- 试题详情及答案解析
- One day, Nick invited his friends to supper. He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen. Suddenly, he ___【小题1】___ (find) that he had 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 ___【小题2】___ too little.”
His son looked surprised. “I can understand why I shouldn’t pay too much, Father, but if I can pay less, __ _【小题3】____ not save a bit of money?”
“That would be a very ___【小题4】___ (reason) thing to do in a big city, but it could destroy a small village like ours,” Nick said.
Nick’s guests, __【小题5】__ had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy salt more __【小题6】_____ (cheap) if they could. Nick replied, “The only reason a man would sell salt at 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 ___【小题7】____ the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce it.”
“But such a small thing couldn’t __【小题8】__(possible) destroy a village.”
“In the beginning, there was only ___【小题9】___ very small amount of unfairness in the world, but everyone added a little, always __【小题10】(think) that it was only small and not very important, and look where we have ended up today.”- 答案：【小题1】found
【小题2】nor
【小题3】why
【小题4】reasonable
【小题5】who
【小题6】cheaply
【小题7】for
【小题8】possibly
【小题9】a
【小题10】thinking - 试题分析：本文主要通过主人公Nick让儿子去买盐，借此教育他凡是要公平行事，保持整体的平衡。
【小题1】考查一般过去时。全篇讲述过去的事情，find——found。
【小题2】考查固定搭配。Neither…nor…表示既不……也不……，Nick告诉儿子买盐的时候既不能多给钱也不能少给。
【小题3】考查特殊疑问句。句意：为什么不省点儿钱呢？填why。
【小题4】考查名词的形容词形式。Reason——reasonable合理的，句意为：这在大城市可能是件很合理的事情，但却能毁掉我们这样的小村庄。
【小题5】考查非限制性定语从句。先行词为Nick’s guests，用who引导。
【小题6】考查形容词的副词形式。Cheap——cheaply，便宜地。客人问Nick，如果能以低一点的价格买到盐，为什么不那样做呢？
【小题7】考查介词。The respect for…对……的尊重，句意为：任何占这种小便宜的人都是缺少对为生产在这种物品付出汗水和努力的劳动者的尊重。
【小题8】考查形容词的副词形式。Possible——possibly，可能地。句意为：但是这样小的一件事不可能就毁掉整个村子吧。
【小题9】考查冠词。前面已有only修饰，后应接定冠词，填a。
【小题10】考查动名词。Think——thinking，思考。每个人都再往上加一点不公平，并且认为只是一件不重要的小事，所以看看我们现在成了什么样了。
考点：考查单词和语法