Question

In a small city in England, there was a farmer who lived alone. Every day he a pound of butter to his neighbour, who was a baker, One day the baker decided to the butter to see if he was getting a pound. After he weighed it, he found that he wasn't. The baker then took farmer to the judge (法官).

The judge asked the farmer if he had any way to weigh the butter. The farmer replied. "I am so that I do not have enough money to buy anything to weigh it, I do have a kind of scale(天平). " The judge asked, "Then how do you weigh the butter?" The farmer replied, "Before the baker started buying butter from , I had bought bread from him. So now every time when I bring home the bread from the baker, I put it on the scale and give him the butter of the same weight,"

We what we give to others in life. Whenever you take actions, ask yourself this , "Am I honest?"

Honesty or dishonesty can become a . Some dishonest people can lie(說謊) without a red face. Others lie so much that they do not even what the truth is any more. But who is it bad for? As a matter of fact, those who lie will hurt themselves by their own dishonest behavior.

1.A. gave B. fed C. sold D. threw

2.A. weigh B. watch C. cut D. use

3.A. / B. a C. an D. the

4.A. rich B. poor C. honest D. quiet

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

6.A. I B. my C. me D. mine

7.A. get back B. look back C. give back D. turn back

8.A. answer B. question C. help D. idea

9.A. difference B. habit C. mistake D. difficulty

10.A. study B. mean C. imagine D. know

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.C

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文告訴我們，對(duì)待他人要誠實(shí)。面包師認(rèn)為農(nóng)民欺騙了他，少給了他黃油，決定告發(fā)他，但卻不料自己被揭露了出來。

1. gave給； B. fed 喂； C. sold 賣； D. threw 扔。結(jié)合整個(gè)第一段，可以知道，這個(gè)農(nóng)民每天賣給面包師一些黃油。故選C。

2.動(dòng)詞及語境的理解。A. weigh稱； B. watch看； C. cut 砍； D. use使用。從下句話After he weighed it, he found that he wasn't.可知，這個(gè)面包師想要稱一下黃油，看看是否是一英鎊。故選A。

3.冠詞及語境的理解。結(jié)合前文，After he weighed it, he found that he wasn't，可知面包師發(fā)覺農(nóng)民賣給他的黃油實(shí)際重量不夠一英鎊，所以他打算將這位農(nóng)民告上法庭。An+n泛指，The+n特指。根據(jù)句意，這位農(nóng)民是特指的。故選D。

4.形容詞及語境的理解。A. rich 富有的； B. poor貧窮的； C. honest 誠實(shí)的； D. quiet安靜的�！� I do not have enough money to buy anything to weigh it,表語從句中提到，我沒有足夠的錢去買�？芍�，這個(gè)農(nóng)民很窮。故填B。

5.連詞及語境的理解。A. and和； B. so因此； C. but 但是； D. or或者。結(jié)合下文，The judge asked, "Then how do you weigh the butter?"可知，這個(gè)農(nóng)民的確有自己的秤，所以法官才會(huì)問這位農(nóng)民怎樣秤黃油。結(jié)合上句，可知這里需填一個(gè)轉(zhuǎn)折詞。故選C。

6.賓語及語境的理解。這句話的意思是，在面包師去這個(gè)農(nóng)民那買黃油之前，這個(gè)農(nóng)民已經(jīng)面包師那買過面包了。Buy sth from sb，從某人那里買東西。根據(jù)句意和句法，選C。

7.動(dòng)詞短語及語境的理解。get back找回來，look back 回顧， give back 歸還 ，turn back轉(zhuǎn)過來。根據(jù)句意，我們給過別人什么，就會(huì)從別人那里得到什么。故選A。

8.根據(jù)句意可知，無論什么時(shí)候采取行動(dòng)，我們都要問自己一個(gè)問題，“我們誠實(shí)嗎”。故選D。

9.名詞及語境的理解。結(jié)合下文，可知有的人說謊時(shí)不會(huì)臉紅，還有一些人甚至不知道自己真話是什么。由此可知誠實(shí)和不誠實(shí)能變成一種習(xí)慣。故選B。

10. A.學(xué)習(xí) B.意味著C.想像 D.知道。本句句意是，有一些人撒謊太多，甚至不知道真話是什么樣的。根據(jù)句意，可知選D。

考點(diǎn)：教育類短文