Question

 

    Once upon a time,there was a lazy poor man living in a small house with spider webs (物蛛網(wǎng)) on the walls and mice running around. People 31 coming into such a dirty place and the poor man was lonely and sad every day. He thought it was poverty (貧困) that 32 his unhappy life.

    One day,the poor man dropped in on a wise old man and asked him for 33 about changing his life. The old man gave him a beautiful vase (花瓶) and said, " This is a magic vase that will bring you 34 "

    The poor man looked at the vase 35 Why would he need a vase in his poor house? However,he didn't want to 36 such a beautiful vase,so he brought it home and put it on the table.

   "It's not right for something so beautiful to be 37" the poor man looked at the vase and thought. Then he picked some wild flowers and put them into it,making it even more beautiful.

    38 he was still not satisfied. " It is not good for such a beautiful thing to stand next to a spider web. n At this,he st'tarted to do some cleaning in the house and paint the walls.

   His house turned into a 39 place immediately. The poor man 40 He suddenly realized that in the past it was his laziness that made him poor and unhappy. From then on,he worked hard and his life got better and better.

31. A. enjoyed   B. avoided

   C. forgot   D. considered

32. A. led to   B. connected to

   C. made up   D. set up

33. A. service   B. knowledge

   C. advice   D. care

34. A. peace   B. happiness

   C. mess   D. regret

35. A. sadly   B. nervously

   C. proudly   D. surprisedly

36. A. throw away   B. give out

   C. pay for   D. keep off

37. A. ugly   B. full   C. empty   D. dirty

38. A. Although   B. But

   C. So   D. Because

39. A. large   B. dark

   C. strange   D. comfortable

40. A. cheered up   B. rang up

   C. sped up   D. stayed up

Answer 1

31. B 32. A 33. C 34. B 36. A 37. C 38. B 40. A

[完形短文大意]一個懶惰而貧困的人從不打掃房間，沒有 人愿意到他臟亂的家里來，他抱怨自己生活得不快樂，直到一位智 者送給他一個漂亮的花瓶，他才意識到自己的懶惰就是他不開心 的根源，于是他開始努力工作，生活變得越來越好。

31. B結(jié)合上下文的描述可知，人們都”避免”去這么臟的地方，

故所缺的詞是avoided。

32. A他覺得是貧困"導(dǎo)致"了他不如意的生活，故所缺的短語是

led to。

33. C他向一位智者征求可以改變生活的"建議"，故所缺的詞是

advice 

34. B結(jié)合上下文的描述可知，那位老人給了他一個漂亮的花

瓶，并說這是一個有魔力的花瓶，能夠給他帶來"快樂"，故 所缺的詞是happiness。

35. ) 那個貧困的人"驚訝地”看著那個花瓶，故所缺的詞

是 surprisedly。

36. A然而他不想"扔掉"這么漂亮的一個花瓶，故所缺的短語是

throw away。

37. C結(jié)合下文中的描述可推斷，那個貧困的人覺得這么漂亮的

東西空著不合適，故所缺的詞是empty。

38. B結(jié)合上下文的描述可推斷，"但是"他仍然不滿意，故所缺

的詞是But。

39. 1) 打掃之后，他的房子立刻變成了一個"舒適的”地方，故所 缺的詞是comfortable。

40. A結(jié)合上下文的描述可推斷，那個貧困的人振作了起來，故 cheered up符合題意。