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Passage 14(2013 江苏扬州)

      根据首字母提示补全短文。

      A man tried to catch monkeys to sell them to zoos. The monkeys,however,were very c    1     and every kind of trap (计谋) that he set failed.

      A young boy watched the man’s efforts and then took a pot with a narrow (狭窄白勺) neck.He placed a few peanuts around the pot and put lots of peanuts i   2    it.He then tied the pot to a tree and he told the man, “We should have a m   3    in a few hours."

      Some monkeys soon discovered the peanuts and the pot. One put his hand into the pot e    4    and got a handful of peanuts,but he couldn’t p   5     his hand with peanuts out of the narrow opening of the pot.The monkey was a    6     and began to cry. Some of the other monkeys tried unsuccessfully to pull the pol off his hand.

      The boy and the man heard the noise. As the boy came near to the monkeys with a bag,the monkeys all ran away e    7    the one with his hand in the pot.The boy packed the monkey and the pot into the bag. The man was s    8     and asked the boy the secret of his monkey trap,u Why was it so easy for the monkey to get his hand in but so h    9     to get it out?”

      The boy laughed and said,The monkey could get his hand back out if he let go of the peanuts in the pot,but he just wasn't w    10     to let go.They never are."

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Answer 1

Passage 14

[语篇解读]本文是一篇记叙文。一个聪明的男孩帮一个人抓猴子。他在一个窄口罐子里放上花生，吸引猴子来拿罐子里的花生，但是猴子把手伸进罐子容易，抓着花生就无法将手拿出来，结果他们轻易就抓住了猴子。

1. clever   根据后一个分句 every kind of trap (计谋) that he set failed 可 知，这个人设下的所有计谋都没有成功抓到猴子，可见猴子非常聪明(clever) 。

2. in/inside    根据第三段第二句 One put his hand into the pot...and got a handful of peanuts可知，一只猴子是把手伸进罐子里抓了满满一把花 生，因此可推断小男孩把很多花生放进了罐子里，故用介词in或inside。

3.monkey     小男孩在帮这个人抓猴子，所以在做好这些准备工作后说 “我们过几个小时就应该会抓到一只猴子”。故填monkey。

4. easily     根据倒数第二段最后一句...Why was it so easy for the monkey to get his hand in...可知，猴子很容易就能把手伸进罐子里。空格处修饰动作 put his hand into the pot,应用副词 easily。

5. pull     根据第二段最后一句 Some of the other monkeys tried unsuccessfully to pull the pot off his hand. 可知 ，这只猴子在抓到 花生后想把手 拉出来，但是罐口太窄，拉(pull) 不出来。

6. angry    根据began to cry可推断，此时猴子恼火(angry) 了，开始大叫起来。

7. except    当小男孩拿着袋子走近猴子的时候，所有的猴子都跑了，但 那只手在罐子里拿不出来的猴子无法跑掉，因此空格处用介词 except (除了) 。

8.surprised   这个人多次尝试都没有抓到猴子，而小男孩一举成功，因 此他感到很吃惊，就问小男孩抓住猴子的秘密。surprised感到吃惊的。

9. hard     根据第三段最后一句 Some of the other monkeys tried unsuccessfully to pull the pot off his hand. 可知，猴子很难把手拉出来 ，空格处用 hard与but前面的easy构成对比。

10. willing    如果那只猴子松掉手里的花生，就可以把手拿出来，但是 它就是不愿意松掉。猴子从来都不愿意。小男孩抓住了猴子的这 一特性，所以抓住了猴子。be not willing to do sth.不愿意做某事。