【題目】

winner，whenever，hardly，find out，unfair，holding，whoever，impossible，cats，

In a faraway country，there were two carpenters（木匠）who were both so good at their jobs that no one could tell who was better.

One day，the country's king thought of a way to 【1】 which one was better.

He would have them compete against each other in a contest. The 【2】 would become the official royal（皇家的）carpenter.

Then the contest began. The carpenters were given three days to carve（雕刻）a wooden mouse. 【3】 carved the most lifelike mouse would be the winner.

The first carpenter carved a fine mouse which looked like a real one. The second carpenter's mouse，however，looked quite rough. In fact，it 【4】 even looked like a mouse at all. The king and his ministers（大臣）agreed that the first carpenter was the winner.

The second carpenter said，"This result is 【5】. We should ask a cat which mouse looks the most realistic. Cats can know mice much better than humans，after all. "

The king agreed. He ordered his ministers to catch several 【6】 and bring them to judge the carpenters' mice.

Surprisingly，all of the cats were more attracted to the second carpenter's mouse.

The king asked the second carpenter，"How did you make the cats believe that your mouse looked more real？”

The carpenter said，"Your Majesty（陛下），if you look closely，you can see that I carved a mouse 【7】 a fishbone！The cats care not about how real it looks，but how delicious it might taste. "

【答案】

【1】find out

【2】winner

【3】Whoever

【4】hardly

【5】unfair

【6】cats

【7】holding

【解析】

本文講述了在一個(gè)遙遠(yuǎn)的國(guó)家，有兩個(gè)木匠都非常擅長(zhǎng)他們的工作，沒人知道誰(shuí)更好。有一天，有一天，這個(gè)國(guó)家的國(guó)王想出一個(gè)找出哪個(gè)更好的辦法。他給出這兩個(gè)木匠三天時(shí)間雕刻一只木老鼠。誰(shuí)雕刻出最逼真的老鼠，誰(shuí)就是贏家。第一個(gè)木匠刻了一只漂亮的老鼠，看起來(lái)像真老鼠。不過，第二只木匠的老鼠看上去很粗糙。國(guó)王和大臣們一致認(rèn)為第一個(gè)木匠是獲勝者。但是第二個(gè)木匠說：“這個(gè)結(jié)果不公平，我們應(yīng)該問貓哪只老鼠看起來(lái)最真實(shí)。畢竟，貓比人更了解老鼠�！眹�(guó)王同意了。他命令大臣們抓幾只貓，帶它們來(lái)評(píng)判木匠的老鼠。令人驚訝的是，所有的貓都更喜歡第二只木匠的老鼠。第二木匠解釋說：“陛下，如果你仔細(xì)看，你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)我刻了一只拿著魚骨的老鼠！貓們不在乎它看起來(lái)有多真實(shí)，而是關(guān)心它嘗起來(lái)有多美味。”

【1】句意：有一天，這個(gè)國(guó)家的國(guó)王想出一個(gè)找出哪個(gè)更好的辦法。

本句是動(dòng)詞不定式做后置定語(yǔ)，a way to do sth.：一個(gè)做某事的辦法；find out：發(fā)現(xiàn)，找出；結(jié)合句意和所給詞可知答案是to find out。

【2】句意：獲勝者將成為官方的皇家木匠。

根據(jù)上文He would have them compete against each other in a contest.（他會(huì)讓他們?cè)诒荣愔谢ハ喔?jìng)爭(zhēng)。）可知“獲勝者將成為官方的皇家木匠。”winner：獲勝者；結(jié)合句意和所給詞可知答案是winner。

【3】句意：誰(shuí)雕刻出最逼真的老鼠，誰(shuí)就是贏家。

whoever：無(wú)論誰(shuí)，不管是誰(shuí)，任何人，不定代詞；本句缺少主語(yǔ)，可知使用不定代詞引導(dǎo)詞名詞性從句做主語(yǔ)，注意：句子開頭第一個(gè)字母要大寫；結(jié)合句意和所給詞可知答案是Whoever。

【4】句意：事實(shí)上，它根本不像一只老鼠。

根據(jù)上文The second carpenter's mouse，however，looked quite rough.（不過，第二只木匠的老鼠看上去很粗糙。）可知“事實(shí)上，它幾乎根本不像一只老鼠�！� hardly：幾乎不；結(jié)合句意和所給詞可知答案是hardly。

【5】句意：這個(gè)結(jié)果不公平。

根據(jù)下文We should ask a cat which mouse looks the most realistic. Cats can know mice much better than humans，after all.（我們應(yīng)該問問貓哪只老鼠看起來(lái)最真實(shí)。畢竟，貓比人更了解老鼠。）可知“這個(gè)結(jié)果不公平�！� unfair：不公平，不公正；結(jié)合句意和所給詞可知答案是unfair。

【6】句意：他命令大臣們抓幾只貓，帶它們來(lái)評(píng)判木匠的老鼠。

根據(jù)上文We should ask a cat which mouse looks the most realistic. Cats can know mice much better than humans，after all. The king agreed.（我們應(yīng)該問問貓哪只老鼠看起來(lái)最真實(shí)。畢竟，貓比人更了解老鼠。國(guó)王同意了。）可知 “他命令大臣們抓幾只貓，帶它們來(lái)評(píng)判木匠的老鼠�！�cats：貓；結(jié)合句意和所給詞可知答案是cats。

【7】句意：陛下，如果你仔細(xì)看，你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)我刻了一只拿著魚骨的老鼠！

本句現(xiàn)在分詞作后置定語(yǔ)，holding：握，拿；結(jié)合句意和所給詞可知答案是holding。

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