Question

Long time ago, there was a farmer who lived with his daughter. A young man fell in love with the farmer’s beautiful daughter and wished to         her. One day, he went to the farmer to         his permission. The farmer looked at him and said, “ Guy, stand out in that   . I’m going to release (释放)      bulls（公牛）, one at a time. If you can        the tail of any one of the three bulls, you can marry my daughter.”

       , the young man got out and stood in the field,      the first bull. The barn（牛棚） door       and out came the biggest bull that he had ever seen. He       that one of the next bulls had to be a better       than this one, so he ran over to the side and let the bull       .

A few       later, the barn door opened again. Unbelievable! The young man had never seen any bull so       and fierce as this one in his life. It stood there, pawing（扒） the     and eyeing the young man. “What the next       was like? It had to be a better choice than this one,” he thought. He did nothing but wait silently.

It was quite some time before the door opened. A       came across the young man’s face. This was the weakest bull that he had ever seen. “ This one was my bull,” he       to himself. As the bull came running by, he positioned himself just right and       at just the exact moment. He threw his hands to catch ...... But to his       , the bull had no tail.

Life is full of opportunities.       catch the first one.

1.A. call     B. recognize       C. respect        D. marry

2.A. remember B. copy            C. ask                D. answer

3.A. field         B. forest            C. river              D. building

4.A. two         B. three          C. four               D. five

5.A. see         B. cut           C. catch               D. discover

6.A. Immediately B. Quietly       C. Finally          D. Proudly

7.A. talking about B. thinking of       C. looking for        D. waiting for

8.A. moved     B. opened          C. broke              D. closed

9.A. decided     B. noticed      C. suggested          D. learned

10.A. rule         B. help            C. choice              D. reason

11.A. get up     B. go back      C. fall down          D. pass through

12.A. seconds     B. days            C. hours               D. months

13.A. famous     B. big           C. short            D. beautiful

14.A. house     B. wall          C. ground           D. door

15.A. fish         B. horse          C. bird               D. bull

16.A. pity         B. shame           C. smile              D. tear

17.A. explained     B. said          C. sang                D. flew

18.A. jumped     B. escaped       C. stopped              D. shouted

19.A. surprising     B. surprise   C. surprised             D. surprises

20.A. Never     B. Often           C. Seldom            D. Always

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.C

11.D

12.A

13.B

14.C

15.D

16.C

17.B

18.A

19.B

20.D

【解析】

试题分析:本文通过年轻人抓牛尾巴的事例告诉读者要好好把握第一次机会。

1.D考查动词。A. call呼叫，拜访 B. recognize认出，识别 C. respect尊重，遵守 D. marry娶；根据前文可知年轻人爱上了农夫的女儿，所以想要娶她。故选D.

2.C考查动词。A. remember记得 B. copy复制 C. ask请求，询问 D. answer回答；句意：有一天，年轻人去农夫家请求将女儿嫁给他的许可。根据句意，故选C.

3.A考查名词。A. field牧场 B. forest森林 C. river河 D. building建筑；根据第二段第一句话：the young man got out and stood in the field可知农夫叫年轻人站在牧场上去。故选A.

4.B考查数词。根据第一段最后一句话：If you can the tail of any one of the three bulls, you can marry my daughter.”可知农夫释放出来的是三头牛。故选B.

5.C考查动词。A. see看见 B. cut切掉 C. catch抓到 D. discover发现；根据第四段He threw his hands to catch ......可知农夫放牛出来叫年轻人去抓牛的尾巴，故选C.

6.A考查副词。A. Immediately快地，直接地 B. Quietly安静地 C. Finally最后 D. Proudly自豪地；句意：很快地，年轻人出去站在了牧场上，等待着第一只公牛的出现。根据句意，故选A.

7.D考查动词词组。A. talking about谈论 B. thinking of想起 C. looking for寻找 D. waiting for等待。句意：很快地，年轻人出去站在了牧场上，等待着第一只公牛的出现。根据句意，故选D.

8.B考查动词。A. moved移动 B. opened打开 C. broke打破 D. closed关起来；句意：牛棚的门打开了，出来了一头他曾见到过的最大的牛。根据句意，故选B.

9.A 考查动词。A. decided决定，确定 B. noticed注意到 C. suggested建议 D. learned获悉，了解；由后文的：so he ran over to the side（他让到了一边）可知他认定下一次出来的一只牛会比这一只牛的尾巴容易抓一些，故选A.

10.C 考查名词。A. rule规则B. help帮助 C. choice选择 D. reason原因；根据第三段：It had to be a better choice than this one可知，故选C.

11.D考查动词词组。A. get up起床 B. go back回去C. fall down跌倒D. pass through通过；句意：他认定下一只出来的牛会比这一只好抓一些，所以他让到了一边让这只牛通过了。故选D.

12.A 考查名词。A. seconds秒 B. days日子 C. hours小时 D. months月份；句意：几秒后，牛棚的门再一次打开了。根据句意，故选A.

13.

句意：年轻人在他的一生中从没看见过如此大且凶猛的牛。根据句意，故选B.

14.C考查名词 A. house房子 B. wall墙 C. ground地面，土地 D. door门；它站在那儿，蹄子扒着土地，眼睛瞪着年轻人。根据句意，故选C.

15.D考查名词。A. fish鱼 B. horse马 C. bird鸟D. bull公牛；因为放过了第一只牛，所以年轻人期待第二只牛能够让他很容易地就抓到尾巴，可是难以令他置信的是第二只牛比第一只牛还要强壮的多，所以他便期待着第三只牛出来，故选D.

16.C考查名词。A. pity遗憾 B. shame羞耻 C. smile笑容 D. tear眼泪；根据后文：This was the weakest bull that he had ever seen.可知年轻人看到这头最弱的牛后表示很开心，因为他觉得他的机会来了，所以在他脸上出现了笑容。故选C.

17.B考查动词。A. explained解释B. said说 C. sang唱 D. flew飞；句意：“这就是我的那头牛了”，他对自己说。根据句意，故选B.

18.A考查动词。A. jumped跳 B. escaped逃跑 C. stopped停止 D. shouted大喊；句意：当牛跑过来的时候，他恰如其分地摆好自己的位置并且跳起来抓的时间也刚刚好。根据句意，故选A.

19.B考查固定用法。To one’s surprise 令某人吃惊的是，故选B.

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