A group of people were in search of a home. After some time walking around, they finally found a place to down. They needed some, and the chief (首领) sent out three groups of people tothe surrounding areas. After a short discussion, the three groups went out in directions. The first group explored the north. There, they saw large fields withcrops, vegetables and fruits. They went back to report their. We saw lots of vegetation (植物). We can be.” The second group went southwest. There, they saw lots of. As they went back, they said, “We saw hundreds of animals. We canfor our food, and relyon meat to sustain (维持) us.” The last group went southeast. There, they reached the sea and saw hundreds of fish swimming. They returned and said, We saw plenty of fish. We can gofor our food. We can eat meat alone!” shouted the second group. “No!! We did not see any animals at all!” said the first group. The third group joined in, “Are you? We did not see anything like you have. There was only water. We need to become fishermen!” Each group got sowith the others that they each went to the place they had explored. They werethat they alone had the answer and that the others must have been wrong. , each group of people only chose to believe themselves.they had chosen to learn from one another andthem, they could have had the best of everything.
试题分析：文章通过一个故事来告诉我们为人处事应该懂得变通，不能固执己见。一个部落找到定居的地方之后，首领派三组人外出寻找食物。三组人分别发现了庄稼、动物和鱼，但是三组人彼此互不信任。 【小题1】考查动词辨析。A花费，度过；B花费(金钱)；C花费(时间)；D丢失。这里的逻辑主语是they，指人时用spend，spend time/money(in) doing sth花费时间做某事，故选A。 【小题2】考查动词辨析。A打断，打破；B(使)冷却；C定居，解决，停留；D(使)平静。they finally found a place to down来回走动了一段时间之后，他们终于找了一个地方定居下来，settle down定居，故选C。 【小题3】考查名词辨析。A水；B食物；C精力；D信息。根据第四段“We canfor our food,”可知，他们需要的是食物，故选B。 【小题4】考查动词辨析。A探索，探究，仔细检查；B清理；C测量；D覆盖，走(一段路)，够付，包括。the chief (首领) sent out three groups of people tothe surrounding areas首领派三组人到周围地区进行探查，根据倒数第二段“they had explored”可知知答案，故选A。 【小题5】考查形容词和冠词。A同一的，同样的；B一个，某个；C省略符号；D不同的。根据“directions”可知，三组人分别向着三个不同的方向走去，故选D。 【小题6】考查形容词辨析。A主要的；B很少的；C贫穷的，可怜的；D许多。根据下一行“We saw lots of vegetation (植物).”可知，第一组人发现很多植物，修饰可数名词复数用many，many与下一行的lots of同义，故选D。 【小题7】考查名词辨析。A经历；B发现物，(官方的)调查结果；C结果；D状况。They went back to report their.这里指第一组返回向首领汇报情况，故选B。 【小题8】考查名词辨析。A素食主义者，食草动物；B渔民；C猎人；D矿工。We saw lots of vegetation (植物). We can be.第一组人说他们发现了很多庄稼、蔬菜和水果，他们可以吃素食，故选A。 【小题9】考查名词辨析。A山；B人；C动物；D房子。根据下一行“We saw hundreds of animals.”可知，第二组发现了很多动物，故选C。 【小题10】考查动词辨析。A准备；B打猎；C战斗；D等待。We canfor our food这里指狩猎动物，hunt for猎取......，寻找......，故选B。 【小题11】考查副词辨析。A主要地，大部分地；B部分地，不完全地，在一定程度上；C完全地，充分地；D几乎不。and relyon meat to sustain (维持) us第二组认为他们可以主要依靠狩猎获得的肉为生，故选A。 【小题12】考查动词辨析。A冲浪；B划船；C钓鱼，捕鱼；D游泳。根据上一行“saw hundreds of fish swimming”可知，第三组发现了很多鱼，他们认为可以靠捕鱼为生，故选C。 【小题13】考查名词辨析。A鱼；B庄稼；C奶牛；D花朵。根据“said the first group”和上文可知，第一组发现的是庄稼，因此，他们坚持以农作物为生，故选B。 【小题14】考查动词辨析。A去，离开；B睡觉；C来；D开玩笑。根据“We did not see anything like you have...”可知，第三组没有发现前两组提到的庄稼和动物，他们认为前两组在开玩笑，故选D。 【小题15】考查动词辨析。A描述；B带来；C写；D解释。We did not see anything like you have.第三组说他们没有看到前两组描述的情况，即他们没有看到庄稼和动物，故选A。 【小题16】考查形容词辨析。A严格的；B生气的；C伤心的，难过的，令人遗憾的；D满意的，愉快的。Each group got sowith the others that三组人互相生彼此的气，be angry with sb生某人的气，故选B。 【小题17】考查形容词辨析。A伤心的，难过的，令人遗憾的；B令人愉快的；C确定的，有把握的，肯定的；D焦急的。They werethat they alone had the answer三组人各执己见，确信自己是正确的，另外两组是错误的，be sure that...确信......，对......有把握，故选C。 【小题18】考查副词辨析。A开心地；B幸运的是；C不幸的是；D充满希望地。each group of people only chose to believe themselves每组人只相信自己而不是互相学习，根据句中的“only”可知，这是不幸的，故选C。 【小题19】考查连词辨析。A在......之后；B因为；C在......之前；D如果。they had chosen to learn from one another...they could have had the best of everything.如果他们选择互相学习，......这是一个if虚拟条件句，对过去进行虚拟，if从句用过去完成时，主句用could/would have done，故选D。 【小题20】考查动词辨析。A钦佩，赞赏，夸奖；B相信，认为；C欣赏，感激；D理解。they had chosen to learn from one another andthem如果三组人互相学习并相互信任对方的话，他们将得到最好的东西，故选B。 考点：故事类短文阅读