Question

Life is often like a game of cards—you can’t help the hand you’re dealt, but you can help the way you play it. It’s easy for us to do something without careful thinking, but it’s hard for us to take back what we have done.

There was once a    who repeated a bit rumor(谣言) about a neighbor. Within a few days the whole community    the story. The person it concerned was deeply    and annoyed. Later, the woman responsible for   the rumor learned that it was completely    . She was very sorry and went to a    old man to find out what she could do to    the damage.

“Go to the marketplace,” he said, “and    a chicken, and have it    . Then on your way home, pluck its feathers and drop them     along the road.”    surprised by this advice, the woman did    she was told.

The next day the wise man said, “Now, go and collect all those        you dropped yesterday and     them back to me.”

The woman     the same road, but to her disappointment, the wind    all the feathers away. After searching for        , she returned with only three in her hand. “You see,” said the old man, “It’s easy to drop them,          it’s impossible to get them back. So it is with rumor.   doesn’t take much to spread a rumor, but       you do, you can never completely make up for the wrong.”

1.A. boy         B. man             C. woman          D. chicken

2.A. knew     B. found             C. realized          D. recognized

3.A. wounded     B. hurt             C. injured              D. attacked

4.A. collecting     B. sparing         C. spreading          D. sharing

5.A. polite     B. untrue             C. suitable          D. illegal

6.A. wise         B. famous         C. stupid              D. noble

7.A. do         B. ruin             C. cause              D. repair

8.A. provide     B. charge             C. bargain          D. buy

9.A. bought     B. dropped         C. killed              D. flown

10.A. one by one B. all in all         C. day by day          D. step by step

11.A. As         B. Although         C. Despite          D. Instead

12.A. that         B. it                 C. what              D. which

13.A. feathers     B. words             C. action              D. rumors

14.A. bring     B. keep             C. hold              D. break

15.A. copied     B. followed         C. had              D. instructed

16.A. blew     B. should blow     C. had blown          D. blown

17.A. days     B. times             C. hours              D. periods

18.A. but         B. so             C. and              D. thus

19.A. He         B. This             C. That              D. It

20.A. unless     B. once             C. until              D. whether

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.D

9.C

10.A

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.A

15.B

16.C

17.C

18.A

19.D

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述一个妇女散布谣言使一位邻居受到伤害，心怀愧疚的她向智者寻求补救方法。智者让她买鸡并沿路丢下鸡毛，第二天再收集回来。通过这个事例说明一个道理：散布谣言是容易的，然而弥补伤害是很难的。

1.C名词辨析 boy：男孩man：男子woman：女子chicken：鸡 根据后文“the woman responsible for”可知，故选C。

2.A动词辨析 knew:知道 found:发现 realized:意识到 recognized:辨认出。根据语境“几天之内，整个社区都知道这个谣言”，故选A。

3.B形容词辨析wounded：受伤的（尤指刀，枪伤口） hurt：伤害（心理或身体伤害） injured：受伤的attacked：受到攻击的。根据“annoyed”可推知“此人的情感受到深深的伤害”，故选B。

4.C动词辨析 collecting：收集 sparing：节省 spreading：分布，散布 sharing：分享。根据上文“repeated a bit rumor”（散布谣言）可知，故选C。

5.B形容词辨析polite：礼貌的untrue：不真实的suitable：合适的illegal：不合法的。根据后文“She was very sorry”可知谣言是不真实的。故选B。

6.A形容词辨析wise：明智的famous：出名的stupid：愚蠢的noble：高尚的。根据下文老人让这个妇女的做法以及“the wise man”可知，这位老人非常“有智慧(wise)”。故选A。

7.D动词辨析 do：做ruin：毁坏 cause：造成，引起repair：修理，弥补。根据语境“她非常后悔，找到一位智者询问做什么可以弥补过失”，故选D。

8.D动词辨析 provide：提供charge：收费 bargain：讨价还价 buy：购买。根据语境“‘去市场买一只鸡’，老人说”，故选D。

9.C动词辨析 bought：购买dropped：扔掉 killed：杀死 flown：飞。根据后文”pluck its feathers

and drop them”可知智者叫她把鸡杀了之后拔下羽毛并扔掉。故选C。

10.A介词短语辨析 one by one：一个接一个地 all in all：总而言之 day by day：日复一日地 step by step：逐步地，一步一步地。根据语境“拔下羽毛并沿路一根一根地把羽毛扔下”，故选A。

11.B连词辨析 As：因为，由于 Although：尽管 Despite：不管； 尽管 Instead：代替，反而。根据语境“尽管对他的建议感到很惊讶，这个女子仍然按照智者说的去做”，故选B。

12.C代词辨析 what she was told为what引导的宾语从句，what一方面起连接句子作用，另一方面在从句中作动词do的宾语，不含疑问意思。故选C。

13.A名词辨析 feathers：羽毛 words：语言 action：行为 rumors：谣言。根据语境“现在去把你昨天扔下的羽毛收集起来并带来给我”，故选A。

14.A动词辨析 bring：带来 keep：保持 hold：抓住 break：打破。根据语境“带来给我”可知，故选A。

15.B动词辨析 copied：复制 followed：跟随，沿着 had：具有 instructed：命令，指示。根据语境“那名女子沿着相同的道路走”，可知故选B。

16.C时态辨析 根据语境“那名女子沿着相同的道路走，但大失所望的是，大风已经把羽毛吹走了”，分析可知“大风把羽毛吹走”发生在女子重新走那条路之前，故用过去完成时had blown。故选C。

17.C名词辨析 days：天 times：时间 hours：小时 periods：阶段。根据语境“找了几个小时后，女子只找到三根羽毛”，故选C。

18.A连词辨析 but：但是 so：于是，所以 and：并且 thus：因而，因此。根据语境“扔掉羽毛很简单，但再把它们找回来几乎是不可能的”，可知前后文为转折关系，故选A。

19.D代词辨析 根据语境“散布谣言很简单，但一旦你做了这样的事，你就很难弥补过失”，可知it为形式主语。故选D。

20.B连词辨析 unless：除非 once：一旦 until：直到 whether：是否。根据语境“但一旦你做了这样的事，你就很难弥补过失”可知，故选B。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读