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：本文講述了國王阿克巴有個好猜謎的習慣。經常讓他的大臣們猜謎并熱衷于那些奇怪的謎語。有一次他問了一個非常奇怪的問題，這時伯巴勒走進了大殿。伯巴勒知道國王這個猜謎的習慣。在國王問城市里有多少只烏鴉時，伯巴勒機智地作出了回答。國王很滿意他的這個答案。

1.

2.句意：他的臣民在回答這些問題時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因為；C. If如果；D. As當……時候，下文“他的臣民們低下頭尋找答案”可知前文是時間狀語從句，用as引導時間狀語從句表示“當……時候”。故選D。

4.知道；B. developed發展；C. hated討厭；D. doubted懷疑，根據下句“他立刻明白了當前的形勢”可知上文是伯巴勒“知道”國王猜謎的習慣。用動詞knew表示“知道；了解”。故選A。

5.命令；B. information信息；C. danger危險；D. situation情景，承接上文“他了解國王的習慣”，說明他明白當時的“形勢”，用situation表示“情況；形勢”。故選D。

6.問；B. wait等待；C. try嘗試；D. reach到達，句意：我能否知道問題以便于我能嘗試找出問題的答案？動詞try 和for連用，try for 表示“謀求；嘗試”，和answer構成動賓關系，表示“尋找一個答案”。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具體數字，和even“甚至”的提示意義說明上文是“甚至沒有經過片刻的思索”，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；對于他說出的具體數字，根據常理，國王是詢問“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；D. visit參觀，承接上文，伯巴勒回答國王的問題是“讓你的臣民們數一下”，用動詞count表示“數”，和上面的數字對應。 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對應。 故選A。

考點：故事類短文閱讀。