Once, a king showed two men a large basket in the garden. He told them to fill it with water from a well. After they __1__ their work, he left them, saying, “When the sun is down, I will come and see your work.”

At last one of them said, “What’s the use of doing this foolish work? We can __2__ fill the basket.” __3__ man answered, “That is none of your business.” The first man said. “You may do as you like, but I am not going to work at __4__ so foolish.” He __5__ his bucket and went away. The other man said no word, and kept on carrying __6__. At last the well was almost __7__.

As he poured the last bucket of water into the basket, he saw a bright thing in it. He picked it up. It was a beautiful gold ring. Just then the king came. __8__ he saw the ring, he knew that he had found the kind of man he wanted. He told him to keep the ring for himself. “You __9__ so well in this little thing,” he said, “ __10__ now I know I can believe you with many things.”

1. A. finished ?B. did ?C. began ?D. had

3. A. The other ?B. Another ?C. One ?D. A second

4. A. anything ?B. something ?C. nothing ?D. everything

5. A. picked up ?B. put away ?C. took away ? D. threw away

6. A. water ?B. basket ?C. well ?D. work

7. A. full ?B. empty ?C. filled ?D. clean

8. A. While ?B. As soon as ?C. Before ?D. Since

9. A. have done ?B. will do ?C. do ?D. are doing

10. A. what ?B. why ?C. when ?D. that

點(diǎn)評(píng)：

本文講述了一個(gè)國(guó)王為了考驗(yàn)兩個(gè)人，讓他們往籃子里打水，忠誠(chéng)的人不遺余力地往空籃子里打水，直到國(guó)王歸來(lái)。結(jié)果不僅獲得了一枚金戒指，而且得到了國(guó)王的信任。

答案簡(jiǎn)析：

1.C.這里did和finished都表示完成了這項(xiàng)工作，而給籃子裝滿水是不可能的，國(guó)王應(yīng)在兩人開始打水后不久離開，所以應(yīng)選began.

2.B.往籃子里盛滿水是永遠(yuǎn)不可能的，故選擇never.

3.A.兩者中的另一個(gè)用the other加名詞來(lái)表示。

first man想離開，因?yàn)樗X得自己干的是無(wú)用功，故選擇nothing意為“從事某項(xiàng)工作”。

up意為“撿起”，pick away意為“放好”，take away意為“取走”，而throw down意為“扔掉、丟棄”，比較貼近文意，為正確選項(xiàng)。

6.A.根據(jù)文意，另一個(gè)人一直在打水，故選water.

7.B.不停地打水必然會(huì)導(dǎo)致井空，故選empty.

引導(dǎo)從句時(shí)，從句應(yīng)用延續(xù)性動(dòng)詞，before和since不符合文意，as soon as…表示“一……就”為正確選項(xiàng)。

9.A.國(guó)王是因?yàn)檫@個(gè)誠(chéng)實(shí)的人所做過(guò)的事情而表?yè)P(yáng)他，所以應(yīng)用完成時(shí)態(tài)have done.

10.D.國(guó)王講的最后一句話是含有 “so……that”結(jié)構(gòu)的復(fù)合句，意為“如此……以致”故選that.