In a land far away, once upon a time, there was great poverty （贫困）,and only the rich could manage without great _16_. Three of those rich men and their servants were_17_together on a road when they came to a very_18_village.
The first could not stand seeing the poverty, _19 he took all the gold and jewels from his wagons (四轮载重马车) and shared _20 out among the villagers. He wished them all the best of luck, and he left.
The second rich man ,seeing the _21 situation, stopped for a short time and gave _22 all his food and drink, since he _23 see that money would be of little _24 to them. He made sure that they each _25 their fair share and would have enough food to _26 for some time . Then, he left.
The third rich man, on seeing such poverty, _27 and went straight through the _28 without stopping. The two other rich men saw this from a distance and mented with each other_29 the third rich man lacked sympathy. It was _30 that they themselves had been there to offer help.
However, three days later, they 31 the third rich man ,who was ing in the opposite direction . He was 32 travelling quickly, but his wagons, 33 the gold and valuables they had been 34 ,were now full of farming tools and bags of 35 .He was rushing back to help them out of poverty.
【小题1】A．lossB．expectationsC．successD．problems【小题2】A．standingB．travellingC．gatheringD．running【小题3】A．farawayB．poorC．differentD．ancient【小题4】A．unlessB．becauseC．soD．if【小题5】A．themB．anythingC．nothingD．those【小题6】A．curiousB．worryingC．dangerousD．puzzling【小题7】A．the villagersB．his servantsC．the othersD．the rest【小题8】A．couldB．mightC．shouldD．must【小题9】A．interestB．concernC．useD．attraction【小题10】A．returnedB．gainedC．offeredD．received【小题11】A．remainB．lastC．supplyD．share【小题12】A．turned backB．set outC．showed offD．speeded【小题13】A．villageB．landC．fieldD．road【小题14】A．whetherB．howC．whereD．when【小题15】A．goodB．certainC．trueD．strange【小题16】A．weledB．metC．acceptedD．persuaded【小题17】A．stillB．alreadyC．alwaysD．indeed【小题18】A．exceptB．instead ofC．apart fromD．along with【小题19】A．loadingB．treasuringC．carryingD．earning【小题20】A．foodB．jewelsC．moneyD．seedsD
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(答案→)D
解析：16. loss：损失；expectation：预测，料想；success：成功；problem：问题。本句
意思是：只有富人们才能毫无问题地解决生活问题。
17.根据本剧中的on a road 可以推断出此处选B。
18. faraway：遥远的； poor：贫穷的；different：困难的；ancient：古代的，古老
的。根据前后文中的poverty 可以推断出此处
19.此处所填词用作并列连词，表结果，根据句意可知其意思是：因此，所以，
20.此处所填代词指代前文中的jewels，是复数，故用them。
21. curious：好奇的；worrying：令人担忧的；dangerous：危险的；puzzling：令
人迷惑的。所填词修饰situation，根据句意可知在此处意思是：令人担忧的
22.所填部分做give 的间接宾语，知人，由上下文意思可知此处表“村民”之意，
23.此处所填情态动词表示能力，意思是：能，会
24. interest：兴趣；利润；使对……感兴趣；concern：关心，在乎；use：使用，
利用；attraction：吸引力。所填词构成of 结构
25.此处所填词表动作，意思是：收到。接到
26. remain：剩下，仍就是；last：持续；supply：供给；供应；share：分享。由
some time 可知选B。
27. turn back：转回，返回；set out：着手，开始；show off：炫耀；speed up：加
速。根据went straight 可知所D。
28.由前文可知此处所填词意思是：村庄，
29.所填词引导宾语从句，且表示感叹，感叹的中心词是动词lack，故用how。
30.本句表达的是前两个富人的思想，即他们自己对自己的行为感到自豪，故选
31.本句意思是：他们遇见了第三位富人。
32. still：任然，还；already：已经；always：经常；indeed：的确。根据本剧的
时态可以推断出所填词意思是：仍然，
33. except for：除……之外；instead of：代替；而不是；apart from：除了，除过；
along with：和。由句意可知选B。
34. load：装载；treasure：珍惜；carry：运，搬运；earn：挣，赚。根据后文的full
of 可以推断出选C。
35. food：食物；jewel：珠宝；money：金钱；seed：种子。此处所填词与farmingtools
并列，且与bags of 修饰，故选D。