第一节:完形填空。
通读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后在各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出一个最佳选 项。
Juan worked hard for hours. He put all of the coconuts(椰子)into large baskets. He then fastened(系)the baskets to the back of his horse.
All he had to do was to take the coconuts to the home of the owner to get his pay. Just 36 Juan started on the road to the owner's house, he saw a young boy.
" 37 will it take to get to the owner's house?" Asked Juan.
"If you go slowly, " said the boy, "you will be there very soon. But if you go very fast, you will get there 38 . "
"What a foolish boy!” Thought Juan. Then Juan began to hurry down the road. As he pulled the horse along fast, coconuts began to 39 out of the baskets. Juan had to stop to pick up coconuts.
" Now I have to hurry to make up for (弥补) lost 40 , " Juan thought.
More coconuts fell off the top of the full baskets and rolled down the hill. The more Juan tried to hurry, the 41 coconuts fell and rolled away. Each time, Juan found it more tiring. He had to 42 the fallen coconuts and pick them up.
The sun began to set, and Juan 43 the owner's house at the top of the hill. He began to hurry once more. His hurrying made the horse 44 fall. Some coconuts again flew out of the baskets and onto the ground. This time, the sun set.
Poor Juan. He could not see the coconuts in the 45 and could not send them until the next day. The boy's advice was not so unreasonable after all.
36. A. as B. because C. if D. although
37. A. How often B. How long C. How far D. How much
38. A. at noon B. at night C. today D. tomorrow
39. A. act B. stay C. fall D. cover
40. A. money B. time C. coconuts D. baskets
41. A. more B. fewer C. heavier D. closer
42. A. look at B. prepare for C. go after D. take up
43. A. hoped B. met C. cared D. saw
44. A. hardly B. almost C. certainly D. normally
45. A. basket B. light C. dark D. mistake
答案：
36—40 ABDCB 41—45 ACDBC
通读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后在各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出一个最佳选 项。
Juan worked hard for hours. He put all of the coconuts(椰子)into large baskets. He then fastened(系)the baskets to the back of his horse.
All he had to do was to take the coconuts to the home of the owner to get his pay. Just 36 Juan started on the road to the owner's house, he saw a young boy.
" 37 will it take to get to the owner's house?" Asked Juan.
"If you go slowly, " said the boy, "you will be there very soon. But if you go very fast, you will get there 38 . "
"What a foolish boy!” Thought Juan. Then Juan began to hurry down the road. As he pulled the horse along fast, coconuts began to 39 out of the baskets. Juan had to stop to pick up coconuts.
" Now I have to hurry to make up for (弥补) lost 40 , " Juan thought.
More coconuts fell off the top of the full baskets and rolled down the hill. The more Juan tried to hurry, the 41 coconuts fell and rolled away. Each time, Juan found it more tiring. He had to 42 the fallen coconuts and pick them up.
The sun began to set, and Juan 43 the owner's house at the top of the hill. He began to hurry once more. His hurrying made the horse 44 fall. Some coconuts again flew out of the baskets and onto the ground. This time, the sun set.
Poor Juan. He could not see the coconuts in the 45 and could not send them until the next day. The boy's advice was not so unreasonable after all.
36. A. as B. because C. if D. although
37. A. How often B. How long C. How far D. How much
38. A. at noon B. at night C. today D. tomorrow
39. A. act B. stay C. fall D. cover
40. A. money B. time C. coconuts D. baskets
41. A. more B. fewer C. heavier D. closer
42. A. look at B. prepare for C. go after D. take up
43. A. hoped B. met C. cared D. saw
44. A. hardly B. almost C. certainly D. normally
45. A. basket B. light C. dark D. mistake
答案：
36—40 ABDCB 41—45 ACDBC
