A woman came out of her house and saw three old men with long white beards(胡须) sitting in her front yard. She said, “I don’t think Iyou, but you must be hungry. Pleaseand have something to eat.” “Is the man of the house?” they asked. “No,” she replied(答复), “He’s out.” “Then we cannot come in,” they replied. In the evening when hercame home, she told himhad happened. “Go tell them I am home and invite them in!” The woman went out and invited the men in. “We do not go into a house,” they replied. “Why is that?” she asked. One of the old men explained, “His name is Wealth(财富),” he said,one of his friends, “and he is Success, and I am Love.” Then he added, “Now go in andyour husband which one of us you want in your home.” The woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband was. “How nice!” he said. “Since(既然) that is, let us invite Wealth. Let him come and fill our home with wealth!” His wife. “My dear, why don’t we invite Success?” Their daughter-in-law was listening from the other corner of the house. She jumped in with her own, “Wouldn’t it be better to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love.” “Let usour daughter-in-law’s advice,” said the husband to his wife. “Go out and inviteto be our guest.” The woman went out and asked the three old men, “Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our.” Love got up andwalking toward the house. The other two also got up and followed him., the lady asked Wealth and Success, “I only invited Love. Why are you coming in?” The old men replied together, “If you had invited Wealth or Success,two of us would have stayed out, but since youLove, wherever he goes, we go with him.there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!”
试题分析：文章讲述了一个关于财富、成功和爱的故事。三个白胡子老人分别是“财富”、“成功”和“爱”，人们一次只能邀请他们中的一个到他们家里做客。如果邀请“财富”或“成功”中的一位，其他两位将留在外面。但是当“爱”被邀请时，剩下的两位也会跟着“爱”走。故事告诉我们，有爱的地方就会有成功和财富。 【小题1】考查动词辨析。A喜欢；B知道；C认出，承认；D需要。根据“came out of her house and saw three old men”可知，女士发现自家门前有三个老人，她不认识他们，她认为他们是饿了需要吃的东西，故选B。 【小题2】考查动词短语。A外出，熄灭；B离开，逃脱；C起床；D进来。根据“have something to eat”可知，女士让三位老人进去吃东西，故选D。 【小题3】考查介词和副词。A在......里，在里面，在家；B从......出来，不在家；C离开，远离；D从......落下，离开。根据““No,” she replied(答复), “He’s out.””可知，老人们问男主人是否在家，故选A。 【小题4】考查名词辨析。A朋友；B父亲；C哥哥，弟弟；D丈夫。根据“the man of the house...“He’s out.””可知，女士的丈夫晚上才回来，故选D。 【小题5】考查宾语从句。A名词性从句中作主语或宾语；B名词性从句中that无意义；C名词性从句中作定语；D作状语。she told himhad happened女士把发生的事情告诉了丈夫，宾语从句缺少主语，故选A。 【小题6】考查副词辨析。A一个接一个地，逐个地；B依次地，陆续地，接二连三；C单独，独自；D一起，同时。根据下一段“which one of us you want in your home”可知，三个老人说他们不能同时进入一户人家，故选D。 【小题7】考查动词短语。A嘲笑；B看；C指着，指向；D起始于。根据““His name is Wealth(财富),” he said”可知，一个老人指着他的一个朋友说他的名字叫“财富”，故选C。 【小题8】考查动词短语。A和......争论；B和......讨论；C与......辩论；D与......争吵。根据“which one of us you want in your home”可知，老人让女士和丈夫商量让谁进他们的家，故选B。 【小题9】考查形容词辨析。A激动的，兴奋的；B惊讶的；C震惊的；D疲劳的，厌烦的。根据““How nice!” he said.”可知，女士的丈夫很兴奋，故选A。 【小题10】考查名词辨析。A处境，形势；B位置，职务；C情形，情况；D要点。Since(既然) that is,既然是这样的话，that’s the case那样的话，是固定搭配，故选C。 【小题11】考查动词辨析。A同意；B欣赏，感激；C点头；D不同意。根据“why don’t we invite Success?”可知，女士不同意邀请“财富”到他们家，故选D。 【小题12】考查名词辨析。A建议；B决定；C方案；D解释。根据“Wouldn’t it be better to invite Love?”可知，女士的儿媳妇过来提出了自己的建议，根据下一行“our daughter-in-law’s advice”可知答案，故选A。 【小题13】考查动词辨析。A讨论；B接受；C考虑；D忽视。Let usour daughter-in-law’s advice让我们采纳儿媳妇的建议吧，take one’s advice采纳某人的建议，故选B。 【小题14】考查名词辨析。A成功；B财富；C爱；D他们。根据下一行“Which one of you is Love? Please come in”可知，他们决定邀请“爱”到他们家做客，故选C。 【小题15】考查名词辨析。A朋友；B亲戚；C女婿；D客人。根据上一行“Go out and inviteto be our guest.”可知，他们在讨论邀请三位老人中的一位到他家做客，故选D。 【小题16】考查动词辨析。A开始；B停止；C继续；D喜欢，享受。Love got up andwalking toward the house.“爱”站起来开始朝女士家走，start doing sth开始做某事，故选A。 【小题17】考查形容词辨析。A满意的，愉快的；B惊讶的；C担忧的；D失望的。根据““I only invited Love. Why are you coming in?””可知，让女士感到惊讶的是，邀请了“爱”之后，“财富”和“成功”也跟着“爱”走进她家，故选B。 【小题18】考查不定代词。A其他的人或物，单独使用；B三者以上中的另一个；C其他的，后跟名词复数；D(两者中的)另一个，剩下的。If you had invited Wealth or Success,two of us would have stayed out如果你邀请的是“财富”或“成功”，那么剩下的两个将会待在外面，the other+名词复数，意为“剩下的全部”，the other two指剩下的两个，故选D。 【小题19】考查时态。根据上文可知，女士邀请“爱”是发生在过去的事情，应该用一般过去时，故选A。 【小题20】考查连词辨析。A无论哪里；B无论怎样；C无论何时；D无论什么。根据“wherever he goes, we go with him.”可知，无论“爱”走到哪里，“财富”和“成功”都会跟着他，说明有爱的地方就有财富和成功，故选A。 考点：故事类短文阅读