Question

閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當的內容（不超過3個單詞）或括號內單詞的正確形式

One day, Nick invited his friends to supper. He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen. Suddenly, he ____1.__(find) that he has run out of salt. So Nick called to his son, “Go to the village and buy some salt, but pay a fair price for it: neither too much ____2.__too little.”

His son looked surprised. “I can understand why I shouldn’t pay too much, Father, but if I can pay less, ____3.__not save a bit of money?”

“ That would be a very ____4.__(reason) thing to do in a big city, but it could destroy a small village like ours,” Nick said.

Nick’s guests, ____5.__had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy salt more cheaply if they could. Nick replied, “The only reason a man would sell salt ___6.__a lower price would be because he was desperate for money. And anyone who took advantage of that situation would be showing a lack of respect ___7.__the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce it.”

“But such a small thing couldn’t ___8.__(possible) destroy a village.”

“In the beginning, there was only ____9._very small amount of unfairness in the world, but everyone added a little, always ____10._(think) that it was only small and not very important, and look where we have ended up today.”

 

Answer 1

1.found

2.nor

3.why

4.reasonable

5.who

6.at

7.for

8.possibly

9.a

10.thinking

【解析】

試題分析: 一天，尼克在家里請朋友吃飯，但是發現家里沒有鹽了，于是他就讓兒子去買鹽，而且告訴兒子買鹽不要太貴也不要太便宜，否則會毀了一個村莊。客人和兒子都不理【解析】
為什么不能買便宜的鹽呢？于是，尼克對此說出了自己的道理

1.

2.….nor“既不……也不”，所以填nor。

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.’t possibly “不可能”，填possibly。

9.

10.

考點：考查學生對語法知識及語境的理解。