Question

Long ago, in a far-away place, an old tribal chief found himself terminally ill. So he called three most promising young villagers to his bedside and said, “As I ____1.____(leave) you soon, I hope you can do one more thing for me. Young men, you three are all ____2.____(usual) strong and resourceful, so I’d like you to strive to climb that high mountain we have always been worshipping _____3._____ a sacred place. Try to reach the top and then turn back to tell me about your findings. 

Three days later, the first young man returned smartly dressed and said ___4.____(smile),

“Lord, I’ve been to the mountaintop____5.____I saw flowers of all sorts, spring water and singing birds. That’s a real nice place.”

The old tribal chief replied with a smile, “Son, I’ve been there before. it's not the mountaintop ____6.____the foot of the mountain. You can leave now.”

A week later, the second young man also returned. “Lord, I’ve been to the mountaintop ___7.___ a forest of tall pine trees and vultures circling in the air. That’s a really nice place.”

“What a pity!” said the chief. “Son, you’ve been halfway up the mountain rather than to the summit. Now you can leave .”

A month later, the third young man showed up in rags, his hair off-colored but his eyes clear and bright. 

“Lord, I succeeded in reaching the summit. There was nothing there but the highland wind and the blue sky ___8.___(hang) over the land.”

“So you saw nothing at all? Not even ___9.___butterfly?”

“No, Lord, nothing. All you can see is yourself. You just feel how insignificant you are in this infinite universe ___10.__ standing at the top!” 

“Son, you’ve reached the real mountaintop. Congratulations! You will be undoubtedly made our new tribal chief!”

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.am leaving/will leave

2.unusually

3.as

4.smilingly

5.where

6.but

7.with

8.hanging

9.a

10.while

【解析】

试题分析：文章介绍一个酋长快死了。他让三个年轻人爬到他们当成圣地崇拜的高山上，第一个人只到达山脚，第二个人只到了山坡，第三个人到达了山顶，感受到自己的渺小。但这真是酋长想看见的。这个年轻人正是他要找的下个酋长。

1.考查时态：由句子的soon可知酋长说自己快死了。用一般将来时：am leaving/will leave

2.考查副词：修饰形容词strong and resourceful, 应该用副词unusually，句意：你们三个通常是很强壮的并富于机智。

3.考查介词：as是“做为”，酋长让三个年轻人爬到他们当成圣地崇拜的高山上。

4.修饰动词said用副词：smilingly，第一个人穿着漂亮，面带微笑说。

5.考查定语从句，先行词是mountaintop，定语从句中缺少地点状语：where。

6.考查not…but…结构，这不是山顶而是山脚

7.考查介词：with 符合结构做定语，第二个人看见有一排松树的山顶。

8.考查现在分词做定语：hanging over the land是定语修饰sky，第三个人到了山顶，看见的是高地和悬挂在头顶的天空。

9.考查冠词：这里泛指“一个蝴蝶“，用a

10.考查连词：while 当…时候，在山顶的时候，你会觉得自己是多么渺小。

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