Question

As King Parveez and Queen Shireen were sitting in their palace one day，a fisherman who was selling beautiful fish was brought in front of them. King Parveez decided to ____ a fish and gave the fisherman 4,000 dirham for it.

The fisherman was wild with ____. He thanked King Parveez and left.

Queen Shireen turned to her husband in anger and ____ him for paying so much for a fish. The king said that the fish was purchased and that there was ____ that could be done about it.

___，Queen Shireen insisted that the fisherman should be ____. She said, “We will ask the fisherman about the __ of the fish. If he answers it is female, we will say we want a male fish and if he replies it is male, we will say we want a female fish! Either way, we will be able to return the fish and have our ____ back.”

So the poor fisherman was called back and was asked the question.

Fortunately, he was ____ enough not to be caught out.The fisherman replied, “This fish is ____ in the sense that it is neither male nor female.”

King Parveez was so ____ by the wisdom of the man that he ____ a further 4,000 dirham to be paid to him. The fisherman thanked King Parveez ____， but as he was about to leave with the heavy bag of money, one of the ____ fell onto the floor. The fisherman ____ bent down to look for the coin.

“Look how greedy this man is！” Queen Shireen ____.“One coin has fallen out of his money bag and he searches for it instead of leaving it for some other poor ____ in the palace to find.”

The fisherman heard this ___ and said，“It is not out of greediness that I search for the coin but rather because it had the picture of __ King Parveez on it.I would not____ anyone to step on the coin.”

1.A.find　B．catch　　C．buy　D．see

2.A.joy　B．worryC．hope　D．puzzle

3.A.praised　B．scolded  C．respected　D．supported

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

5.A.However　B．Somehow C．Still　D．Instead

6.A.held back　B．hung back C．brought back　D．turned back

7.A.color　B．number C．result　D．gender

8.A.bag　B．money C．gold　D．gift

9.A.moved　B．afraid C．clever　D．excited

10.A.unique　B．common  C．expensive　D．fresh

11.A.embarrassed　B．confused C．surprised　D．impressed

12.A.drew　B．ordered C．collected　D．saved

13.A.ever　B．first C．again　D．well

14.A.bills　B．shoes C．fish　D．coins

15.A.immediately　B．simply C．naturally　D．slowly

16.A.laughed　B．cried C．whispered　D．threatened

17.A.fisherman　B．beggar C．servant　D．farmer

18.A.suggestion　B．announcement C．voice　D．remark

19.A.generous　B．handsome C．honest 　D．wise

20.A.persuade　B．tolerate C．advise　D．encourage

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.C

10.A

11.D

12.B

13.C

14.D

15.A

16.B

17.C

18.D

19.A

20.B

【解析】

国王花了4 000迪拉姆从渔夫手里买了一条鱼。王后对此不满，想把鱼退给渔夫，然而聪明的渔夫却能言善辩，不仅未让王后的计谋得逞而且还得到了国王的赏赐。

1.

2.2】解析 渔夫欣喜若狂(be wild with joy)，他感谢了国王，然后离开了王宫。答案 A

3.3】解析 看到国王花了那么多钱买一条鱼，王后感到非常气愤。她责备(scolded)了国王。答案 B

4.4】解析 但是国王说，交易已经完成，什么也不能改变这一事实。答案 D

5.5】解析 然而(However)，王后坚持要把渔夫带回来。副词however表示转折关系。答案 A

6.6】 解析 参见上题解析。bring back“把……带回”。答案 C

7.7】 解析 王后设了一个圈套，打算询问渔夫这条鱼的性别。如果渔夫说是雌性，他们便可说想要雄性的；而如果渔夫说是雄性，他们便可说想买雌性的，这样他们就可把鱼退给渔夫，把钱要回来。 答案 D

8.8】 解析 参见上题解析。

答案 B

9.9】解析 幸运的是，渔夫足够聪明(clever)而没有落入王后设的圈套。答案 C

10.0】解析 渔夫回答：“这是一条独一无二的(unique)鱼，它非雄非雌。答案 A

11.1】 解析 渔夫机智的回答给国王留下了十分深刻的印象。impress“使留下深刻的印象”。答案 D

12.2】解析 于是，国王下令(ordered)再赏渔夫4 000迪拉姆。答案 B

13.3】解析 对于国王的奖赏，渔夫再次(again)表示感谢。 答案 C

14.4】解析 其中的一枚钱币(coins)从钱袋中掉落在地板上。下文中“the coin”是暗示。答案 D

15.5】 解析 看到一枚钱币掉落，渔夫立刻(immediately)弯腰去捡。 答案 A

16.6】解析 王后大声说(cried)：“你看这个人是多么贪婪……”。答案 B

17.7】 解析 “他还要找到这枚硬币，而不是让王宫里的贫穷的仆人(servant)去捡这枚硬币。”答案 C

18.8】 解析 听到王后说的话(remark)，渔夫马上回答。remark“谈论；言论；评述”。

答案 D

19.9】解析 由于国王又赏赐给渔夫4 000迪拉姆，因此渔夫认为国王是十分慷慨的(generous)。答案 A

20.20】解析 渔夫说，他找这枚硬币并非出于贪婪，而是他不能容忍(tolerate)任何人踩到印有国王头像的硬币。答案 B