Question

    Long long ago, there was a swan（天鹅）with golden feathers（金羽毛）.She lived in a lake. A woman lived in a small house near the lake_________ her two daughters. They were very poor. They worked hard all year round, but still, they lived a _______life and sometimes they even didn't have enough money to buy food.  The swan was sad to see that. She said to _______, "I'll give one of my feathers to them each day, then they can live a happy life with the money selling my feathers." That evening, she flew to the poor woman's house and_________ a golden feather on the table without saying anything. From then on, the swan came every day and gave them a feather. The woman was very happy_________ their life was much better than before. But day after day, the woman became greedy（贪婪）. She said to her_______, "The swan may fly away one day. If so, we will be poor again. We should take all her feathers when she comes next time." "Oh, no, Mom! " cried the daughters, "This will_______ the swan. She helps us a lot !" But the mother wouldn't listen.  When the swan came as_______, the mother caught her and took all her feathers. But suddenly, the golden feathers _______ chicken feathers. Then, the golden swan said, "Poor mother, I came to help you, but you wanted to kill me. Now, I am leaving and will never come back. Never be greedy! " With these __________, the swan flew away.

1.A.for B.with C.in D.over

2.A.hard B.good C.happy D.easy

3.A.her B.herself C.them D.themselves

4.A.gave B.brought C.returned D.left

5.A.because B.while C.after D.unless

6.A.sons B.husband C.daughters D.sister

7.A.hurt B.save C.protect D.scare

8.A.general B.usual C.normal D.common

9.A.turned up B.looked like C.changed into D.came from

10.A.letters B.words C.thoughts D.sentences

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.A

8.B

9.C

10.B

【解析】

短文大意：本文是寓言故事类阅读，讲述了一只金羽毛天鹅的故事。一只长着金色羽毛的天鹅住在一个湖里，一个贫穷的女人带着两个女儿在湖边过着艰难的生活。为了帮助她们过上好日子，天鹅每天送给她们一支金羽毛，然而贪心的女人却要拔走天鹅所有的羽毛，最后天鹅飞走了。这个故事告诉我们不要太贪心。

1.句意：一个女人和她的两个女儿住在湖边的一所小房子里。

for为，表目的；with和，表伴随；in在……里；over超过。根据下文“her two daughters”可知是和她的两个女儿一起，故选B。

2.句意：他们一年到头都努力工作，但是他们仍然过着艰苦的生活。

hard艰难的；good好的；happy幸福的；easy容易的。根据下文“and sometimes they even didn't have enough money to buy food有时他们甚至没有足够的钱买食物”，可知生活很艰苦，故选A。

3.句意：她对自己说。

her她；herself她自己；them他们；themselves他们自己。根据下文“I'll give one of my feathers to them each day我每天给他们一根羽毛”，可知天鹅是自言自语，故选B。

4.句意：那天晚上，她飞到那个可怜的女人的家里，什么也没说就把一根金色的羽毛留在了桌子上。

gave给；brought带来；returned返回；left离开。根据下文“From then on, the swan came every day and gave them a feather从那以后，天鹅每天都来给他们一根羽毛”，可知天鹅那天晚上把一根金色的羽毛留在了桌子上，故选D。

5.句意：这个女人很高兴，因为他们的生活比以前好多了。

because因为，表原因；while当……的时候，表时间；after在……之后，表时间；unless除非，表条件。根据句意结构，可知本句前后是因果关系，需用because连接，故选A。

6.句意：她对女儿们说：“这只天鹅也许有一天会飞走的。”

sons儿子；husband丈夫；daughters女儿；sister姐妹。根据前文“A woman lived in a small house near the lake with her two daughters一个女人和她的两个女儿住在湖边的一所小房子里”，可知选C。

7.句意：这会伤害到天鹅的。

hurt伤害；save拯救；protect保护；scare惊吓。根据上文“We should take all her feathers我们应该把她所有的羽毛都拿走”，可知会对天鹅造成伤害，故选A。

8.句意：当天鹅像往常一样来的时候，妈妈抓住了她。

general一般的；usual通常的；normal正常的；common普通的。as usual像往常一样，固定短语；根据句意语境，可知选B。

9.句意：但是突然，金色的羽毛变成了鸡毛。

turned up出现；looked like看起来像；changed into变成；came from来自。根据题干“the golden feathers ______ chicken feathers”，可知“羽毛变成了鸡毛”符合句意语境，故选C。

10.句意：说完，天鹅飞走了。

letters字母/信；words单词/话语；thoughts思想；sentences句子。根据上文“Poor mother, I came to help you, but you wanted to kill me. Now, I am leaving and will never come back. Never be greedy可怜的妈妈，我是来帮助你的，可你却想杀我。现在，我要走了，再也不会回来了。不要贪婪”，可知这是天鹅说给那位母亲的话，ACD三项不合句意，故选B。