A king in Africa had a close friend with whom he had grown up. The friend had a habit of looking at every bad situation that occurred in his life and 1 , “This is good!”
One day the king and his friend were out on a hunting 2 . The friend would 3 the guns for the king. But this time he had 4 done something wrong in preparing one of the guns, for after taking the gun from his friend, the king fired it and his thumb was blown off.
Examining the 5 the friend remarked as usual, “This is good!” to which the king replied, “No, this is NOT good!” and 6 imprisoned his friend.
About a year later, the king was hunting in an area where he should have known not to hunt. Cannibals(食人者) __7 him and took him to their village. They tied his hands, set up a wooden post and 8 him to it. As they came close to set fire to burn the king, they 9 that the king was missing a thumb. Being superstitious, they never ate anyone who was less than whole. So 10 the king, they sent him on his way.
As he returned home, he was 11 of the event that had taken his thumb and felt sorry for his treatment of his friend. He went immediately to the 12 to speak with his friend. “You were right,” he said, “it was good that my thumb was blown off.” Then he 13 to tell the friend all that had just happened.
“I feel 14 for sending you to jail for so long. It was bad for me to do this.”
“No,” his friend replied, “this is good!”
“What do you mean? How could it be good that I sent my friend to jail for a year?”
“If I had NOT been in jail, I would have been with you, and I would have been ___15 !”
1. A．joking B．remarking C．announcing D．whispering
2. A．expectation B．experience C．expedition D．experiment
3. A．prepare B．arrange C．carry D．hold
4. A．deliberately B．apparently C．naturally D．specially
5. A．thumb B．king C．gun D．situation
6. A．angrily B．calmly C．regretfully D．joyfully
7. A．caught B．warned C．robbed D．hunted
8. A．connected B．related C．wrapped D．fastened
9. A．observed B．understood C．noticed D．complained
10. A．untying B．forgiving C．overlooking D．beating
11. A．recalled B．accused C．informed D．reminded
12. A．house B．jail C．village D．kingdom
13. A．stopped B．hesitated C．continued D．refused
14. A．fortunate B．foolish C．guilty D．painful
15. A．burnt B．cooked C．fired D．eaten
1.B
2.C
3.A
4.B
5.D
6.A
7.A
8.D
9.C
10.A
11.D
12.B
13.C
14.C
15.D
【解析】
试题分析：本文讲述了国王失去了一个大拇指而把他的朋友关进了监狱，后来正是因为他没有了大拇指，食人族才没有吃掉他。告诉我们塞翁失马焉知非福，福兮祸所伏。
1.B 动词辨析。A开玩笑B评论C宣布D低声说；国王的朋友对不好的事情都会说好。
2.C 名词辨析。A期望B经验，经历C远征，探险D实验；指他们去打猎探险。
3.A 上下文串联。根据下一行in preparing one of the guns说明经常是他为国王准备枪。
4.B 副词辨析。A故意地B明显地C自然地D特别地；有一支枪是坏的，明显说明他没有准备好。
5.D 名词辨析。A大拇指B国王C枪D情况；检查了具体情况以后，这个人和平时一样说了好。
6.A 副词辨析。A生气地B镇定地C遗憾地D开心地；国王生气地把他投进了监狱。
7.A 动词辨析。A抓住B警告C抢劫D打猎；指国王被食人者抓住了。
8.D 动词辨析。A/B联系C包扎D捆；系；指食人者把国王捆起来。
9.C 动词辨析。A观察B理解C注意D抱怨；指食人者注意到国王缺 了一个大拇指。
10.A 动词辨析。A松绑B原谅C忽视D击打；指食人者给国王松绑了，还把他送了回来。
11.D 动词辨析。A回忆B控告C通知D想起，提醒；固定词组remind sb of sth提醒某人某事。
12.B 上下文串联。根据14空后的sending you to jail说明他被国王送了监狱。
13.C 动词辨析。A停止B犹豫C继续D拒绝；他继续把所有发生的事情告诉了他的朋友。
14.C 形容词辨析。A幸运的B愚蠢的C内疚的D痛苦的；国王因为如此对待自己的朋友感觉到内疚。
15.D 动词辨析。A燃烧B烹饪C解雇D吃；如果这个朋友不在监狱里，他就会被食人族吃掉了。
考点：考查故事类短文阅读
点评：本文讲述了国王失去了一个大拇指而把他的朋友关进了监狱，后来正是因为他没有了大拇指，食人族才没有吃掉他。告诉我们塞翁失马焉知非福，福兮祸所伏。在解决本类题目时要注意故事的梗概，本文仍然是以词汇的考查为主，要在上下文的语境中选择合适的词汇和短语，注意语法和句法的融合。
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