On arrival in the downtown El Paso, I came across an old man, a bum(流浪汉) on the street corner. He me and asked if I was running away from home. I him, “Not exactly, sir.” The old man wanted me to follow him to see great. We walked a couple of blocks until we came upon the downtown El Paso Public .
He asked me to sit down while he was looking for something between the shelves. A few moments , he returned with a couple of old books. He then sat down, , “There are two things that I want to teach you Number one is to judge a book by its cover, for a cover can you. As a matter of fact, I am one of the men in the world and have all the things that money can buy. a year ago, my wife died, and since then l have been thinking about my life. I realized there were certain things I had not yet in life, one of which was it would be like to live like a on the streets. I promised to do that for one year. For the past year, I have been going from city to city doing just that. So, you see, don't ever judge a by its cover, for a cover can fool you “
“Number two is to learn how to read, my boy. For there is one thing that people can't take away from you, and that is your .” At that moment, he put my right hand in his and put them upon the books he had from the shelves. They were the writings of Plato(柏拉图) and Aristotle(亚里斯多德)—great classics from ancient times.
【小题1】A．hitB．stoppedC．blamedD．rewarded【小题2】A．refusedB．warnedC．toldD．prevented【小题3】A．something B．everythingC．nothingD．anything【小题4】A．FactoryB．SchoolC．LibraryD．Hospital【小题5】A．specialB．normalC．richD．favorite【小题6】A．beforeB．lateC．laterD．ago【小题7】A．cryingB．sayingC．readingD．laughing【小题8】A．everB．alwaysC．neverD．often【小题9】A．attractB．foolC．protectD．teach【小题10】A．wealthiestB．happiestC．loneliestD．stupidest【小题11】A．SoB．SimplyC．ButD．Since【小题12】A．finallyB．aimlesslyC．thankfullyD．deeply【小题13】A．experienced B．sawC．paidD．used【小题14】A．whereB．whatC．howD．why【小题15】A．bumB．beggarC．policemanD．driver【小题16】A．busilyB．easilyC．freelyD．exactly【小题17】A．pictureB．bookC．personD．price【小题18】A．alwaysB．hardlyC．onlyD．rarely【小题19】A．opinionB．clothesC．wisdom(智慧) D．appearance【小题20】A．openedB．pulledC．placedD．filledB
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(答案→)B
解析：“不要靠书的封面来判断一本书”，这是一位有钱的流浪汉给作者的忠告。在文中作者遇到一个流浪汉，他把作者带到图书馆，然后把柏拉图和亚里士多德的书从众多的图书中找出来，告诫作者不要靠书的封面来判断一本书，而且还告诉他智慧是唯一别人拿不走的东西。
【小题1】B动词辨析。A. 碰撞；B.阻止，停止；C. 责备；D. 奖赏。从后句and asked if I was running away from home.可以判断流浪汉拦住作者并对他进行询问，其他不符合语境，故答案选B。
【小题2】C动词辨析。A. 拒绝；B. 警告；C. 告诉；D. 阻止。根据后面作者所说的“Not exactly, sir.”可知作者回答了流浪汉的问题，告诉他自己不是离家出走的，故答案选C。
【小题3】A不定代词辨析。A. 某事，某物；B. 一切；C. 没什么；D. 任何事，任何物。从下文内容可知流浪汉带着作者去看一些书，所以此处是指流浪汉认为的好东西，是肯定意思，故答案选A。
【小题4】C名词辨析。A.工厂；B. 学校；C. 图书馆；D. 医院。在下文中流浪汉给作者介绍了很多书，由此推断他们去了图书馆，故答案选C。
【小题5】A形容词辨析。A. 特殊的；B. 普通的；C. 富的；D. 最喜欢的。由空前内容he was looking for something可以推断他是在找什么特别的东西，故答案选C。
【小题6】C副词辨析。A. 之前；B. 完；C.后来，以后；D.以前。从语境判断过了一会这个人就拿着几本书回来了，固定短语：时间段+later，意思是“（多长时间）以后”
【小题7】B动词辨析。A. 哭；B. 说 ；C. 读；D. 笑。下文“There are two things that I want to……for a cover can fool you “，都是流浪汉给作者的忠告，也就是他告诉作者的话，故答案选B。
【小题8】C副词辨析。A. 曾经；B. 总是；C. 绝不；D. 常常。从下文内容可知流浪汉告诉作者书的封面会骗人，所以让他不要看封皮来判断一本书，故答案选C。
【小题9】B动词辨析。A. 吸引；B. 愚弄；C. 保护 ；D. 教学。从第二段的末句for a cover can fool you可知B选项正确。
【小题10】A形容词辨析。A. 最富有的；B. 最快乐的；C.最孤独的；D. 最愚蠢的。根据后句内容and have all the things that money can buy.可以判断他曾经是个有钱人，故答案选A。
【小题11】C连词辨析。A. 所以；B. 简单；C. 但是；D. 自从。前句讲他是非常有钱的人，在生活中什么都不缺，而后句却讲他感到生活中又缺少点什么，由此判断此处是转折关系，故答案选C。
【小题12】D副词辨析。A 最后；B. 无目标地；C.感谢地；D. 深深地。从词义搭配可知答案选D，意思是“他一直在深深地思考生活。”
【小题13】A动词辨析。A. 经历；B.看见；C. 付款；D. 使用。在下文中流浪汉讲述自己放弃富裕的生活来体验流浪的感觉，由此判断他认为自己虽然生活富足，但是还是有些东西是自己没有体验过的，故答案选A。
【小题14】B疑问词辨析。A.哪儿 ；B. 什么；C. 如何；D. 为什么。从语法角度可知句中like是介词，缺少宾语，应该用疑问代词，故答案选B。
【小题15】A名词辨析。A. 流浪汉；B. 乞丐；C. 警察；D. 司机。从上文可知他现在是一个流浪的人，而且根据下文For the past year, I have been going from city to city doing just that.也可推测他是想体验流浪的感觉，故答案选A。
【小题16】D副词辨析。A. 忙地；B. 容易地；C. 自由地；D. 精确地，确切地。根据语境判断答案选D。
【小题17】B名词辨析。A. 图画；B. 图书；C. 人物；D. 价钱。根据上文中….to judge a book by its cover,可以判断答案选B。
【小题18】C副词辨析。A. 总是；B. 几乎不；C. 仅仅； D. 稀少地。从下文内容可知流浪汉告诉作者只有智慧是别人拿不走的，此处强调唯一性，故答案选C。
【小题19】C名词辨析。A. 观点；B. 衣服；C. 智慧 ；D. 出现。在下文中流浪汉把智者柏拉图和亚里士多德写的书送给了作者，由此推断他要让作者增长的是智慧，知识，认为这是别人拿不走的，故选C。
【小题20】B动词辨析。A.开；B.拉； C. 放置；D. 充满。根据上文he returned with a couple of old books.可知这是流浪汉从书架上取下的书，故答案选B。