Question

Once there lived a rich man 1. wanted to do something for the people of his town.

2. first he wanted to find out whether they deserved his help.

In the centre of the main road into the town, he placed 3. very large stone. Then he

4. (hide) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.

“Who put this stone in the centre of the road?” said the old man, but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way. 5. man came along and did the same thing; then another came ,and another. All of them complained about the stone but not tried to remove 6. . Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone, 7. (say) to himself “The night 8. (be) very dark. Some neighbors will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone.”

Then he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his 9. (strong) to move it. How great was his surprise at last! 10. the stone, he found a bag of money.

Answer 1

1.who

2.But

3.a

4.hid

5.Another

6.it

7.saying

8.will be

9.strength

10.Under

【解析】

1.1】there lived 是句子的谓语动词，所以后面是一个定语从句，a rich man 是先行词，定语从句中缺主语，故填who。

2.2】前面说“这个有钱人想帮助他自己人。”下面说“首先他想弄清楚是否他们值得帮助”。前后联系可知此处表示转折，故填But。

3.3】stone 是可数名词，“他在城镇主要街道放了一块大石头”，所以此处填a。

4.4】hide 和waited 并列，所以hide 用一般过去时态，“他等在一棵树后面等。故填hid。

5.5】前面提到有一个人过来了，他绕过这块石头，继续赶路，此处表达又来了一个人，并且做了同样的事情。泛指另一个人，故填Another。

6.6】句意：他们所有的人抱怨这块石头，但没有人想到把它挪走。It指代前面提到的石头，故填it。

7.7】saw是谓语动词，所以后面的say是非谓语动词，用现在分词表示伴随状态，故填 saying。

8.8】从后面“一些邻居晚些时候将会从这里走过，将会被绊倒”，可知此处用一般将来时态“晚上将会很黑”。故填will be。

9.9】他用尽全力推拉这块石头。his 后面用名词，strong 是形容词，故填strength力气、力量。

10.10】他发现了一大袋钱，根据常理，前面应该是说“在这块石头底下”。故填Under。

考点：考查语法填空。