Question

A group of people were in search of a home. After some time walking around, they finally found a place to down.

They needed some , and the chief (首领) sent out three groups of people to the surrounding areas. After a short discussion, the three groups went out in directions.

The first group explored the north. There, they saw large fields with crops, vegetables and fruits. They went back to report their . ?We saw lots of vegetation (植物). We can be .”

The second group went southwest. There, they saw lots of . As they went back, they said, “We saw hundreds of animals. We can for our food, and rely on meat to sustain (维持) us.”

The last group went southeast. There, they reached the sea and saw hundreds of fish swimming. They returned and said, ?We saw plenty of fish. We can go for our food.?

?We can eat meat alone!” shouted the second group.

“No! ! We did not see any animals at all!” said the first group.

The third group joined in, “Are you ? We did not see anything like you have . There was only water. We need to become fishermen!”

Each group got so with the others that they each went to the place they had explored. They were that they alone had the answer and that the others must have been wrong.

, each group of people only chose to believe themselves. they had chosen to learn from one another and them, they could have had the best of everything.

1.A. spending B. costing C. taking D. losing

2.A. break B. cool C. settle D. calm

3.A. water B. food C. energies D. information

4.A. explore B. clean C. measure D. cover

5.A. same B. a C. / D. different

6.A. main B. few C. poor D. many

7.A. experiences B. findings C. results D. conditions

8.A. vegetarians B. fishermen C. hunters D. miners

9.A. mountains B. people C. animals D. houses

10.A. prepare B. hunt C. fight D. wait

11.A. mainly B. partly C. fully D. hardly

12.A. surfing B. boating C. fishing D. swimming

13.A. Fishes B. Crops C. Cows D. Flowers

14.A. going B. sleeping C. coming D. joking

15.A. described B. brought C. wrote D. explained

16.A. strict B. angry C. sad D. pleased

17.A. sad B. pleasant C. sure D. anxious

18.A. Happily B. Luckily C. Unluckily D. Hopefully

19.A. After B. Because C. Before D. If

20.A. admire B. believe C. appreciate D. understand

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.D

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.B

11.A

12.C

13.B

14.D

15.A

16.B

17.C

18.C

19.D

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：文章通过一个故事来告诉我们为人处事应该懂得变通，不能固执己见。一个部落找到定居的地方之后，首领派三组人外出寻找食物。三组人分别发现了庄稼、动物和鱼，但是三组人彼此互不信任。

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2.they finally found a place to down来回走动了一段时间之后，他们终于找了一个地方定居下来，settle down定居，故选C。

3.We can for our food,”可知，他们需要的是食物，故选B。

4.the chief (首领) sent out three groups of people to the surrounding areas首领派三组人到周围地区进行探查，根据倒数第二段“they had explored”可知知答案，故选A。

5.directions”可知，三组人分别向着三个不同的方向走去，故选D。

6.We saw lots of vegetation (植物).”可知，第一组人发现很多植物，修饰可数名词复数用many，many与下一行的lots of同义，故选D。

7.They went back to report their .这里指第一组返回向首领汇报情况，故选B。

8.We saw lots of vegetation (植物). We can be .第一组人说他们发现了很多庄稼、蔬菜和水果，他们可以吃素食，故选A。

9.We saw hundreds of animals.”可知，第二组发现了很多动物，故选C。

10.We can for our food这里指狩猎动物，hunt for猎取......，寻找......，故选B。

11.and rely on meat to sustain (维持) us第二组认为他们可以主要依靠狩猎获得的肉为生，故选A。

12.saw hundreds of fish swimming”可知，第三组发现了很多鱼，他们认为可以靠捕鱼为生，故选C。

13.said the first group”和上文可知，第一组发现的是庄稼，因此，他们坚持以农作物为生，故选B。

14.We did not see anything like you have...”可知，第三组没有发现前两组提到的庄稼和动物，他们认为前两组在开玩笑，故选D。

15.We did not see anything like you have .第三组说他们没有看到前两组描述的情况，即他们没有看到庄稼和动物，故选A。

16.Each group got so with the others that三组人互相生彼此的气，be angry with sb生某人的气，故选B。

17.They were that they alone had the answer三组人各执己见，确信自己是正确的，另外两组是错误的，be sure that...确信......，对......有把握，故选C。

18.each group of people only chose to believe themselves每组人只相信自己而不是互相学习，根据句中的“only”可知，这是不幸的，故选C。

19. they had chosen to learn from one another...they could have had the best of everything.如果他们选择互相学习，......这是一个if虚拟条件句，对过去进行虚拟，if从句用过去完成时，主句用could/would have done，故选D。

20. they had chosen to learn from one another and them如果三组人互相学习并相互信任对方的话，他们将得到最好的东西，故选B。

考点：故事类短文阅读