Question

The manager of a small building company was very surprised to get a bill for two white mice one of his workmen had bought. He for the workman and asked him he had the bill send to the company.

"Well ,"the workman answered, "you the house we were repairing in New-bridge, don't you? One of the things we had to there was to put some new electric wiring (線路). Well, in one place we had to pass some wires a pipe thirty feet long and about an inch ，which was built into stone and had four big bends (彎) in it. None of us could think how to do this until I had a good . I went to a shop and two white mice, one of them male and the other female. Then I a thread (線) to the body of the male mouse and put it into the pipe at one end, Bill held the female mouse at the other end and her gently to make her squeak (吱吱的 ). When the male mouse heard the female mouse's squeaks, he rushed along the pipe to help her. I he was a gentleman even though he was only a mouse. Anyway, as he ran through this pipe, he pulled the behind him. It was then quite for us to tie the thread to the electric wires and pull them through the pipe."

The manager paid the bill for the white mice.

1.A. waited B. sent C. answered D. arranged

2.A. why B. whether C. how D. when

3.A. see B. mean C. enter D. remember

4.A. do B. repair C. buy D. work

5.A. into B. out C. in D. away

6.A. near B. through C. around D. onto

7.A. across B. short C. big D. small

8.A. idea B. thing C. way D. advice

9.A. saw B. bought C. caught D. exchanged

10.A. followed B. held C. tied D. passed

11.A. when B. but C. while D. so

12.A. put B. pressed C. took D. played

13.A. doubt B. remember C. suggest D. suppose

14.A. bends B. pipe C. female mouse D. thread

15.A. easy B. hard C. impossible D. unnecessary

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.A

5.C

6.B

7.A

8.A

9.B

10.C

11.C

12.B

13.D

14.D

15.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了一家公司的老板收到一個員工買老鼠的賬單，于是問明了原因。原來他們公司在維修房子時，需要在一個長30米寬1英寸的管子里穿過新電線，但是大家不知怎么穿過。于是這個員工想到在老鼠身上系一根線，讓老鼠從中間穿過，這樣老鼠就把這個根線穿過了管子。在這根線上系上電線，就容易把電線穿過這個管子。于是，老板支付了買老鼠的賬單。

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2.

3.

4. there修飾先行詞the things，表示要做的事，故用動詞do，故選A。句意：我們在那兒必須要做的一件事。

5.

6.……上面。此處表示電線在管子里穿過，故用介詞through。故選B。句意：我們必須把電線穿過一個30米長的管子。

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8.

9.

10.tie…to…“把……系到……上”，故選C。句意：然后我在雄老鼠身上系了一根線。

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12.

13.

14. 45 a thread (線) to the body of the male mouse and put it into the pipe at one end,可知雄老鼠身上系著一根線，故選D。句意：不管怎樣，當他從這個管子跑出來時，他把那根線拉了出來。

15.

考點：故事類短文。