Question

A long time ago, there was an emperor(皇帝). One day he told his horseman that if he could ride on his horse and as much land areas as he liked, he would give him the area of land he had covered. enough, the horseman quickly jumped onto his horse and as fast as possible to cover as much land area as he could. He riding and riding, whipping the horse to go as fast as possible. Even when he was or tired, he did not stop he wanted to cover as much area as possible. When he at last covered a large amount of land, he was exhausted and was . Then he asked himself, “Why did I myself so hard to cover so much land area? Now I am dying and I only a very small area to myself.”

The above story is to the journey of our We push ourselves very hard every day to make more , to gain power or recognition. We neglect(疏忽，忘记) our , time with our family and to appreciate(欣赏) the surrounding and the things we love to do. One day we look back, we will that we don’t really need that much, then we cannot turn back time for what we have .

Life is not about making money. Life is definitely(肯定地) not about work! Work is only to keep us living so as to enjoy the beauty and pleasures of life.

1.A. use B. cover C. work D. get

2.A. Good B. Strange C. Sure D. Interesting

3.A. rode B. ran C. expanded D. struggled

4.A. kept on B. asked for C. gave up D. succeeded in

5.A. sad B. excited C. confused D. hungry

6.A. but B. so C. because D. if

7.A. sleeping B. arguing C. dying D. smiling

8.A. push B. make C. destroy D. prove

9.A. need B. have C. find D. show

10.A. live B. bury C. support D. sleep

11.A. useful B. certain C. similar D. special

12.A. future B. past C. history D. life

13.A. friends B. progress C. discoveries D. money

14.A. health B. career C. honor D. freedom

15.A. things B. condition C. people D. beauty

16.A. before B. when C. unless D. since

17.A. realize B. regret C. apologize D. explain

18.A. or B. until C. however D. but

19.A. saved B. missed C. reduced D. won

20.A. possible B. probable C. necessary D. suitable

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.A

5.D

6.C

7.C

8.A

9.A

10.B

11.C

12.D

13.D

14.A

15.D

16.B

17.A

18.D

19.B

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文通过马夫的故事说明了一个道理：在生活中，我们不能为了工作把自己逼得太紧，不能忽视健康，要多些时间享受生活，陪陪家人，欣赏周围的美景。

1.考查动词。A使用；B覆盖，看完，走完；C工作；D得到，获得。从下文的“give him the area of land he had covered”推断出该处填cover表示“走完”。选B。

2.。A好的；B奇怪的；C确定的；D 有趣的。sure enough表示“确定无疑的”,皇帝要把马夫走完的土地都给他，这一点马夫是很确定的。选C。

3.考查动词。 A骑；B跑；C扩展；D挣扎。上文说到“jumped onto his horse”，说明他是“骑马”。选A。

4.考查动词短语。A一直做某事；B要求……；C放弃；D成功地做某事。此处是说，他不停地骑马。选A。

5.考查形容词。A悲伤的；B兴奋的；C困惑的；D饥饿的。四个选项中能和tired并列的形容词是hungry。选D。

6.。A但是；B因此，所以；C因为；D如果，是否。他不停下来因为他想覆盖尽可能多的土地。这两句为因果关系，选C。

7.考查动词。A睡觉；B争论；C死；D微笑。从前面的“he was exhausted”看出他快死了。选C。

8.考查动词。A推，逼迫；B使，让；C破坏；D证明。push sb too hard把某人逼得太紧，符合语境。选A。

9.考查动词。A需要；B有；C发现，找到；D展示，表明。此处是说，现在我要死了，我只需要一点地方埋葬自己。选A。

10.考查动词。 A生活；B埋葬；C支持；D睡觉。句意：现在我要死了，我只需要一点地方埋葬自己。选B。

11.考查形容词。 A有用的；B肯定的；C相似的；D专门的，特殊的。be similar to和……相似；句意：上面的故事和我们的人生旅途相似。similar符合语境，选C。

12.考查名词：A将来，未来；B过去；C历史；D生活。此处是说，上面的故事和我们的人生旅途相似。life符合语境，选D。

13.考查名词。A 朋友；B进步，进展；C发现；D金钱。make money赚钱，挣钱，符合语境，选D。

14.考查名词：A健康；B事业；C荣誉；D自由。句意：我们忽略了健康，忽略了和家人共处的时光。health符合语境，选A。

15.考查名词。A事情，情况；B条件，状况；C人们；D美丽。从最后一段的“enjoy the beauty and pleasures of life”推断出此处要用beauty。选D。

16.考查连词。A在……之前； B当……时候；C除非；D自从。句意：某一天，当我们回顾时，我们会意识到我们并不需要那么多。用when引导时间状语从句，选B。

17.考查动词。A意识到，明白；B后悔，遗憾；C道歉；D解释。此处是说，我们会意识到我们并不需要那么多。realize符合语境，选A。

18.考查连词。A 或者，否则；B直到；C然而；D但是，表转折。但到那时，我们不能让时光倒流。but符合语境，选D。

19.。A挽救；B错过，想念；C减少，降低；D赢得，获胜。此处是说，我们不能因失去的东西而让时光倒流。选B。

20.考查形容词。A可能的；B可能的；C必要的；D合适的。表示工作仅仅是生存的必要条件。necessary符合语境，选C。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读