Question

Granny Sarya lived outside Moscow. Her only son 1        to Afghanistan (阿富汗) and was killed in action there. Soon after that,her husband lost his job. The old man was always 2        food and clothes. And on a winter night he went out alone when Sarya was asleep. The next morning he was 3        dead in a cold lake. And his wornout coat was 4        in a tree not far away. Sarya was so 5        that she nearly took her own life.

Things got worse and worse after that. She always lived in hunger and cold. She had hoped that the government (政府) could help her but she 6       .

It was a cold windy night. The old woman couldn't 7        asleep at all. She had to get up. She decided to write a letter to God (神) ，asking for 8       . She wished God to give her 100 rubles (盧布) ，so she could buy some food for herself. When she 9        writing it,she found she had no 10       . She had to put the 11        at a crossing. 12       the next morning a policeman found the letter. He read it to his comrades. They were all so 13        that they gathered some rubles and sent them to the poor old woman.

At first Granny Sarya was happy. But after she 14        the money,she became 15        and said, "I'm told that all things that are touched by the policeman will be only a half left!"

(   ) 1. A. sent   B. ran away

   C. was sent   D. escaped

(   ) 2. A. worried about? B. pleased with

   C. thinking about   D. hearing of

(   ) 3. A. known   B. found   C. told   D. fallen

(   ) 4. A. put   B. hanged   C. shown   D. hung

(   ) 5. A. sad   B. happy   C. tired   D. clever

(   ) 6. A. succeeded   B. failed   C. won   D. lost

(   ) 7. A. go   B. fall   C. get   D. help

(   ) 8. A. coats   B. food   C. houses   D. help

(   ) 9. A. ended   B. started   C. finished   D. enjoyed

(   ) 10. A. stamp   B. money   C. pen . D. paper

(   ) 11. A. food   B. letter   C. coat   D. rubles

(   ) 12. A. Badly   B. Carefully

   C. Luckily   D. Wonderfully

(   ) 13. A. excited   B. moved   C. amazed   D. surprised

(   ) 14. A. saw   B. received   C. gave   D. counted

(   ) 15. A. angry   B. thankful   C. helpful   D. worried

Answer 1

這是一個(gè)黑色幽默，饑寒交迫的老婦，萬般無奈，只好求助于上帝，幫助她的不是上帝而是警察，可警察在人們心中的印象卻是"凡被警察碰過的只有一半被留下"，可悲！

1. C被派去打仗了，要用被動(dòng)語態(tài)。

2. A于是,老人總為自己的衣、食而擔(dān)心。

C很具.有迷惑性。但它的意思指"考慮"，沒有A準(zhǔn)確。

3. B第二天，他被發(fā)現(xiàn)死在冰冷的湖里。

4. D他的衣服被掛在樹上。

hang—hanged— hanged此B寸的hang作"絞死"講，hang—hung— hung意為"懸掛"。

5. A兒子死了，丈夫沒有了，此時(shí)她的心情唯有sad來描述。

6. B從but可知政府沒有幫助她。

fail"沒成功"。

7. B fall asleep固定短語，人睡。

8. D她需要食物，衣服，但不可以選A. B. C. 而D的外延最廣，她需要幫助。

9. C finish writing寫完信。

10. A發(fā)現(xiàn)自己沒有郵票。從常識(shí)不難推斷。

11. B上文所提及的那封信。

12. C這是一個(gè)巧合，當(dāng)然對(duì)于老婦來說更是一種幸運(yùn)。所以其他選項(xiàng)不符合意思。•

13. B警察們被信的內(nèi)容所感動(dòng)。其他選項(xiàng)都不是他們看信后的心情。

14. D開始老人看到錢，當(dāng)然很高興，但開始數(shù)錢時(shí)，她不是這樣想了。

15. A她認(rèn)為警察把她的錢也給拿走了一半，所以生氣。