Question

Once there were three travelers checking in a hotel. When they went out in the morning, one traveler brought an umbrella and another one took a crutch (拐杖)     the third one left with       _ whatsoever.

     When they were back in the evening, the man who brought an umbrella got his clothes          in rain; the one taking a crutch fell, all covered with mud; but the man empty-handed kept his clothes dry,     __      any mud on it. The former two guys felt it was       , so they asked the third man why.

The third guy didn’t reply, but _       asked the man with an umbrella, “Then why were you caught in the rain       without falling?”

   “When it was raining, I felt so     for my prediction that I opened the umbrella and walked in the rain     . I didn’t think I would be caught in the rain, but           my clothes got so showered. Going to the places which were too muddy to cross,         that I didn’t have a crutch for fear of falling, I walked very carefully. It     _ that I walked all the way back          and sound.”

After hearing          the first man said, the third man then asked the man with a crutch why he became muddied all over himself instead of getting showered.

He answered like this, “When it was raining, I had no umbrella, so I         chose those places I could         from the rain to walk through. In the muddy places, I went on with my crutch, but I hadn’t thought I fell.”

The empty-handed traveler         , “When it was raining, I chose the places protecting myself from the rain and in the muddy places I kept particularly         , so I was neither drenched nor fell.”

The advantages are _       . Only if we create advantages by virtue of the objective environment can we       a success.

1.A. whenB. asC. whileD. since

2.A. anythingB. nothingC. somethingD. everything

3.A. wetB. muddiedC. dryD. tidy

4.A. despiteB. beyondC. withoutD. with

5.A. commonB. strangeC. strictD. ordinary

6.A. besidesB. otherwiseC. thereforeD. instead

7.A. butB. andC. orD. thus

8.A. pityB. gladC. anxiousD. upset

9.A. sensitivelyB. curiouslyC. constantlyD. bravely

10.A. unlikelyB. unexpectedlyC. unacceptablyD. universally

11.A. consideredB. to considerC. consideringD. to have considered

12.A. turned outB. brought outC. carried outD. picked out

13.A. safeB. dirtyC. hurriedD. worried

14.A. whatB. whichC. howD. why

15.A. alreadyB. yetC. stillD. just

16.A. preventB. protectC. shelterD. escape

17.A. confusedB. regrettedC. depressedD. laughed

18.A. pessimisticB. seriousC. casualD. cautious

19.A. absoluteB. relativeC. obviousD. exact

20.A. doB. makeC. takeD. change

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.D

7.A

8.B

9.D

10.B

11.C

12.A

13.A

14.A

15.D

16.C

17.D

18.D

19.B

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：三个旅行者外出，带雨伞的人反被淋湿，带拐杖的人摔的浑身是泥，而两手空空的人既没有被淋湿也没有摔倒。因为他明白只有当我们根据客观环境来创建物品的优势我们才能够成功。

1.考查连词和语境理解。A. when 当时B. as按照；随着；因为；尽管 C. while当；尽管；然而 D. since自从；既然。前两个人出门一个带了雨伞，一个带了拐杖，然而第三个人什么也没带。表示转折选C。

2.考查代词和语境理解。A. anything 任何事B. nothing没有事 C. something 某事D. everything一切 。从下文but the man empty-handed kept his clothes dry, __ any mud on it.得知第三个人什么也没带既没有挨雨淋也没有摔倒在泥泞中。选B。

3.考查动词和语境理解。A. wet 潮湿B. muddied泥泞 C. dry干燥 D. tidy清洁。带雨伞外出的人回来时，衣服却淋湿了。选A。

4.考查介词和语境理解。A. despite尽管 B. beyond超出 C. without 没有D. with和。第三个人身上没有被淋湿也没有沾上泥土。选.C。

5.考查形容词和语境理解。A. common 普通的B. strange 奇怪的C. strict 严格的D. ordinary普通的。前两个人感到很奇怪，不理解这是为什么？选 B。

6.考查副词和语境理解。A. besides 另外B. otherwise 否则C. therefore因此 D. instead相反。第三个人没有回答他们的问题，相反问带雨伞外出的人。选D。

7.考查连词和语境理解。A. but但是 B. and并且 C. or 或者D. thus因此。问他为什么挨雨淋了但是没有摔倒。表示转折选A。

8.考查形容词和语境理解。A. pity可惜 B. glad 高兴的C. anxious焦虑的 D. upset失望的。当下雨时我太高兴自己的预期是正确的。选B。

9.考查副词和语境理解。A. sensitively敏感 B. curiously 好奇C. constantly 不断D. bravely勇敢。我就勇敢地的打伞走在雨中。 选D。

10.考查副词和语境理解。A. unlikely 不可能的B. unexpectedly出乎意料 C. unacceptably 不能接受D. universally全宇宙地。我以为不会淋雨，没有想到给淋了个落汤鸡。选B。

11.考查非谓语动词和语境理解。A. considered 考虑的过去时态 B. to consider 不定式 C. considering 现在分词D. to have considered不定式的完成时。在过泥泞的道路时，我考虑到我没有拿拐杖，害怕会摔倒我就走的格外小心。主语是人，人与考虑是主动关系，用doing形式。选 C。

12.考查动词短语和语境理解。A. turned out 结果是B. brought out阐明 C. carried out 执行D. picked out挑出。这样小心的走回来，结果证明我安然无恙，没有摔倒。选 A。

13.考查形容词和语境理解。A. safe 安全的B. dirty 脏的C. hurried 匆忙的D. worried担心的。因为当时格外注意，所以没有摔倒，表示安然无恙用safe and sound，选 A。

14.考查连词和语境理解。A. what 什么B. which哪一个 C. how 如何D. why为什么 。听完第一个人的话，动词“听”后面是宾语从句，从句中“说”缺少宾语，因此用what。选A。

15.考查副词和语境理解。A. already已经 B. yet 然而C. still仍然 D. just仅仅。 带拐杖而没有带伞的的这个人说：“下雨时我没有雨伞，因此我仅仅是选择可以避雨的地方行走。选D。

16.考查动词和语境理解。A. prevent 阻止B. protect 保护C. shelter 避难所D. escape 逃跑。为了不被淋湿我选择可以避雨的地方走。选C。

17.考查动词和语境理解。A. confused 困惑B. regretted 后悔C. depressed 沮丧D. laughed.大笑 。两手空空的这个旅行者听完大笑。选D。

18.考查形容词和语境理解。A. pessimistic 悲观的B. serious严肃的 C. casual随便的 D. cautious谨慎的。他说：“下雨时，我选择可以避雨的地方，在泥泞的地方，我倍加小心，因此我既没有被淋湿也没有摔倒。选D。

19.考查形容词和语境理解。A. absolute 绝对的B. relative 相关的；相对的C. obvious 明显的D. exact准确的。优点都是相对的。选 B。

20.考查动词和语境理解。A. do做事 B. make制作 C. take带走 D. change改变 。只有当我们根据客观环境来创建物品的优势我们才能够成功。选B。

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