Question

Charlie was a rich boy who had more toys than you could imagine. His family had a lot of money， and 1    he liked something,they would buy it for him. Then,he had no idea what things cost,and wouldn，t 2    to take care of what he had. Nor did he realise how difficult it was for other children to get toys like the ones he had.

A time came,though, when he was 3    used to all his toys and various stuff that he began

to want something 4   . One of his uncles found a fine horse and he gave it to Charlie. Charlie was very 5   at having a horse. He had never got something like that before.

However, he 6   the horse just as badly as he did all his other toys,and it soon started looking 7   . For the first time in his life Charlie became truly 8   . He loved the horse，and the fact that his family had offered to exchange it for a new one meant nothing to him. One day,while in the countryside，he saw a girl with a horse. The girl looked very poor，but the horse seemed happy and looked great.

Wondering how she had 9   this,Charlie secretly followed her,watching everything she did. First he followed them through the forest，where he saw that she never used the whip，and never 10   the horse. Then they came to the stable, and 11   they arrived the girl fed and watered the horse. Then she carefully groomed (梳理毛發) it. Charlie was surprised. This was the 12    of what Charlie had done to his horse.

Charlie wanted to 13    and become like the girl. As no one had shown him how to do this,he 14    to her and asked her to teach him how to look after his horse. After her initial surprise，she happily 15    . With her he learned how to 16    care and effort into things. He learned that he could be much 17    with only a few special things that you truly 18    ，than with thousands of toys that were only good for a short time and were then 19    aside. When the horse finally 20    all its strength and health, Charlie was happy that his effort had been worthwhile.

(   ) 1. A. whichever    B. whenever   C. whatever    D. however

(   ) 2. A. refuse    B. bother    C. obey    D. hesitate

(   ) 3. A. so    B. as    C. quite    D. very

(   ) 4. A. usual    B. different    C. right    D. expensive

(   ) 5. A. excited    B. interested    C. annoyed    D. hopeful

(   ) 6. A. operated    B. commanded    C. trained    D. treated

(   ) 7. A. tired    B. puzzled    C. grateflil    D. sick

(   ) 8. A. worried    B. patient    C. ashamed    D. doubtful

(   ) 9. A. controlled    B. learned    C. managed    D. prepared

(   ) 10. A. scratched    B. hit    C. broke    D. damaged

(   ) 11. A. even if    B. every time    C. now that    D. soon after

(   ) 12. A. glory    B. devotion    C. opposite    D. assumption

(   ) 13. A. change    B. continue    C. inspect    D. overcome

(   ) 14. A. got over    B. turned over    C. took over    D. went over

(   ) 15. A. agreed    B. received    C. adopted    D. responded

(   ) 16. A. give    B. put    C. spend    D. take

(   ) 17. A. stronger    B. higher    C. happier    D. smarter

(   ) 18. A. cared for    B. cut down    C. poured into    D. looked up

(   ) 19. A. picked    B. dropped    C. passed    D. thrown

(   ) 20. A. relieved    B. recovered    C. lost    D. grasped

Answer 1

主人公查理由于家境比較富裕，對自己所有的玩具一點也不愛惜。一天查理的叔叔送了一匹馬給他，他依然不愛惜這匹馬。后來查理結識了 一位女孩，她對馬非常愛護，在她的感染

下，查理最終意識到了要愛護自己所擁有的，馬也最終恢復了體力和健康。

1. B無論何時，他喜歡什么，他的父母就給他買。

2. B他也不愛惜他所擁有的玩具，bother to do費心去做某事。

3. A他開始對他所有的東西感到如此司空見慣以至于他想要與眾不同的玩具。

4. B根據前句句意可看出他想要的是不同的東西，因此選different

5. A后文講Si】"He had never got something like that before"他從沒有過這種東西，所以應該是非常興奮的。

6. D句中"However"表示語義的轉折，所以查理應該是和對待他的玩具一樣不愛惜這匹馬。

7. D很快，這匹馬看起來像是生病了。

8. A后文提到他非常愛這匹馬，甚至父母拿別的東西換他都不答應，故他生平第一次感到擔憂。

9. C查理想知道她是如何對待她的馬的。

10. B她從來不打這匹馬。

11. D不久之后女孩就給馬喂食，進水」

12. C這完全和自己對待馬的舉動相反。

13. A查理想要改變，要變得像這個女孩一樣。

14. D根據句意，沒有人教他怎么做，他只能"向那個女孩走了過去"，向她求助如何照顧好馬。其他幾個詞組的意思不合邏輯。getover克服; turn over翻過來;take over接管;go over走過去。

15. A小女孩最初感到詫異，但后來她很高興地同意了。

16. B put sth. into sth.將……運用到……上。句意：在她的幫助下，他知道了如何將關心和努力投入到事物上。

17. C他明白了只要真正投入關愛，幾件特別的東西也能讓他十分快樂。

13. A他滿足于那些他真正關心的東西。根據句意可以看出，他對那幾樣特殊的東西十分"關心",因此選care for。

19. D throw away扔掉，丟棄。本句句意：而不是那些短時間里好玩，玩后就丟棄的玩具。

20. B從文章最后看出查理感到十分高興，說明馬最終"恢復"了健康。