Question

【題目】 There was once a farmer. He had a very big rabbit and a smart dog. One day, he organized a(n) _______ between his dog and his rabbit. He made a hole in one of his biggest fields, and _______ a carrot and a bone (骨頭) in it. He wanted to see which animal would find them first.

The rabbit was very _______, and he was busy looking for the carrot, digging here and there. He was completely sure that he would find the carrot and the bone. But the dog wasn’t optimistic (樂觀的) at all. After he looked for the bone for a short time, he _______ on the ground sadly. And then he began to complain. He thought _______ was difficult for him to find one bone in such a big field.

The rabbit dug for hours. With every new hole, the dog complained about _______ this was, even for the rabbit. The rabbit, _______ the other hand, kept on working hard. _______ there was no place in the whole field left to dig, the rabbit dug a tunnel (隧道) to right under where the dog was lying all that time. There he found the carrot and the bone.

And his is how the dog lost the competition. _______, he found the right place at the very beginning. But he failed to find the bone because he ________ complained and didn’t try at all. When we do something difficult in our life, we should learn from the rabbit.

【1】A.eventB.partyC.activityD.competition

【2】A.foundB.hidC.discoveredD.saw

【3】A.excitedB.angryC.relaxedD.shy

【4】A.sat downB.fell asleepC.lay downD.ran around

【5】A.thisB.thatC.oneD.it

【6】A.how difficultB.what difficultC.how easyD.what easy

【7】A.inB.onC.atD.for

【8】A.IfB.BeforeC.WhenD.Unless

【9】A.In totalB.At lastC.In factD.At first

【10】A.onlyB.neverC.seldomD.sometimes

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【5】D

【6】A

【7】B

【8】C

【9】C

【10】A

【解析】

本文主要講有個人組織了一場狗和兔子之間的比賽。他在地里挖了個洞，在里面藏了一根胡蘿卜和一根骨頭，想看看哪個動物會先找到它們。兔子四處挖洞尋找，而狗總是躺著抱怨這太難了，結(jié)果兔子在狗躺著的地方的下面找到了胡蘿卜和骨頭，贏得了比賽。這個故事告訴我們，凡事要努力去做，而不能一味地抱怨和放棄，否則終將一事無成。

【1】

句意：一天，他組織了一場狗和兔子之間的比賽。

event事件；party聚會；activity活動；competition比賽，根據(jù)下文He wanted to see which animal would find them first. 他想看看哪個動物會先找到它們�？芍�他組織了一場狗和兔子之間的比賽。故選D。

【2】

句意：他在他最大的一塊地里挖了個洞，在里面藏了一根胡蘿卜和一根骨頭。

found找到；hid藏；discovered發(fā)現(xiàn)；saw看見，根據(jù)下文He wanted to see which animal would find them first. 他想看看哪個動物會先找到它們�？芍�他在地里面藏了一根胡蘿卜和一根骨頭，故選B。

【3】

句意：兔子很興奮，他正忙著尋找胡蘿卜，到處挖。

excited興奮的；angry生氣的；relaxed放松的；shy害羞的，根據(jù)下文he was busy looking for the carrot, digging here and there. He was completely sure that he would find the carrot and the bone. 他忙著找胡蘿卜，到處挖。 他完全確定他會找到胡蘿卜和骨頭�？芍�兔子表現(xiàn)的很興奮，故選A。

【4】

句意：他找了一會兒骨頭后，悲傷地躺在地上。

sat down坐下；fell asleep入睡；lay down 躺下；ran around四處跑，根據(jù)下文the rabbit dug a tunnel (隧道) to right under where the dog was lying all that time. 兔子挖了一條隧道，正好通到狗一直躺的下面�？芍�狗一直躺在地上，故選C。

【5】

句意：他認(rèn)為他很難在這么大的田地上找到一根骨頭。

this這個；that那個；one一個；it它，根據(jù)句意，可知此處為固定句型it be difficult for sb. to do sth.，其中it為形式主語，真主語為to find one bone in such a big field.故選D。

【6】

句意：每挖一個新的洞，狗都抱怨這是多么困難……

how difficult多么困難；what difficult形式錯誤；how easy多么容易；what easy形式錯誤，根據(jù)上文He thought __5___ was difficult for him to find one bone in such a big field.他認(rèn)為他很難在這么大的田地上找到一根骨頭。可知狗抱怨挖洞是多么困難，故選A。

【7】

句意：另一方面，兔子繼續(xù)努力工作。

in在里面；on在上面；at在某處；for為了，固定介詞短語on the other hand“另一方面”，故選B。

【8】

句意：當(dāng)整個田野里沒有地方可挖的時候，兔子挖了一條隧道，正好通到狗一直躺的地面下面。

If如果；Before在……之前；When當(dāng)……時候；Unless除非，根據(jù)句意，可知是“當(dāng)整個田野里沒有地方可挖的時候，兔子挖了一條隧道，”，所以用when，故選C。

【9】

句意：事實(shí)上，他一開始就找到了正確的地方。

In total總計，總共；At last最后；In fact事實(shí)上；At first起初，根據(jù)上文the rabbit dug a tunnel (隧道) to right under where the dog was lying all that time. There he found the carrot and the bone. 兔子挖了一條隧道，正好通到狗一直躺的地面下面。在那里他找到了胡蘿卜和骨頭�？芍�事實(shí)上狗一開始就找到了正確的地方，故選C。

【10】

句意：但他沒有找到骨頭，因為他有時抱怨，根本沒有嘗試。

only僅僅，只有；never從不；seldom很少；sometimes有時，根據(jù)上文And then he began to complain. 然后他開始抱怨。從比賽開始一直到最后兔子找到骨頭和胡蘿卜，狗一直在抱怨，不是從不，很少，也不是有時。可知他只有抱怨，故選A。