Question

【題目】One day, a farmer was walking ______ a road with his son Thomas. The father said, “Look! There’s a horseshoe. Pick it up and put it ______.” Thomas said, “It ______.” His father said ________ but he picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and ______ the few pennies he bought some cherries.

The father and the son continued their way. ______ was well up in the sky, and there wasn’t a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too _______ to walk on.________,his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up ______ and ate it. After a while, his father dropped _______ and once again, his son lost no time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth.

And so they _______. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten the cherries up, his father said to him, “My dear son, if you has bent(彎腰) down ______ to pick up that horseshoe, it wasn’t _______ for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember the lesson that he who does not _______ the little things will find that he cannot do the _______ things.”

【1】A. through B. along C. straight D. across

【2】A. in the rubbish bin B. under the tree C. in your bag D. on your back

【3】A. is worth little B. is valuable C. costs much D. is useful

【4】A. something B. everything C. anything D. nothing

【5】A. used B. with C. took D. in

【6】A. the moon B. the clouds C. the sun D. the earth

【7】A. thirsty B. tired C. happy D. sad

【8】A. At this time B. At first C. Finally D. In the beginning

【9】A. slowly B. quickly C. carefully D. suddenly

【10】A. some cherries B. all the cherries C. another cherry D. a lot of cherries

【11】A. stopped B. sat C. smiled D. went on

【12】A. early B. late C. hurriedly D. happily

【13】A. necessary B. important C. useful D. lucky

【14】A. talk about B. look about C. think about D. complain about

【15】A. small B. great C. large D. interesting

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【5】B

【6】C

【7】A

【8】A

【9】B

【10】C

【11】D

【12】A

【13】A

【14】C

【15】B

【解析】這篇短文主要描述了一對父子在路上見到一塊馬蹄鐵，父親讓自己撿起來，兒子不屑于做這樣的小事。后來父親通過一件事給了兒子一個很好的教訓。從而告訴我們，如果想做大事，就要從小事做起。

【1】考查介詞及語境理解。 A. through穿過；B. along沿著； C. straight直接； D. across橫穿。一天，一個農(nóng)夫和兒子湯姆斯沿著街道步行。結(jié)合句意，故選B。

【2】考查介詞短語及語境理解。A. in the rubbish bin在垃圾箱； B. under the tree在樹下； C. in your bag 在你的包里； D. on your back在你的背上。撿起它把它放在你的袋子里。結(jié)合上下文，故選C。

【3】考查語境理解。A. is worth little不值什么； B. is valuable 有價值的； C. costs much值很多錢； D. is useful有用的。根據(jù)后文湯姆斯沒有撿馬掌，可知他認為馬掌不值什么錢，故選A。

【4】考查復合不定代詞及語境理解。A. something 某物； B. everything一切； C. anything 任何事； D. nothing沒有事。他的父親什么也沒有說，而是自己撿起了馬掌。結(jié)合句意，故選D。

【5】考查動詞及語境理解。A. used 使用； B. with用； C. took 花費； D. in用“……語言”，在……里。用那幾個便士，他買了一些櫻桃。根據(jù)該句主語是he,謂語是bought，所以用介詞with表示方式。結(jié)合句意，故選B。

【6】考查名詞及語境理解。A. the moon 月亮； B. the clouds云；C. the sun太陽； D. the earth地球。根據(jù)后文沒有休息的地方，可知太陽高高懸在天空，故選C。

【7】考查形容詞及語境理解。A. thirsty口渴； B. tired 疲憊； C. happy 高興；D. sad悲傷。湯姆斯感到太口渴而不能繼續(xù)行走。根據(jù)后文湯姆斯撿櫻桃可知他口渴了，故選A。

【8】考查短語及語境理解。A. At this time 在這個時候；B. At first 起初； C. Finally 最后； D. In the beginning起初，開始的時候。結(jié)合上文可知是在湯姆斯口渴的時候，即這個時候，故選A。

【9】考查副詞及語境理解。A. slowly慢慢地； B. quickly 快速地； C. carefully 認真地； D. suddenly突然地。湯姆斯很快撿起來，吃了（櫻桃）。結(jié)合上文湯姆斯口渴難耐，可知是快速撿起櫻桃，故選B。

【10】考查名詞及語境理解。A. some cherries一些櫻桃； B. all the cherries所有的櫻桃； C. another cherry 另一個櫻桃； D. a lot of cherries許多櫻桃。過來一會，他的父親又扔下了一個櫻桃，再一次他的兒子沒有遲疑撿起了櫻桃放進了嘴里。根據(jù)下文中的代詞it可知，是一個櫻桃，結(jié)合上文，可知是另一個，故選C。

【11】考查動詞及語境理解。A. stopped停止； B. sat 坐； C. smiled 微笑； D. went on繼續(xù)。他們就這樣繼續(xù)。根據(jù)后文可知他們繼續(xù)這么做下去，故選D。

【12】考查形容詞及語境理解。A. early早的； B. late 晚的； C. hurriedly 匆忙地； D. happily高興地。如果你早彎下腰撿起那塊馬掌你就沒有必要為了櫻桃彎那么多次腰。結(jié)合上文，故選A。

【13】考查形容詞及語境理解。A. necessary必要的； B. important 重要的； C. useful 有用的； D. lucky幸運的。如果你早彎下腰撿起那塊馬掌你就沒有必要為了櫻桃彎那么多次腰。結(jié)合句意，故選A。

【14】考查動詞短語及語境理解。A. talk about 談論； B. look about 四下觀望； C. think about 考慮； D. complain about抱怨�？偸且�記住這個教訓不考慮小事情的人將會發(fā)現(xiàn)他不能做大事情。

【15】考查形容詞及語境理解。A. small 小的； B. great 大的，偉大的； C. large巨大的，指形狀； D. interesting有趣的。要記住這個教訓不考慮小事情的人將會發(fā)現(xiàn)他不能做大事情。結(jié)合句意，故選B。