One day, Nick invited his friends to supper. He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen.Suddenly, he 小题1:________ (find)that he had run out of salt. So Nick called to his son,“Go to the village and buy some salt,but pay a fair price for it: neither too much 小题2:________ too little.”
His son looked surprised.“I can understand why I shouldn't pay too much,Father,but if I can pay less, 小题3:________ not save a bit of money?”
“That would be a very 小题4:________(reason)thing to do in a big city,but it could destroy a small village like ours,”Nick said.
Nick's guests, 小题5:________ had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy salt more cheaply if they could. Nick replied,“The only reason a man would sell salt 小题6:________ a lower price would be because he was desperate for money.And anyone who took advantage of that situation would be showing a lack of respect 小题7:________ the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce it.”
“But such a small thing couldn't 小题8:________ (possible) destroy a village.”
“In the beginning, there was only 小题9:________ very small amount of unfairness in the world,but everyone added a little,always 小题10:________ (think) that it was only small and not very important,and look where we have ended up today.”
小题1:found
小题2:nor
小题3:why
小题4:reasonable
小题5:who
小题6:at
小题7:for
小题8:possibly
小题9:a
小题10:thinking
题目分析:文章通过一个故事,向我们揭示了一个道理:世上的不公平本来没这么明显,正是由于众人的一点点的改变,使得这些不公愈演愈烈。
小题1:考查动词的过去式,根据上下文的时态不难得出答案。
小题2:考查连词搭配 neither …nor 表示既不…也不…
小题3:考查连词 why not do sth. 为什么不做某事,可以看作是固定搭配使用。
小题4:考查形容词 其结构形式为 a/an+形容词+单数名词。
小题5:考查定语从句的连词,先行词是Nick's guests, who在从句中做主语。
小题6:考查介词,固定搭配 at a price 以什么的价格。此题易错,主要是对这个搭配不熟悉。
小题7:考查介词 show respect for sth.
小题8:考查副词,修饰动词destroy ,此题多数学生知道是填副词形式,但会错在没有去e变y ,而是直接加ly.
小题9:考查冠词,搭配 a small amount of sth. 少量的。
小题10:考查非谓语动词,动名词表伴随。此题的结构为A, B, and C,其中A,C用and 连接表并列,谓语动词形式须一致,但B多数用现在分词形式表伴随。