Question

The captain of a ship and a merchant（商人）were friends．The merchant had a young son，who wanted to be a sailor（水手），so the captain took him for voyages in his____ ．One day when the captain had come from a ___ with a lot of money，the merchant told him that the price of iron（鐵） had_____ and suggested that he should buy some with his money．“I’ll ____ it for you in my storehouse _____you return from your next voyage，and perhaps you’ll get ____ money．” But while the captain was away，the price of iron went up _____ 60% ，so the merchant sold it and kept the money．When the captain came back，his____ friend told him that he was very sorry and the mice had____ all the iron． The captain knew that his friend was____ lies，but he stayed ____and said，“I knew that you had problems_____mice in your storehouse．” After a few days，the captain started _____ voyage，and when he returned home，he said to the merchant，“I’m very sorry，but _____our voyage a bird came down and carried your son away．” The merchant was very____ and said，“Birds cannot carry boys!” “And _____ can mice eat iron，” answered the captain．The merchant took the captain to a_____ ，who said，“The merchant must____the captain the money which he got when he ___the iron，and then the captain must_____ the merchant’s son back to him．”

1.A. car B. cart C. ship D. plane

2.A. voyage B. travel C. business D. visit

3.A. fallen B. raised C. widened D. risen

4.A. keep B. hide C. hold D. put

5.A. when B. since C. after D. until

6.A. many B. more C. a bit D. less

7.A. on B. in C. to D. by

8.A. dishonest B. honest C. real D. former

9.A. sold B. borrowed C. eaten D. drunk

10.A. talking B. making C. telling D. saying

11.A. friendly B. calm C. quiet D. angry

12.A. about B. in C. on D. with

13.A. another B. next C. the other D. other

14.A. while B. after C. during D. before

15.A. boring B. puzzled C. angry D. afraid

16.A. yet B. neither C. so D. either

17.A. lawyer B. manager C. child D. judge

18.A. return B. give C. offer D. lend

19.A. kept B. bought C. sold D. stole

20.A. bring B. fetch C. carry D. catch

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.A

4.A

5.D

6.B

7.D

8.A

9.C

10.C

11.B

12.D

13.A

14.C

15.B

16.B

17.D

18.B

19.C

20.A

【解析】

試題分析：文章講述了商人欺騙他的朋友船長鐵被老鼠吃了，船長第二次回來的時候告訴他兒子被鳥叼走了。

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20. A帶來；B 去取來；C 攜帶；D 逮住，接住。從上文可知船長在出海時把商人的兒子給藏了起來，故法官要求船長把商人的兒子帶回來。Bring指把人或東西帶到說話的地方來，而fetch是去取來，去拿來的意思。carry沒有方向性，而且一般指肩挑背扛等較重的物體。故A項正確。

考點：故事類完形填空