Question

King William was in the habit of putting riddles and puzzles to his people. He often asked which were strange. His people had to use words in a way to answer these questions.

Once William asked a very strange question. He looked at his people. he looked, one by one the heads began to hang low in search of an answer. It was at that moment that George entered the palace. George the habit of the king. He understood the at once and asked, “May I know the question so that I can for an answer?”

William said, “How many crows(烏鴉) are there in the city?”

even a moment’s thought, George replied, “There are fifty thousand five hundred and eighty nine crows, My Lord.”

“How can you be so ?” asked William.

George said, “Make your men , My Lord. If you find more crows it means some have come to visit their relatives(親戚) here. If you find crows it means some have gone to visit their relatives somewhere else.”

William was pleased very much by George’s wise answer.

1.A. questions B. help C. promises D. advice

2.A. commonB. friendlyC. cleverD. silent

3.A. ThoughB. BecauseC. IfD. As

4.A. knewB. developedC. hatedD. doubted

5.A. orderB. informationC. dangerD. situation

6.A. askB. waitC. tryD. reach

7.A. BeforeB. WithoutC. ThroughD. In

8.A. smartB. braveC. funnyD. sure

9.A. catchB. discussC. countD. visit

10.A. fewerB. largerC. fasterD. older

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.D

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了國(guó)王阿克巴有個(gè)好猜謎的習(xí)慣。經(jīng)常讓他的大臣們猜謎并熱衷于那些奇怪的謎語。有一次他問了一個(gè)非常奇怪的問題，這時(shí)伯巴勒走進(jìn)了大殿。伯巴勒知道國(guó)王這個(gè)猜謎的習(xí)慣。在國(guó)王問城市里有多少只烏鴉時(shí)，伯巴勒機(jī)智地作出了回答。國(guó)王很滿意他的這個(gè)答案。

1.

2.句意：他的臣民在回答這些問題時(shí)不得不用聰明的方式來使用措辭。前文had to “不得不”，提示下文用形容詞clever表示“明智的；聰明的”。故選C。

3.連詞及語境的理解。A. Though雖然；B. Because因?yàn)�；C. If如果；D. As當(dāng)……時(shí)候，下文“他的臣民們低下頭尋找答案”可知前文是時(shí)間狀語從句，用as引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語從句表示“當(dāng)……時(shí)候”。故選D。

4.知道；B. developed發(fā)展；C. hated討厭；D. doubted懷疑，根據(jù)下句“他立刻明白了當(dāng)前的形勢(shì)”可知上文是伯巴勒“知道”國(guó)王猜謎的習(xí)慣。用動(dòng)詞knew表示“知道；了解”。故選A。

5.命令；B. information信息；C. danger危險(xiǎn)；D. situation情景，承接上文“他了解國(guó)王的習(xí)慣”，說明他明白當(dāng)時(shí)的“形勢(shì)”，用situation表示“情況；形勢(shì)”。故選D。

6.問；B. wait等待；C. try嘗試；D. reach到達(dá)，句意：我能否知道問題以便于我能嘗試找出問題的答案？動(dòng)詞try 和for連用，try for 表示“謀求；嘗試”，和answer構(gòu)成動(dòng)賓關(guān)系，表示“尋找一個(gè)答案”。故選C。

7.在……之前；B. Without沒有；C. Through通過；D. In在……里面，下文他立刻說出了一個(gè)具體數(shù)字，和even“甚至”的提示意義說明上文是“甚至沒有經(jīng)過片刻的思索”，用介詞without表示“無；沒有”，表示否定意義。故選B。

8.聰明的；B. brave勇敢的；C. funny滑稽的；D. sure確信的；對(duì)于他說出的具體數(shù)字，根據(jù)常理，國(guó)王是詢問“你如何能這么確信？”be sure表示“確信的；有把握的”。故選D。

9.抓；B. discuss討論；C. count數(shù)；D. visit參觀，承接上文，伯巴勒回答國(guó)王的問題是“讓你的臣民們數(shù)一下”，用動(dòng)詞count表示“數(shù)”，和上面的數(shù)字對(duì)應(yīng)。 故選C。

10.更少的； B. larger更大的；C. faster更快的；D. older更老的，綜合這兩句話的意義“如果多了就是有來走親戚的；如果少了，是去走親戚了”可以推斷空格處用fewer，表示“少”這一意義，和上句的more對(duì)應(yīng)。 故選A。

考點(diǎn)：故事類短文閱讀。