Question

Once upon a time, there was a lazy poor man living in a small house with spider webs(蜘蛛网) on the walls and mice running around People______coming into such a dirty place and the poor man was lonely and every day. He thought it was poverty(贫穷) that______his unhappy life.

One day, the poor man visited a wise old man and asked him for______about changing his life. The man gave him a beautiful vase and said. “This is a magic vase. It will bring you ____.”

The poor man looked at the vase_____. Why would he need a vase in his poor house? However, He didn’t want to_____such a beautiful vase, so he brought it home and put it on the table.

“It’s not right for something so beautiful to be ___ ,”the poor man looked at the vase and thought. Then he picked some wild flowers and put them into it, making it even more beautiful.

_____he was still not satisfied(满意)“It is not good for such a beautiful thing to stand next to a spider web.”At this, he started to do some______in the house and paint the walls.

His house turned into a _____place at once. The poor man ____.He suddenly realized that in the past it was his laziness that made him ____ and unhappy. From then on, he worked hard and his life got better and better.

1.A. enjoyed    B. liked    C. loved    D. disliked

2.A. led to    B. came to    C. made up    D. picked up

3.A. care    B. advice    C. protection    D. ticket

4.A. sadness    B. happiness    C. time    D. money

5.A. sadly    B. nervously    C. kindly    D. carefully

6.A. give out    B. throw away    C. pay for    D. knock off

7.A. ugly    B. empty    C. full    D. dirty

8.A. But    B. So    C. Because    D. If

9.A. shopping    B. cleaning    C. reading    D. washing

10.A. large    B. comfortable    C. small    D. dark

11.A. stayed up    B. woke up    C. cheered up    D. tidied up

12.A. smart    B. useful    C. poor    D. helpful

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.A

6.B

7.B

8.A

9.B

10.B

11.C

12.C

【解析】本文介绍了一位懒惰的穷人想过上富裕的生活，于是向一位聪明的老人请教方法。老人给他一个美丽的花瓶。穷人发现美丽的花瓶和家里脏乱的环境不相配，于是开始打扫自己的家。最后穷人发现正是自己的懒惰造成贫穷和不幸福。

1.根据上句可知，穷人的家里很脏，人们不喜欢脏的地方。不喜欢是dislike。故选D。

2.句意：他认为是贫穷导致了他不幸福的生活。导致是lead to。故选A。

3.根据下文可知，穷人拜访聪明的老人是为了讨教致富的建议。建议是advice。故选B。

4.句意：这是一个魔瓶，它将带给你幸福。幸福是happiness。故选B。

5.根据Why would he need a vase in his poor house?可知，此时穷人的心情是悲伤的。故选A。

6.根据下句so he brought it home and put it on the table可知，穷人不想扔掉花瓶。扔掉是throw away。故选B。

7.根据下文Then he picked some wild flowers and put them into it, making it even more beautiful可知，此句是穷人认为漂亮的花瓶空着是不合适的。空着的是empty。故选B。

8.句意：但是他仍然不满意。但是是but。故选A。

9.根据It is not good for such a beautiful thing to stand next to a spider web可知，穷人开始大扫除。做大扫除是do some cleaning。故选B。

10.根据上文穷人清理了房间并粉刷了墙壁。他的房子立刻变成了舒适的地方。舒适的是comfortable。故选B。

11.看到房子变漂亮了，穷人振奋起来。振奋是cheer up。故选C。

12.句意：他突然意识到是懒惰导致他贫穷和不高兴。贫穷是poor。故选C。

点睛：完型填空是一卷难度最大的题。它集阅读理解、语法、词法、句法于一体。是考查语言综合运用的能力的一道题。 解题的方法第一要带着空，通读文章，搞清事件发生的背景。紧紧抓住上下文语境所提供的信息,充分利用各种线索，语法知识,以及句子之间的关系，词的搭配,结合上下文背景语境，结合句意选择适合语境的选项。