Question

One day a poor man was traveling on horseback. At noon, he tied his horse to a tree and then  46  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.”

   47    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   48   , the two horses were fighting. They went up to them, but it was too   49   . The rich man’s horse was killed. “See what you horse has done!” cried the rich man. “You will have to   50   it.” And he brought the poor man before Mr. Know.

Mr. Know asked the poor man some questions. But he made no   51   . At last Mr. Know said, “This man is dumb. He cannot speak.”

    “Oh,” the rich man shouted   52   . “He can! He spoke to me when I met him.”

    “Are you sure?” asked Mr. Know. “What did he   53   ?”

    “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  54  you. Then can you expect to get money  55   him?  ”

    The rich man said nothing and left silently.

46. A. put down         B. set down         C. sat down         D. turned down

47. A. So                   B. But              C. And              D. Though

48. A. song             B. word             C. bell             D. noise

49. A. late             B. slow             C. hard             D. quick

50. A. pay for              B. look for         C. wait for         D. care for

51. A. idea             B. mistake          C. money                D. answer

52. A. quietly              B. angrily              C. happily          D. heavily

53. A. speak                B. tell             C. talk             D. say

54. A. helped               B. thanked          C. warned           D. ordered

55. A. for                  B. from             C. with             D. about

Answer 1

主旨大意：本篇短文主要講述了一個窮人和一個富人把馬栓在同一樹上，由一窮人的馬比較兇悍，把富人馬殺死了。然后富人與窮人找法官打官司。窮人用聰明的智慧打贏了官司的故事。

46答案：C 【解析】本題考查詞組辨析。A項意為“鎮壓；制止”；B項意為“看作”；C英意為“坐下”；D項意為“調低”。由語境可知“在中午，他把馬拴在樹上，然后坐下來吃東西”，只有C項具有“坐下”的意思，故選C。

47答案：B 【解析】由語境可知，這個窮人不讓富人把馬和他的拴在同一棵樹上，但是這個富人卻不聽窮的話。此處表轉折關系，故應填but.

48答案：D 【解析】由下句“the two horses were fighting”可知他們聽到了一聲可怕的聲音。四個項中只有noise意為“聲音”。

49答案：A 【解析】由They went up to them 及The rich man’s horse was killed可知，此應為形容詞，且表示“晚了”的意思。A項意為“晚了”；B項意為“慢的”；C項意為“困難的”；D項意為“快的”。故選A。

50答案：A 【解析】A 項意為“賠償”；B項意為“尋找”；C項意為“等候”；D項意為“照顧”。由語境可知，這個富人是想讓這個窮人賠償他已死的馬。故選A。

51答案：D 【解析】別人問這個窮人問題，但是他并沒有回答。

52答案：B 【解析】A項意為“安靜地”；B項意為“生氣地”；C項意為“高興地”；D項意為“沉重地”。聯系上下文可知此時富人的狀態是“生氣在大聲喊”，故選B。

53答案：D 【解析】speak強調說話的能力，說某種語言。tell“告訴"。talk 指談話say 指說的內容，帶賓語。句意為“他說的什么內容？”強調說話的內容，故選D。

54答案：C 【解析】此處具有“警告;告誡”的意思。四個選項中只有C具有此意，故選C。

55答案：B 【解析】get from意為“從…處得到…”故選B。