Question

    Once upon a time, a beautiful bird and a tortoise became good friends. The bird lived in a tree by the banks of the river. The tortoise had his______ there too. They are neighbours. Every day, after the bird flew down and had a drink of water, he would dance near the river to make the tortoise friend _______.

One day, a bird-catcher caught the bird and wanted to take him away to the market. The unhappy bird asked the catcher to allow him to say _____ to his friend, tortoise. The bird-catcher ______ and took him to the tortoise. The tortoise was _____ to see his friend a captive(俘虏)．

The tortoise asked the bird-catcher to let the bird go. And the tortoise said if the catcher______, he would give the bird-catcher an expensive ______. The bird-catcher agreed. To his surprise，The tortoise then dived into the water and in a few seconds ______with a nice pearl(珍珠). The bird-catcher was very happy to see it and he let the bird go at once．

A short time later, the man came back and told the tortoise that a pearl was not enough and planned to catch the bird again if the tortoise doesn’t ______ him another bigger and nicer pearl．The tortoise, who had already helped his friend, the bird, to leave the place to a forest far away after being set free, was greatly ______ with this man．

"Well，"said the tortoise, “if you still want to ______ another pearl，give the first one to me and I will fish another one for you." ______ his greed(贪婪), the bird-catcher gave the pearl to the tortoise，who _______ away with it saying, "I am no fool to take one and give two!" The tortoise then dived into the water ______ ，leaving the bird-catcher without a single pearl．

We should learn from the short story that greed leads you to have _______

1.A.friend B.food C.home D.parents

2.A.happy B.sad C.worried D.bored

3.A.hi B.sorry C.congratulations D.goodbye

4.A.refused B.agreed C.left D.stayed

5.A.pleased B.disturbed C.relaxed D.sad

6.A.should B.must C.could D.needed

7.A.house B.coat C.feather D.present

8.A.came up B.came in C.came down D.came along

9.A.buy B.give C.lend D.steal

10.A.sorry B.pleased C.angry D.sad

11.A.buy B.rob C.sell D.have

12.A.Because B.As C.Because of D.To

13.A.jumped B.walked C.swam D.ran

14.A.quickly B.hardly C.seriously D.carefully

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

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.D

6.C

7.D

8.A

9.B

10.C

11.D

12.C

13.C

14.A

15.B

【解析】

文章大意：本文是一篇哲理性文章，文章通过一则寓言故事告诉大家：人万万不可贪心。

1.句意：乌龟也住在那儿（乌龟的家也在那儿）。

A．friend 朋友； B．food食物； C．home 家 ；D．parents父母。根据上文"The bird lived in a tree by the banks of the river"小鸟住在河岸边的一棵树上。还有下文"They are neighbours．"他们是邻居。这里就很明显了，于是有这组对应：小鸟--住河边；乌龟--住河边，故选C。

2.句意：每天，当小鸟飞下去喝水时，它就会在河边跳舞，以便让乌龟朋友高兴高兴。

A．happy 高兴；B．sad伤心 ；C．worried 焦虑不安；D．bored 厌烦。小鸟跳舞的原因是让朋友高兴而不可能让它不高兴，或者其他负面情绪。故选A。

3.句意：这只不幸的小鸟恳求捕鸟人允许它向朋友乌龟道别。

A．hi 你好；B．sorry 抱歉；C．congratulations恭喜 ；D．goodbye 再见。根据小鸟深陷囹圄，在走之前要对朋友说什么呢，只能是道别而已。故选D。

4.句意：捕鸟人同意了，并把它带到它朋友乌龟那儿。

A．refused 拒绝；B．agreed 同意；C．left离开 ；D．stayed停留。根据下文"took him to the tortoise"意思是把它带到乌龟那儿，这不正是小鸟所祈求的？看来捕鸟人同意了。故选B。

5.句意：乌龟看到自己的朋友做了俘虏非常紧张不安。

A．pleased高兴；B．disturbed被扰乱的， 心理失常的； C．relaxed放松；D．stressed紧张的，感到有压力的。自己的朋友做了俘虏，当然是紧张了．不可能是高兴，心情放松等积极情绪。disturbed在这里不和题意（看到朋友被捕也不至于变得心理失常）。故选D。

6.句意：乌龟答应，如果捕鸟人如何如何，它将给捕鸟人一个昂贵的某某东西。

A．should应该，将要 ；B．must必须； C．could 能够；D．needed 需要。根据上文"The tortoise asked the bird-catcher to let the bird go"乌龟恳求捕鸟人放走小鸟。下文"The bird-catcher agreed．"捕鸟人同意了。这里隐含的动作当然是，如果他能同意（答应），就如何如何。故选C。

7.句意：它将给捕鸟人一件很贵重的礼物。

A．house 房子；B．coat外套； C．feather 羽毛；D．present 礼物。根据下文，乌龟送给捕鸟人一颗很漂亮的珍珠，作为交换。所以这里只有"礼物"符合文章思路。故选D。

8.句意：乌龟浮上来，手里拿着一颗…

A．came up 浮上来；B．came in 进入；C．came down下去、潜水 ；D．came along 沿着…走。根据上文"The tortoise then，dived into the water"乌龟潜入水下。然后一会儿之后…并带着一颗漂亮的珍珠。与前面想对应，很明显是潜出水面。故选A。

9.句意：除非再给他一个更大、更漂亮的珍珠，他将再次把它朋友小鸟捉住。

A．if如果； B．unless 除非；C．although尽管； D．when 当…时。本句中有两个动作：一个是再次捉住小鸟，一个是送给他另一颗更大、更漂亮的珍珠。两者是条件关系．即如果乌龟再给他一颗更大、更漂亮的珍珠，他就不捉鸟，反之，如果不给，就再一次捉鸟。故选B。

10.句意：乌龟…对此人勃然大怒。

A．sorry 难过；B．pleased高兴；C．angry 生气；D．sad 伤心。根据故事结尾，乌龟作为报复，把之前给捕鸟人的那颗珍珠收回。所以在这里是生气了。故选C。

11.句意：如你坚持再要一颗珍珠，那就把第一颗给我，我再给你捞一颗。

A．buying购买；B．robbing 抢劫；C．selling 卖；D．having要。前面捕鸟人有了一颗珍珠，如果在要一颗，就有两颗了。故选D。

12.句意：因为他的贪婪，捕鸟人把珍珠给了乌龟，乌龟游走了说。

A. Because因为，后面接句子； B. As由于，后面接句子；C. Because of 是复合介词，其后可接名词、代词或动名词；D. To朝，向。根据前文，捕鸟人再要一颗珍珠，是因为贪心，此空应填Because of，故选C。

13.句意：因为他的贪婪，捕鸟人把珍珠给了乌龟，说。

A. jumped跳；B. walked走；C. swam游；D. ran跑。根据句意可知，乌龟“游”走了，此空应填swam，故选C。

14.句意：乌龟接着就立刻消失在水中。

A．immediately立刻； B．slowly慢慢地；C．seriously严肃地 ；D．carefully小心地。话说完了，就立刻消失了。故选A。

15.句意：从本故事中我们应学到，贪婪会让人一无所有。

A．something 某物；B．nothing 无物；C．anything 任何东西；D．everything每件东西。捕鸟人最后的结局是两手空空。所以，教训是贪婪让人一无所得。故选B。