Question

There was once a young man who began to feel self-satisfied after some small achievements.

One day, the young man took a walk with a ____ man from the town. On the way the young man was bragging(吹噓) about himself, ____ the wise man didn’t say a word. When they ____ a peak(山峰), the wise man asked, “Look down. What do you see ?”

“I see trees, farmland, houses and people as ____ as ants working in the fields,” the young man said.

“What do you feel?” the wise man asked.

“Everything is ___ me. I feel I rule the world,” the young man answered.

The wise man said ____. After a minute, he asked the young man to look ____ “What do you see this time?” the wise man asked.

“I see ____ flying around high mountains, the white clouds on the mountains and the ____ sky above the white clouds,” the young man answered.

Then he asked the wise man’s ___.

“I feel small and powerless,” the wise man answered . ”A person who knows to look upward can ____ understand his position(位置). When a person knows the blue sky is always overhead, he won’t be so ____ as to believe he rules over the world or other people.”

The young man felt foolish(愚蠢的) for his ____. From then on , ____ he began to feel as if the world owed(虧欠) him something, he looked up at the sky and remembered ____ small he really was. Try to look upward when you feel too good about yourself.

1.A. busyB. lazyC. wiseD. hard-working

2.A. ifB. butC. soD. or

3.A. got toB. got offC. arrived inD. got up

4.A. fatB. lightC. smallD. strong

5.A. belowB. aboveC. betweenD. against

6.A. everythingB. anythingC. somethingD. nothing

7.A. upB. downC. outD. after

8.A. monkeys B. tigersC. chicksD. birds

9.A. redB. blueC. greenD. black

10.A. waysB. nameC. feelingsD. address

11.A. badlyB. angrilyC. hardlyD. clearly

12.A. cleverB. smartC. sillyD. useful

13.A. prideB. successC. luckD. smell

14.A. whateverB. wheneverC. whereverD. however

15.A. whyB. whereC. howD. what

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.A

6.D

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.C

11.D

12.C

13.A

14.B

15.C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文講述的是一天年輕人和一個智者從小鎮出來散步。年輕人很狂妄，在智者的引導下他終于認識到自己的傻與渺小。

1.2__ the wise man didn’t say a word.智者沒說一句話可知答案，故選C。

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3.

4.我看見樹木，農田和房屋，和在田野工作的像螞蟻一樣小的人們。as+形容詞原級+ as，象……一樣，據句意，故選C。

5.……之下，B. above在……上面，C. between在兩者之間，D. against　反對。因為是在山頂，據句意，故選A。

6.

7.他請那個年輕人去向上看。A. up向上，B. down向下，C. out　出來，D. after在……后面。look up 向上看，look down向下看，look out小心，look after 照看，據“I see __8__ flying around high mountains,我看到鳥繞高山在飛可知答案，故選A。

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9.

10.……可知答案，故選C。

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12.當一個人知道藍色的天空總是在頭頂時，他不會傻到相信他統治世界或其他人。A. clever聰明的，B. smart漂亮的，C. silly　傻的，D. useful 有用的。據下文The young man felt foolish(愚蠢的) for his __13__.年輕人感到很傻可知答案，故選C。

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14.

15.小。這里是感嘆句__15__ small he really was.做賓語從句，強調small故用引導詞how,故選C。

考點：故事類短文。