Question

    Long ago, there was a small village(村子) in Tanzania. Many different animals lived there. There were elephants and lions. There were antelopes(羚羊) and rabbits. The_________was the king of the animals.

One summer it was very hot. There was very little________. Soon, the animals did not have enough water to drink. The lion called a meeting of all the animals. “________ can we do?” he asked them. They decided to dig(挖) a well(井). The rabbit, however, did not want to do any work.

The animals dug a well ,________the rabbit played nearby. Soon they had cool, clean water to drink. The lion said, “The rabbit did not ________this well. He cannot drink the water. Every day , one animal will guard(守卫) the well.” The first day the elephant guarded the well. The rabbit walked up to him and gave him some honey( 蜜). The elephant ________ more. The rabbit said, “OK, but I have to tie(捆) up your legs. You will enjoy the honey more this way.” The rabbit tied up the elephant and jumped into the well. He drank water, and swam and laughed. Then he ran away.

The lion was very ________. The next day, he asked the antelope to guard the well. The rabbit came by and tricked him, too. He drank water and swam. He_________ the antelope and then ran away.

Finally, it was the turtle’s day to guard the well. The turtle(海龟) climbed into the water and wait for the rabbit. The rabbit came and didn’t see_________ around. He jumped into the water – and the turtle took hold of him. He took him to the king. The rabbit was in trouble.

After that, all the animals enjoyed their water__________.

Always we should help each other in our life.

1.A.elephant B.lion C.antelope D.rabbit

2.A.snow B.rain C.sun D.fog(雾)

3.A.what B.how C.where D.which

4.A.and B.but C.or D.if

5.A.worry about B.prepare for C.work with D.help with

6.A.grew B.wanted C.missed D.helped

7.A.angry B.happy C.friendly D.dangerous

8.A.played with B.shared with C.talked to D.laughed at

9.A.someone B.anyone C.everyone D.anything

10.A.carefully B.quickly C.luckily D.happily

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.A

4.B

5.D

6.B

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.D

【解析】

很久以前，坦桑尼亚有一个小村庄，许多不同的动物生活在那里，一年夏天天气非常炎热，动物们合作挖井喝水，但是兔子想不劳而获，常常骗水喝，最终海龟设计陷阱捉拿了这只兔子。

1.句意：狮子是动物之王。

考查名词。A. elephant大象；B. lion狮子；C. antelope羚羊；D. rabbit兔子。后文提到“狮子召集了所有动物开会”说明狮子是百兽之王，故选B。

2.句意：雨水很少。

考查名词。A. snow雪；B. rain雨水；C. sun太阳；D. fog雾。这是一个炎热的夏天，结合后句“动物们没有足够的水来喝”说明雨水少，故选B。

3.句意：我们能做什么？

考查疑问词。A. what什么；B. how如何；C. where哪里；D. which哪一个。这里表示狮子在征求意见，问能做些什么事情，用疑问代词what，故选A。

4.句意：动物们挖了井，但是兔子在附近玩。

考查连词。A. and并且；B. but但是；C. or否则；D. if如果。前句表示动物们都在忙，后句说兔子一直在玩，构成转折，用连词but，故选B。

5.句意：兔子没有帮忙挖井。

考查动词短语。A. worry about担心；B. prepare for为……做准备；C. work with和……一起工作；D. help with帮助……，短语help with sth意为“帮忙某事”，动物们在挖井，兔子在玩，因此它没帮忙挖井，故选D。

6.句意：大象想要更多。

考查动词。A. grew成长，生长；B. wanted想要；C. missed错过，想念；D. helped帮助。前句说兔子给了大象一些蜂蜜，这里表示大象还要多要一些，才会有后面大象腿被绑住的故事，故选B。

7.句意：狮子很生气。

考查形容词。A. angry生气的；B. happy开心的；C. friendly友好的；D. dangerous危险的。兔子不劳而获骗取了水喝，狮子很定很生气，故选A。

8.句意：他嘲笑了羚羊并且跑走了。

考查动词短语。A. played with和……玩耍；B. shared with和……共享；C. talked to和……交谈；D. laughed at嘲笑……。前句说兔子跑到羚羊面前来诱骗羚羊，最后喝到了水，因此兔子在离开前嘲笑了羚羊，故选D。

9.句意：兔子来了，周围没看见任何人。

考查不定代词。A. someone某人；B. anyone任何人；C. everyone每个人；D. anything任何事。这里表示兔子什么都没看到，anyone通常用在否定句中表示“任何人”，故选B。

10.句意：之后，所有的动物都开心地享受着喝水。

考查副词。A. carefully小心地；B. quickly快速地；C. luckily幸运地；D. happily开心地。兔子有麻烦了，因此之后动物们就能开心喝水了，故选D。