Question

Once， a king showed two men a large basket in the garden. He told them to fill it with water from a well. After they ____ their work， he left them， saying， “When the sun is down， I will come and see your work.”

At last one of them said， “What’s the use of doing this foolish work? We can ___ fill the basket.” ____ man answered， “That is none of your business.” The first man said. “You may do as you like， but I am not going to work at ____ so foolishly.” He ____ his bucket(圓桶) and went away. The other man said no word， and kept on carrying ____. At last the well was almost ___.

As he poured the last bucket of water into the basket， he saw a bright thing in it. He____. It was a beautiful gold ring. Just then the king came. ____ he saw the ring， he knew that he had found the kind of man he wanted. He told him to keep the ring for himself. “You ___ so well in this little thing，” he said， “ What now I know I can believe you with many things.”

1. A. finished B. did C. began D. had

2. A. never B. also C. hard D. always

3. A. The other B. Another C. One D. A second

4. A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything

5. A. picked up B. put away C. took away D. threw away

6. A. water B. basket C. well D. work

7. A. full B.empty C. filled D. clean

8. A. put it up B. looked it up C. picked it up D. gave it up

9. A. While B. As soon as C. Before D. Since

10.A. have done B. will do C. do D. are doing

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.A

4.A

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.B

10.A

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章主要講述了國王給了兩個人每人一個籃子讓他們往里面掏井里的水，第一個人總是抱怨認(rèn)為這是很愚蠢的事情，而另一個人很認(rèn)真的去做，最后把水掏完后發(fā)現(xiàn)井里有一枚戒指，最后國王說他就是他要找的那個人。

1.

2.A. never絕不，從不；B. also 也；C. hard 難的；D. always總是；

根據(jù)句意最后他們當(dāng)中的一個人說做這樣的傻工作有什么用？我們絕不會把這個籃子裝滿。根據(jù)題意故選A

3.A. The other表示兩者中的另一個；B. Another表示不定數(shù)目中的另一個；C. One表示一個；D. A second表示再一，又一。句意：另一個人說，那不管你的事。結(jié)合題意故選A

4.A. anything任何事情；B. something某些事情；C. nothing 沒有任何事情；D. everything一切的事情；根據(jù)意義故選A.

5.A. picked up撿起，拾起；B. put away把……收起來；C. took away拿走，帶走 D. threw away扔掉；句意；他扔掉了圓筒就離開了。結(jié)合以上內(nèi)容，應(yīng)選D.

6.A. water水；B. basket籃子；C. well名詞井；D. work工作；此處：另一個人一句話也沒說，繼續(xù)搬�？杆�，根據(jù)題意故選A

7.A. full 滿的；B.empty空的；C. filled裝滿的；D. clean干凈的；

根據(jù)句意最后這井幾乎空了，故應(yīng)選B。

8.A. put it up 張貼；B. looked it up查字典；C. picked it up 撿起。拾起；D. gave it up放棄；該句當(dāng)他要最后一桶水的時候，他看到一個明亮的東西，他把它撿起來，故選C

9.A. While當(dāng)……時候 B. As soon as一……就 C. Before 在……之前D. Since自從句意：這是國王過來了，當(dāng)他一看到這枚戒指，他就知道這個男人就是他要找的人。根據(jù)句意故選B

10.根據(jù)句意：國王說在這小事上你是做的如此的好，可知選A.

考點：教育類短文。