Question

   Emperor Akbar was traveling to a city a long way from his home. It was hot and he was beginning to feel tired and bored.

   “Can anybody shorten this 36 for me? ” he asked impatiently.

   The courtiers (侍從) 37 one another nervously. They knew there was no shorter road through the mountains to the city.

   “I 38 said Birbal.

   “You can shorten the road?” said the emperor. “Well,go on. Do it!”

   “I will ,” said Birbal. “But first listen to this 39 .”

   Birbal rode beside the emperor and began to tell a story. It was a very 40 tale,so all the listeners were fascinated. 41 they^were told the end of the story,they had reached the end of their journey.

   “We’ve arrived!” said the emperor happily. “So soon!”

   Several days later,a man came to 42 Birbal. He had heard stories about how clever Birbal was.

   The man asked Birbal,“Would you prefer to answer a hundred 43 questions or just one difficult question?”

   “Ask me one difficult question ,” said Birbal.

   “Well then,tell me ,” said the man, “44 came first into the world,the chicken or the egg?”

   “The chicken,” repliedBirbal.

   “How do you know?” asked the man,thinking he had frapped (誘騙) Birbal.

   “We had 45 you would ask only one question and you have already asked it’s said Birbal. He walked away,leaving the man speechless.

() 36. A. name   B. road   C. stick   D. mountain

() 37. A. looked at   B. looked for   C. looked after   D. looked through

() 38. A. can,   B. can't   C. should   D. shouldn’ t

() 39. A. song   B. news   C. story   D. conversation

() 40. A. short   B. long   C. boring   D. exciting

() 41. A. After   B. Though   C. Before   D. Since

() 42. A. kill   B. cheat   C. praise   D. challenge

() 43. A. easy   B. difficult   C. new   D. old

() 44. A. who   B. where   C. how   D. which

() 45. A. hoped   B. agreed   C. advised   D. believed

Answer 1

36. B 37. A 38. A 39. C 40. D 41. C 42. D 43. A 44. D 45. B

[體裁]記敘文

[話題]故事與詩歌

[大意]材料講述了關(guān)于印度智者Birbal 的兩個小故事。

36. B.由下一段第二句They knew there was no shorter ro,ad ...可知該空填 road。

37. A.由上下文可知侍從們對'皇帝提出 的要求無能為力,他們緊張地互相“看

著”。

38. A.由下一段第一句 You can shorten the road?可知答案。

39. C.由下一段第一句中的story可知答

案。

40. D。 由后半句_so all the listeners were fascinated可知Birbal講的故事“令人

興奮”。

41. C.該句意思是“在故事講完之前，他 們就已經(jīng)到達(dá)了旅程的終點(diǎn)”。

42. D.由下文可知該男子問了 Birbal-個很難回答的問題，以此來“挑戰(zhàn)” Birbal的智慧。

43. A.該空填easy ,和_該句后面的 difficult相對應(yīng)。

44. D.由該句句尾的 the chicken or the egg可知該空i真which?

45. B.由上文可知Birbal和男子已經(jīng)就 回答一百個容易的問題還是一個難 的問題達(dá)成了協(xié)議，因此該空填 agreed。