Question

    Two travelling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and ______ to let the angels stay in the guest room. ______, the angels were given a space in the cold basement (地下室). As they made their bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole in the wall and ______ it.

When the younger angel asked ______, the older angel replied, "Things aren't always what they seem."

The next night, the angels came to ______ at the house of a very poor, but very kind farmer and his wife. After ______ what little food they had, the couple let the angels sleep in their bed where they could have a good night's rest.

When the sun came up the next morning, the angels found the farmer and his wife in ______. Their only ______, lay dead in the field.

The younger angel was ______ and asked the older angel, "How could you let this happen? The first man had ______, yet you helped him. The second family had little but was ______ to share everything, and you let the cow die."

"Things aren't always what they seem," the older angel ______. "When we stayed in the basement, I ______ there was gold stored in that hole in the wall. Since the owner didn’t want to share his good fortune (财富), I sealed (密封) the wall ______ he couldn't find it. Then last night as we slept in the farmer's bed, the angel of ______ came for his wife. I gave him the cow instead."

1.A.agreed B.refused C.promised D.allowed

2.A.Moreover B.Instead of C.Instead D.And

3.A.used B.changed C.hid D.repaired

4.A.what B.how C.who D.why

5.A.visit B.rest C.work D.meat

6.A.selling B.sending C.getting D.sharing

7.A.tears B.hanger C.fear D.joy

8.A.child B.cow C.dog D.friend

9.A.afraid B.sad C.angry D.nervous

10.A.everything B.something C.anything D.nothing

11.A.willing B.tired C.worried D.unwilling

12.A.told B.talked C.stopped D.replied

13.A.supposed B.forgot C.noticed D.looked

14.A.until B.so that C.because D.but

15.A.wealth B.luck C.death D.pain

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.D

5.B

6.D

7.A

8.B

9.C

10.A

11.A

12.D

13.C

14.B

15.C

【解析】

本篇讲述两位天使在借宿过程中发生的故事。年长的天使使告诉小天使，事情并不总是看起来的那样。富人很吝啬，老天使把藏在墙洞里的黄金封起来，不让他找到；穷苦的农民夫妇尽所有招待他们，老天使用母牛的命换回农夫妻子的命。

1.句意：这家人很粗鲁，拒绝让天使们住在客房里。

agreed同意；refused拒绝； promised承诺；allowed允许；根据下文“the angels were given a space in the cold basement”，可知上文是“拒绝让天使住在客房”；故选 B。

2.句意：相反，给天使们住在冰冷的地下室的房间里。

Moreover而且；Instead of替代……、不是……而是……，后面常跟名词或动名词； Instead代替、反而，常位于句尾或句首（在句首时常用逗号和句子隔开）；And和，并列连词；由上文可知“这家人拒绝让天使住客房”，空格后“天使住地下室”，这是两种相反的情形；根据空格在文中的位置，在句前且有逗号隔开；故选C。

3.句意：当他们在硬地板上铺床时，老天使看到墙上有个洞，就把它修好了。

used使用；changed改变；hid隐藏；repaired修理；根据最后一段“I sealed the wall so that he couldn't find it.”，可知老天使把墙壁修好了；故选D。

4.句意：当年轻的天使问为什么时，年长的天使回答说，事情并不总是看起来的那样。

what“什么”，问事或物；how“怎样”，问方式；who“谁”，问身份；why“为什么”，问原因；由上文可知“这家人拒绝让天使住客房而让她们住地下室”，可是老天使还帮他们修补了墙洞，年轻的天使不理解她的行为，问她“为什么这么做”；故选D。

5.句意：第二天晚上，天使们来到农夫的家里休息，非常穷但是农夫和他的妻子非常善良。

visit参观；rest休息；work工作；meat肉；根据下文“the couple let the angels sleep in their bed where they could have a good night's rest. ”，可知“两位天使在农夫家休息”；故选B 。

6.句意：在分享了他们很少的食物之后，这对夫妇让天使们睡在他们的床上，在那里他们可以好好休息一个晚上。

selling卖；sending送；getting得到；sharing分享；由上文可知“这对农夫夫妇很善良”，推断下文指“和天使们一起分享他们很少的食物”；故选D。

7.句意：第二天早上太阳出来的时候，天使们发现农夫和他的妻子在流泪。

tears眼泪；hanger饥饿；fear害怕；joy高兴；根据下文“Their only cow, lay dead in the field.”，家里唯一的牛死了，推断空格指“流泪”；故选 A。

8.句意：他们唯一的母牛躺在地里死了。

child孩子；cow母牛；dog狗；friend朋友；根据下文“and you let the cow die”，可知空格指“母牛死了”；故选B。

9.句意：小天使生气了，问老天使说。

afraid害怕的；sad伤心的；angry生气的；nervous不安的；由下文小天使说话的语气“How could you let this happen?”可以判断她是很生气；故选C。

10.句意：第一个人什么都有，但你帮了他。

everything每件事、东西；something某物；anything任何东西；nothing没有东西、没事；由上文可知“她们休息的第一个家庭非常富有”；由此推断空格指“拥有一切”；故选A。

11.句意：第二个家庭几乎什么都没有，但愿意分享一切。

willing愿意的；tired劳累；worried着急；unwilling不愿意的；由上文可知“第二个家庭把仅有的食物拿出来和她们一起分享并把床铺让给她们睡”，由此可知，空格指“愿意分享一切”；故选A。

12.句意：老天使回答说。

told告诉；talked谈话；stopped阻止；replied回答；由上文可知“小天使生气地问老天使，为何要让善良的农夫一家遭受失去唯一的母牛却帮富人把墙修好”，推断下文是“老天使对小天使的问题做了回答”；故选D。

13.句意：当我们呆在地下室的时候，我注意到有金子藏在墙上那个洞里。

supposed推断、臆想；forgot忘记；noticed 注意到；looked看；从文字的表层意思推断空格指“发现墙洞里有金子”；故选C。

14.句意：因为主人不想分享他的财物，我把墙洞封起来，让他找不到。

until直到……；so that为了，以便；because因为；but但是；“把墙洞封起来”的目的是“让他找不到”，推断空格指“表目的的连词”；故选B。

15.句意：昨晚我们睡在农夫的床上，死亡之神来找他的妻子。

wealth财富；luck幸运；death死亡；pain痛苦；与上文可知“农夫的母牛死了”，下文“I gave him the cow instead.”，推断“是老天使用母牛换了农夫妻子的命”；由此推断空格指“死亡之神”；故选C。