Question

There was once a young man who began to feel self-satisfied after some small achievements.

One day, the young man took a walk with a ____ man from the town. On the way the young man was bragging(吹嘘) about himself, ____ the wise man didn’t say a word. When they ____ a peak(山峰), the wise man asked, “Look down. What do you see ?”

“I see trees, farmland, houses and people as ____ as ants working in the fields,” the young man said.

“What do you feel?” the wise man asked.

“Everything is ___ me. I feel I rule the world,” the young man answered.

The wise man said ____. After a minute, he asked the young man to look ____ “What do you see this time?” the wise man asked.

“I see ____ flying around high mountains, the white clouds on the mountains and the ____ sky above the white clouds,” the young man answered.

Then he asked the wise man’s ___.

“I feel small and powerless,” the wise man answered . ”A person who knows to look upward can ____ understand his position(位置). When a person knows the blue sky is always overhead, he won’t be so ____ as to believe he rules over the world or other people.”

The young man felt foolish(愚蠢的) for his ____. From then on , ____ he began to feel as if the world owed(亏欠) him something, he looked up at the sky and remembered ____ small he really was. Try to look upward when you feel too good about yourself.

1.A. busyB. lazyC. wiseD. hard-working

2.A. ifB. butC. soD. or

3.A. got toB. got offC. arrived inD. got up

4.A. fatB. lightC. smallD. strong

5.A. belowB. aboveC. betweenD. against

6.A. everythingB. anythingC. somethingD. nothing

7.A. upB. downC. outD. after

8.A. monkeys    B. tigersC. chicksD. birds

9.A. redB. blueC. greenD. black

10.A. waysB. nameC. feelingsD. address

11.A. badlyB. angrilyC. hardlyD. clearly

12.A. cleverB. smartC. sillyD. useful

13.A. prideB. successC. luckD. smell

14.A. whateverB. wheneverC. whereverD. however

15.A. whyB. whereC. howD. what

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.A

6.D

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.C

11.D

12.C

13.A

14.B

15.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述的是一天年轻人和一个智者从小镇出来散步。年轻人很狂妄，在智者的引导下他终于认识到自己的傻与渺小。

1.2__ the wise man didn’t say a word.智者没说一句话可知答案，故选C。

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4.我看见树木，农田和房屋，和在田野工作的像蚂蚁一样小的人们。as+形容词原级+ as，象……一样，据句意，故选C。

5.……之下，B. above在……上面，C. between在两者之间，D. against 反对。因为是在山顶，据句意，故选A。

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7.他请那个年轻人去向上看。A. up向上，B. down向下，C. out 出来，D. after在……后面。look up 向上看，look down向下看，look out小心，look after 照看，据“I see __8__ flying around high mountains,我看到鸟绕高山在飞可知答案，故选A。

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9.

10.……可知答案，故选C。

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12.当一个人知道蓝色的天空总是在头顶时，他不会傻到相信他统治世界或其他人。A. clever聪明的，B. smart漂亮的，C. silly 傻的，D. useful 有用的。据下文The young man felt foolish(愚蠢的) for his __13__.年轻人感到很傻可知答案，故选C。

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15.小。这里是感叹句__15__ small he really was.做宾语从句，强调small故用引导词how,故选C。

考点：故事类短文。