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一个花瓶改变一个穷人英语阅读

Once upon a time， there was a poor man.

His 1 was also very poor—a small and empty

house， which was 2 with spider webs (蜘蛛

网) ． People tried to 3 coming into his house

as they didn' t want to come to such a 4

place. And the poor man thought that

poverty(贫困) was the 5 for his unlucky life.

Then， the poor man 6 a wise man and told him

about his poverty. The man felt sorry for the

poor man and gave him a vase. “This will save

you from 7 ， ” the wise man 8 . The poor man

took the 9 from the wise man and wanted to 10

it at first and then spend the money on

drinking, as usual. Besides， why would he 11

such a beautiful thing？ But then he

started 12 the vase carefully and decided not

to take it to the market. He brought the vase

back to his 13 ， put it on the table and

started watching it again.

“It' s not 14 for such a beautiful thing

to be 15 ， ” the poor man thought. So he 16

some flowers and put them into the vase. It

became even

17 . “Not good that such a beautiful

thing stands next to a spider web， ” the

poor an 18 again.

So the poor man started 19 his house. He

cleaned the dust， washed the floor and

whitened the walls. And it became clear that

his house wasn' t poor， 20 rather warm and

comfortable. And the poor man wasn' t a poor

man anymore， but a hard­ working host， who

had no time to think about poverty.

本文讲的是一个智者送了一个花瓶给一个穷人，

最终帮助这个穷人成了一个勤奋的人。

1． A. home B． child C． health

D． village

答案： A

解析： 根据破折号后的内容“a small and

empty house” 可知他的家也很穷。 home 家；

child 孩子； health 健康； village 村子。

故选 A。

2． A. treated B． filled

C． built D． covered

答案： B

解析： treat 对待； fill 填充； build 建

设； cover 覆盖。 固定词组： be filled

with. . .

充满了……， 故选 B。

3． A. consider B． forget

C． enjoy D． avoid

答案： D

解析： 句意： 人们尽量避免来他的家， 因为

他们不想来这样一个脏的地方。 consider 认

为； forget 忘记； enjoy 喜爱； avoid 避

免。 故选 D。

4． A. dirty B． quiet

C． cold D． wet

答案： A

解析： 由上文屋里布满了蜘蛛网可知屋里很

脏。 dirty 脏的； quiet 安静的； cold 冷的；

wet 湿的。 故选 A。

5． A. problem B． result

C． reason D． change

答案： C

解析： 句意： 这个穷人认为贫穷是他不幸生活

的原因。 problem 问题； result 结果； reason

原因， 理由； change 变化。 故选 C。

6． A. helped B． met

C． thanked D． protected

答案： B

解析： 句意： 这个穷人遇见了一个智者， 并

把自己的贫穷告诉了他。 help 帮助； meet

遇见； thank 感谢； protect 保护。 故选

B。

7． A. poorness B． death

C． danger D． trouble

答案： A

解析： 句意： 它将把你从贫穷里挽救出来。

poorness 贫穷； death 死亡； danger 危险；

trouble 麻烦。 poorness 与上文反复出现的

poverty 相一致。 故选 A。

8． A. said B． shouted

C． cried D． wrote

答案： A

解析： “This will save you from 7 ” 是这

位智者说的话。 故选 A。

9． A. money B． table

C． vase D． flower

答案： C

解析： 根据上文可知， 这里应该是指穷人从智

者那里接过花瓶。 故选 C。

10． A. draw B． study

C． throw D． sell

答案： D

解析： 句意： 穷人起初想把花瓶卖掉， 然后

像平常一样买酒喝。 由“and then spend the

money” 可知， 应是先把花瓶卖掉换成钱。 故

选 D。