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

One day, the country's king thought of a way to _______ which one was better. He would have them compete against each other in a contest. The carpenters were given three days to carve(雕刻)a wooden_______.Whoever carved the most lifelike one would be the winner.

The first carpenter carved a fine mouse with lifelike feature. The second carpenter's mouse, however, looked quite_______.In fact, it hardly even looked like a mouse at all. The king and his ministers(大臣)_______that the first carpenter was the winner.

The second carpenter said, “This judgment is_______.We should ask a cat which mouse looks the most realistic. Cats can recognize mice much better than _______ , after all.” The king thought this was a_______idea. He ordered his ministers to catch several cats and bring them to_______the carpenters’ mice.

_________, 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, if you look closely, you can see that I carved a mouse holding a fishbone! The cats care not about how real it looks, but how__________it might taste."

【1】A. find outB. look outC. take outD. come out

【2】A. catB. dogC. mouseD. bird

【3】A. beautifulB. wonderfulC. cruelD. rough

【4】A. wonderedB. agreedC. pronouncedD. noticed

【5】A. unclearB. unfairC. unusualD. unreal

【6】A. the kingB. his ministersC. humansD. the carpenters

【7】A. reasonableB. dangerousC. boringD. different

【8】A. searchB. killC. playD. judge

【9】A. CarefullyB. HopefullyC. SurprisinglyD. Thankfully

【10】A. deliciousB. interestingC. popularD. special

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】D

【4】B

【5】B

【6】C

【7】A

【8】D

【9】C

【10】A

【解析】

短文大意：從前，一個國王讓兩個木匠在三天內(nèi)雕刻出一只木頭老鼠，以此來評判出誰的工藝更好些，第一個木匠刻了一只精致的老鼠，它的特征栩栩如生。不過，第二只木匠的老鼠看起來很粗糙，事實上，它根本不像一只老鼠。國王和大臣們一致認為第一個木匠是獲勝者。第二個木匠認為這個評判不公平，國王下令讓貓來評判，令大家驚訝的是所有的貓都更喜歡第二個木匠的老鼠。

【1】句意：有一天，這個國家的國王想出了一個查明哪個人更好的辦法。A. find out發(fā)現(xiàn)，查明；B. look out當心；C. take out取出；D. come out出版。find out意為“找出、發(fā)現(xiàn)、查明”，多指通過調(diào)查、尋問、打聽、研究之后“搞清楚、弄明白”。故答案為A。

【2】句意：木匠們給出三天的時間來雕刻一只木頭老鼠。A. cat貓；B. dog狗；C. mouse老鼠；D. bird鳥。根據(jù)下文中的句子The first carpenter carved a fine mouse with lifelike feature可知，國王是讓木匠雕刻一只木頭老鼠，答案為C。

【3】句意：不過，第二個木匠的老鼠看起來很粗糙。A. beautiful漂亮的；B. wonderful精美的；C. cruel殘酷的；D. rough粗糙的。根據(jù)后面的句子In fact, it hardly even looked like a mouse at all. 事實上，它根本不像一只老鼠，由此判斷第二個木匠雕刻的老鼠很粗糙，故答案為D。

【4】句意：國王和大臣們一致認為第一個木匠是獲勝者。A. wondered想知道；B. agreed同意；C. pronounced發(fā)音；D. noticed注意。根據(jù)所提供的四個選項的意思可知，答案為B。

【5】句意：這個評判是不公平的。A. unclear不清楚的；B. unfair不公平的；C. unusual不尋常的；D. unreal不真實的。根據(jù)下文中的句子We should ask a cat which mouse looks the most realistic. 我們應該去問問貓哪只老鼠看起來最真實，說明第二個木匠對國王和大臣們的評判不滿意，認為不公平，故答案為B。

【6】句意：畢竟，貓比人更能認出老鼠。A. the king國王；B. his ministers大臣；C. humans人類；D. the carpenters木匠。此處是拿人與動物相比較，故答案為C。

【7】句意：國王認為這是一個合理的想法。A. reasonable公平的，合理的；B. dangerous危險的；C. boring無聊的；D. different不同的。從下文中國王的舉動也可以看出國王贊同第二個木匠的提議，故答案為A。

【8】句意：他命令大臣們抓幾只貓，帶它們來評判木匠的老鼠。A. search搜查；B. kill殺死；C. play玩；D. judge 判定。根據(jù)前面的內(nèi)容可知，第二個木匠認為國王的評判不合理，于是國王命令讓貓來評判，答案為D。

【9】句意：令人驚訝的是。A. Carefully小心的；B. Hopefully有希望的；C. Surprisingly感到吃驚的；D. Thankfully感激的。根據(jù)下文中的句子all of the cats were more attracted to the second carpenter's mouse可知，所有的貓都更喜歡第二個木匠的老鼠，這出乎所有人的意料，故答案為C。

【10】句意：貓不在乎它看起來有多真實，而是它嘗起來有多美味。A. delicious可口的；B. interesting有趣的；C. popular受歡迎的；D. special特殊的。此處指魚骨的味道美味，故答案為A。

短文主要描述了兩個木匠比賽誰雕刻的老鼠最可愛，一個精美，一個粗糙，國王和大臣們認為雕刻精美的獲勝，但第二個木匠認為應該讓貓來決定，出人意料的最終他獲勝了。短文妙趣橫生，敘述詳細、清晰，內(nèi)容比較容易理解。題型是完形填空，考查學生們在具體語境中運用語言的能力，綜合性較強。做題時，應先通讀短文，了解大意；然后根據(jù)上下文語境的提示做題，注意空前后的固定搭配，并仔細辨析選項中單詞的意思和用法；最后將答案代入原文，再讀一遍，檢查答案是否正確。例如第二小題是考查名詞辨析，根據(jù)下文中的句子The first carpenter carved a fine mouse with lifelike feature可知，國王是讓木匠雕刻一只木頭老鼠，答案為C。第九小題是考查副詞辨析，根據(jù)下文中的句子all of the cats were more attracted to the second carpenter's mouse可知，所有的貓都更喜歡第二個木匠的老鼠，這出乎所有人的意料，故答案為C。

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