Question

  The old shoes had brought him so much trouble that Johnny decided to throw them away. He went to the rubbish pit(垃圾场) outside the city and threw his shoes 1        it. " Now they can no longer bring me any trouble," he said. He returned home,2       down on his bed,and slept,but he had a dog,and the dog often went to the rubbish pit to 3        food because Johnny never bought food for his dog,and the dog loved 4        master very much. When he saw the shoes in the pit,he knew 5        were his master's,so the dog 6        one heavy shoe in his mouth and went 7        back with it,and left it by his master's 8       Then the dog fetched 9        shoe in the same way. When Johnny woke up,he saw the shoes 10        his bed and he was afraid. "The shoes can walk 11        They must be done away with," he thought. Then he made 12        fire in front of his house and put the shoes 13        it. Just at that moment a strong strong wind was blowing,and 14      the fire made the house begin to 15        Immediately neighbors came out to help but they could do nothing. The house burnt down,and the old shoes were saved by the dog again.

(   ) 1. A. in   B. to   C. on   D. into .

(   ) 2. A. lay   B. lied   C. lain   D. laid

(   ) 3. A. find   B. look for   C. saw   D. hold

(   ) 4. A. their   B. his   C. that   D. my

(   ) 5. A. these   B. it   C. that   D. they

(   ) 6. A. brought   B. carried   C. got   D. took

(   ) 7. A. fast   B. slowly   C. slow   D. quickly

(   ) 8. A. table   B. bed   C. window   D. door

(   ) 9. A. another   B. one   C. the other   D. other

(   ) 10. A. in   B. on   C. beside   D. by

(   ) 11. A. in himself   B. by themself

       C. on themselves   D. by themselves

(   ) 12. A. a large   B. large   C. big   D. a big

(   ) 13. A. into   B. in   C. to   D. on

(   ) 14. A. long before   B. at once   C. before long   D. very soon

(   ) 15. A. turn   B. burn   C. fall   D. destroy

Answer 1

1. D 从上文知这里应为动态介词into。

2. A lie down"躺下"，lie的过去式是lay,过去分词是lain,lay的意思是"放置"，过去式和过去分词都是laid。

3. B 从上下文知这里应为(那条狗常常) 找寻食物。

4. B 拟人化(下句有提示词he) 。

5. D 鞋子有两只，用复数代词they指代。

6. D 狗叼了一只鞋子，答案A、B、C都不恰当。

7. B 由本句的heavy和went两词可推知。

8. B 联系上下文可知。

9. C 两只鞋中的另一只鞋。

10. D 上文的by his master's bed已提示。

11. D walk by themselves"自己走"。

12. A 了不让鞋子走掉，火的面积应大，即需要一大堆火。

13. D put the shoes on it把鞋子放在火上。

14. C before long"不久"，从上下语境看，答案C 比B、D更恰当。

15. B burn"燃烧";destroy"毁坏"，是及物动词。