Question

A woman id her sixties lived alone in her little cottage with a pear tree at her door. She spent all her time taking care of the tree. But the children nearby drover her    21      by making fun of her. They would climb her tree and then run away with pears,     22   “Aunty Misery” at her.

One evening, a passer by asked to    23     for the night. Seeing that he had an   24   Face, she let him in and gave him a nice    25   . The next morning the stranger, actually a sorcerer (巫師), thanked her by granting (允準(zhǔn)) her   26     that anyone who climbed up her tree  27   not be able to come back down until she   28  it.

     When the children came back to steal her   29   , she had them stuck on the tree. They had to beg her

long   30   she gave the tree permission to let  31    go. Aunty Misery was free from the   32   at last.

One day another man    33    her door. This one did not look trustworthy to her,   34   she asked who he was . “I am Death, I’ve come to take you   35    me.” said he.

Thinking fast Aunty Misery said, “Fine, but I’d like to  36    some pears from my dear tree to remember the 37          

it brought to me in this life. But I am too    38   to climb high to get the best fruit. Will you be so   39    as to do it for me?” With a deep sigh, Mr. Death climbed up the tree   40   and was immediately stuck to it. No matter how much he warned or begged, Aunty Misery would not allow the tree to let Death go.

A. hopeless    B. painful   C. dull   D. crazy

A. calling     B. shouting   C. announcing  D. whispering

A. stay       B. live       C. hide     D. lie

A. interesting  B. honest    C. anxious    D. angry

A. gift      B. kiss      C. treat     D. smile

A. suggestion     B. demand      C. permission D. wish

A. could     B. should     C. might    D. must

A. permitted   B. promised      C. answered    D. declared

A. branch    B. food    C. tree     D. fruit

A. after      B. while     C. since       D. before

A. it        B. them      C. him        D. her

A. trick     B. question     C. trouble     D. difficulty

A. stepped into   B. left for       C. stopped at    D. walked around

A. so      B. but         C. although       D. because

A. with     B. off         C. upon         D. for

A. choose      B. pick      C. shake      D. hit

A. honor       B. pleasure   C. hope      D. excitement

A. light        B. short      C. old       D. thin

A. proud       B. kind       C. fine      D. smart

A. disappointedly       B. cheerfully      C. unwillingly     D. eagerly

Answer 1

【小題1】C

【小題2】A

【小題3】B

【小題4】C

【小題5】D

【小題6】B

【小題7】C

【小題8】D

【小題9】A

【小題10】C

【小題11】D

【小題12】B

【小題13】B

【小題14】A

【小題15】C

【小題16】D

【小題17】A

【小題18】B

【小題19】D

【小題20】A

解析:

【小題1】從drove以及下文making fun of her. 可以看出，應(yīng)該是使她很生氣。Crazy“非常生氣”又如：That noise is driving me crazy.

Hopeless是令人失望的，而不是失望的，如：Most of the students are making good progress but Jeremy seems a hopeless case,大多數(shù)學(xué)生進(jìn)步都很快, 但杰里米卻似乎無可救藥。

painful“使疼痛的，令人煩惱的”，而不是“煩惱的”。如：It was painful to admit that I was wrong.

dull, 令人厭煩的; 單調(diào)的，而不是“煩惱的”如：: The conference was deadly dull.

【小題2】從run away with pears看出，應(yīng)該是大聲的喊，shout，大聲說出。Whisper是低聲說。Call做喊叫講不帶表示內(nèi)容的的賓語。Announce，通知。

【小題3】從one evening 以及下文的next morning可看出是請求過夜。stay for the night 過夜，固定搭配。

【小題4】從常識可知，留宿陌生人應(yīng)該考慮他是否是誠實(shí)。從下文let him in 看出是允許進(jìn)入。故選B. honest，與下文This one did not look trustworthy to her呼應(yīng)。

【小題5】既然允許過夜，接下來最有可能的應(yīng)該是招待。treat 招待，款待，其它選項(xiàng)不符合情理。

【小題6】從下文that引導(dǎo)同位語從句的內(nèi)容看，應(yīng)該是她的一個(gè)很難實(shí)現(xiàn)的愿望。suggestion 建議demand 要求 permission 允許，均對題意不符。

【小題7】wish是先行詞，同位語從句謂語動詞用should + 動詞原形，另外，could不能與be able to連用

【小題8】根據(jù)上下文，沒有她的允許不得下來。

【小題9】到樹上當(dāng)然是偷摘果實(shí)（梨）了。branch 樹枝； food 食物； tree 樹，均不符合題意。

【小題10】長時(shí)間的請求后，老太太才讓梨樹放他們下來。Before，在……之前，才……

【小題11】當(dāng)然是放偷梨的孩子走了。用them指代偷梨的孩子

【小題12】這樣的整治，孩子們當(dāng)然不敢來了，老太太自然就沒有這個(gè)麻煩了。

【小題13】據(jù)上下文，有一個(gè)停在她家門前請求住宿。Stop at 在某處停下來。

【小題14】看見這個(gè)人不太可信，所以要查問他了。有因果關(guān)系.

【小題15】take sb with sb 帶某人走

【小題16】從上下文可知，是摘一些梨作為紀(jì)念。從climb可以看出是要上樹采摘，而不是挑選或搖動。

【小題17】從文章一開始，She spent all her time taking care of the tree.可知老太太與這棵梨樹的深厚感情。摘幾顆梨應(yīng)該是想記住它所帶給她的快樂了。從文章中也沒有看到，梨樹給他帶了什么榮譽(yù)、希望或者是什么興奮的事情。

【小題18】從climb high to get the best fruit可知，是老太太以“年老爬不上樹”為由誘騙“death” 上樹（進(jìn)入陷阱）

【小題19】Will you be so kind to do sth 請求別人幫助，固定表達(dá)法。

【小題20】從With a deep sigh可知，Death并不愿意為他爬樹摘梨，但念及快要死的人了，就答應(yīng)了，但不會很樂意的，unwillingly 不樂意地。Disappointedly是失望的，這里death并沒有什么愿望，也就談不上失望了。