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完形填空 　　Once two brothers，John and Tony, asked a sage(智者)to tell them about their future．The sage 　　1　　 them, “It may not be good for you to know your future．　　2　　, your future can change later even if I tell you now!” They 　　3　　 knowing their future．The sage said, “John will become a king in a year while Tony will 　　4　　 in a murder．” 　　John was 　　5　　 and started dreaming of becoming a king while Tony started spending his time in spiritual activities and used his time to 　　6　　 everyone and soon came out of his 　　7　　． 　　Eleven months passed．One day, the brothers discovered a half－buried pot．They 　　8　　 it and found it full of gold．John shouted, “This 　　9　　 is just for me to set up my palace!”Just then, a robber jumped out and gave a 　　10　　 on John’s head and tried to take the pot away．Tony jumped at the robber to 　　11　　 John．But the robber attacked him with a knife．During the 　　12　　 the robber dropped the pot and ran away． 　　John was very 　　13　　 to his injured brother and offered him half the gold．Tony politely 　　14　　 saying he was not going to live much longer in any case．John, with his new treasure, started eating and drinking．One year passed．There was no 　　15　　 of any crown(王冠)in sight．Tony was also enjoying good 　　16　　．They decided to visit the sage again．“How did your predictions go 　　17　　?” John asked．The sage explained, “I told you, your destiny(命運)can be changed．The crown you were to get was 　　18　　 to a pot of gold．But, Tony’s 　　19　　 life changed his destiny too．Death in the murderer’s hand was reduced to only being 　　20　　．” 　　How life meets us is called destiny; how we meet life is called self effort! (1) [　　] A． informed B． advised C． ordered D． encouraged (2) [　　] A． Instead B． Therefore C． Besides D． Otherwise (3) [　　] A． insisted on B． depended on C． gave up D． took up (4) [　　] A． recover B． appear C． hurt D． die (5) [　　] A． worried B． pleased C． shocked D． disappointed (6) [　　] A． serve B． receive C． observe D． guide (7) [　　] A． work B． debt C． depression D． anger (8) [　　] A． bought B． wrapped C． sold D． dug (9) [　　] A． experience B． treasure C． award D． success (10) [　　] A． blow B． gift C． tap D． touch (11) [　　] A． calm B． stop C． protect D． inspire (12) [　　] A． performance B． investigation C． action D． struggle (13) [　　] A． polite B． cruel C． grateful D． loyal (14) [　　] A． refused B． accepted C． demanded D． answered (15) [　　] A． symbol B． sign C． mention D． comment (16) [　　] A． chance B． position C． work D． health (17) [　　] A． short B． bad C． wrong D． well (18) [　　] A． reduced B． connected C． devoted D． exposed (19) [　　] A． comfortable B． spiritual C． difficult D． hopeless (20) [　　] A． disturbed B． forgotten C． locked D． wounded

Answer 1

答案：1．B;2．C;3．A;4．D;5．B;6．A;7．C;8．D;9．B;10．A;11．C;12．D;13．C;14．A;15．B;16．D;17．C;18．A;19．B;20．D;
解析：

(1)	由本空后的“知道你們的將來對你們沒有什么好處”可知，智者在“勸告(advised)”兄弟倆。
(2)	此處與上句構成遞進關系：“此外(Besides)”，即使我現在告訴你們了，它以后也有可能改變。
(3)	由后文John will become a king可知，他們“堅持要(insisted on)”知道自己的未來。
(4)	倒數第二段最后一句中的Death in the murderer’s hand是提示。
(5)	聽到自己會變成國王，John自然很“高興(pleased)”。
(6)	由前面的spending his time in spiritual activities可以推斷，此處說的是Tony“為別人服務(serve everyone)”。
(7)	Tony以積極的心態面對命運，很快就“不消沉了(came out of his depression)”。
(8)	從上句中的half－buried可知，他們“挖出了(dug)”這個壇子。
(9)	一壇子黃金當然是“寶物(treasure)”。
(10)	搶劫犯想把這些黃金搶走，應該是給了John“重重一擊(blow)”。
(11)	Tony跳起來撲向搶劫犯是為了“保護(protect)”John。
(12)	在“爭斗(struggle)”過程中，搶劫犯放下壇子跑了。
(13)	兄弟救了自己，所以John很“感激(grateful)”。
(14)	Tony覺得自己不會活得太久了，所以禮貌地“拒絕了(refused)”。
(15)	整整一年過去了，沒有任何“跡象(sign)”表明John將要當國王。
(16)	一年過去了Tony也沒死，由此說明他很“健康(enjoying good health)”。
(17)	由上文事實可知，他們認為智者的預測“錯了(wrong)”。
(18)	后文的Death in the murderer’s hand was reduced to…給出了提示。be reduced to…變成……
(19)	第二段中的spiritual activities給出了提示。
(20)	由上文his injured brother可知，Tony“受了傷(wounded)”，但沒有死。