Question

Once a man and his wife worked for a businessman. There was a big box in the businessman’s living room. The businessman pointed at the box and said, “There’s only one thing you mustn’t do. Don’t open the box.” After saying this, he       the living room.

The woman said to her husband, “There must be something expensive in the box. Let’s       it, shall we?” Her husband said no to her.

The woman didn’t give up her       . One day, she decided to find out what was in it. Her husband didn’t stop her. She opened the box and looked     .She found nothing in the box and tried hard to close it,       she failed.

That evening the businessman came home and found the box was      .He was very angry and asked the woman and her husband to leave his home．

“But there was nothing in the box,” the woman said. “We haven’t taken anything     .” The businessman shouted at them, “The box is not important. I cannot believe you. That’s important!”

1.A．left           B．entered        C．went to

2.A．open          B．close          C．clean

3.A．work          B．advice        C．idea

4.A．inside        B．outside        C．down

5.A．so           B．and           C．but

6.A．lost           B．open          C．empty

7.A．at once        B．at last         C．at all

Answer

1.A

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.C

6.B

7.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇小故事。有一对夫妻想和以为商人合作，商人的房间有一个大盒子，叫他们不要动这个盒子，但妻子没有克制住好奇心把盒子打开了，考验失败，商人拒绝与他们合作。

1.A．Left“离开”；B．Entered“进入”；C．went to“走向”；根据语境，商人本来是在客厅的，后来离开了，通过下文可知商人并没有在客厅里，故A选项正确。

2.A．Open“打开”；B．Close“关上”；C．Clean“打扫干净”；根据语境，商人叫夫妻不要把盒子打开，可知盒子是关上的。而妻子好奇想把盒子打开，故A选项正确。

3.A．Work“工作”；B．Advice“意见，建议”；C．Idea“概念，想法”；根据语境C选项最符合，此处idea指代open the box，故C选项正确。

4.A．Inside“里面，往里”；B．Outside“外面，向外”；C．Down“下面，向下”；根据语境，妻子open the box，然后往里看，故A选项正确。

5.A．So“所以”，表示因果关系；B．And“和，而且”，表示并列关系；C．But“但是”，表示转折关系；根据语境可知，妻子把盒子打开后，关不上了，即failed。这之间是转折关系，故C选项正确。

6.A．Lost“丢失的，不见的”；B．Open“开着的”；C．Empty“空的”；从后文He was very angry and asked the woman and her husband to leave his home．“他非常生气，并让这对夫妻离开他的家。”可知盒子被打开了，故B选项正确。

7.A．at once“马上，立刻”；B．at last’“最后”；not at all“一点也不”；根据语境可知C选项正确。