Question

Spend a pound to win a penny

    Some people were steaming peas under a tree in order to make a meal for their horses. Up in the branches sat a monkey,  36  what they were doing.

"Aha" thought the monkey. “I spot my  37  !” So when the men had finished steaming the peas and 38 for a moment to look after the horses,  39  ,the monkey let himself down from the tree. He snatched (抓) the peas and filled his  40  and both hands as full as they could 41  . Then he climbed up the tree and sat there, eating happily.

    Suddenly one pea fell.

    "Oh dear! Oh my pea!" cried the monkey. The other peas  42  to drop out of his mouth. He 43  his hands in despair(絕望地), and the peas fell out of his hands too, but he took no  44  . All he thought of was that one pea was gone,__45__ he climbed down the trunk to hunt for his lost pea on the ground. At this time, the men came back. When they saw a monkey  46  with their pots, they all  47  their arms and shouted, "Shoo! Shoo!" Then they picked up stones and began to 48 the monkey with them. The monkey was so 49 that he gave one jump to the nearest 50 , and swung himself up to the top of the tree.

    "After all," said he to himself, “it was  51  one pea.” But he ought to have thought of that 52 ,for now all the other peas had gone too.

That day the monkey had to content himself with the 53 of boiled peas for dinner, and I hope the 54 taught him not to be so 55 in future.

1.A. watching       B. enjoying     C. describing    D. guessing

2.A. shelter        B. neighbors    C. dinner       D. friends

3.A. turned up      B. turned away  C. gave up      D. gave away

4.A. easily         B. gently       C. safely       D. confidently

5.A. bowl          B. pocket      C. mouth       D. bag

6.A. receive        B. hold        C. support          D. put

7.A. seemed         B. began       C. hurried          D. failed

8.A. crossed        B. hid          C. touched          D. squeezed

9.A. interest      B. time         C. notice           D. sign

10.A. so            B. because      C. although         D. if

11.A. helping           B. playing          C. mixing           D. dealing

12.A. carried           B. broke            C. waved       D. bent

13.A. attack              B. separate         C. destroy          D. bother

14.A puzzled         B. disappointed     C. terrified        D. annoyed

15.A. branch          B. stone            C. pea              D. horse

16.A. still               B. even             C. only             D. almost

17.A. earlier             B. sooner           C. longer           D. later

18.A. image          B. smell       C. dream       D. taste

19.A. trick               B. disaster         C. loss             D. process

20.A. curious         B. ambitious        C. proud            D. greedy

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.B

5.C

6.B

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.A

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.C

15.A

16.C

17.A

18.B

19.C

20.D

【解析】文章用一直猴子的故事告訴我們不要貪婪。

1.A 動詞辨析。A觀察；Ｂ享受；Ｃ描述；Ｄ猜想；這里是指猴子觀察著人們。

2.C 名詞辨析。A庇護所；B鄰居；C晚餐；D朋友。這里是指猴子認為自己找到了晚餐。

3.B 短語辨析。A出現；B離開；C放棄；Ｄ發(fā)出；這里是指人們離開了去照顧馬匹。

4.B 副詞辨析。這里是指猴子輕輕地從樹上下來了。

5.C 名詞辨析。這里是指猴子嘴里塞滿了豆子；手里也抓住豆子。

6.B 動詞辨析。解析同上。

7.B 動詞辨析。這里是指豆子開始從嘴巴里掉了下去。

8.D 動詞辨析。A交叉；B躲藏；C觸摸；D擠壓。這里是指猴子很著急雙手緊壓，結構手里豆子也掉了。

9.C 固定短語。Take no notice沒有注意。

10.A 連詞辨析。根據句意可知上下文存在著因果關系，故so正確。

11.B 固定詞組。Play with玩…

12.C 動詞辨析。A攜帶；B打破；C搖擺，揮動；Ｄ彎曲。這里是指子那些人揮動著胳膊。

13.A 動詞辨析。這里是指人們開始攻擊猴子。

14.C 形容詞辨析。人們攻擊猴子，猴子很害怕。

15.A 名詞辨析。A樹枝；B石頭；C豆子；D馬。這里是指猴子害怕的跳到旁邊的樹枝上。

16.C 副詞辨析。這里是猴子自己安慰自己，只是一個豆子而已。

17.A 副詞辨析。這里是指它本應該早點想到這一點的。

18.B 名詞辨析。這里是指它用豆子的味道來做晚飯。

19.C 名詞辨析。這里是指這次失敗教會猴子不要貪婪。

20.形容詞辨析。解析同上。