Question

One day, a poor man was travelling on horseback. At noon, he tied his ____ to a tree and then sat down to eat something.

A few minutes later, a rich man came along and tied his horse to the ____ tree. “Please ____ your horse to another tree,” said the poor man.” My horse is wild. It will kill ____.” But the rich man said, “I shall tie my horse as I like!” He tied up his horse and had his lunchnearby.

After a moment they heard a terrible noise, the two horse were ____. They went up to them, but it was too late. The rich man’s horse was killed. “See what your horse has done!” cried the rich man. “You will have to ____ it.” And he brought the poor man before the judge(法官).

The judge asked the poor man some questions. But he made no ____. At last the judge said, “This man is dumb(哑的). He cannot speak.” “Oh.” the rich man shouted ____, “He can! He spoke to me when I met him.” “Are you sure?” asked the judge. “What did he say?”

“He told me not to tie my horse to the same tree ____ his horse was wild and would kill my horse.” “Oh.” said the judge. “So he warned you. And can you expect to get money from him?” The rich man said ____ and left silently.

1.A. cow     B. horse  C. sheep   D. dog

2.A. other   B. another  C. same   D. different

3.A. tie   B. ride   C. bring    D. give

4.A. hers   B. his  C. mine     D. yours

5.A. fighting  B. eating   C. playing  D. walking

6.A. look after  B. pay for  C. think about  D. fight with

7.A. choice  B. mistake  C. answer    D. decision

8. A. easily B. happily  C. carefully  D. angrily

9.A. if      B. so       C. because    D. although

10.A. nothing  B. something  C. anything  D. everything

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.D

9.C

10.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了一个富人不听穷人的警告把他的马和穷人的马栓在了同一棵树上。结果富人的马被咬死了。在法官断案时，穷人假装哑巴，诱使富人自己说出了事情的原因，使法官知道了真相。

1.B考查名词及语境的理解。A. cow牛；B. horse马；C. sheep羊；D. dog狗。根据上文该穷人乘马旅行，可知他把马栓在了树上。故选B。

2.C考查形容词及语境的理解。A. other其他的；B. another另一个；C. same相同的；D. different不同的。根据后文穷人对富人说的话，可知富人把马栓在了同一棵树上，故选C。

3.A考查动词及语境的理解。A. tie栓；B. ride 骑；C. bring 带来；D. give给予。tie…to …把……栓到……；ride …to ….骑……去……；bring… to …把……带到……；give …to …把某物给……。根据后文穷人说自己的马会咬死富人的马，可知他请对方把马栓到另一棵树上，故选A。

4.D考查名词性物主代词及语境的理解。A. hers她的；B. his他的；C. mine我的；D. yours你的，你们的。我的马野蛮，它会咬死你的马的。根据句意，故填D。

5.A考查动词及语境的理解。A. fighting打架；B. eating 吃；C. playing玩D. walking步行。根据上文他们听到可怕的声音可知两匹马在打架。故选A。

6.B考查动词及语境的理解。A. look after 照顾；B. pay for为……付款；C. think about考虑；D. fight with和……吵架。富人哭喊：看看你的马做了什么，你将要为此赔偿。结合句意，故选B。

7.C考查名词及语境的理解。A. choice选择；B. mistake 错误C. answer回答；D. decision决定。根据后文法官说穷人是哑巴，可知法官问穷人问题，穷人没有作出回答，故选C。

8.D考查副词及语境的理解。A. easily 简单地；B. happily高兴地；C. carefully小心地D. angrily生气地。那个富人生气的大喊：他能说话，当我遇到他时他对我说话了。根据上文可知此时富人非常生气，故选D。

9.C考查连词及语境的理解。A. if如果，是否；B. so所以；C. because 因为；D. although尽管。句意：他告诉我不要把我的马栓在同一棵树上，因为他的马野蛮会杀死我的马。根据两句之间的因果关系，故选C。

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【考点定位】故事类短文。