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Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage, and for each blank there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D at the end of the passage. You should choose ONE answer that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Once upon a time a poor farmer taking a sack of wheat to the mill did not know(56)to do when it slipped from his horse and fell(57)the road. The sack was(58)heavy for him to(59), and his only hope was that(60)some one would come riding by and(61)a hand.

It was not long(62)a rider appeared, but the farmer' s heart sank when he(63)him, for it was the great man who lived in a castle nearby. The farmer(64)have dared to ask(65 )farmer to help, or any poor man who might have come(66)the road, but he could not beg a (67)of so great a man.(68), as soon as the great man came up he got(69)his horse, say-ing "I see you' ve had bad luck, friend. How good it is(70)I' m here just at the71 time. "Then he took one(72)of the sack, the farmer the other, and between them they lifted it on the horse.

"Sir," asked the farmer, "how can I pay you?"

"Easily enough," the great man(73) "Whenever you see(74)else in trouble,(75) the same for him. "

56. A. how B. what C. which D. whether

57. A. on B. in C. off D. onto

58. A. so B. very C. quite D. too

59. A. pic B. lift C. take D. left

60. A. presently B. immediately C. generally D. quickly

61. A. lend B. present C. borrow D. put

62. A. before B. until C. after D. since

63. A. knew B. understood C. remembered D. recognized

54. A. ought B. should C. would D. could

65. A. one B. other C. some D. another

66. A. across B. along C. through D. alone

67. A. favor B. support C. hand D. help

68. A. Nevertheless B. However C. Moreover D. Although

69. A. off B. from C. down D. out of

70. A. when B. which C. then D. that

71. A. exact B. same C. right D. good

72. A. piece B. end C. part D. edge

73. A. referred B. responded C. reflected D. replied

74. A. someone B. everyone C. anyone D. one

75. A. make B. create C. do D. perform

答案：

56.B “該怎么辦”應說"did not know what to do"或"did not know how to do it"。

57.D onto“到…之上”，強調(diào)位置的變化過程；而on意為“在…之上”，單純表示位置；off表示“從…上掉下來”。農(nóng)民的小麥掉到地面上，當然用“fell onto the road”。

58.D 考查的是too…to…的用法。

59.B lift表示“抬起，舉起”；pick是“采摘”的意思；pick up表示“拾起，撿起”；take“帶走”。小麥袋子太重了，農(nóng)民無法抬起來，所以用lift.

60.A presently“目前，此刻”，可出現(xiàn)在句首，也可在句中或句尾。農(nóng)民一個人抬不起小麥，就只好希望此刻能有個人騎馬過來幫忙。immediately“立即，馬上”，一般不用在句子之前；quickly修飾動詞，表示動作之快，一般也放在所修飾動詞之后。

61.A lend a hand固定搭配，“幫個忙”。

62.A it was not long before…“沒過多久就…”。農(nóng)民剛想完沒過多久就來了一個騎馬的人。

63.D recognize“認出，識別出”，強調(diào)由看不清變成看得清。當農(nóng)民認出騎馬人是誰時，心沉了下去，因為來者是讓他害怕的住在城堡里的大人物。

64.C 本句使用了虛擬語氣，提出與過去事實相反的假設，主句用would have done.意思是如果來人不是大人物，而是另外一個農(nóng)民的話，他就敢尋求幫助了。

65.D another“另一個，再一個”。農(nóng)民自己是一個，再來一個就要用another.other往往修飾復數(shù)名詞，表示“其余的”。

66.B along“沿著，順著……”；across“橫穿”；through“穿過，通過”。農(nóng)民希望有另外一個窮人也會走這條路，走這條路當然意味著“沿著這條路走”。

67.A beg (ask for) a favor of固定搭配，“請求某人幫助”。

68.B 上面講農(nóng)民害怕大人物，不敢向他求助；下面講大人物出其預料地主動幫助他，有轉(zhuǎn)折意味，所以要用however來連接。

69.A get off“下車、下飛機、下馬等”。

70.D that在本句中引導主語從句做真正的主語，前面的it是形式主語。

71.C at the fight time“在恰當?shù)臅r候”，指來得正是時候（需要幫忙的時候）。at the same time“同時”；at the exact time強調(diào)“準時，分秒不差”；at the good time“在大好時機”。

72.B end“…的一頭”，如煙頭the end of a cigarette.本句中指兩人分別抓住一頭，將袋子抬上馬背。part“一部分”；edge“邊緣”。

73.D reply“回答”；respond“作出反應，回答”，但該詞比較正式，本篇只是一則小故事，用re—ply或answer就足夠了。

74.C anyone else其他任何人，在否定、疑問和條件句中要用anyone，不用someone.

75.C do the same thing固定搭配，“做（和我）同樣的事情”，此句中指助人為樂。由此揭示出為什么稱之為"great man"。

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