Question

Mr. Black was over fifty years old. He sometimes made some mistakes in his work, and he lost his work. So he had   41  time every day to do something. Then he often met his old friends under a big tree. They had drinks there and   42   anything they liked.

One day, some old men were sitting together again and talking about young people in this world. They all agreed that the old people were    43   than young people. Then one of the old  44   said that young men were stronger than old men.

   45   of them agreed that this was true,   46   Mr. Black didn’t. He said, “No. I am as strong now as when I was a young man.” His friends were surprised   47   what he said.

“Well,” said Mr. Black, “Near my house there is a big stone. When I was a young man, I used    48   to move it, but I couldn’t because I was not    49  . I am an old man now, and when I try to move it, I still   50  . So, I am as strong as when I was young.”

1.A. many B. a lot       C. lots of   D. lot

2.A. talked for   B. talked to      C. talked with   D. talked about

3.A. clever        B. cleverer       C. cleverest      D. a clever

4.A. man B. woman         C. men     D. women

5.A. All      B. None    C. Both     D. Neither

6.A. so       B. or C. and       D. but

7.A. at      B. to C. of          D. on

8.A. trying        B. try      C. to try    D. to trying

9.A. strong enough B. enough strong      C. weak enough        D. enough weak

10.A. can         B. can’t      C. could            D. couldn’t

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.A

6.D

7.A

8.C

9.A

10.B

【解析】短文大意：這篇短文主要記述了一位老人的故事。他因為自己年輕時不能搬動一塊石頭，老了以后也不能搬動這塊石頭，來證明自己和以前一樣強壯。其實這倒不如說和以前一樣虛弱。

1.詞義辨析. A. 許多的,修飾可數名詞復數;B.副詞短語,許多,大量;C.許多,可修飾可數名詞和不可數名詞;D.名詞,命運,一塊,一堆.聯系前文描述,可知此處指的是,因此他每天有很多時間做一些事情.故選C.

2.短語辨析. A. 談論;B.對……談論；C.和……談論；D.談論某事。聯系下文，可知此處指的是談論他們喜歡的任何事情。故選D。

3.聯系下文than young people 描述，可知前面表示和年輕人的對比，故用形容詞的比較級做表語，形容詞前一般不能加不定冠詞修飾，故選B，更聰明的。

4.聯系前文，可知此處指的是其中一個老男人。結合語境可知此處指的是多個老男人之一，故用復數形式。選C，男人們。

5.不定代詞辨析。A. 所有的；B.一個也沒有；C.兩者都；D. 兩者都不。聯系下文描述，可知此處指的是所有老人都認為這是正確的。故選A。

6.連詞辨析。A.因此；B.是否，或者；C. 和，并且；D.但是，可是。聯系上下文，可知前后是轉折關系，故選D，但是布萊克先生不這么認為。

7.介詞辨析。A. 在一點；B. 到，向；C.屬于，關于；D. 在上面，通過某種媒介。聯系前文描述，可知此處指的是，他的朋友們對他說的話感到很意外。短語be surprised at對……感到驚奇，對……感到意外。故選A。

8.聯系下文時間狀語從句，可知下文指的是，我過去嘗試移動它。短語used to do sth，過去常常做某事。故選C。

9.聯系前文描述，可知此處意思是，我不能移動它，是因為我不夠強壯。Enough做副詞修飾形容詞一般要放在被修飾詞的后面，故選A。

10.聯系前文描述，可知此處指的是，我仍舊不能移動它。故選B，不能。