Question

 完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出

可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Once a king was walking around a pool with his ministers (大臣) on a warm afternoon. Suddenly he 1 with an idea. He asked ,“ How many baskets of water are there in the pool?” The ministers 2 to give an answer. The king was angry, “You 3 answer my question in three days!”

Three days passed,but 4 of the ministers had the answers. Just then,a child came up,who said that he knew it. The king was happy and asked the ministers to lead the child to 5 .

To their surprise,the child refused and said with a smile, ^u It is easy. No need to go to the pool. ” This made the king 6 . “All right. Let us know 7 it is. ” The child said, “If you know the size of the basket,the answer is clearly 8 If it is as big as the pool,there is one basket of water. Half as big,two baskets Stop!9.You have got the answer. They were thinking of things 10 a wrong way. ”

Sometimes to get out of the difficulty,one must change one's way of thinking.

() 1. A. put up   B. got up   C. came up   D. began up

() 2. A. tried   B. began   C. failed   D. wanted

() 3. A. may   B. have to   C. would   D. could

() 4. A. all   B. any one   C. none   D. nobody

() 5. A. himself   B. the palace   C. the pool   D. the garden

() 6. A. interested   B. interesting   C. interest   D. interests

呢 ^ ^

() 7. A. who   B. what   C. how   D. where

() 8. A. right   B. happened   C. known   D. interesting

() 9. A. That's it   B. That's all right   C. That's a deal   D. That's nothing

() 10. A. on   B. with   C. by   D. in

Answer 1

 1. C  2. C   3. B  4. C  5. C  6. A 7. C   

   8. C    9. A    10. D