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完形填空 　　Once two brothers，John and Tony, asked a sage(智者)to tell them about their future．The sage 　　1　　 them, “It may not be good for you to know your future．　　2　　, your future can change later even if I tell you now!” They 　　3　　 knowing their future．The sage said, “John will become a king in a year while Tony will 　　4　　 in a murder．” 　　John was 　　5　　 and started dreaming of becoming a king while Tony started spending his time in spiritual activities and used his time to 　　6　　 everyone and soon came out of his 　　7　　． 　　Eleven months passed．One day, the brothers discovered a half－buried pot．They 　　8　　 it and found it full of gold．John shouted, “This 　　9　　 is just for me to set up my palace!”Just then, a robber jumped out and gave a 　　10　　 on John’s head and tried to take the pot away．Tony jumped at the robber to 　　11　　 John．But the robber attacked him with a knife．During the 　　12　　 the robber dropped the pot and ran away． 　　John was very 　　13　　 to his injured brother and offered him half the gold．Tony politely 　　14　　 saying he was not going to live much longer in any case．John, with his new treasure, started eating and drinking．One year passed．There was no 　　15　　 of any crown(王冠)in sight．Tony was also enjoying good 　　16　　．They decided to visit the sage again．“How did your predictions go 　　17　　?” John asked．The sage explained, “I told you, your destiny(命运)can be changed．The crown you were to get was 　　18　　 to a pot of gold．But, Tony’s 　　19　　 life changed his destiny too．Death in the murderer’s hand was reduced to only being 　　20　　．” 　　How life meets us is called destiny; how we meet life is called self effort! (1) [　　] A． informed B． advised C． ordered D． encouraged (2) [　　] A． Instead B． Therefore C． Besides D． Otherwise (3) [　　] A． insisted on B． depended on C． gave up D． took up (4) [　　] A． recover B． appear C． hurt D． die (5) [　　] A． worried B． pleased C． shocked D． disappointed (6) [　　] A． serve B． receive C． observe D． guide (7) [　　] A． work B． debt C． depression D． anger (8) [　　] A． bought B． wrapped C． sold D． dug (9) [　　] A． experience B． treasure C． award D． success (10) [　　] A． blow B． gift C． tap D． touch (11) [　　] A． calm B． stop C． protect D． inspire (12) [　　] A． performance B． investigation C． action D． struggle (13) [　　] A． polite B． cruel C． grateful D． loyal (14) [　　] A． refused B． accepted C． demanded D． answered (15) [　　] A． symbol B． sign C． mention D． comment (16) [　　] A． chance B． position C． work D． health (17) [　　] A． short B． bad C． wrong D． well (18) [　　] A． reduced B． connected C． devoted D． exposed (19) [　　] A． comfortable B． spiritual C． difficult D． hopeless (20) [　　] A． disturbed B． forgotten C． locked D． wounded

Answer 1

答案：1．B;2．C;3．A;4．D;5．B;6．A;7．C;8．D;9．B;10．A;11．C;12．D;13．C;14．A;15．B;16．D;17．C;18．A;19．B;20．D;
解析：

(1)	由本空后的“知道你们的将来对你们没有什么好处”可知，智者在“劝告(advised)”兄弟俩。
(2)	此处与上句构成递进关系：“此外(Besides)”，即使我现在告诉你们了，它以后也有可能改变。
(3)	由后文John will become a king可知，他们“坚持要(insisted on)”知道自己的未来。
(4)	倒数第二段最后一句中的Death in the murderer’s hand是提示。
(5)	听到自己会变成国王，John自然很“高兴(pleased)”。
(6)	由前面的spending his time in spiritual activities可以推断，此处说的是Tony“为别人服务(serve everyone)”。
(7)	Tony以积极的心态面对命运，很快就“不消沉了(came out of his depression)”。
(8)	从上句中的half－buried可知，他们“挖出了(dug)”这个坛子。
(9)	一坛子黄金当然是“宝物(treasure)”。
(10)	抢劫犯想把这些黄金抢走，应该是给了John“重重一击(blow)”。
(11)	Tony跳起来扑向抢劫犯是为了“保护(protect)”John。
(12)	在“争斗(struggle)”过程中，抢劫犯放下坛子跑了。
(13)	兄弟救了自己，所以John很“感激(grateful)”。
(14)	Tony觉得自己不会活得太久了，所以礼貌地“拒绝了(refused)”。
(15)	整整一年过去了，没有任何“迹象(sign)”表明John将要当国王。
(16)	一年过去了Tony也没死，由此说明他很“健康(enjoying good health)”。
(17)	由上文事实可知，他们认为智者的预测“错了(wrong)”。
(18)	后文的Death in the murderer’s hand was reduced to…给出了提示。be reduced to…变成……
(19)	第二段中的spiritual activities给出了提示。
(20)	由上文his injured brother可知，Tony“受了伤(wounded)”，但没有死。