選D。

5.she told him had happened女士把發(fā)生的事情告訴了丈夫，賓語從句缺少主語，故選A。

6.hich one of us you want in your home”可知，三個老人說他們不能同時進入一戶人家，故選D。

7.“His name is Wealth(財富),” he said”可知，一個老人指著他的一個朋友說他的名字叫“財富”，故選C。

8.which one of us you want in your home”可知，老人讓女士和丈夫商量讓誰進他們的家，故選B。

9.“How nice!” he said.”可知，女士的丈夫很興奮，故選A。

10.Since(既然) that is ,既然是這樣的話，that’s the case那樣的話，是固定搭配，故選C。

11.why don’t we invite Success?”可知，女士不同意邀請“財富”到他們家，故選D。

12.Wouldn’t it be better to invite Love?”可知，女士的兒媳婦過來提出了自己的建議，根據(jù)下一行“our daughter-in-law’s advice”可知答案，故選A。

13.Let us our daughter-in-law’s advice讓我們采納兒媳婦的建議吧，take one’s advice采納某人的建議，故選B。

14.Which one of you is Love? Please come in”可知，他們決定邀請“愛”到他們家做客，故選C。

15.Go out and invite to be our guest.”可知，他們在討論邀請三位老人中的一位到他家做客，故選D。

16.Love got up and walking toward the house.“愛”站起來開始朝女士家走，start doing sth開始做某事，故選A。

17.“I only invited Love. Why are you coming in?””可知，讓女士感到驚訝的是，邀請了“愛”之后，“財富”和“成功”也跟著“愛”走進她家，故選B。

18.If you had invited Wealth or Success, two of us would have stayed out如果你邀請的是“財富”或“成功”，那么剩下的兩個將會待在外面，the other+名詞復(fù)數(shù)，意為“剩下的全部”，the other two指剩下的兩個，故選D。

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20.wherever he goes, we go with him.”可知，無論“愛”走到哪里，“財富”和“成功”都會跟著他，說明有愛的地方就有財富和成功，故選A。

考點：故事類短文閱讀