Question

    One day a toad (蟾蜍) met a monkey. They decided to look for something to eat because they both felt _____. They saw a woman making some cakes in a house when they came to a village. Then they got an idea.

The toad jumped _____ the village well (水井). Hearing something fall into water, the woman quickly ran towards the well. The monkey at once entered the house, took a basket with a big cake and _____ to a hill.

After a while, the toad met the monkey there. The monkey wanted to eat the cake by _____, so he said to the toad, “ Let’s roll (滚) the basket downhill. Whoever gets the basket first can have the cake.” “But that’s unfair. I can’t run as fast as you,” replied the toad. The monkey said, “You must race with me, _____ the whole cake will be mine.” 

The toad had no choice but to _____. They pushed the basket downhill and the race started. The monkey ran fast after the basket, but the toad moved _____. Suddenly, the cake fell out of the basket and stopped beside a small tree. The toad _____ under the tree and began to eat the cake.

When the monkey caught the basket, he found it _____. He climbed the hill again and saw the toad eating the cake. He became angry and wanted to take the ______ back. But to the monkey’s surprise, the toad asked him to eat it together.

The monkey regretted (后悔) cheating his friend. He decided he would never do that any more.

1.A.hungry B.ready C.busy D.free

2.A.under B.from C.into D.along

3.A.took out B.looked for C.ran away D.picked up

4.A.themselves B.myself C.ourselves D.himself

5.A.and B.or C.but D.so

6.A.eat B.dance C.agree D.thank

7.A.quickly B.slowly C.happily D.luckily

8.A.shouted B.planted C.left D.stopped

9.A.empty B.full C.heavy D.light

10.A.basket B.tree C.banana D.cake

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.D

5.B

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.A

10.D

【解析】

本文讲述了蟾蜍和猴子一起找东西吃，在村庄，他们一起偷了蛋糕出来，但是猴子想自己吃，就跟蟾蜍比赛玩滚篮子。谁先拿到谁吃，但是蟾蜍中途就得到了掉下来的蛋糕，猴子发现后，很生气，准备拿回来。蟾蜍后面还让给猴子一起吃，猴子很惭愧，以后再也不做这种事。

1.句意：他们决定找点东西吃，因为他们都觉得饿了。

hungry饿；ready准备；busy忙碌；free空闲；根据“They decided to look for something to eat ”他们决定找点东西吃，所以此处是饿，故选A。

2.句意：蟾蜍跳进水井。

under在……下面；from从；into到……里面；along独自；根据“ Hearing something fall into water”听到有东西掉进水里，故选C。

3.句意：猴子立刻进了屋子，拿了一个篮子和一个大蛋糕，跑到一座山上。

took out拿出来；looked for寻找；ran away跑；picked up捡起；根据“Let’s roll (滚) the basket downhill”让我们篮子滚下坡，所以此处是跑到山上，故选C。

4.句意：猴子想自己吃蛋糕。

A. themselves他们自己；myself我自己；ourselves我们自己；himself他自己；根据“Whoever gets the basket first can have the cake.”谁先得到篮子，谁就可以得到蛋糕。所以他自己，故选D。

5.句意：你必须和我赛跑，否则整块蛋糕都是我的了。

and和；or或者，否则；but但是；so所以；分析句子“You must race with me, ___5___ the whole cake will be mine.”你必须和我赛跑， 整块蛋糕都是我的了，所以此处是否则，故选B。

6.句意：蟾蜍别无选择，只好同意。

eat吃；dance跳舞；agree同意；thank感谢；根据 have no choice but to表示“别无选择，只能做……”，结合“They pushed the basket downhill and the race started”他们把篮子往山下推，比赛开始了，所以此处是同意，故选C。

7.句意：猴子飞快地追着篮子跑，但是癞蛤蟆走得很慢。

quickly快地；slowly慢地；happily开心地；luckily幸运地；根据“But that’s unfair. I can’t run as fast as you”但那是不公平的。我跑不过你，所以猴子癞蛤蟆很慢，故选B。

8.句意：癞蛤蟆停在树下，开始吃蛋糕。

shouted大叫；planted 种植；left离开；stopped停止；分析句子“The toad ___8___ under the tree and began to eat the cake.”癞蛤蟆 在树下，开始吃蛋糕，所以此处是停下来，故选D。

9.句意：当猴子抓住篮子时，发现里面是空的。

empty空的；full满的；heavy重的；light轻的；根据“Suddenly, the cake fell out of the basket and stopped beside a small tree. ”突然，蛋糕从篮子里掉了出来，停在一棵小树旁。所以此处是空的，故选A。

10.句意：他生气了，想把蛋糕拿回去。

basket篮子；tree数；banana项链；cake蛋糕；根据“When the monkey caught the basket, he found it empty”当猴子抓住篮子时，发现里面是空的，所以是蛋糕，故选D。