2014届东城区职教中心对口升学英语专题训练：完形填空08.doc

2014届东城区职教中心对口升学英语专题训练：完形填空08 In a land far away, once upon a time there was great poverty(贫困)，and only the rich could manage without great__1__. Three of those rich men and their servants were__2__together on a road when they came to a very__3__village. The first could not stand seeing the poverty，__4__he took all the gold and jewels from his waggons(四轮载重马车)and shared__5__out among the villagers. He wished them all the best of luck, and he left. The second rich man，seeing the__6__situation, stopped for a short time and gave__7__all his food and drink, since he__8__see that money would be of little__9__to them. He made sure that they each__10__their fair share and would have enough food to__11__for some time. Then, he left. The third rich man, on seeing such poverty，__12__and went straight through the__13__without stopping. The two other rich men saw this from a distance and commented with each other__14__the third rich man lacked sympathy. It was__15__that they themselves had been there to offer help. However, three days later, they__16__the third rich man，who was coming in the opposite direction. He was__17__travelling quickly, but his waggons，__18__the gold and valuables they had been__19__，were now full of farming tools and bags of__20__.He was rushing back to help them out of poverty. 本文是一篇小故事。以三位富人帮助一个贫困的村庄的不同方式，阐明“授人以鱼，不如授人以渔”的哲理。 1．A. loss B. expectations C. success D. problems 答案：D。文章开篇点明，在一片遥远而贫瘠的土地上，只有富人才不用费尽艰难勉强度日。此处without great problems相当于without much difficulty“不用费尽艰难”。 2．A. standing B. travelling C. gathering D. running 答案：B。根据上下文可知，三位有钱人和他们的仆人们正在赶路(travel)，这时他们来到了一个贫穷的(poor)村庄。stand站立； gather聚集；run跑，显然只有travel“行走”符合题意。 3．A. faraway B. poor C. different D. ancient 答案：B。根据第一段中poverty和第二段首句说“第一个富人无法忍受看到这样的贫困(poverty)”可知，此处用poor。 4．A. unless B. because C. so D. if 答案：C。既然第一个富人无法忍受看到这样的贫困(poverty)，所以(so)他从四轮载重车拿出了自己的金银珠宝分给了村民们。 5．A. them B. anyth