Question

【題目】

There was once a jeweler, famous for many virtues(美德). One day, some Arabs came to him for some diamonds to decorate an important thing for a yearly celebration.

The Arabs told him what they wanted, and offered him a f【1】 price for the diamonds. He replied that he could not let them see the jewels at that moment, and required them to call again.

As they wanted the diamonds without any delay, and thought that the p【2】 of the jeweler was only to increase the price of the diamonds, the Arabs offered him twice, then three times as much as they were worth. But he still refused, and they were quite d【3】 and went away.

Some hours later, he went to the Arabs and l【4】 before them the diamonds, for which they again offered him the last price they had named, but he said, “ I will only accept the first price you offered to me this morning.”

“Why, then, did you disagree with us at once?” asked they in surprise.

“When you came,” replied he, “my father had the key to the s【5】, in which the diamonds were locked, and as he was asleep, I would have to w【6】 him to gain them.”

“At his age, a short hour of sleep u【7】does him good; and no business is more important than my father’s single comfort.”

The Arabs were affected by his words. They spread their hand upon the jeweler’s head and showed their satisfying smiles.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】fine

【2】purpose

【3】disappointed

【4】laid

【5】safe

【6】wake

【7】usually

【解析】

本文講述了一位以許多美德而聞名的珠寶商。有一天，為一年一度的慶典，一些阿拉伯人來找他買一些鉆石來裝飾一件重要的東西。阿拉伯人給了他一個(gè)很好的鉆石價(jià)格，但他告訴他們現(xiàn)在不能見到珠寶，要求他們?cè)賮戆菰L。后來阿拉伯人給了他兩倍的價(jià)格，然后是三倍的價(jià)格。但他還是拒絕了。幾個(gè)小時(shí)后，他去了阿拉伯人那里，把鉆石擺在他們面前，他們又給了他最后一個(gè)價(jià)錢，但是他說：“我只接受你今天早上給我的第一個(gè)價(jià)錢。”因?yàn)樗�的父親拿著保險(xiǎn)箱的鑰匙，在他父親這個(gè)年紀(jì)，短時(shí)間的睡眠通常對(duì)他父親有好處；沒有比他父親的一個(gè)人的舒適更重要的事了。

【1】句意：這些阿拉伯人告訴他他們想要什么，并給了他一個(gè)很好的鉆石價(jià)格。形容詞修飾名詞，本詞修飾名詞可知填形容詞；結(jié)合句意和首字母提示可知填fine（好的，上等的）。

【2】句意：因?yàn)樗麄兒敛贿t疑地想要鉆石，并且認(rèn)為珠寶商的目的只是為了提高鉆石的價(jià)格，所以阿拉伯人給了他兩倍的價(jià)格，然后是三倍的價(jià)格。purpose：目的，意志；結(jié)合句意和首字母提示可知填purpose。

【3】句意：但他還是拒絕了，他們很失望，就走了。be動(dòng)詞后面跟形容詞做表語(yǔ)。disappointed：失望的，沮喪的。結(jié)合句意和首字母提示可知填disappointed。

【4】句意：幾個(gè)小時(shí)后，他去了阿拉伯人那里，把鉆石擺在他們面前，他們又給了他最后一個(gè)價(jià)錢，但是他說：“我只接受你今天早上給我的第一個(gè)價(jià)錢�！辈⒘羞B詞and連接的兩個(gè)謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞形式應(yīng)一致，went是一般過去時(shí)，可知填一般過去時(shí)；lay擺放，過去式是laid。結(jié)合句意和首字母提示可知填laid。

【5】句意：“當(dāng)你來的時(shí)候，”他回答說，“我父親有保險(xiǎn)箱的鑰匙，鉆石被鎖在保險(xiǎn)箱里面了。由于他睡著了，我必須叫醒他才能拿到他們�！� safe：保險(xiǎn)箱，保險(xiǎn)柜；結(jié)合句意和首字母提示可知填safe。

【6】句意：“當(dāng)你來的時(shí)候，”他回答說，“我父親有保險(xiǎn)箱的鑰匙，鉆石被鎖在保險(xiǎn)箱里面了。由于他睡著了，我必須叫醒他才能拿到他們�！倍陶Z(yǔ)have to do sth.：必須做某事；可知填動(dòng)詞原形。wake sb. up：?jiǎn)拘涯橙耍唤Y(jié)合句意和首字母提示可知填wake。

【7】句意：在他這個(gè)年紀(jì)，短時(shí)間的睡眠通常對(duì)他有好處；沒有比我父親的獨(dú)處更重要的事了。副詞修飾動(dòng)詞，本詞修飾動(dòng)詞does，可知填副詞；usually：通常，副詞；結(jié)合句意和首字母提示可知填usually。