Question

As King Parveez and Queen Shireen were sitting in their palace one day，a fisherman who was selling beautiful fish was brought in front of them. King Parveez decided to ____ a fish and gave the fisherman 4,000 dirham for it.

The fisherman was wild with ____. He thanked King Parveez and left.

Queen Shireen turned to her husband in anger and ____ him for paying so much for a fish. The king said that the fish was purchased and that there was ____ that could be done about it.

___，Queen Shireen insisted that the fisherman should be ____. She said, “We will ask the fisherman about the __ of the fish. If he answers it is female, we will say we want a male fish and if he replies it is male, we will say we want a female fish! Either way, we will be able to return the fish and have our ____ back.”

So the poor fisherman was called back and was asked the question.

Fortunately, he was ____ enough not to be caught out.The fisherman replied, “This fish is ____ in the sense that it is neither male nor female.”

King Parveez was so ____ by the wisdom of the man that he ____ a further 4,000 dirham to be paid to him. The fisherman thanked King Parveez ____， but as he was about to leave with the heavy bag of money, one of the ____ fell onto the floor. The fisherman ____ bent down to look for the coin.

“Look how greedy this man is！” Queen Shireen ____.“One coin has fallen out of his money bag and he searches for it instead of leaving it for some other poor ____ in the palace to find.”

The fisherman heard this ___ and said，“It is not out of greediness that I search for the coin but rather because it had the picture of __ King Parveez on it.I would not____ anyone to step on the coin.”

1.A.find　B．catch　　C．buy　D．see

2.A.joy　B．worryC．hope　D．puzzle

3.A.praised　B．scolded C．respected　D．supported

4.A.anything　B．something C．everything　D．nothing

5.A.However　B．Somehow C．Still　D．Instead

6.A.held back　B．hung back C．brought back　D．turned back

7.A.color　B．number C．result　D．gender

8.A.bag　B．money C．gold　D．gift

9.A.moved　B．afraid C．clever　D．excited

10.A.unique　B．common C．expensive　D．fresh

11.A.embarrassed　B．confused C．surprised　D．impressed

12.A.drew　B．ordered C．collected　D．saved

13.A.ever　B．first C．again　D．well

14.A.bills　B．shoes C．fish　D．coins

15.A.immediately　B．simply C．naturally　D．slowly

16.A.laughed　B．cried C．whispered　D．threatened

17.A.fisherman　B．beggar C．servant　D．farmer

18.A.suggestion　B．announcement C．voice　D．remark

19.A.generous　B．handsome C．honest 　D．wise

20.A.persuade　B．tolerate C．advise　D．encourage

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.C

10.A

11.D

12.B

13.C

14.D

15.A

16.B

17.C

18.D

19.A

20.B

【解析】

國王花了4 000迪拉姆從漁夫手里買了一條魚。王后對此不滿，想把魚退給漁夫，然而聰明的漁夫卻能言善辯，不僅未讓王后的計謀得逞而且還得到了國王的賞賜。

1.

2.2】解析　漁夫欣喜若狂(be wild with joy)，他感謝了國王，然后離開了王宮。答案　A

3.3】解析　看到國王花了那么多錢買一條魚，王后感到非常氣憤。她責備(scolded)了國王。答案　B

4.4】解析　但是國王說，交易已經(jīng)完成，什么也不能改變這一事實。答案　D

5.5】解析　然而(However)，王后堅持要把漁夫帶回來。副詞however表示轉折關系。答案　A

6.6】 解析　參見上題解析。bring back“把……帶回”。答案　C

7.7】 解析　王后設了一個圈套，打算詢問漁夫這條魚的性別。如果漁夫說是雌性，他們便可說想要雄性的；而如果漁夫說是雄性，他們便可說想買雌性的，這樣他們就可把魚退給漁夫，把錢要回來。 答案　D

8.8】 解析　參見上題解析。

答案　B

9.9】解析　幸運的是，漁夫足夠聰明(clever)而沒有落入王后設的圈套。答案　C

10.0】解析　漁夫回答：“這是一條獨一無二的(unique)魚，它非雄非雌。答案　A

11.1】 解析　漁夫機智的回答給國王留下了十分深刻的印象。impress“使留下深刻的印象”。答案　D

12.2】解析　于是，國王下令(ordered)再賞漁夫4 000迪拉姆。答案　B

13.3】解析　對于國王的獎賞，漁夫再次(again)表示感謝。 答案　C

14.4】解析　其中的一枚錢幣(coins)從錢袋中掉落在地板上。下文中“the coin”是暗示。答案　D

15.5】 解析　看到一枚錢幣掉落，漁夫立刻(immediately)彎腰去撿。 答案　A

16.6】解析　王后大聲說(cried)：“你看這個人是多么貪婪……”。答案　B

17.7】 解析　“他還要找到這枚硬幣，而不是讓王宮里的貧窮的仆人(servant)去撿這枚硬幣。”答案　C

18.8】 解析　聽到王后說的話(remark)，漁夫馬上回答。remark“談論；言論；評述”。

答案　D

19.9】解析　由于國王又賞賜給漁夫4 000迪拉姆，因此漁夫認為國王是十分慷慨的(generous)。答案　A

20.20】解析　漁夫說，他找這枚硬幣并非出于貪婪，而是他不能容忍(tolerate)任何人踩到印有國王頭像的硬幣。答案　B