初三组试题解答(15)

　　同学们，我们再看看完形填空题的B)部分吧。

　　B)根据文章内容及首字母提示用最恰当的词完成下文。

　　Once upon a time, there was a very rich man named Morden. He o_____ (58) most of the businesses and houses in his town. The town's people, who were very poor, were afraid of Morden and hated him. They said he had no h______ (59).

　　One day a poor man went to see Morden at the town's bank, which Morden owned.

　　"I can't make the payments on my house," the man said. "They're too high, and my wages at your factory are too low. Besides, my wife is ill. She n_____ (60) medicine."

　　"If you don't pay now, I'll take your house away," said Morden.

　　"I can't pay," said the poor man, "b ______ (61) I don't have any money."

　　"Then you will lose your house," said Morden.

　　The man fell to the floor. "Please, sir," he said, "don't take away my house. If you don't, I'll teach your h______(62) to talk."

　　Morden had a beautiful white horse, and he was very proud o______ (63) it. He smiled. "All right," he said. "You don't have to pay me now. You can have six months. If you teach my horse to talk, I'll give you your house, and money for your wife. But, if you don't, your house is mine."

　　The poor man's friend said, "You're a fool. You can't teach a horse to talk. It's i________ (64)."

　　"I'm not such a fool," said the man. "In six months, four things might happen. Morden might die. I might die. The horse might die…or the horse might t______ (65)."

　　通读全文可知，这是一个故事，说的是一个为富不仁的人逼迫一个穷人还债，这个穷人还不起,就要拿他的房子抵债，这个穷人说能教会他的马说话。别人说这个穷人是个傻瓜，这个穷人说，六个月内什么事情都可能发生。

　　58. 答案：owned。前文说他非常富有，所以他拥有镇上绝大部分的商业和房子。

　　59. 答案：heart。人们都说他没有心肝。

　　60. 答案：needs。这个穷人说，他的妻子病了，当然需要药。又因为是直接引语，所以应用一般现在时。

　　61. 答案：because。 这个穷人在前面说他不能付钱，原因是他没有钱。

　　62. 答案：horse。根据后文得知，这个穷人要教这个富人的马说话。

　　63. 答案：of。be proud of 意思是"以……自豪"。

　　64. 答案：impossible。人教会马说话是不可能的。

　　65. 答案：talk。 六个月内什么事情都可能发生。马也可能会说话。

　　(文/王俊杰；英语辅导报初三版03--04学年度第39期；版权归英语辅导报社所有，独家网络合作伙伴新浪教育，未经许可，不得以任何形式进行转载。)