Question

【题目】One day a father of a very rich family took his son on a trip to the country with in order to show his son how poor people can be. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of ____ would be considered a very poor family.

On their return from their _____, the father asked his son, "How was the trip?" "It was _____, Dad." "Did you see how poor people can be?" the father asked. "Oh Yeah" said the son. "So what did you ____ from the trip?" asked the father.

The son answered, "I saw that we have one dog ____ they have four. We have a pool that _____ to the middle of our garden and they have a creek（小溪）that has ____ end. We have imported lanterns(灯笼)in our garden and they have the ____ at night. Our patio（院子）reaches to the front yard and they have the ____ horizon（地平线）. We have a small piece of land to live on and they have ____ that go beyond our sight. We have servants who serve us, but they serve _____ . We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have ____ around our property（财产）to protect us, they have friends to protect them."

With this the boy's father was ____ .

Then his son added, "Thanks dad for showing me how ____ we are."

Too many times we ____ what we have and concentrate on（把注意力集中在）what we don't have. What is one person's ____ object is another's prize possession. It is all ____ on one's perspective（观点）. Make you wonder what would happen if we all gave ____ for all the bounty（恩赐）we have, instead of worrying about wanting ____ . Take joy in all you have, ____ your friends.

【1】A. which B. that C. what D. how

【2】A. trip B. tour C. visit D. travel

【3】A. terrible B. disappointing C. excited D. great

【4】A. expect B. regret C. keep D. learn

【5】A. but B. and C. yet D. then

【6】A. reaches B. gets C. arrives D. spreads

【7】A. not B. no C. an D. the

【8】A. dark B. darkness C. stars D. day

【9】A. beautiful B. full C. longer D. whole

【10】A. a sky B. a road C. fields D. earth

【11】A. others B. the others C. the rest D. themselves

【12】A. dogs B. walls C. guards D. servants

【13】A. disappointed B. sorry C. silent D. speechless

【14】A. poor B. rich C. weak D. happy

【15】A. miss B. forget C. remember D. consider

【16】A. valuable B. useful C. priceless D. worthless

【17】A. based B. concentrated C. looked D. laid

【18】A. love B. regret C. thanks D. interest

【19】A. everything B. nothing C. more D. less

【20】A. especially B. specially C. included D. except

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】D

【5】B

【6】A

【7】B

【8】C

【9】D

【10】C

【11】A

【12】B

【13】D

【14】A

【15】B

【16】D

【17】A

【18】C

【19】C

【20】A

【解析】一位有钱的父亲带着儿子去村庄里体现生活，他本想让儿子体会穷人家的日子是什么样子的，并能从中有所收获，珍惜生活。回来后父亲问孩子什么感受，结果儿子以小孩子的视角给出的回答方式让父亲哑口无言。

【1】C

考查名词从句。what引导的名词性从句做介词of的宾语，what在从句中做主语。

【2】A

考查名词辨析的。句意：父亲回来后问儿子：“这次旅行怎么样？”。从下文的“"How was the trip?"”可知trip是正确答案。故选A。

【3】D

考查形容词。Terrible可怕的，糟糕的；disappointing令人失望的；excited，激动的； great非常愉快的，令人满意的。C项excited错。从下文儿子的回答的内容，可知D正确答案，符合比较符合语境。

【4】D

考查动词辨析。expect期望;，预料；regret后悔，遗憾；keep保持，保留； learn学习，学会，获知，父亲询问儿子从这次出行中“了解到“什么，故选D。

【5】B

考查介词辨析，这里含有简单的并列关系，用and引导并列句。故选B项。

【6】A

考查动词辨析。句意：我们的游泳池延伸到我们的花园中，他们有一条无尽的小溪。reach可用作不及物动词，后常接介词to，意思是“延伸到”；spread to“传到，波及，蔓延到”，get to“到达”。 故选A。

【7】B

考查语境。根据语境可知，这里是“小溪没有尽头”的意思。A项应为not an才合英语表达习惯。故选B项。

【8】C

考查名词辨析。句意：在我们的花园有进口的灯（照明）和在夜晚他们有星星（照明）。根据语境可知是指星星（stars），故选C项。

【9】 D

考查形容词辨析。这里只有用“整个的地平线”才能与上文“Our patio reaches to the front yard”相照应，A （beautiful）、B （full）项不合语境，C 项（longer）不合英语表达习惯， D项（whole）符合语境，故选D。

【10】C

考查名词。根据常识可知农民在田地里（fields）种地。故选C项。

【11】A

考查名词辨析及语境理解。others别的，其它的；（表泛指）the others其余的（二者中的另一部分）；the rest余下的，其余的；themselves他们自己。句意：我们有仆人服侍我们，但他们为别人服务。根据句意可知，这儿指的农民为别人服务，是泛指，而others表示泛指。故选A。

【12】B

考查名词辨析。dog狗；wall围墙； guard警卫，看守；servant仆人。句意：我们用围墙来我们的财产和我们们，他们有朋友来保护他们。从“around our property”可判断，要用围墙（walls），故选B项。

【13】D

考查形容词辨析。disappointed失望的；sorry遗憾的，感到伤心的；silent沉默的，寂静的；speechless无言的，（因惊愕）一时语塞的。儿子的一番话让父亲“一时语塞”。故选D项。

【14】A

考查形容词辨析。从上文儿子的陈述可判断，在儿子眼里，“我们是多么穷（poor）”。故选A项。

【15】B

考查动词辨析。根据语境，我们常常“忽略（forget）”我们拥有的东西。miss错过；forget忽略，忘记；remember记得；consider考虑，所以B项符合题意。

【16】D

考查形容词辨析。句意：一个人没有价值的东西是另一个人珍视的财产。 worthless（不足道的）符合这里的语境。valuable宝贵的，有价值的 ；useful有用的，有益的 ；priceless无价的，极贵重的，A/B/C项均不妥。故选D项。

【17】A

考查动词词组辨析。based on ；concentrated on 集中于；look on旁观，观看； lay on涂抹，猛攻加于人。 句意：这都是基于个人的视角。“be based on” 以…作为根据，故选A项。

【18】C

考查名词辨析。love爱；regret遗憾，后悔；thanks感谢； interest兴趣，利益。对别人的恩赐应“感谢（thank）

【19】C

考查代词辨析。这里表示“（不要）贪多”（ more）故选C项。

【20】A

考查副词辨析。especially尤其是格外地，；specially特别地，专门地；included被包括的；except除…以外。句意：在你所拥有的一切中得到快乐，尤其是你的朋友。这里especially（尤其是）符合语境。故选A。