The Horse That Wanted More Beauty

   ①A God had a horse. The horse was beautiful and also it had many good qualities. But it wanted to be more perfect in every way.

    One day the horse said to the God ,“Oh,Lord,you have given me beauty. I am so grateful to you. But how I wish you could make me more beautiful. I would be very,very thankful if you could make me more beautiful. ”

    The God said ,“ I am more than ready to make you more beautiful. Tell me in what way you want to be changed. ”

    The horse said ,“ If you can make my neck a little longer,my upper body will be more beautiful. And if you can make my legs much thinner,then I will look more beautiful in my lower body. ”

   ②Then the God made a camel appear in place of the horse. “ Oh,God,I wanted to become more beautiful. Am I more beautiful now?M asked the horse.

   The God said, “This is what you asked for. You have turned you into a camel. ”

    The horse cried, “Oh no,I don't want to be a camel! ”

    The God said, “③永遠(yuǎn)不要試圖得到比我已經(jīng)給你更多的東西。(4) If you want more and more,you will have no idea what the result will be."

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，完成下列任務(wù)。

  1. 將①處畫線部分的句子合并成一個簡單句。


2. What did the horse go to see the God to do?

3. 在短文中找出與②處畫線句子意思相近的句子， 并寫在下面的橫線上。

4. 將③處畫線部分的句子翻譯成英語。

5. 將④處畫線部分的句子翻譯成漢語。

這是一篇寓言故事。一匹已經(jīng)很漂亮的馬想讓自己變得更漂亮一些，它去找上帝幫忙，結(jié)果上帝將它變成了一頭 駱駝，這匹馬能滿意嗎？

詳析

1. A God had a beautiful horse with many good qualities.

原句中的beautiful是一個形容詞，可以作定語；had many good qualities表示“有著許多好的特征”，可以改為介詞 詞組，作中心詞horse的后置定語。

2. To ask the God to make him more beautiful.由第二段的第三句可知，這匹馬去見上帝的主要目的是想讓上帝 把它變得更漂亮一些。

3. You have turned you into a camel.這句話的意思是“后來上帝變出了一個駱駝來代替這匹馬”，由此可知，答案 為第六段的最后一句。

4. Never try to get more than I have given you.本句是一個祈使句，其中“我已經(jīng)給你的”要用現(xiàn)在完成時。

5. 如果你想得到更多的東西，你將不會知道后果將是怎樣的. 其中的have no idea表示“不知道”。

障礙句分析

It looks like an umbrella so that all the books in it can't be wet cm rainy days.

它看起來像一把傘，這樣里面的書不會在 雨天淋濕。

本句是一個含有狀語從句的復(fù)合句，so that all the books. .• days是一個表示目的的狀語從句。

題目來源：2016一本英語閱讀理解與完形填空150篇八年級 > TEST1

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