Question

Spend a pound to win a penny

    Some people were steaming peas under a tree in order to make a meal for their horses. Up in the branches sat a monkey,  36  what they were doing.

"Aha" thought the monkey. “I spot my  37  !” So when the men had finished steaming the peas and 38 for a moment to look after the horses,  39  ,the monkey let himself down from the tree. He snatched (抓) the peas and filled his  40  and both hands as full as they could 41  . Then he climbed up the tree and sat there, eating happily.

    Suddenly one pea fell.

    "Oh dear! Oh my pea!" cried the monkey. The other peas  42  to drop out of his mouth. He 43  his hands in despair(绝望地), and the peas fell out of his hands too, but he took no  44  . All he thought of was that one pea was gone,__45__ he climbed down the trunk to hunt for his lost pea on the ground. At this time, the men came back. When they saw a monkey  46  with their pots, they all  47  their arms and shouted, "Shoo! Shoo!" Then they picked up stones and began to 48 the monkey with them. The monkey was so 49 that he gave one jump to the nearest 50 , and swung himself up to the top of the tree.

    "After all," said he to himself, “it was  51  one pea.” But he ought to have thought of that 52 ,for now all the other peas had gone too.

That day the monkey had to content himself with the 53 of boiled peas for dinner, and I hope the 54 taught him not to be so 55 in future.

1.A. watching       B. enjoying     C. describing    D. guessing

2.A. shelter        B. neighbors    C. dinner       D. friends

3.A. turned up      B. turned away  C. gave up      D. gave away

4.A. easily         B. gently       C. safely       D. confidently

5.A. bowl          B. pocket      C. mouth       D. bag

6.A. receive        B. hold        C. support          D. put

7.A. seemed         B. began       C. hurried          D. failed

8.A. crossed        B. hid          C. touched          D. squeezed

9.A. interest      B. time         C. notice           D. sign

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

11.A. helping           B. playing          C. mixing           D. dealing

12.A. carried           B. broke            C. waved       D. bent

13.A. attack              B. separate         C. destroy          D. bother

14.A puzzled         B. disappointed     C. terrified        D. annoyed

15.A. branch          B. stone            C. pea              D. horse

16.A. still               B. even             C. only             D. almost

17.A. earlier             B. sooner           C. longer           D. later

18.A. image          B. smell       C. dream       D. taste

19.A. trick               B. disaster         C. loss             D. process

20.A. curious         B. ambitious        C. proud            D. greedy

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.B

5.C

6.B

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.A

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.C

15.A

16.C

17.A

18.B

19.C

20.D

【解析】文章用一直猴子的故事告诉我们不要贪婪。

1.A 动词辨析。A观察；Ｂ享受；Ｃ描述；Ｄ猜想；这里是指猴子观察着人们。

2.C 名词辨析。A庇护所；B邻居；C晚餐；D朋友。这里是指猴子认为自己找到了晚餐。

3.B 短语辨析。A出现；B离开；C放弃；Ｄ发出；这里是指人们离开了去照顾马匹。

4.B 副词辨析。这里是指猴子轻轻地从树上下来了。

5.C 名词辨析。这里是指猴子嘴里塞满了豆子；手里也抓住豆子。

6.B 动词辨析。解析同上。

7.B 动词辨析。这里是指豆子开始从嘴巴里掉了下去。

8.D 动词辨析。A交叉；B躲藏；C触摸；D挤压。这里是指猴子很着急双手紧压，结构手里豆子也掉了。

9.C 固定短语。Take no notice没有注意。

10.A 连词辨析。根据句意可知上下文存在着因果关系，故so正确。

11.B 固定词组。Play with玩…

12.C 动词辨析。A携带；B打破；C摇摆，挥动；Ｄ弯曲。这里是指子那些人挥动着胳膊。

13.A 动词辨析。这里是指人们开始攻击猴子。

14.C 形容词辨析。人们攻击猴子，猴子很害怕。

15.A 名词辨析。A树枝；B石头；C豆子；D马。这里是指猴子害怕的跳到旁边的树枝上。

16.C 副词辨析。这里是猴子自己安慰自己，只是一个豆子而已。

17.A 副词辨析。这里是指它本应该早点想到这一点的。

18.B 名词辨析。这里是指它用豆子的味道来做晚饭。

19.C 名词辨析。这里是指这次失败教会猴子不要贪婪。

20.形容词辨析。解析同上。