King William was in the habit of putting riddles and puzzles to his people. He often asked              which were strange. His people had to use words in a        way to answer these questions.
Once William asked a very strange question. He looked at his people.        he looked, one by one the heads began to hang low in search of an answer. It was at that moment that George entered the palace. George        the habit of the king. He understood the       at once and asked, “May I know the question so that I can       for an answer?”
William said, “How many crows(烏鴉) are there in the city?”
      even a moment’s thought, George replied, “There are fifty thousand five hundred and eighty nine crows, My Lord.”
“How can you be so       ?” asked William.
George said, “Make your men      , My Lord. If you find more crows it means some have come to visit their relatives(親戚) here. If you find       crows it means some have gone to visit their relatives somewhere else.”
William was pleased very much by George’s wise answer.
小題1:
A．questionsB．help C．promises D．a(chǎn)dvice
小題2:
A．commonB．friendlyC．cleverD．silent
小題3:
A．ThoughB．BecauseC．IfD．As
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A．knewB．developedC．hatedD．doubted
小題5:
A．orderB．informationC．dangerD．situation
小題6:
A．a(chǎn)skB．waitC．tryD．reach
小題7:
A．BeforeB．WithoutC．ThroughD．In
小題8:
A．smartB．braveC．funnyD．sure
小題9:
A．catchB．discussC．countD．visit
小題10:
A．fewerB．largerC．fasterD．older

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:A
小題5:D
小題6:C
小題7:B
小題8:D
小題9:C
小題10:A

試題分析：本文講述了國王阿克巴有個好猜謎的習(xí)慣。經(jīng)常讓他的大臣們猜謎并熱衷于那些奇怪的謎語。有一次他問了一個非常奇怪的問題，這時伯巴勒走進(jìn)了大殿。伯巴勒知道國王這個猜謎的習(xí)慣。在國王問城市里有多少只烏鴉時，伯巴勒機智地作出了回答。國王很滿意他的這個答案。
小題1:考查名詞及語境的理解。賓語questions提示和動詞ask構(gòu)成動賓關(guān)系，表示“問問題”，B、C為動詞，兩個動詞連用應(yīng)該用動詞不定式，跟名詞advice時，ask后須跟介詞for。 故選A。
小題2:考查形容詞及語境的理解。前文had to “不得不”，提示下文用形容詞clever表示“明智的；聰明的”。故選C。
小題3:考查引導(dǎo)詞及語境的理解。下文“他的臣民們低下頭尋找答案”可知前文是時間狀語從句，用as引導(dǎo)時間狀語從句表示“當(dāng)……時候”。故選D。
小題4:考查動詞及語境的理解。根據(jù)下句“他立刻明白了當(dāng)前的形勢”可知上文是伯巴勒“知道”國王猜謎的習(xí)慣。用動詞knew表示“知道；了解”。故選A。
小題5:考查名詞及語境的理解。承接上文“他了解國王的習(xí)慣”，說明他明白當(dāng)時的“形勢”，用situation表示“情況；形勢”。故選D。
小題6:考查動詞及語境的理解。動詞try 和for連用，try for 表示“謀求；嘗試”，和answer構(gòu)成動賓關(guān)系，表示“尋找一個答案”。故選C。
小題7:考查介詞及語境的理解。下文他立刻說出了一個具體數(shù)字，和even“甚至”的提示意義說明上文是“甚至沒有經(jīng)過片刻的思索”，用介詞without表示“無；沒有”，表示否定意義。故選B。
小題8:考查形容詞和語境的理解。對于他說出的具體數(shù)字，根據(jù)常理，國王是詢問“你如何能這么確信？”be sure表示“確信的；有把握的”。故選D。
小題9:考查動詞和語境的理解。承接上文，伯巴勒回答國王的問題是“讓你的臣民們數(shù)一下”，用動詞count表示“數(shù)”，和上面的數(shù)字對應(yīng)。 故選C。
小題10:考查形容詞和語境的理解。綜合這兩句話的意義“如果多了就是有來走親戚的；如果少了，是去走親戚了”可以推斷空格處用fewer，表示“少”這一意義，和上句的more對應(yīng)。 故選A。
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