Question

    Mr. Black was over fifty years old. He sometimes made some mistakes in his work, and he lost his work. So he had lots of time every day to do something. Then he often met his old friends under a big tree. They had a drink there and ________ anything they liked.

One day, some old men were sitting together again and talking about young people in this world. They all agreed that the old people were cleverer than young people. Then one of the old ________ said that young men were stronger than old men.

________ of them agreed that this was true, but Mr. Black didn’t. He said, “No, I am as strong now as when I was a young man.” His friends were surprised ________ what he said.

“Well,” said Mr. Black. “Near my house there is a big stone. When I was a young man, I tried to move it, but I couldn’t because I was not ________. I am an old man now, and when I try to move it, I still can’t. So I am as strong as when I was young.”

1.A.talked for B.talked to C.talked with D.talked about

2.A.man B.woman C.men D.women

3.A.All B.None C.Both D.Neither

4.A.to B.at C.of D.on

5.A.enough strong B.strong enough C.weak enough D.enough weak

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.B

【解析】

短文主要记述了一位老人的故事。他因为自己年轻时不能搬动一块石头，老了以后也不能搬动这块石头，来证明自己和以前一样强壮。其实这倒不如说和以前一样虚弱。

1.句意：他们在那里喝了一杯，谈了他们喜欢的任何事情。

talked for谈论；talked to对……谈论；talked with和……谈论；talked about谈论某事；根据句意理解及下文anything they liked可知，这里指的是“谈论事情”，故选D。

2.句意：其中的一位老人说，年轻人比老年人强壮。

man男人；woman女人；men男人，复数形式；women女人，复数形式；根据句意理解及句中的one of可知，这里指的是“其中的一位老人”，是多个老人中的其中之一，所以one of后面要接复数名词，再由前文Mr. Black was over fifty years old. 布莱克先生五十多岁了。可知这里指的是男人，故选C。

3.句意：他们都同意这是对的。

All全都；None都不；Both两者都；Neither两者都不；根据句意理解及前文some old men were sitting together again.一些老人又坐在一起。可知这里指的是“所有的老人都认为这是对的”，故选A。

4.句意：他的朋友们对他的话感到惊讶。

to向；at在……点；of……的；on在……上；根据句意理解可知，这里表达的是“对……感到惊讶”，英语是一个固定短语be surprised at，故选B。

5.句意：但是我不能，因为我不够强壮。

enough strong结构错误；strong enough足够强壮；weak enough足够虚弱；enough weak结构错误；根据句意理解及后句I am an old man now可知，这里表达的是“不是足够强壮”，英语中enough修饰形容词时要放在形容词后面，故选B。