Question

   There is a large desert between our village and Hope Town and there are two ways to get to Hope Town. One is short but dangerous;the other is long but 1 Many people have lost their lives in order to get to Hope Town 2 .

   “We’ll have to plant young trees in the desert between Hope Town and our village to make a ‘ road ”” said the head of our village. A few days later,a “tree road” 3 .

   But soon all the young trees died out in the hot sun. “The dry trees are still helpful; we can regard them 4 our road signs ,” said the head, “Every time we walk along them,pull them upward 5 they can't be covered with sand. ”

   6 the head's advice,the villagers have shuttled (往返) between our village and Hope Town safely for several years.

   One day when a businessman wanted to 7 the desert to Hope Town,some villagers told him the advice.

   “Anyway,I walk past here only for this time,8 doesn’t matter with me to pull the dry trees upward or not ,” the businessman thought. When he reached the half-way point,a heavy sandstorm was blown,in no time most of the dry trees 9 . The poor businessman got lost!When he was dying,he was regretful,10 I had done as the villagers told me,I could find a way out. ”

   To leave others a way is to leave yourself a way!

1. A. safe   B. dangerous   C. fast   D. wide

2. A. later   B. slower   C. sooner   D. safer

3. A. planted   B. finished   C. was planted   D. was finished

4. A. to   B. as   C. for   D. toward

5. A. so that   B. in order to   C. by the way   D. so far

6. A. Thanks for   B. Thanks to   C. Such as   D. As for

7. A. through   B. across   C. cross   D. past

8. A. it   B. this  C. that   D. they

9. A. appeared   B. disappeared   C. died   D. moved

10. A. When   B. How     C. What      D. If

Answer 1

1. A 2. C 3. D 4. B 5. A 6. B 7. C 8. A 9. B 10. D

本文借一位商人过沙漠的故事向我们说明了这样一个道理:给別人留一条路，就是给自己留一条路。

1. A 由前一句 “ One is short but dangerous ” 可知，此处与 dangerous意思相反，故答案为A项。

2. C lost their lives 意思是“丧命”，前面提到了“One is short but dangerous”，由此可知他们是走了近路，这样可以快 一点到达希望之镇，所以答案为C项。

3. D前面说村长发动村民种植出一条tree road,所以这条路应该是“被完成”，答案为D项。

4. B regard. ..as...的意思是“把……看作……”，是固定词组。

5. A从村民们修tree road的目的来看，他们把dry trees向上 拔一点是为了不让这些树被沙子埋住，所以此处应当 是“为了”，in order to也有此意，但它后面应当跟动词原形，故应排除。

6. B村民们能够在两地之间安全行走好几年，其功劳应当归功于村长的建议。

thanks to意为“幸亏，由于”； thanks for意为“感谢……”；such as意思是“例如”；as for意思是“至于”。所以，A、C和D项均不符合句意。

7. C此处意为“穿过”，从句子结构上看，to是动同不定式符号，三个选项中只有C项是动词，其他为介词。

8. A 从句子结构上看“to pull the dry trees upward or not”是真正的主语，所以其形式主语要用it来充当。

9. B由于沙尘暴刮起，所以大多数干树都消失了，由此可知答案为B项。

10. D商人在临死时很后悔，他说:“如果我按照村民们告诉我的去做的话，我就会找到出去的路。”由此可知此处 应当是假设，故D项最恰当。

巧用排除法解题

   在有些情况下，如果不能很有把握地直接得出某 一道题的答案，可以把排除法和同汇、语法分析结合 起来运用，排除搭配上或形式上等明显错误的选项， 缩小选择的范围,提高正确率。

   例如，第5题主要考查词组的用法,in order to后 面接动词原形，by the way通常用于在交谈中插入话 题，这两项是明显错误的，可以先排除。再继续分析 I as far的用法，也可以排除，得出正确答案为A.