A dog has a horse. The horse was beautiful and also it had many good qualities.   61    It especially wanted to become the most beautiful horse in the world.
One day the horse said to the god, “You have given me beauty. You have given me other good qualities.62    But how I wish you could make me more beautiful! I would be extremely, extremely grateful if you could make me more beautiful.”
The god said, “I’m more than ready to make you more beautiful.  63  ” Then the horse said, “My neck is too short .If you can make neck a little longer, my upper body will be more beautiful. And if you can make my legs much longer and thinner, then I will look more beautiful in my lower body.”
Then immediately the god made a camel appear in place of the horse. The horse was so sad that it started to cry, “Oh, no, I do not want to become a camel.   64 As a horse, everybody appreciated my good qualities. Nobody will appreciate me as a c I’m more than ready to amel.”
The god said, “This is exactly  what you asked for. You have become a camel.
65   if you cry for a longer neck and legs, this is what will happen. Each thing in my creation has its own good qualities. The camel is not as beautiful as you are, but it carries heavy loads and has a great sense of duty.”
A．I’m so grateful to you.
B．Why not remain a horse?
C．I wish you to change me into a horse again.
D．Tell me in what way you want to be changed.
E.     But it wanted to be more perfect in every way.
F.      Never try to receive more than I have given you
G.    I am glad to know that you feel good with yourself now

小題1:E
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:C
小題5:F

試題分析：
小題1:根據(jù)上文，這匹馬很美已經(jīng)有很多優(yōu)點(diǎn)以及下文特別是它想把自己變成世界上最美的馬。可以看出它整天想著自己能夠更完美。選E承上啟下。
小題2:根據(jù)上文上帝已經(jīng)給予了馬這么多以及下文I would be extremely, extremely grateful if you could make me more beautiful.，故馬應(yīng)該感激上帝。故選A。
小題3:上帝說：“我很樂意幫助你”下文馬提出了自己的幾個(gè)部位需要變得更完美。故選D
小題4:上文提示“Oh, no, I do not want to become a camel.我不想變成駱駝，我希望你再把我變成一匹馬可知選C。
小題5:根據(jù)Each thing in my creation has its own good qualities.，可知選F，不要奢求更多。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：這是一篇關(guān)于貪心的寓言，段落開頭介紹了雖然上帝已經(jīng)賜予馬美麗和很多優(yōu)點(diǎn)，但馬仍然不知足，奢求更多，結(jié)果變成了駱駝，重點(diǎn)介紹了這樣一個(gè)道理：每個(gè)事物都有自己的優(yōu)點(diǎn)，要知足，不要貪得無厭。在答題中，應(yīng)首先略讀一下短文，了解一下短文的大致意思，然后把幾個(gè)選項(xiàng)含義理解透，尤其注意意思相近，表達(dá)有交叉的選項(xiàng)之間的區(qū)別。然后再細(xì)讀短文，把答案填入合適位置。答題時(shí)可以把含義相近的幾個(gè)選項(xiàng)輪流填入同一處位置，反復(fù)閱讀，反復(fù)體會(huì)，找出最佳選項(xiàng)，對(duì)于實(shí)在沒有把握的小題可以留待最后完成。完成短文后，再認(rèn)真通讀一遍全文，看看上下語(yǔ)意是否通順，是否符合邏輯關(guān)系。
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