Ever so long ago ,two young men , Edmund and Oswald, appeared in court. Edmund said to the : “I gave Oswald , who I was my best friend, a costly gold ring and I asked him to it till I returned home. Now he says that he knows about it .” his hand on his heart , Oswald said : “I swear I know nothing about the . I am afraid that Edmund has been in his mental powers since he .” The judge said : “ Edmund, were there any witnesses who could that you gave the ring to Oswald ?” Edmund replied : “45 in the field where we were at the time there was nobody. We were talking beneath an old oak tree and there we were .” Oswald said : “ I know as little of the oak tree as I do of the ring .” The judge said : “ Edmund , go to that again and bring back a branch of that oak tree. Oswald ,you wait here in the meantime, Edmund comes back .” So Edmund left. After some time the judge said to Oswald: “How is it that Edmund is taking so long to ? Go to the window and see if you can see him returning the road.” Oswald said : “Oh , my Lord , he wouldn’t have even the tree yet ----the tree is over an hour’s walk from here.” When the judge heard this ,he was very . “You were telling a !You know as much about the tree as you do about the ring. For the year while you are in prison you will have time to think about the of always telling the truth .”
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小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:B
小题6:C
小题7:B
小题8:D
小题9:A
小题10:B
小题11:C
小题12:B
小题13:D
小题14:A
小题15:C
小题16:B
小题17:C
小题18:A
小题19:B
小题20:D
题目分析：文章讲述埃德蒙给奥斯瓦尔德一枚金戒指他保管，但是奥斯瓦尔德不承认这回事，为此两个年轻人埃德蒙和奥斯瓦尔德上了法庭。法官略施小计，让奥斯瓦尔德说出真相，他也要面对应得的惩罚。
小题1:考查名词：A. policeman警察，B.doctor医生，C. judge法官，D. lawyer律师，从下文的The judge said : “ Edmund, were there any witnesses可知埃德蒙对法官说：…，选C
小题2:考查动词：A. defined定义，B. expected期待，C.noticed注意到，D. thought想，认为，三年前我离开家时，交给我认为是我最好的朋友的奥斯瓦尔德一枚镶嵌了贵重宝石的十分值钱的金戒指，选 D
小题3:考查动词：A. hide 躲藏，B. sell卖，C. keep保持，D. break打破，请他帮我保管，选 C
小题4:考查不定代词：A. nothing没有什么，B. everything 一切，C. something某些东西，D. anythin任何东西，从后面的句子：“I swear I know nothing about the 41 . 可知奥斯瓦尔德说对那枚戒指一无所知，选A
小题5:考查动词：A. using使用，B. placing 放置，C. waving挥手，D. feeling感觉，奥斯瓦尔德将手放在心口，说道…，选 B
小题6:考查名词：A. illness疾病，B. tree 树，C. ring戒指，D. law 法律，从前面的句子：who I 37 was my best friend, a costly gold ring可知奥斯瓦尔德说对那枚戒指一无所知，选C
小题7:考查动词：A. cheated欺骗，B. affected影响， C. inspired 激励，D. amused 使…高兴，恐怕是我的好朋友埃德蒙离开家后脑子被影响了。”选B
小题8:考查动词短语：A. went on继续，B. went along进展，C. went by过去，D. went away走开，自从他离开后，选 D
小题9:考查动词：A. prove证明，B. understand理解，C. agree 同意，D. predict预测，从前面的were there any witnesses可知法官说：“埃德蒙，当时有证人在场可以证明你把戒指交给了奥斯瓦尔德吗？”选A
小题10:考查副词：A. surprisingly令人惊讶地，B.unfortunately不幸地，C. finally最后地，D. generally 一般来说，从后面的there was nobody. 可知埃德蒙答道：“很不幸，当时我们待的那块地里没有别人。选B
小题11:考查形容词：A. close关闭的，B. wise聪明的，C. alone单独的，D. busy繁忙的，从前面的there was nobody. 可知他们当时在一棵老橡树下说话，那儿只有他们俩。选 C
小题12:考查名词：A. court法庭，B. field田地，Ｃ. Prison监狱，D. farm 农场，从前面的“45 in the field where we were at the time there was nobody.可知法官说：“埃德蒙，去那块地里折一根那棵橡树的枝条回来，选B
小题13:考查连词：A. while当…时候，B. since自从，C. once 一旦，曾经，D. until 直到，奥斯瓦尔德，这段时间你就在这儿等着，直到埃德蒙回来。选D
小题14:考查动词：A.return回来，B. wait 等待，C . leave 离开，D. walk 走，散步，从下文的Go to the window and see if you can see him returning 50 the road.”可知法官对奥斯瓦尔德说：“埃德蒙怎么这么久还没回来？选A
小题15:考查副词：A. around在…周围，B.ahead 在…前面，C.along 沿着，D. aside 在…一边，你去窗户边瞧瞧，看他是不是正在回来的路上呢。”选C
小题16:考查动词：A. ignored忽略，B. reached 到达，C. planted种植，D. remembered 记得，奥斯瓦尔德说：“哎，法官大人，他可能还没走到那棵树那儿呢——从这儿走到那棵树要一个多小时呢。”选B
小题17:考查形容词：A. sad难过的，B. worried担心的，C. angry生气的，D.terrified 害怕的，从后面的内容For the 54 year while you are in prison you will have time to think about the 55 of always telling the truth .”可知法官生气了，选C
小题18:考查名词：A. lie 撒谎，B. joke玩笑，C. story故事，D. secret秘密，从后面的you know as much about the tree as you do about the ring. 可知奥斯瓦尔德撒谎了，选 A
小题19:考查形容词：A .same同样的，B.next下一个，C. only 只有，D. other 其他的，往后这一年你在监狱里，将有的是时间去想想始终说真话是多么必要。”选选B
小题20:考查名词：A . advantage优势，B. difficulty困难，C. question问题，D. necessity必需品，从这个故事我们知道说真话是必要的，选 D