阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Once the King of India was ill and sent for his doctor. The doctor came, 36 him and said, “You will be well soon in a few days if you take bull’s milk.” The King was 37 , for he had never heard of a bull that gave milk. “How is it 38 ?” he asked.
“Order Gulbo to get it for you,” answered the doctor, “He can do anything.” Gulbo was a person with great knowledge and was 39 to the doctor. So the doctor thought this would be a way of making him 40 . When the King told Gulbo what the doctor said and 41 him to get bull’s milk, Gulbo 42 understood what the doctor was trying to do.
When he got home, he sat thinking how to get out of the 43 . His daughter, seeing him worried, asked what was the 44 . On hearing what the King had asked for, she said, “don’t 45 , Father, I will help you.”
The next day she took some old clothes, went to the bank of the river near the palace, and chose a place 46 the King’s bedroom window. In the middle of the night, she started to do her washing. She made so much noise 47 the King could not sleep. The King got very angry and sent a guard to 48 what was the matter. The soldier found the girl, and led her to the King. “Why do you wash your clothes here at night?” said the King.
The girl 49 to be afraid and said, “I had to wash clothes at night. This afternoon my father had a baby, I was 50 all day because of that. Then I found there were no clean 51 for the baby, so I had to e and wash them now.”
“What!” cried the King. “Are you trying to make a 52 of me? I have never heard of man having a baby.”
“Well, if the King himself orders someone to get bull’s milk for him, 53 can’t a man have a baby?”
The King smiled and said, “You must be Gulbo’s 54 . Go and tell your father that he may keep the bull’s milk for his 55.”
【小题1】A．checkedB．testedC．judgedD．examined【小题2】A．pleasedB．surprisedC．touchedD．moved【小题3】A．possibleB．impossibleC．usualD．unusual【小题4】A．a friendB．an enemyC．a neighborD．a patient【小题5】A．sufferB．happyC．angryD．laugh【小题6】A．beggedB．orderedC．decidedD．demanded【小题7】A．suddenlyB．certainlyC．immediately D．directly【小题8】A．chanceB．situationC．positionD．difficulty【小题9】A．matterB．wrongC．thingD．problem【小题10】A．frightenB．worryC．doubtD．fear【小题11】A．aboveB．onC．belowD．under【小题12】A．butB．whenC．asD．that【小题13】A．find outB．get outC．take outD．bring out【小题14】A．beganB．lookedC．becameD．pretended【小题15】A．busyB．freeC．surprisedD．anxious【小题16】A．foodB．clothesC．boxesD．something【小题17】A．trickB．jokeC．friendD．fool【小题18】A．whyB．howC．whoD．what【小题19】A．girlB．daughterC．wifeD．friend【小题20】A．daughterB．sonC．girlD．babyD
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解析：本文是记叙文，讲述一位少女如何用聪明才智回答国王的无理要求，最后救出了她的父亲。
【小题1】语意辨析题。“给某人检查身体”常用examine sb. 而check表示“核对是否正确”；test“测试（性能）”；judge“判断”。选D.
【小题2】逻辑判断题。从上文的医生建议国王喝bull’s milk（公牛的奶），可以推知国王对此不可能的事所应该产生的反应是surprised。选B.
【小题3】本题是上题逻辑意义的延续。这个疑问句正是表示国王的惊讶，“这怎么可能呢？” A.
【小题4】本题是逻辑推理题。医生建议国王命令Gulbo去完成一项不可能完成的使命，可见医生与Gulbo是仇家，否则不会如此难为人。选B.
【小题5】本题依然是上题逻辑意义的延续。医生这样做的目的就是要让Gulbo受罪。选A.
【小题6】本题考查语意辨析。单纯从搭配上来看，除了demand以外，另三个选项都是可以的。但意义上却大相径庭。order sb. to do“命令某人做”，begged sb. to do“企求某人做”，decided sb. to do“使某人决定做”。从人物身份来分析，只能是order。选B.
【小题7】本题考查上下文的情景推断。既然是国王生病，当然要求大臣“立刻”去寻除病良药。选C.
【小题8】本题考查语意辨析。Gulbo想法摆脱困境，chance和position干扰性较小，difficulty表示“困境”通常用复数形式，因此只有situation合适。选B.
【小题9】本题考查语言知识的搭配。询问出了什么事、怎么了，常用句型：What’s the matter? / What’s wrong? / What’s the trouble? / What’s the problem? / What has happened ? 注意matter、problem和trouble是名词，前面用冠词，其次注意what’s the matter在宾语从句中语序不变，而problem和trouble要改变语序。选A.
【小题10】本题是特定情景下的语意辨析题。她父亲此时的心情应该是“焦虑”worried，因为没有办法想出来。选B.
【小题11】本题是特定情景下的语意辨析题。A、B肯定不对。under表示“在正下方”，below表示“（楼/山/窗）底下”。选C.
【小题12】本题考查语言知识的句型搭配。so… that…“如此…以至于…”。选D.
【小题13】本题考查语意辨析。“弄清事实/真相”，用find out。选A.
【小题14】本题考查情景判断。女孩为了让国王相信她的不得已，“假装”很害怕，用pretend。选D.
【小题15】本题考查逻辑推理。从晚上洗衣服这一行为可以推断白天“很忙”。选A.
【小题16】本题考查上下文意义的一致。从上文的do her washing，可见是洗衣服。选B.
【小题17】本题考查固定词组的含义。make a fool of me“把我当傻瓜；愚弄我”。选D.
【小题18】本题考查上下文逻辑意义的推理。本句意思是：如果国王亲自命令某人去取公牛的奶，为什么男人就不能生小孩呢？选A.
【小题19】本题考查上下文信息的呼应。答案应该是很直观的。选B.
【小题20】本题考查上下文信息的观察和呼应。答案很明显由上文的my father had a baby提示，应该是baby。选D.