Question

 完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Nearly 2,000 years ago,during the Han Dynasty,there was a person called Ying Chen. One day,he invited Du Xuan to his house and 1 him with wine. On the wall of the room hung a red bow (弓) .Its shadow appeared in Du Xuan's cup. Du Xuan took the shadow for a snake. He was 2 but he didn't refuse out of politeness. He drank the wine 3 his eyes closed.

When he was back home,he felt so sick that he could 4 eat or drink any more. He sent for the doctor and took some 5 ,but nothing could cure him. When Ying Chen went to ask Du Xuan 6 he got so seriously ill, Du told him about the snake in the wine. Chen returned home,thought hard,but he could not find an answer. Suddenly the bow on the wall 7 his eyes. “That's it!” he shouted. He immediately sent for Du Xuan. He seated him 8 he sat before and offered him a cup of wine. Du Xuan saw the snake-like shadow again. Ying Chen said, ^v pointing at the shadow, “The snake in the cup is 9 but a shadow of the bow on the wall! ” Now that Du Xuan knew what it was,he felt much 10 And strange enough,his illness disappeared the next moment.

This story turned out to be the Chinese idiom “Bei Gong She Ying”.

() 1. A. passed   B. treated   C. gave   D. showed

() 2. A. frightened   B. sad   C. happy   D. excited

() 3. A. on   B. without   C. with   D. and

() 4. A. nearly   B. hardly   C. almost   D. even

() 5. A. food   B. drink   C. water   D. medicine

() 6. A. that   B. which   C. how   D. why

() 7. A. caught   B. brought   C. took   D. carried

() 8. A. when   B. how   C. what   D. where

() 9. A. something   B. anything   C. nothing   D. everything

() 10. A. harder   B. easier   C. more difficult   D. worse

Answer 1

 1. B 2. A  3. C    4. B    5. D    6. D    7. A    8. D    9. C    10. B