Question

    One day in class, the teacher held up an apple. She stood on the platform (讲台) and said, “Please ______ it in the air, and…”

One student ______ his hand and said, “I can smell it. It is the smell of an apple.”

The teacher stepped ______ the platform, passed by each of the students and said, “Smell ______ to see if the smell of the apple is still in the air.”

Half of the students put up their hands to show that they could smell it. The teacher returned to the ______ of the classroom and asked again who else could smell the apple. The rest raised their hands except one boy. The teacher came to the boy and asked, “You really can’t smell the apple?”

The boy answered, “No, I can’t smell it. I don’t think it’s a ______ apple.”

The teacher ______ at the boy and said to the class, “He’s right! It’s not ______ to get the apple smell from this apple.”

All of the other students had been tricked. Some may have thought that perhaps the apple didn’t have the apple smell, ______ they didn’t dare to speak up. They just ______ the first student blindly and went along with him.

1.A.watch B.feel C.smell

2.A.shook B.raised C.showed

3.A.on B.off C.towards

4.A.later B.once C.again

5.A.front B.middle C.back

6.A.real B.tasty C.nice

7.A.laughed B.smiled C.shouted

8.A.surprising B.possible C.common

9.A.and B.so C.but

10.A.followed B.admired C.preferred

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.B

4.C

5.A

6.A

7.B

8.B

9.C

10.A

【解析】

短文大意：本文通过让学生闻“苹果”的味道，暴露出普遍存在的盲目跟随的问题，说明独立思维和判断的重要性。

1.句意：请闻闻它在空气中的味道。考查动词辨析。A. 观看；B. 感受；C. 闻。根据下文学生的话I can smell it. It is the smell of an apple.可知选C。

2.句意：一个学生举手说:“我能闻到。这是苹果的味道。”考查动词辨析。A. 摇晃；B. 提升，举起；C. 显示。raise hands举手；根据句意语境，可知学生在举手回答问题，故选B。

3.句意：老师走下讲台，从每个学生身边走过。考查介词辨析。step on踏上；step off走下；step towards走向。根据下文passed by each of the students可知老师走下来讲台，故选B。

4.句意：再闻一闻，看看苹果的味道是否还在。考查副词辨析。A. 稍后；B. 曾经；C. 再次。根据前文She stood on the platform and said, “Please smell it in the air, and…”可知这里是老师要求再闻一次，故选C。

5.句意：老师回到教室前面。考查介词辨析。A. 在的……前面；B. 在的……中间；C. 在的……后面。return to返回，根据前文The teacher stepped off the platform, passed by each of the students可知老师刚才在教室的前面，故选A。

6.句意：我认为这不是一个真正的苹果。考查形容词辨析。A. 真的；B. 可口的/好吃的；C. 好的。根据下文老师的话He’s right! It’s not possible to get the apple smell from this apple.可知这不是一个真正的苹果，故选A。

7.句意：老师微笑着对男孩说:“他说得对!”考查动词辨析。A. 嘲笑；B. 微笑；C. 喊。根据老师的肯定He’s right!可知AC不合句意，故选B。

8.句意：你不可能从这个苹果身上闻到苹果的味道。考查形容词辨析。A. 令人惊讶的；B. 可能的；C.普通的。根据下文All of the other students had been tricked.，结合上面老师对那个说出真话的男孩的肯定He’s right，可知AC两项意思不合句意，故选B。

9.句意：有些人可能认为苹果没有苹果味，但他们不敢说出来。考查连词辨析。and和，表并列；so所以，表结果；but但是，表转折。本句前后是转折关系，需用but连接；根据句意结构和语境，可知选C。

10.句意：他们只是盲目地跟着第一个学生，跟着他走。考查动词辨析。A. 跟随；B. 钦佩；C. 较喜欢。blindly盲目地；根据下文and went along with him.可知是盲目跟随，故选A。