A king in Africa had a close friend with whom he had grown up. The friend had a habit of looking at every bad situation that occurred in his life and 1 , “This is good!”
One day the king and his friend were out on a hunting 2 . The friend would 3 the guns for the king. But this time he had 4 done something wrong in preparing one of the guns, for after taking the gun from his friend, the king fired it and his thumb was blown off.
Examining the 5 the friend remarked as usual, “This is good!” to which the king replied, “No, this is NOT good!” and 6 imprisoned his friend.
About a year later, the king was hunting in an area where he should have known not to hunt. Cannibals(食人者) __7 him and took him to their village. They tied his hands, set up a wooden post and 8 him to it. As they came close to set fire to burn the king, they 9 that the king was missing a thumb. Being superstitious, they never ate anyone who was less than whole. So 10 the king, they sent him on his way.
As he returned home, he was 11 of the event that had taken his thumb and felt sorry for his treatment of his friend. He went immediately to the 12 to speak with his friend. “You were right,” he said, “it was good that my thumb was blown off.” Then he 13 to tell the friend all that had just happened.
“I feel 14 for sending you to jail for so long. It was bad for me to do this.”
“No,” his friend replied, “this is good!”
“What do you mean? How could it be good that I sent my friend to jail for a year?”
“If I had NOT been in jail, I would have been with you, and I would have been ___15 !”
1. A．joking B．remarking C．announcing D．whispering
2. A．expectation B．experience C．expedition D．experiment
3. A．prepare B．arrange C．carry D．hold
4. A．deliberately B．apparently C．naturally D．specially
5. A．thumb B．king C．gun D．situation
6. A．angrily B．calmly C．regretfully D．joyfully
7. A．caught B．warned C．robbed D．hunted
8. A．connected B．related C．wrapped D．fastened
9. A．observed B．understood C．noticed D．complained
10. A．untying B．forgiving C．overlooking D．beating
11. A．recalled B．accused C．informed D．reminded
12. A．house B．jail C．village D．kingdom
13. A．stopped B．hesitated C．continued D．refused
14. A．fortunate B．foolish C．guilty D．painful
15. A．burnt B．cooked C．fired D．eaten
1.B
2.C
3.A
4.B
5.D
6.A
7.A
8.D
9.C
10.A
11.D
12.B
13.C
14.C
15.D
【解析】
試題分析：本文講述了國王失去了一個大拇指而把他的朋友關進了監獄，后來正是因為他沒有了大拇指，食人族才沒有吃掉他。告訴我們塞翁失馬焉知非福，福兮禍所伏。
1.B 動詞辨析。A開玩笑B評論C宣布D低聲說；國王的朋友對不好的事情都會說好。
2.C 名詞辨析。A期望B經驗，經歷C遠征，探險D實驗；指他們去打獵探險。
3.A 上下文串聯。根據下一行in preparing one of the guns說明經常是他為國王準備槍。
4.B 副詞辨析。A故意地B明顯地C自然地D特別地；有一支槍是壞的，明顯說明他沒有準備好。
5.D 名詞辨析。A大拇指B國王C槍D情況；檢查了具體情況以后，這個人和平時一樣說了好。
6.A 副詞辨析。A生氣地B鎮定地C遺憾地D開心地；國王生氣地把他投進了監獄。
7.A 動詞辨析。A抓住B警告C搶劫D打獵；指國王被食人者抓住了。
8.D 動詞辨析。A/B聯系C包扎D捆；系；指食人者把國王捆起來。
9.C 動詞辨析。A觀察B理解C注意D抱怨；指食人者注意到國王缺 了一個大拇指。
10.A 動詞辨析。A松綁B原諒C忽視D擊打；指食人者給國王松綁了，還把他送了回來。
11.D 動詞辨析。A回憶B控告C通知D想起，提醒；固定詞組remind sb of sth提醒某人某事。
12.B 上下文串聯。根據14空后的sending you to jail說明他被國王送了監獄。
13.C 動詞辨析。A停止B猶豫C繼續D拒絕；他繼續把所有發生的事情告訴了他的朋友。
14.C 形容詞辨析。A幸運的B愚蠢的C內疚的D痛苦的；國王因為如此對待自己的朋友感覺到內疚。
15.D 動詞辨析。A燃燒B烹飪C解雇D吃；如果這個朋友不在監獄里，他就會被食人族吃掉了。
考點：考查故事類短文閱讀
點評：本文講述了國王失去了一個大拇指而把他的朋友關進了監獄，后來正是因為他沒有了大拇指，食人族才沒有吃掉他。告訴我們塞翁失馬焉知非福，福兮禍所伏。在解決本類題目時要注意故事的梗概，本文仍然是以詞匯的考查為主，要在上下文的語境中選擇合適的詞匯和短語，注意語法和句法的融合。
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