初中英语 阅读理解（10）

初中英语：阅读理解 (10)Nasreddin was a poor man, so he tried to grow _1_ he could in his own garden, so that he would not have to buy so many in the market.One evening he heard a noise in his garden and looked out of the window. A white ox had got into the garden and _2_ his vegetables. Nasreddin at once took his stick, ran out and chased the ox, but he was too old to catch it. When he got back to his garden, he found that the ox had ruined most of his precious vegetables._3_, while he _4_ in the street near his house, he saw a cart with two white oxen which looked very much like the one that _5_ his vegetables. He was carrying his stick with him, _6_ he at once began to beat the two oxen with it. As neither of them looked more like the ox that had eaten his vegetables than the other, he beat both of them equally hard.The owner of the ox and cart was drinking coffee in a _7_ coffee-house. When he saw _8_ Nasreddin was doing _9_ his animals, he ran out and shouted, “What are you doing? What have those poor animals done to you for you to beat them like that?”“You keep out this!” Nasreddin shouted back, “This is a matter between me and one of these two oxen. He knows very well _10_ I am beating him!”1. A. so many vegetablesB. many vegetablesC. as many as vegetablesD. as many vegetables as2. A. was eatingB. ateC. had eatenD. has eaten3. A. Next dayB. Next morningC. Last morningD. The next morning4. A. walksB. wakedC. was walkingD. walking5. A. ruinedB. had eatenC. ateD. had ruin6. A. soB. andC. butD. or7. A. besideB. nearbyC. nearD. near by8. A. thatB. whichC. whyD. what9. A. forB. toC. withD. on10.A. reasonB. whenC. whyD. because名师点评这是一个笑话，贫农Nasreddin在街上碰到两头牛，搞不清是哪一头毁坏了他家的菜园，于是用棒子将两头牛一起抽打，牛主人制止时，他却强词夺理，无理取闹。答案简析1D。习惯用语as many as possible 意为“尽可能多的”合乎文意，为正确选项。2A。过去进行时强调过去正在进行的动作，根据文意Nasreddin看到牛正在吃蔬菜，故选 was eating 。3D。指过去某一天的第一天或第二天早上、晚上，应用the next day/morning/evening。 故应选The next morning 。4C。在从句动作进行的过程中，主句动作发生了，这时从句常用进行时态，故选择was walking 。5B。牛吃蔬菜是贫农上街之前的事，文章本身讲的是过去的故事，指过去的过去应用过去完成时，故选had eaten。6A。从句子意思看，空白处前后构成因果关系，故选择so。7B。形容词nearby一般作定语，表示“不远的，附近的”，合乎文意，为正确选项。8D。这里需要一个引导词，引导saw的宾语从句，同时在句子里作do的宾语，故选 what。9B。do sth. to sb.结构中to后面常接动作的对象。10C。牛主人问及Nasreddin打牛的原因，这里需要一个引导词引导 knew的宾语从句，且在从句中作状语，根据上文可知这里应填 why。