Question

A man lived at the foot of a hill. For a long time, he heard of tales of the other side of the hill — stories of rich land, weather and beautiful scenery.

One day, he was life in his home town and thought it was to improve it, so he packed his bags, left his home and started climbing the hill, to live a better life.

The climb was very . The man had to stop to rest many times. At some , the hill was very steep (陡峭的) indeed, and he almost wanted to . But his dream of a better life him going.

One afternoon, the man came to another steep part of the hill. And at the top stood some thick plants. The same had happened to him many times before. this time it was a little hard to get over it, he surely was able to do it.

, the man was too tired after all those days of and pushing through high plants. He was that he still had no results to show, no fruit to enjoy. He just didn’t want to any more. He said to himself, “Maybe life on the other side of the hill is not like what the told. My old home isn’t that anyway.” He finally made his decision, and set off for home.

Actually the man didn’t know that he climbed over that slope (斜坡), he could see the other side of the hill and all he had heard about that place was . The man had already done the hard part, but he to stop trying when things were going to get much better.

1.A. bad B. hot C. perfect D. cold

2.A. interested in B. bored of C. surprised at D. nervous about

3.A. easy B. necessary C. simple D. right

4.A. wishing B. beginning C. refusing D. helping

5.A. astonishing B. interesting C. tiring D. amazing

6.A. marches B. days C. points D. corners

7.A. get up B. give up C. sit down D. run away

8.A. stopped B. asked C. noticed D. kept

9.A. trouble B. steep C. dream D. illness

10.A. If B. Because C. When D. Although

11.A. Luckily B. However C. Otherwise D. So

12.A. running B. playing C. climbing D. waiting

13.A. happy B. angry C. excited D. calm

14.A. try B. help C. escape D. learn

15.A. films B. books C. tales D. lessons

16.A. strange B. terrible C. useless D. dangerous

17.A. looked around B. turned around C. went on D. slowed down

18.A. as if B. so that C. as long as D. as well as

19.A. false B. true C. funny D. important

20.A. prepared B. agreed C. chose D. failed

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.B

4.A

5.C

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.A

10.D

11.B

12.C

13.B

14.A

15.C

16.B

17.B

18.C

19.B

20.C

【解析】

試題分析：聽說山的那一邊的時候很美好，這個人決定去看看，但是經歷了重重困難快要看到成功的時候，他卻堅持不住，而選擇了放棄自己的夢想。這個故事告訴我們做事不能半途而廢。

1.A. bad壞的；B. hot熱的；C. perfect完美的；D. cold冷的；and所連接的三個詞中已知的rich land 、beautiful scenery都是感覺好的詞，所以這里也應該用完美的來修飾weather才和語境相符，故選C。

2.A. interested in 感興趣；B. bored of厭煩；C. surprised at驚奇；D. nervous about緊張。根據后面的他打包離開可知，他厭煩了家鄉(xiāng)的生活。故選B。

3.A. easy容易； B. necessary必要；C. simple簡單；D. right對�？紤]真有必要改善自己的生活，短語才打包離開家鄉(xiāng)。故選B。

4.A. wishing愿望；B. beginning開始；C. refusing拒絕；D. helping幫助。希望能過更好的生活。故選Ａ。

5.A. astonishing令人驚奇的；B. interesting有趣的；C. tiring令人疲倦的；D. amazing令人驚奇的；后面提到這個人停下來休息了很多次，所以說爬山很累人。下文有the man was too tired提示。故選C。

6.A. marches行軍；B. days日子；C. points點；D. corners角落。應該說在某些地點，山很陡。故選C。

7.A. get up起床；B. give up 放棄；C. sit down坐下；D. run away逃跑。山路不好做，所以他幾乎想要放棄。故選B。

8.A. stopped阻止；B. asked請；常用句式：ask sb. to do sth. ；C. noticed注意；D. kept保持。他的要過好日子的夢想使他一直走下去。故選Ｄ。

9.A. trouble麻煩；B. steep陡坡；C. dream夢想；D. illness病。在之前同樣的麻煩曾經出現過好多次了。故選A。

10.A. If如果；B. Because因為；C. When當......時候；D. Although盡管。盡管這一次要克服它有點困難，但是他肯定自己能做到。故選D。

11.A. Luckily幸運的是；B. However但是；C. Otherwise然而； D. So因此。但是他太累了。故選B。

12.A. running跑；B. playing玩；C. climbing 爬；D. waiting等待。 句意：經過這么多天的爬山。 前面多次提到climbing the hill, 故選C。

13.A. happy高興；B. angry生氣；C. excited激動；D. calm平靜。后面說他沒有看到結果，所以應該生氣。故選B。

14.A. try努力；B. help幫助；C. escape逃跑；D. learn學習。因為看不到想要的結果，還沒有吃的，所以他不想再努力了。故選Ａ。

15.A. films電影；B. books書；C. tales故事；D. lessons課。根據前面的he heard of tales of the other side of the hill可知，他在自言自語，也許山那邊的生活并不像故事里說的那樣吧。故選C。

16.A. strange奇怪；B. terrible可怕；C. useless沒用；D. dangerous危險。我的老家并不那么可怕。所以才決定回去。故選B。

17.A. looked around環(huán)顧四周；B. turned around轉回身；C. went on繼續(xù)；D. slowed down慢下來。最后他下決心，轉身回家。根據前面的講述可知，他不繼續(xù)走了。所以應該是折返回去。故選B。

18.A. as if好像；B. so that以至于；C. as long as只要；D. as well as和......一樣；只要他爬過那個陡坡，他就能看到山的那一邊。故選C。

19.A. false錯的；B. true真的；C. funny好玩的；D. important重要的；他聽到的關于那個地方的一切都是真的。故選B。

20.A. prepared 準備；B. agreed同意；C. chose選擇；D. failed沒做成。他的努力只做了一半，當情況馬上就要變好的時候，他卻選擇了放棄。故選C。

考點：故事類短文閱讀。