There were two lazy men who did any work at all. Theyspend the whole day sitting in the sun and sleepingtalking about what they would do when they were.Many years wentin this way and the two menpoor. One summer’s day as they were sitting on a bench in the sunshine, one of the men jumped his feet without warning and exclaimed, “We can’t go onthis. We’ve got to do something to some money.” “for instance?” asked his friend in avoice. “We’ll go to the mountains andsnails（蜗牛）,” said the first man. The second man didn’t want to go out at first. But in the end his friendhim. They each took a bucket（桶）and setfor the mountains. They walked extremely slowly. When they reached the hill, they lookedit might have a lot of snails on it. The first man said, “Let’s work. I’ll go up this side with my bucket, and you go up the other side with, we’ll meet at the top.” Theysnails all day and in the evening they met on top of the hill. “How many did you get?” asked the first man. “Two,” said the second man. “Igot three, but one got away.”
试题分析：本文讲述从前有两个懒人，整天无所事事呆在太阳底下睡觉或是幻想有钱之后做什么，很多年后依然很贫穷。有一天其中一人建议去赚点钱，于是两人便上山去抓蜗牛，结果在山上抓了一天，两人都只抓到两只的故事。 【小题1】考查副词词义辨析。A总是；B从不；C经常；D很少，文章说这两人是懒人，应是从不工作的，never…at all构成否定结构，用来加强语气，相当于not…at all表示一点也不，故选B 【小题2】考查短语辨析。“used to+动词原形”表示过去经常发生的动作；be used to, get used to, become used to表示“习惯”，后应跟名词或v.-ing形式，句意为他们过去常常整天坐在太阳下，故选A 【小题3】考查连词辨析。A或者；B并且；C但是；D和…一起，根据句子spend the whole day sitting in the sun and sleepingtalking about what they would do他们要么是坐一整天要或者是讨论做什么，故选A 【小题4】考查形容词词义辨析。A老的；B生病的；C富裕的；D穷的，根据本段最后一句We’ve got to do something to some money可知他们谈论的是有钱了做什么，故选C 【小题5】考查固定搭配。go by意为时间的流逝，根据句子Many years went许多年过去了，故选C 【小题6】考查动词词义辨析。A出现；B证明；C继续；D仍旧，根据句子.Many years wentin this way and the two menpoor.许多年像这样过去了，两人还是这么懒，故仍旧很穷，故选D 【小题7】考查副词词义辨析。A平静地；B安静地；C紧张；D几乎，根据句子One summer’s day as they were sitting on a bench in the sunshine两人是安静地坐在沙滩上，故选B 【小题8】考查固定搭配。jump to one’s feet意为跳起来，跃起根据句子one of the men jumped his feet without warning and exclaimed其中一个人突然跳起来，，故选D 【小题9】考查介词词义辨析。A正如；B像…一样；C同..一起；D关于，根据句子We can’t go onthis其中一人说我们不能再像现在这样了，故选B 【小题10】考查固定短语。make money意为挣钱，根据句子We’ve got to do something to some money其中一人说我们要挣钱，故选D 【小题11】考查连词辨析。A怎样；B无论如何；C什么；D无论什么。根据句子for instance一人就问例如呢，用what表示具体的内容，且本句省略句，全句的完整形式是What have we got to do for instance故选C 【小题12】考查形容词词义辨析。A不疲倦的；B使人疲倦的；C疲倦的；D令人疲倦的，根据句子“for instance?” asked his friend in avoice一人用疲倦的声音问道，故选C 【小题13】 考查动词词义辨析。 A抓；B拿；C得到；D得到，根据句子We’ll go to the mountains andsnails（蜗牛）第一人就建议去抓蜗牛，故选A 【小题14】考查动词词义辨析。A建议；B劝服；C同意；D强制，根据句子The second man didn’t want to go out at first. But in the end his friendhim.第二人起初不想去，第一人劝服了他，故选B 【小题15】考查固定搭配。 set off意为出发，动身， 根据句子They each took a bucket（桶）and setfor the mountains.他们每人拿了个桶出发前往山上，故选D 【小题16】考查连词辨析。A正如；B尽管；C无实意；D好像,根据句子When they reached the hill, they lookedit might have a lot of snails on it.当他们登上山，好像山上有很多蜗牛，故选D 【小题17】考查副词辨析。A孤独的；B分开的；C孤独的；D一起，根据后文I’ll go up this side with my bucket, and you go up the other side我去这一边你去那一边，可知两人是分开干活，故选B 【小题18】考查细节理解。根据句子you go up the other side with,第一人说我带着我的桶去这边，你带着你的去那边，故选C 【小题19】考查动词词义辨析。A搜寻；B发现；C搜寻，不及物动词；D抓住，根据句子Theysnails all day他们应该是搜寻蜗牛，故选A 【小题20】考查副词词义辨析。A差不多；B最终；C主要；D已经，根据句子“Igot three, but one got away我差不多抓到三只，一只跑了，故选A 考点：考查记叙文阅读