3 . 通读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后按照句子结构的语法和上下文连贯的要求,从每题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Once upon a time, there lived a tricky fox. He used to speak to ________ animals sweetly and gain their trust before playing tricks on them.
One day the fox met an easy-going stork on his way home. He acted ________ her good friend. He wanted to play a trick on the stork, so he asked her to have dinner with him later. The stork accepted the invitation ________.
The day of the dinner came, and the stork went to the fox’s house with _______. She thought it was a delicious feast. But to her surprise, there was only some soup in a plate! “Come and have a taste! It took me the whole afternoon to cook the soup.” The fox smiled. Because of her long beak, the stork had difficulty having the soup. But the fox licked the soup up in no time. After finishing the dinner, the fox asked the stork, “Does it taste ________?”
The hungry stork replied, “Oh, it is wonderful. Thanks for your dinner.” She added, “But I could only taste a little ________ I don’t feel well today. I can’t take any more!” The fox pretended to feel sorry for that. Then ________ later, the stork invited the fox to have dinner with her and went home.
The next day, the fox got to the stork’s house on time. On the table, some soup ________ and put in two narrow jars with long necks. This time, the stork found it easy to have the soup. However, the fox ________ taste it.
After dinner, the stork asked the fox, “How is the soup?” “I am sorry for what I ________, I feel ashamed of myself. I think I’d better leave now.” the fox answered. Then, he went out of stork’s house in a hurry.
1. A.another | B.other | C.the other | D.others |
2. 3. A.happy | B.happiness | C.happily | D.happier |
4. A.joy | B.joyful | C.joyless | D.joyfulness |
5. A.good | B.well | C.better | D.best |
6. A.because | B.and | C.though | D.so |
7. A.sometimes | B.some times | C.some time | D.sometime |
8. A.prepare | B.prepared | C.was prepared | D.were prepared |
9. A.needn’t | B.mustn’t | C.shouldn’t | D.couldn’t |
10. A.do | B.was doing | C.am doing | D.have done |