Question

【題目】 One day a young man Gary went to see a wise old man. He wanted to know why he wasn't able to reach all of his ______ in his life. He found the old man reading in a small house by the river. With a smile, the wise man listened to Gray's story and told him, "First come and help me boil a kettle(水壺）of water!

Gary saw a big kettle _______ in the corner next to a small stove(火爐）,but he didn't find any wood. So he went out to search for some. He came back with some dry wood, _______ the kettle and put it on the stove. Then he put some wood in the stove and started a fire. But because the kettle was too large,when the wood burned up,the water did not boil. _______he had to ran off to get more. When he _______, the water had almost turned _______ . This time he learned his lesson and ________ more wood in advance. This time the water boiled very quickly.

“If there is not enough wood, how would you boil the water?” the wise man asked. Gary thought for a moment but he didn't know the _______, so he shook his head. "Well, then just ________ some water from the kettle!” the old man said.

Gary nodded ________.

【1】A.goalsB.purposesC.conditions

【2】A.shakingB.movingC.standing

【3】A.filledB.emptiedC.washed

【4】A.SoB.AndC.But

【5】A.stoppedB.leftC.returned

【6】A.warmB.hotC.cold

【7】A.preparedB.soldC.bought

【8】A.reasonB.answerC.solution

【9】A.poured inB.took outC.pour out

【10】A.thankfullyB.thoughtfullyC.proudly

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】A

【4】A

【5】C

【6】C

【7】A

【8】B

【9】C

【10】B

【解析】

文章大意：文章主要講述了一個叫Gary的年輕人問一個睿智的老人，想知道為什么他不能實現(xiàn)他人生的所有目標，然后老人讓他燒了一壺水，通過燒水這件事回答了Gary提出的問題。

【1】句意：他想知道為什么他不能實現(xiàn)他人生的所有目標。

goals目標；purposes目的；conditions條件，根據(jù)前文的“He wanted to know why he wasn't able to reach all of his”“他想知道為什么他不能實現(xiàn)他所有的”和后面的“in his life”“他人生”可知，應(yīng)該是所有目標，故選A。

【2】句意：Gary看見一個大水壺在一個小火爐旁的角落里。

shaking震動；moving移動；standing站立，根據(jù)后文的“in the corner next to a small stove”“一個小火爐旁的角落里”可知，應(yīng)該一個大水壺在一個小火爐旁的角落里，所以用standing，故選C。

【3】句意：他拿了些干木頭回來，把水壺裝滿放在爐子上。

filled裝滿；emptied倒空；washed沖洗，根據(jù)前文的“He came back with some dry wood”“他拿了些干木頭回來”和后文的“the kettle and put it on the stove”“水壺并把它放在爐子上”可知，應(yīng)該是把水壺裝滿，故選A。

【4】句意：所以他不得不跑去取更多的東西。

So所以；And和；But但是，根據(jù)前文的“because the kettle was too large,when the wood burned up,the water did not boil”“因為水壺太大了，當(dāng)木頭燒起來時，水沒有沸騰”和后面的“he had to ran off to get more”“他不得不跑去取更多的東西”可知，應(yīng)該是所以，故選A。

【5】句意：當(dāng)他回來的時候，水幾乎變涼了。

stopped停止；left離開；returned回來，根據(jù)前文的“he had to ran off to get more”“他不得不跑去取更多的東西”可知，應(yīng)該是當(dāng)他回來時，故選C。

【6】句意：當(dāng)他回來的時候，水幾乎變涼了。

warm暖和的；hot熱的；cold冷的，根據(jù)前文的“When he returned”“當(dāng)他回來的時候”可知，應(yīng)該是水變涼了，故選C。

【7】句意：這次他吸取了教訓(xùn)，提前準備了更多的木材。

prepared準備；sold賣；bought買，根據(jù)前文的“This time he learned his lesson”“這次他吸取了教訓(xùn)”和后面的“more wood in advance”“提前更多的木材”可知，應(yīng)該是準備，故選A。

【8】句意：Gary想了一會兒，但他不知道答案。

reason原因；answer答案；solution解決，根據(jù)前文的“If there is not enough wood, how would you boil the water?” the wise man asked”“如果木頭不夠，你怎么燒開水？”智者問道”和后文的“so he shook his head”“所以他搖了搖頭”可知，應(yīng)該是答案，故選B。

【9】句意：只需要從壺里倒出一些水來。

poured in倒入；took out拿出；pour out倒出，根據(jù)后文的“some water from the kettle”“從壺里一些水”并結(jié)合全文可知，應(yīng)該是倒出一些水，故選C。

【10】句意：Gary沉思地點點頭。

thankfully感謝地；thoughtfully沉思地；proudly驕傲地，根據(jù)前文的“Gary thought for a moment but he didn't know the answer, so he shook his head. "Well, then just poured out some water from the kettle!” the old man said”“Gary想了一會兒，但他不知道答案，所以搖了搖頭。”嗯，那就把壺里的水倒出來！”老人說”可知，應(yīng)該是Gary沉思地點點頭，故選B。