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】

试题分析：题目主要考查学生对冠词、名词、介词、代词、并列连词、时态、现在分词等基础知识和语法知识的掌握情况。

1.who。

2.But。

3. large stone一块大石头，故填a。

4.and waited”可知，此处应填过去式，hide的过去式是hid，故填hid。

5.Another。

6.complained about the stone”可知，这里指代的是那块石头，故填it。

7.saying。

8.Late in the afternoon”可知，现在是下午，指夜里发生的事情，应该用将来时，故填will be。

9.strength。

10.Under。

考点：考查冠词；名词；介词；代词；并列连词；时态；现在分词