Question

One day, a hunter went hunting with his dog. He saw a rabbit running out of a bush not far in front and ______raised his gun to shoot. The rabbit was hurt. It ran away _____ .The hunter waved to the dog to_______it. The well-trained dog rushed like an arrow, running very fast and full of ______.

The rabbit ran so desperately(拼命地) that it______ not to have been hurt at all. However, the dog was surprisingly left behind. Gradually(逐渐地), the dog was losing sight of(看不见) the rabbit. At last when the dog ______empty-handed, the hunter was angry and blamed(责备)it, "How______!Unable to catch an injured rabbit! No supper for you.” Feeling sad, the dog tried to explain for ______,"Though I didn't catch it, I had done my best.”

When the rabbit got home, all the other rabbits were surprised at its _____. They were dying to ask, “How did you _____to run away when the dog almost caught you? it’s unbelievable” The dog would only be blamed for not catching me at most, _____ all it did was to do its best. The situation is completely different ______me. I would surely lose my life______I was caught I had to go all out(竭尽全力)!”

We can learn a lesson for our daily life from the story. Have we ever examined ourselves and asked _____we did our best or went all out when we looked for a(n)______for our failure?

1.A. slowly    B. quickly    C. easily    D. strangely

2.A. in order    B. in need    C. in fear    D. in surprise

3.A. bark at    B. look at    C. look after    D. run after

4.A. knowledge    B. kindness    C. humor    D. confidence

5.A. seemed    B. became    C. tasted    D. sounded

6.A. followed    B. left    C. returned    D. waited

7.A. careless    B. useless    C. homeless    D. harmless

8.A. itself    B. it    C. himself    D. him

9.A. sadness    B. luck    C. worry    D. patience

10.A. succeed    B. fail    C. manage    D. suggest

11.A. but    B. or    C. yet    D. so

12.A. from    B. for    C. as    D. of

13.A. though    B. unless    C. until    D. if

14.A. whether    B. that    C. what    D. where

15.A. respect    B. hope    C. excuse    D. effect

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.B

10.C

11.D

12.B

13.D

14.A

15.C

【解析】

本文介绍了有一天，猎人带着他的狗去打猎。猎人让他的狗去追一只受伤的兔子，但狗却没有追到。这个故事告诉我们：在遇到问题时，只是尽力和竭尽所能所得到的结果是截然不同的。

1.句意：他看见一只兔子从不远处的灌木丛里跑出来的时候，迅速举起枪射击。A. slowly缓慢地；B. quickly快速地；C. easily容易地；D. strangely奇怪地。结合上下文可推断，猎人看到一只兔子从前面不远处的一个灌木丛中跑了出来，他应该是“快速地”举起枪射击。故选B。

2.句意：它恐惧地跑开了。A. in order按顺序; B. in need在危难中; C. in fear害怕地; D. in surprise惊讶地。兔子受伤了，因此它“惊慌失措地”逃跑了，故答案为C。

3.句意：猎人向狗挥手追赶它。A. bark at吠叫；B. look at 看；C. look after照顾；D. run after追赶。结合下文的句子The well-trained dog rushed like an arrow, running very fast，这只训练有素的狗像箭一样奔跑，跑得很快。可推断，猎人挥手让狗去“追赶”兔子，故选D。

4.句意：训练有素的狗像箭一样奔跑，跑得很快，充满信心。A. knowledge知识；B. kindness友善；C. humor幽默；D. confidence信心。结合上下文的描述可知，训练有素的狗像箭一样冲了出去，跑得很快，满怀"自信"，故所缺的词是confidence。故选D。

5.句意：兔子拼命奔跑，似乎一点也没有受伤。A. seemed好像；B. became变得；C. tasted 尝起来；D. sounded听起来。结合句意可知，兔子跑得太拼命了，就“好像”根本没有受伤一样，故选A。

6.句意：最后，当那只狗空手而归时，猎人生气了，责怪它。A. followed跟随；B. left 离开；C. returned回来；D. waited等待。结合句意可知，只有当狗回来的时候，猎人看到狗是空手的，所以才会生气。故选C。

7.句意：真没用！抓不到受伤的兔子！不要给你吃晚饭。A. careless粗心的；B. useless无用的；C. homeless无家可归的；D. hopeless没有希望的； 结合上下文可推断，猎人很生气，狗连一只受伤的兔子都捉不住，责备狗太“没用”了，故选B。

8.句意：狗感觉很难过，试图给自己解释说，“虽然我没有捉住它，我已经尽了最大的努力。” A. itself 它自己；B. it 它；C. himself他自己；D. him他。根据句子Though I didn't catch it, I had done my best.”可知，“虽然我没有捉住它，我已经尽了最大的努力。”这是狗觉得很难过，试图为“它自己”解释，因此用反身代词。又因为狗是动物因此用itself。故选A。

9.句意：兔子到家的时候，其他所有的兔子都为它的“运气”而感到惊讶。A. sadness 难过；B. luck运气；C. worry担忧；D. patience耐心。根据上下文可知，兔子逃脱了猎狗的追赶，说明运气还不错。故选B。

10.句意：当狗差点抓住你的时候，你是怎么逃走的？真是难以置信。A. succeed 成功；B. fail失败；C. manage设法；D. suggest建议。此处指其他的兔子问的是“当狗几乎要抓到你的时候，你是怎么设法逃跑的呢？”manage to do sth.意为“设法做成某事”，表示做某事做成功了，succeed 后通常不接不定式，而接 in doing sth. 因此A不对。故答案为C。

11.句意：这只狗只会因为没有抓住我而受到责怪，所以他所做的只是尽力做到最好。此处兔子说的是“狗没有抓住我，最多只是被责备而已，所以它所做的是尽最大努力”。A. but 但是；B. or 或者；C. yet 然而；D. so因此。因此所缺的连词是so。故选D。

12.句意：情况对我来说完全不同。A. from从；B. for 对于；C. as 作为；D. of……的。此处兔子说的是“对我而言，情形则截然不同”。结合句意可知，用介词for，对于……而言。

13.句意：如果我被抓住了，我一定会失去性命，我必须全力以赴！A. though尽管；B. unless除非；C. until 直到；D. if如果。根据短文的意思，兔子没有被捉住，这里是假设，因此用if。故选D。

14.句意：当我们为自己的失败找借口的时候，我们可曾审视过自己？我们可曾扪心自问是尽了最大努力还是竭尽全力？A. whether是否；B. that引出各种从句；C. what什么；D. where哪里。因为句子中有or，构成weather…or…是……还是……。故选A。

15.句意：当我们为自己的失败找借口的时候。A. respect尊重；B. hope希望；C. excuse借口； D. effect影响。 此处表示“为我们的失败找借口”，故选C。