There was once a young man who began to feel self-satisfied after some small achievements. One day, the young man took a walk with a ____ man from the town. On the way the young man was bragging(吹嘘) about himself, ____ the wise man didn’t say a word. When they ____ a peak(山峰), the wise man asked, “Look down. What do you see ?” “I see trees, farmland, houses and people as ____ as ants working in the fields,” the young man said. “What do you feel?” the wise man asked. “Everything is ___ me. I feel I rule the world,” the young man answered. The wise man said ____. After a minute, he asked the young man to look ____ “What do you see this time?” the wise man asked. “I see ____ flying around high mountains, the white clouds on the mountains and the ____ sky above the white clouds,” the young man answered. Then he asked the wise man’s ___. “I feel small and powerless,” the wise man answered . ”A person who knows to look upward can ____ understand his position(位置). When a person knows the blue sky is always overhead, he won’t be so ____ as to believe he rules over the world or other people.” The young man felt foolish(愚蠢的) for his ____. From then on , ____ he began to feel as if the world owed(亏欠) him something, he looked up at the sky and remembered ____ small he really was. Try to look upward when you feel too good about yourself.
试题分析：这篇短文讲述的是一天年轻人和一个智者从小镇出来散步。年轻人很狂妄，在智者的引导下他终于认识到自己的傻与渺小。 【小题1】考查形容词及语境的理解。句意：一天，这个年轻人和一个智者从小镇出来散步。根据下文__2__ the wise man didn’t say a word.智者没说一句话可知答案，故选C。 【小题2】考查连词及语境的理解。句意：但是这个智者一句话也没说。A. if 如果，B. but 但是，C. so 因此，D. or 或者，据句意，故选B。 【小题3】考查动词短语及语境的理解。句意：当他们到达山顶时。A. got to 到达，B. got off下车，C. arrived in 到达（大地点），D. got up 起床。由下文智者的话“Look down. 向下看可知他们到达山顶，且山顶是个小地点，故选A。 【小题4】考查形容词及语境的理解。句意：我看见树木，农田和房屋，和在田野工作的像蚂蚁一样小的人们。as+形容词原级+ as，象……一样，据句意，故选C。 【小题5】考查介词及语境的理解。句意：一切都在我之下。A. below 在……之下，B. above在……上面，C. between在两者之间，D. against 反对。因为是在山顶，据句意，故选A。 【小题6】考查代词及语境的理解。句意：这个智者什么也没说。A. everything 每件事，B. anything 任何事，C. something 一些事，D. nothing 没什么事。据题意，故选D。 【小题7】考查副词及语境的理解。句意：一会儿后，他请那个年轻人去向上看。A. up 向上，B. down 向下，C. out 出来，D. after在……后面。look up 向上看，look down向下看，look out小心，look after 照看，据“I see __8__ flying around high mountains,我看到鸟绕高山在飞可知答案，故选A。 【小题8】考查名词及语境的理解。句意：我看到鸟绕高山在飞。据flying飞行可知答案，故选D。 【小题9】考查形容词及语境的理解。句意：山上的白云和白云之上的蓝天。A. red红色的， B. blue 蓝色的，C. green 绿色的，D. black 黑色的。据句意，故选B。 【小题10】考查名词及语境的理解。句意：然后他问智者的感觉。A. ways方法， B.name名字，C. feelings 感觉，D. address 地址。据下文智者的回答“I feel small and powerless,”我感到渺小……可知答案，故选C。 【小题11】考查副词及语境的理解。句意：一个知道向上看的人可以清楚了解他的位置。A. badly 严重地，B. angrily生气地，C. hardly几乎不，D. clearly 清楚地。据句意，故选D。 【小题12】考查形容词及语境的理解。句意：当一个人知道蓝色的天空总是在头顶时，他不会傻到相信他统治世界或其他人。A. clever聪明的，B. smart漂亮的，C. silly 傻的，D. useful 有用的。据下文The young man felt foolish(愚蠢的) for his __13__.年轻人感到很傻可知答案，故选C。 【小题13】考查名词及语境的理解。句意：这个年轻人对于他的骄傲感到愚蠢。A. pride骄傲，B. success成功，C. luck 幸运，D. smell 气味。据句意，故选A。 【小题14】考查连词及语境的理解。句意：从那时起，无论什么时候他开始感觉好像这个世界亏欠他什么似的。A. whatever 无论什么，B. whenever无论什么时候，C. wherever无论在哪里，D. however无论怎样。据句意，故选B。 【小题15】考查感叹句及语境的理解。句意：他仰望天空，记起他真的是多么的渺小。这里是感叹句__15__ small he really was.做宾语从句，强调small故用引导词how,故选C。 考点：故事类短文。