Question

A woman came out of her house and saw three old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not them. She said, “I don’t think I know you, but you must be . Please come in and have something to eat.” “Is the man of the house home?” they asked. “No,” she said, “he’s out.” “Then we cannot come in,” they .

In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what . “Go to tell them I am home and invite them in!” The woman went out and invited them in. “We do not go into the house ,” they replied. “Why is that?” she wanted to know. One of the old men explained, “His name is ,”pointing to one of his friends ,and then pointed to another one and said, “He is Success ,and I am Love.” Then he added, “Now go in and with your husband which one of us you want in your home.”

The woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband out laughing. “How nice!” he said, “ If so, let us invite . Let him come and our home with wealth!” His wife , “My dear, why don’t we invite Success?” Their daughter was from the other corner of the house. She jumped in with her own suggestion, “Daddy , I to invite Love, so our home will be filled with love!”

“Let us take our daughter’s ,” said the husband to his wife , “Go out and invite Love to be our guest.” The woman went out and asked the three old men, “Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our .” Love got up and started walking the house. The other two also got up and him.

, the lady asked Wealth and Success, “I only invited Love , why are you coming in?” The old men replied together, “If you had invited Wealth Success, the other two of us would have stayed out , but since you invited Love , wherever he goes, we go with him. there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!”

1.A. meet B. invite C. recognize D. see

2.A. thirsty B. hungry C. sleepy D. tired

3.A. replied B. promised C. thought D. agreed

4.A. appeared B. meant C. followed D. happened

5.A. alone B. together C. only D. separately

6.A. Love B. Wealth C. Health D. Success

7.A. discuss B. agree C. fight D. quarrel

8.A. burst B. shocked C. dug D. came

9.A. Wealth B. Success C. Love D. all

10.A. put B. start C. leave D. fill

11.A. disappeared B. disagreed C. disordered D. demanded

12.A. writing B. speaking C. listening D. watching

13.A. prefer B. persuade C. dislike D. devote

14.A. expression B. order C. decision D. advice

15.A. host B. friend C. guest D. servant

16.A. towards B. from C. against D. into

17.A. refused B. followed C. supported D. encouraged

18.A. Surprised B. Excited C. Pleased D. Disappointed

19.A. and B. but C. or D. with

20.A. However B. Whatever C. Whenever D. Wherever

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

5.B

6.B

7.A

8.A

9.A

10.D

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.D

15.C

16.A

17.B

18.A

19.C

20.D

【解析】

試題分析：這是一個(gè)關(guān)于愛(ài)與選擇的故事。如果愛(ài)、財(cái)富和成功三者中，只能選擇一個(gè)，你將作何選擇？這是一道困難的選擇題。財(cái)富和成功固然誘人，但是愛(ài)更加重要，哪里有愛(ài)，財(cái)富和成功同在。

1. “I don’t think I know you”可知，女主人并不認(rèn)識(shí)他們，故選C。

2.Please come in and have something to eat”，女主人邀請(qǐng)他們進(jìn)來(lái)吃點(diǎn)東西，故選B。

3.女主人發(fā)出邀請(qǐng)，他們做出拒絕的回答，故選A。

4.

5.“Now go in and with your husband which one of us you want in your home.”

可知，三位老人請(qǐng)女主人與其丈夫商量邀請(qǐng)哪一位進(jìn)去，所以三位老人是不可以一起進(jìn)屋的，選B。

6.“He is Success ,and I am Love.”三位老人中的兩位分別為Success和Love。以及丈夫最初的選擇，“ If so, let us invite . Let him come and our home with wealth!” 。另一位能帶來(lái)財(cái)富，故選B。

7.

8. out laughing 是放聲大笑的意思，丈夫聽(tīng)到妻子的話放聲大笑，其他都與文意不符，故選A。

9.“ If so, let us invite . Let him come and our home with wealth!” 能夠帶來(lái)財(cái)富的，應(yīng)為Wealth，故選A。

10.

11.His wife , “My dear, why don’t we invite Success?”妻子想要邀請(qǐng)Success進(jìn)來(lái)，與丈夫的想法不一致，故選B。

12.Their daughter was from the other corner of the house. 他們的女兒在房子的另一個(gè)角落聽(tīng)父母的對(duì)話，故選C。

13.“Daddy , I to invite Love, so our home will be filled with love!”，女兒更想邀請(qǐng)Love，故選C。

14.“Let us take our daughter’s ,” said the husband to his wife , “Go out and invite Love to be our guest.”男主人決定采納女兒的意見(jiàn)，邀請(qǐng)Love，故選D。

15.“Go out and invite Love to be our guest.” 邀請(qǐng)Love老人進(jìn)屋，應(yīng)是做客人，故選C。

16.Love got up and started walking the house. Love站起來(lái)，朝屋這邊走，應(yīng)為towards，故選A。

17.“I only invited Love , why are you coming in?”。主人只邀請(qǐng)了Love，但其他兩個(gè)也跟著進(jìn)去了，故選B。

18.主人只邀請(qǐng)了一位，另兩位也跟著進(jìn)去，主人感到很奇怪，故選A。

19.“If you had invited Wealth Success, the other two of us would have stayed out .”只邀請(qǐng)Wealth、Success中的一個(gè)，另外兩個(gè)都會(huì)留在外面。兩者選一，故選C。

20.“ there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!”愛(ài)在哪里，財(cái)富與成功同在，故選D。