Question

Mr. Black was over fifty years old. He sometimes made some mistakes in his work, and he lost his work. So he had____time every day to do something. Then he often met his old friends under a big tree. They had drinks there and____anything they liked.

One day, some old men were sitting together again and talking about young people in this world. They all agreed that the old people were____than young people. Then one of the old____said that young men were stronger than old men.

____of them agreed that this was true,____Mr. Black didn’t. He said, “No. I am as strong now as when I was a young man.” His friends were surprised____what he said.

“Well,” said Mr. Black, “Near my house there is a big stone. When I was a young man, I used____to move it, but I couldn’t because I was not____I am an old man now, and when I try to move it, I still____So, I am as strong as when I was young.”

1.A. many B. a lot C. lots of D. lot

2.A. talked for B. talked to C. talked with D. talked about

3.A. clever B. cleverer C. cleverest D. a clever

4.A. man B. woman C. men D. women

5.A. All B. None C. Both D. Neither

6.A. so B. or C. and D. but

7.A. at B. to C. of D. on

8.A. trying B. try C. to try D. to trying

9.A. strong enough B. enough strong C. weak enough D. enough weak

10.A. can B. can’t C. could D. couldn’t

1.C 2.D 3.B 4.C 5.A 6.D 7.A 8.C 9.A 10.B 【解析】試題分析：短文大意：本文敘述了布萊克先生失業(yè)后和幾個老人在樹下談論的事情。他們都認為老人比年輕人聰明。他們也都認為年輕人比老人強壯。但是布萊克先生不這樣認為。他說，他年輕時搬不動他家附近的一塊石頭，現(xiàn)在老了，還是搬不動那塊石頭，所以他認為年老時和年輕...

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