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As King Parveez and Queen Shireen were sitting in their palace one day，a fisherman who was selling beautiful fish was brought in front of them. King Parveez decided to ____ a fish and gave the fisherman 4,000 dirham for it.
The fisherman was wild with ____. He thanked King Parveez and left.
Queen Shireen turned to her husband in anger and ____ him for paying so much for a fish. The king said that the fish was purchased and that there was ____ that could be done about it.
___，Queen Shireen insisted that the fisherman should be ____. She said, “We will ask the fisherman about the __ of the fish. If he answers it is female, we will say we want a male fish and if he replies it is male, we will say we want a female fish! Either way, we will be able to return the fish and have our ____ back.”
So the poor fisherman was called back and was asked the question.
Fortunately, he was ____ enough not to be caught out.The fisherman replied, “This fish is ____ in the sense that it is neither male nor female.”
King Parveez was so ____ by the wisdom of the man that he ____ a further 4,000 dirham to be paid to him. The fisherman thanked King Parveez ____， but as he was about to leave with the heavy bag of money, one of the ____ fell onto the floor. The fisherman ____ bent down to look for the coin.
“Look how greedy this man is！” Queen Shireen ____.“One coin has fallen out of his money bag and he searches for it instead of leaving it for some other poor ____ in the palace to find.”
The fisherman heard this ___ and said，“It is not out of greediness that I search for the coin but rather because it had the picture of __ King Parveez on it.I would not____ anyone to step on the coin.”

小题1:

A．find　

B．catch

C．buy　

D．see

小题2:

A．joy　

B．worry

C．hope　

D．puzzle

小题3:

A．praised　

B．scolded

C．respected　

D．supported

小题4:

A．anything　

B．something

C．everything　

D．nothing

小题5:

A．However　

B．Somehow

C．Still　

D．Instead

小题6:

A．held back　

B．hung back

C．brought back　

D．turned back

小题7:

A．color　

B．number

C．result　

D．gender

小题8:

A．bag　

B．money

C．gold　

D．gift

小题9:

A．moved　

B．afraid

C．clever　

D．excited

小题10:

A．unique　

B．common

C．expensive　

D．fresh

小题11:

A．embarrassed　

B．confused

C．surprised

D．impressed

小题12:

A．drew　

B．ordered

C．collected　

D．saved

小题13:

A．ever　

B．first

C．again

D．well

小题14:

A．bills

B．shoes

C．fish　

D．coins

小题15:

A．immediately　

B．simply

C．naturally　

D．slowly

小题16:

A．laughed　

B．cried

C．whispered

D．threatened

小题17:

A．fisherman

B．beggar

C．servant　

D．farmer

小题18:

A．suggestion　

B．announcement

C．voice　

D．remark

小题19:

A．generous　

B．handsome

C．honest 　

D．wise

小题20:

A．persuade　

B．tolerate

C．advise

D．encourage

答案

小题1:C

小题2:A

小题3:B

小题4:D

小题5:A

小题6:C

小题7:D

小题8:B

小题9:C

小题10:A

小题11:D

小题12:B

小题13:C

小题14:D

小题15:A

小题16:B

小题17:C

小题18:D

小题19:A

小题20:B

国王花了4 000迪拉姆从渔夫手里买了一条鱼。王后对此不满，想把鱼退给渔夫，然而聪明的渔夫却能言善辩，不仅未让王后的计谋得逞而且还得到了国王的赏赐。

小题1:解析　国王Parveez决定买(buy)一条鱼，于是付给渔夫4 000迪拉姆。答案　C

小题2:解析　渔夫欣喜若狂(be wild with joy)，他感谢了国王，然后离开了王宫。答案　A

小题3:解析　看到国王花了那么多钱买一条鱼，王后感到非常气愤。她责备(scolded)了国王。答案　B

小题4:解析　但是国王说，交易已经完成，什么也不能改变这一事实。答案　D

小题5:解析　然而(However)，王后坚持要把渔夫带回来。副词however表示转折关系。答案　A

小题6: 解析　参见上题解析。bring back“把……带回”。答案　C

小题7:解析　王后设了一个圈套，打算询问渔夫这条鱼的性别。如果渔夫说是雌性，他们便可说想要雄性的；而如果渔夫说是雄性，他们便可说想买雌性的，这样他们就可把鱼退给渔夫，把钱要回来。答案　D

小题8: 解析　参见上题解析。

答案　B

小题9:解析　幸运的是，渔夫足够聪明(clever)而没有落入王后设的圈套。答案　C

小题10:解析　渔夫回答：“这是一条独一无二的(unique)鱼，它非雄非雌。答案　A

小题11: 解析　渔夫机智的回答给国王留下了十分深刻的印象。impress“使留下深刻的印象”。答案　D

小题12:解析　于是，国王下令(ordered)再赏渔夫4 000迪拉姆。答案　B

小题13:解析　对于国王的奖赏，渔夫再次(again)表示感谢。答案　C

小题14:解析　其中的一枚钱币(coins)从钱袋中掉落在地板上。下文中“the coin”是暗示。答案　D

小题15: 解析　看到一枚钱币掉落，渔夫立刻(immediately)弯腰去捡。答案　A

小题16:解析　王后大声说(cried)：“你看这个人是多么贪婪……”。答案　B

小题17: 解析　“他还要找到这枚硬币，而不是让王宫里的贫穷的仆人(servant)去捡这枚硬币。”答案　C

小题18: 解析　听到王后说的话(remark)，渔夫马上回答。remark“谈论；言论；评述”。

答案　D

小题19:解析　由于国王又赏赐给渔夫4 000迪拉姆，因此渔夫认为国王是十分慷慨的(generous)。答案　A

小题20:解析　渔夫说，他找这枚硬币并非出于贪婪，而是他不能容忍(tolerate)任何人踩到印有国王头像的硬币。答案　B