Question

One day, the wind starts an argument with the sun. "I'm much ( 1 ) than you are!" says the wind. "No." answers the sun, "I'm much stronger than you are!"

While they are arguing, they see a man walking down the road. He is wearing a heavy ( 2 ) . The sun says to the wind "Now let ( 3 ) see which of us can make the man take off his coat, then we will know ( 4 ) is stron­ger. "

First the ( 5 ) tries. It begins to blow very hard. It blows so hard that the man pulls his coat round him. The wind is ( 6 ) with the man. Then the wind says to the sun, "Now it's your ( 7 ) . Let me see if you can make him take off his coat "The sun ( 8 ) to shine on the man. Soon it gets very hot! The man ( 9 ) his coat. The argument is ( 10 ).

1.A. strong         B. strongest        C. strongly         D. stronger

2.A. trousers       B. hat          C. coat        D. shoes

3.A. us             B. we           C. ourselves        D. our

4.A. whose          B. who          C. when         D. what

5.A. sun            B. rain             C. cloud        D. wind

6.A. happy          B. worried      C. angry        D. sad

7.A. way       B. home         C. hope         D. turn

8.A. began          B. begins       C. begin            D. beginning

9.A. takes off      B. takes down   C. puts on      D. puts down

10.A. out           B. over             C. on            D. off   

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.D ;

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.B

【解析】

1.根据后文内容I'm much stronger than you are!"，可知答案为D，表示更强壮的意思。

2.根据下文的内容The sun says to the wind "Now let ( 3 ) see which of us can make the man take off his coat,可知答案为C

3.根据上文的内容可知答案为let us ，表示让我们做某事，故选答案为A

4.在从句中作为主语，和可以作为人的特殊疑问词应该为who，故选答案为B

5.根据后文内容It begins to blow very hard.可知答案为D

6.根据前文内容It begins to blow very hard. It blows so hard that the man pulls his coat round him，风吹得越大，那个人就裹的越紧，故选应该很生气，故选答案为C

7.it is your turn，表示该轮到你了，故选答案为D

8.因为主语为三单形式，故选用动词三单形式，故选答案为B

9.根据前文内容Soon it gets very hot!，应该是脱下大衣，故选动词为take off，即答案为A

10.根据上文的内容，可知结果已经分晓，所以结束了，故选副词over，为结束的意思。故选B