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【题目】根据短文理解，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳答案填空。
King Akbar was in the habit of putting riddles and puzzles to his people. He often asked 1 which were strange. His people had to use words in a 2 way to answer these questions.
Once Akbar asked a very strange question. He looked at his people. As he looked, one by one the heads began to hang low in search of a(an) 3. It was at this moment that Bribal entered the palace. Birbal 4 the habit of the king. He understood the 5 at once and asked, “May I know the question so that I can 6 for an answer?”
Akbar said, “How many crows(乌鸦)are there in the city?”
Without even a moment's thought, Birbal 7, “There are fifty thousand five hundred and eighty nine crows, My Lord. "
“How can you be so 8?” asked Akbar.
Birbal said, “Make your men 9, My Lord. If you find more crows it means some have come to visit their relatives here. If you find 10 crows it means some have gone to visit their relatives somewhere else. "
Akbar was pleased very much by Birbal's wise answer.
（1）A.questions B.help C.promises
（2）A.common B.friendly C.clever
（3）A.habit B.order C.answer
（4）A.knew B.developed C.hated
（5）A.danger B.information C.situation
（6）A.ask B.wait C.try
（7）A.left B.replied C.asked
（8）A.smart B.brave C.sure
（9）A.catch B.discuss C.count
（10）A.fewer B. B.larger C.less

Answer 1

【答案】（1）、A
（2）、C
（3）、C
（4）、A
（5）、C
（6）、C
（7）、B
（8）、C
（9）、C
（10）、A

【解析】这篇短文主要介绍了国王阿卡巴经常问他的国民一些奇怪的问题，因此人们不得不想出各种方法来回答。一天当他问出一个奇怪的问题之后，波贝尔正好赶上，并巧妙地回答了他的问题，国王对这个答案很满意。
⑴联系下文to answer these questions.描述，可知此处指的是问问题，故选A，问题。
⑵形容词辨析。A.共同的，普通的；B. 友好的；C. 聪明的；结合语境可知此处指的是人们不得不用一种聪明的方式来回答他的问题。故选C。
⑶habit习惯；order命令；answer答案。结合语境可知此处指的是，当他看的时候，一个一个的开始低头（思考）寻找答案。故选C。
⑷ A. 知道；B. 发展；C. 憎恨；联系下文描述，可知他知道国王这个习惯。故选A。
⑸danger危险；information信息；situation情况。联系前文描述，可知此处指的是他立即明白了当时的情形，故选C。
⑹动词辨析。41. A. 问，要求；B. 等待；C.尝试；联系上下文，可知此处指的是我可以尝试回答一下吗？故选C。
⑺leave离开；reply回答；ask问。联系下文，可知此处指的是甚至连一刻钟都没想，就回答道。故选B。
⑻smart聪明的；brave勇敢的；sure确定的。结合语境可知国王问的是，你为何如此确定？故选C。
⑼动词辨析。A. 捕捉，赶上；B. 讨论；C. 数。结合语境可知此处指的是让人数一数，故选C。
⑽联系前一句描述，可知此处指的是更少的乌鸦。故选A，更少的。