Question

One day a poor man was traveling on horseback. At noon, he tied his horse to a tree and then 1         to eat something. A few minutes later, a rich man came along and tied his horse to the same tree.

"Please tie your horse to another tree”， said the poor man. " My horse is wild. It will kill yours.”

2         the rich man said， " I shall tie my horse as I like！ ”He tied up his horse and had his lunch nearby. After a moment they heard a terrible 3       ：the two horses were fighting.

They went up to them, but it was too   4__________ .

The rich man's horse was killed. " See what your horse has done!" cried the rich man, "You will have to 5         it. " And he brought the poor man before Mr. Know.

Mr. Know asked the poor man some questions. But he made no6         At last Mr. Know said， "This man is dumb. He cannot speak.”

"No," the rich man shouted7         "He can！He spoke to me when I met him.”

"Are you sure?" asked Mr. Know. " What

did he 8         ？"

"He told me not to tie my horse to the same tree because his horse was wild and would
kill my horse.”

"Oh”，said Mr. Know. " So he 9         you. Then can you expect to get money 10      him?"

The rich man said nothing and left silently.

(   ) 1. A. put down    B. set down C. sat down    D. turned down

(   ) 2. A..So B. But C. And    D. Though

(   ) 3. A. song    B. word C. bell    D. noise

(   ) 4. A. late    B. slow C. hard    D. quick

(   ) 5. A. pay for    B. look for C. wait for    D. care for

(   ) 6. A. idea    B. mistake C. money    D. answer

(   ) 7. A. quietly    B. angrily C. happily    D. heavily

(   ) 8. A. speak    B. tell C. talk    D. say

(   ) 9. A. helped    B. thanked C. warned    D. ordered

(   ) 10. A. for    B. from C. with    D. about

Answer 1

1. C A項(xiàng)意為"(飛機(jī)或飛行員）降落，著陸";B項(xiàng)意 為"寫(xiě)下，記下"；C項(xiàng)意為"坐下"；D項(xiàng)意為"調(diào)低"。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知句意為"在中午，他把馬拴在樹(shù)上，然后坐下來(lái)吃東西。"故選C。

2. B根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知，此處表轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。故選B。

3. D根據(jù)后面說(shuō)兩只馬打架，可知是聽(tīng)到"吵鬧聲"。故選D。

4. A根據(jù)后一句說(shuō)富人的馬死了，可知是"太遲了"。故選A。

5. A A項(xiàng)意為"賠償";B項(xiàng)意為"尋找";C項(xiàng)意為"等候"；D項(xiàng)意為"照顧"。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知，這個(gè)富人是想讓這個(gè)窮人賠償他已死的馬。故選A。

6. D根據(jù)上下文可知，窮人沒(méi)有"回答"。故選D。

7. B富人的馬死了 ，他很"生氣"。故選8。

8. D富人說(shuō)窮人不是啞巴。所以問(wèn)他窮人"說(shuō)"了

什么。強(qiáng)調(diào)說(shuō)話內(nèi)容用say。故選D。

9. C根據(jù)上下文可知，窮人已經(jīng)"警告"過(guò)富人了。 故選C。

10. B get sth. from sb."從某人那里得到某物"。故 選B。