Question

 

Once a beautiful diamond necklace of a king was lost. The king then offered a  1for $50,000 for anybody who found it.

One day a clerk was walking along a  2next to an industrial(工业的) area, which was completely  3and smelly. Suddenly, he saw something  4in the river and when he looked carefully, he saw the diamond necklace. He decided to try and catch it so that he could get the  5. He put his hand in the dirty river and grabbed at (抓住) the necklace, but somehow  6it. He then walked in the water and put his whole arm in. But  7, he still missed it! He came out, feeling  8.

Then again he saw the necklace,  9there. This time, he dived into the river. He searched everywhere and yet he  10.

Just then an old man who was  11, saw him, and asked him what was the matter. The clerk didn’t want to  12the secret with him, so he  13to tell him anything. But the old man could see the clerk was  14and promised he would not tell anyone about it. The clerk then decided to put some  15in the old man. He talked about the necklace and   16he tried to catch it, but  17failing . The old man suggested that perhaps he should try  18upward, toward the branches of the tree, instead of in the river. The clerk looked up, and  19enough, the necklace was hanging on a  20. He had been trying to get a reflection (倒影) of the real necklace all the time.

Material happiness is just like the polluted river, because it is a reflection of the true happiness in the spiritual world.

1.A. competition        B. notice      C. reward（回报）   D. gift

2.A. playground     B. beach        C. street               D. river

3.A. destroyed      B. polluted     C. filled               D. connected

4.A. waving         B. swimming     C. shining              D. moving

5.A. money          B. power        C. treasure         D. pleasure

6.A. missed         B. followed     C. touched          D. caught

7.A. jokingly           B. naturally   C. strangely        D. gradually

8.A. afraid         B. bored        C. guilty              D. depressed（沮丧）

9.A. up             B. right        C. over             D. out

10.A. waited            B. left         C. started          D. failed

11.A. coming back       B. passing by       C. getting up           D. sitting down

12.A. share         B. report           C. hide            D. announce（宣布）

13.A. managed       B. determined  C. refused              D. offered

14.A. interested        B. surprised   C. scared           D. troubled

15.A. happiness     B. faith（信任）C. luck             D. courage

16.A. how           B. where        C. when             D. whether

17.A. forgot        B. minded       C. kept             D. enjoyed

18.A. stepping      B. jumping      C. climbing         D. looking

19.A. straight          B. true         C. far              D. near

20.A. branch        B. house        C. stick            D. wire

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.A   

6.A

7.C

8.D

9.B

10.D  

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.D

15.B  

16.A

17.C

18.D

19.B

20.A