in a land far away, once upon a time there was great poverty ,and only the rich could manage without great 26____. three of those rich men and their servants were 27____together on a road when they came to a very 28____village.
the first could not stand seeing the poverty, 29____ he took all the gold and jewels from his wagons and shared 30____ out among the villagers. he wished them all the best of luck, and he left.
the second rich man ,seeing the 31____ situation, stopped for a short time and gave 32____ all his food and drink, since he 33____ see that money would be of little 34____ to them. he made sure that they each 35____ their fair share and would have enough food to 36____ for some time . then, he left.
the third rich man, on seeing such poverty, 37____ and went straight through the 38____ without stopping. the two other rich men saw this from a distance and commented with each other 39____ the third rich man lacked sympathy. it was 40____ that they themselves had been there to offer help.
however, three days later, they 41____ the third rich man ,who was coming in the opposite direction . he was 42____ travelling quickly, but his wagons, 43____ the gold and valuables they had been 44____ ,were now full of farming tools and bags of 45____ .he was rushing back to help them out of poverty.
26. a. loss b. expectations c. success d. problems 【d】
27. a. standing b. travelling c. gathering d. running 【b】
28. a. faraway b. poor c. different d. ancient 【b】
29. a. unless b. because c. so d. if 【c】
30. a. them b. anything c. nothing d. those 【a】
31. a. curious b. worrying c. dangerous d. puzzling 【b】
32. a. the villagers b. his servants c. the others d. the rest 【a】
33. a. could b. might c. should d. must 【a】
34. a. interest b.concern c. use d. attraction 【c】
35. a. returned b. gained c. offered d. received 【d】
36.a.remain b.last c.supply d.share 【b】
37.a.turned back b.set out c. showed off d. speeded 【d】
38.a.village b.land c.field d.road 【a】
39.a.whether b.how c.where d.when 【b】
40.a.good b.certain c.true d.strange 【a】
41.a.welcomed b.met c.taccepted d.persuaded 【b】
42.a.still b.already c.always d.indeed 【a】
43. a. except b. instead of c. apart from d. along with 【b】
44.a. loading b. treasuring c. carrying d. earning 【c】
45.a. food b. jewels c. money d. seeds 【d】
答案解析:
26题选problems,与首句中的poverty行成合理替换。
27题根据从句语境,以及第42空后面的 travelling结构在现,应该选travelling.
28题根据文章主调色彩选poor.
29题典型因果关系,选so
30题代词指代加动词短语share sth out,选they指代前面的gold and jewels.
31题根据平行结构,就可知poverty是worrying situation.
32题复现原则加呼应结构选 the villagers.
33题根据他的行为可以判断选情态动词could表能够。
34题根据他给这些村民食物和饮品就可判断出他能够明白钱对这些村民几乎无用。
35.题词汇辨析,村民收到东西,选 received.
36题词汇辨析,last维持,够用。稍有难度。
37题短语辨析加动作顺序选speeded up.
38题具体环境选village.
39题貌似纯粹考语法了,选how.
40题语境,色彩对比,第三个富人缺乏同情心(lacked sympathy), 他们两个人提供帮助了肯定好(good).
41题其他选项风马牛不相及,正常一点,选 met。
42 题副词辨析选still.
43题根据此句后半句were now full of farming tools and bags,应该选instead of.
44题词汇辨析加主语判断,这里的 they指富人们,所以只能选carrying.
45题 and并列原则,根据farming tools(农具),选seeds(种子)最合适。