Question

There were two lazy men who did any work at all. They spend the whole day sitting in the sun and sleeping talking about what they would do when they were .Many years went in this way and the two men poor. One summer’s day as they were sitting on a bench in the sunshine, one of the men jumped his feet without warning and exclaimed, “We can’t go on this. We’ve got to do something to some money.”

“ for instance?” asked his friend in a voice.

“We’ll go to the mountains and snails（蝸牛）,” said the first man.

The second man didn’t want to go out at first. But in the end his friend him. They each took a bucket（桶）and set for the mountains. They walked extremely slowly. When they reached the hill, they looked it might have a lot of snails on it. The first man said, “Let’s work . I’ll go up this side with my bucket, and you go up the other side with , we’ll meet at the top.”

They snails all day and in the evening they met on top of the hill. “How many did you get?” asked the first man. “Two,” said the second man. “I got three, but one got away.”

1.A. always B. never C. often D. seldom

2.A. used to B. was used to C. got used to D. became used to

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

4.A. old B. ill C. rich D. poor

5.A. on B. with C. by D. down

6.A. appeared B. proved C. continued D. remained

7.A. calmly B. quietly C. nervously D. nearly

8.A. up B. down C. off D. to

9.A. as B. like C. with D. about

10.A. steal B. rob C. exchange D. make

11.A. How B. However C. What D. Whatever

12.A. tireless B. tiring C. tired D. tiresome

13.A. catch B. take C. get D. fetch

14.A. advised B. persuaded C. agreed D. forced

15.A. up B. about C. down D. off

16.A. as B. though C. that D. as though

17.A. lonely B. separately C. alone D. together

18.A. mine B. ours C. yours D. yourself

19.A. hunted B. found C. searched D. caught

20.A. nearly B. finally C. mainly D.already

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.A

4.C

5.C

6.D

7.B

8.D

9.B

10.D

11.C

12.C

13.A

14.B

15.D

16.D

17.B

18.C

19.A

20.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述從前有兩個(gè)懶人，整天無(wú)所事事呆在太陽(yáng)底下睡覺(jué)或是幻想有錢(qián)之后做什么，很多年后依然很貧窮。有一天其中一人建議去賺點(diǎn)錢(qián)，于是兩人便上山去抓蝸牛，結(jié)果在山上抓了一天，兩人都只抓到兩只的故事。

1.never…at all構(gòu)成否定結(jié)構(gòu)，用來(lái)加強(qiáng)語(yǔ)氣，相當(dāng)于not…at all表示一點(diǎn)也不，故選B

2. to+動(dòng)詞原形”表示過(guò)去經(jīng)常發(fā)生的動(dòng)作；be used to, get used to, become used to表示“習(xí)慣”，后應(yīng)跟名詞或v.-ing形式，句意為他們過(guò)去常常整天坐在太陽(yáng)下，故選A

3.spend the whole day sitting in the sun and sleeping talking about what they would do他們要么是坐一整天要或者是討論做什么，故選A

4.We’ve got to do something to some money可知他們談?wù)摰氖怯绣X(qián)了做什么，故選C

5. by意為時(shí)間的流逝，根據(jù)句子Many years went 許多年過(guò)去了，故選C

6..Many years went in this way and the two men poor.許多年像這樣過(guò)去了，兩人還是這么懶，故仍舊很窮，故選D

7.One summer’s day as they were sitting on a bench in the sunshine兩人是安靜地坐在沙灘上，故選B

8.jump to one’s feet意為跳起來(lái)，躍起根據(jù)句子one of the men jumped his feet without warning and exclaimed其中一個(gè)人突然跳起來(lái)，，故選D

9.We can’t go on this其中一人說(shuō)我們不能再像現(xiàn)在這樣了，故選B

10. money意為掙錢(qián)，根據(jù)句子We’ve got to do something to some money其中一人說(shuō)我們要掙錢(qián)，故選D

11. for instance一人就問(wèn)例如呢，用what表示具體的內(nèi)容，且本句省略句，全句的完整形式是What have we got to do for instance故選C

12.不疲倦的；B使人疲倦的；C疲倦的；D令人疲倦的，根據(jù)句子“ for instance?” asked his friend in a voice一人用疲倦的聲音問(wèn)道，故選C

13. 考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。 A抓；B拿；C得到；D得到，根據(jù)句子We’ll go to the mountains and snails（蝸牛）第一人就建議去抓蝸牛，故選A

14.The second man didn’t want to go out at first. But in the end his friend him.第二人起初不想去，第一人勸服了他，故選B

15. set off意為出發(fā)，動(dòng)身， 根據(jù)句子They each took a bucket（桶）and set for the mountains.他們每人拿了個(gè)桶出發(fā)前往山上，故選D

16.When they reached the hill, they looked it might have a lot of snails on it.當(dāng)他們登上山，好像山上有很多蝸牛，故選D

17.I’ll go up this side with my bucket, and you go up the other side我去這一邊你去那一邊，可知兩人是分開(kāi)干活，故選B

18.you go up the other side with ,第一人說(shuō)我?guī)е�我的桶去這邊，你帶著你的去那邊，故選C

19.They snails all day他們應(yīng)該是搜尋蝸牛，故選A

20.“I got three, but one got away我差不多抓到三只，一只跑了，故選A

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