Question

    A rich father took his son on a trip to a village. He wanted to show his son what are the differences ______ their life and the villagers’, so that his son could cherish(珍爱)what he had. They spent______ a few days with a family there.

On their way back home, the father ______ about his son’s ideas about the trip. So he asked,“ ______ was the trip?”

“It was great, Dad!”

“What did you learn from the trip?”the father couldn’t  ______ to ask. The son answered, “We have one dog but the family has four. We have a swimming pool. but they have a big river with many ______ swimming in it. We have very expensive lights, but they have_____ stars at night. We buy food in the supermarket, but they  ______ food in their garden for themselves. We have walls around the house to protect us, ______ they have friends to protect them. Dad, thank you for ______ me how poor we are.”

The father couldn’t say anything, and he just stood there quietly.

1.A.from B.at C.between D.into

2.A.quite B.many C.quiet D.more

3.A.wondered B.disliked C.worried D.described

4.A.When B.Where C.How D.What

5.A.wait B.seem C.decide D.try

6.A.pigs B.hens C.birds D.ducks

7.A.few B.a little C.a lot D.lots of

8.A.order B.grow C.catch D.offer

9.A.so B.because C.but D.if

10.A.show B.showing C.talk D.talking

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.A

4.C

5.A

6.D

7.D

8.B

9.C

10.B

【解析】

这篇短文中的父亲主要是想让自己的孩子认识到贫穷生活，结果在孩子眼里却看到了另一番天地，得出了自己才是穷人的认识。这正好验证了那句话我们穷的只剩下钱了。

1.句意：他想告诉儿子他们的生活和村民的生活有什么不同。A. from从……；B. at在……；C. between在两者之间；D. into到……。根据上文He wanted to show his son what are the differences可知这里是说两者之间的不同。根据题意，故选C。

2.句意：他们在那里和一家人呆了好几天。A. quite分，十分；B. many 许多；C. quiet安静的；D. more更多的。根据上文He wanted to show his son what are the differences ___1___ their life and the villagers’, so that his son could cherish(珍爱)what he had.可知下文是说相当多的几天，quite a few+名词复数。根据题意，故选A。

3.句意：在回家的路上，父亲想知道他儿子对这次旅行的看法。A. wondered想知道；B. disliked不喜欢；C. worried担心；D. described描述。根据下文So he asked,“ ___4___ was the trip?”可知上文是说想知道。根据题意，故选A。

4.句意：所以他问：“这次旅行怎么样？”A. When何时；B. Where在哪；C. How怎样；D. What什么。根据下文“It was great, Dad!”可知这里是说询问这次旅行怎么样？根据题意，故选C。

5.句意：你从这次旅行中学到了什么？“父亲迫不及待地问。A. wait等待；B. seem 似乎；C. decide决定；D. try设法。can’t wait to do sth.表示迫不及待的去做某事。根据题意，故选A。

6.句意：我们有一个游泳池。但是他们有一条大河，里面有很多鸭子在里面游泳。A. pigs猪；B. hens鸡；C. birds鸟；D. ducks鸭子。根据下文swimming in it.可知上文是说许多鸭子在游泳。根据题意，故选D。

7.句意：我们有非常昂贵的灯，但它们在晚上有很多星星。A. few很少；B. a little一些，一点；C. a lot很，非常；D. lots of许多，大量。根据上文We have very expensive lights可知下文是说有许多星星。根据题意，故选D。

8.句意：我们在超市买食物，但他们自己在花园里种食物。A. order点，命令；B. grow成长；种植；C. catch捉住；D. offer提供。根据上文We buy food in the supermarket,可知下文是他们种植食物。根据题意，故选B。

9.句意：但是他们有朋友保护他们。A. so因此；所以；B. because因为；C. but但是；D. if如果。根据上文We have walls around the house to protect us可知下文是表示转折关系。故选C。

10.句意：爸爸，谢谢你出示给我我们是多么贫穷。A. show显示，原形；B. showing显示，现在分词；C. talk交谈，原形；D. talking交谈，现在分词。Thank you for doing sth.表示因为……而感谢。根据题意，故选B。