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】

1.who 考查定语从句。先行词是man，定语从句缺少主语，先行词指人时用who/that作主语，故填who

2.But 考查并列连词。富人想为镇上的人做些事情，但他想先试探一下镇上的人，看他们是否值得他伸出援手。前后是转折关系，故填But

3.a 考查冠词。他在通往城镇的要道的中心放了一块大石头，a large stone一块大石头，故填a。

4.hid 考查时态。and表并列，and连接两个动词作谓语，根据“and waited”可知，此处应填过去式，hide的过去式是hid，故填hid。

5.Another 考查不定代词。another泛指三者以上的人或物中的一个，这里指“另一个人”，故填Another

6.it 考查指示代词。根据“complained about the stone”可知，这里指代的是那块石头，故填it。

7.saying 考查现在分词作伴随状语。he与say是主谓关系，用现在分词表示伴随状况，故填saying

8.will be 考查时态。根据“Late in the afternoon”可知，现在是下午，指夜里发生的事情，应该用将来时，故填will be。

9.strength 考查名词。strong是形容词，with后跟名词，strengthen力气，优点，那个年轻人用尽全力去搬开那块石头，故填strength。

10. 考查介词。句意：那个人在石头下面发现了一袋钱。under在......下面，故填Under