Question

Once there lived a rich man  1.  wanted to do something for the people of his town.  2.  first he wanted to find out whether they deserved his help.

In the centre of the main road into the town, he placed   3. very large stone. Then he   4.  (hide ) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.

“Who put this stone in the centre of the road?” said the old man, but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way.   5.  man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained about the stone but not tried to remove 6.  . Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone,  7. (say) to himself: “The night  8.  (be) very dark. Some neighbors will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone.”

Then he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his 9. (strong) to move it. How great was his surprise at last!   10.  the stone, he found a bag of money.

Answer

1.who

2.But

3.a

4.hid

5.Another

6.it

7.saying

8.will be

9.strength

10.Under

【解析】

试题分析：文章讲述一个有钱人想帮助别人，但是想看看这些人值不值得帮助，他用一块大石头试探人们，他把一块石头放在路中间，最后有一个人把石头挪开了，并在石头下面发现了一大袋子钱。

1. 考查关系词。先行词指人，定语从句缺少主语，用who。

2.考查连词。根据句意“他想确认一下镇上的人是否值得他帮助。”可知，这里应该是转折关系，用But。

3.考查冠词。泛指一块大石头，a large stone，用冠词a。

4.考查时态。全文用过去时，用hide的过去时hid。

5.Another考查代词。泛指“另一个人”用another，并且，后文 then another came, and another.是提示，用Another。

6.it 考查代词。前文提到的石头，再次提到用代词代替，以避免重复，用it。

7.saying考查动词。动词ing在此表伴随状况，且表主动，用saying。

8.考查时态。根据句意可知，此人说的情况是将来的情况，晚上天将会很黑。故用一般将来时will be。

9.strength考查名词。“用尽全力”with后要用“力量”的名词形式，用strength。

10.考查介词。在…下面，在石头下，他发现一大袋钱，用Under。

考点：考查了一系列介词、冠词、名词、代词、连词的用法