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Once upon a time there lived a man named Thomas. Every day, with a large wooden axe[斧头]upon his shoulder, Thomas went deep into the __1 to cut down trees.

After working hard all day long, Thomas was very __2__, so he decided to get a drink.He walked toward the sound of the water, and __3__ the trees he saw a waterfall, which was falling into a deep pond.

Thomas put his wooden axe down on a rock near the edge of the pond, and bent[弯]down to get a drink. __4 , he heard something. “Splash!” His axe had fallen into the pond.

The pond looked very deep, and Thomas didn’t know how to swim. He was just about to __5 hope of getting back his axe when a sprite[小精灵]swam up out of the pond.

“I’m a water sprite. Is this gold axe yours?” she asked.

“No, I had a simple axe made of __6 ,” Thomas answered.

The water sprite dove back down into the pond. It wasn’t long __7__ she returned. “Is this wooden axe yours?”

Thomas looked at the axe and smiled because it was surely the axe he had lost. “Yes, that’s __8 . It is a simple axe made of wood.”

The sprite gave the axe to Thomas and laughed, “You are a very __9__ man. I will give you the gold axe as a gift.” Thomas didn’t know what to say, but before leaving, he remembered his __10 . “Thank you,” he said.

1. A. rivers B. towns C. woods D. fi elds

2. A. hungry B. thirsty C. sleepy D. active

3. A. through B. against C. without D. towards

4. A. Finally B. Specially C. Luckily D. Suddenly

5. A. put away B. take off C. give up D. think over

6. A. wood B. gold C. silver D. stone

7. A. unless B. because C. before D. though

8. A. yours B. mine C. his D. hers

9. A. polite B. brave C. honest D. healthy

10. A. duties B. dreams C. rules D. manners

【语篇解读】

Thomas在池塘边喝水时不小心将斧头掉进了池塘。一个精灵游出水面，并且拿着一把金斧头询问是否是他的。Thomas告诉精灵自己的斧头只是一把普通的木制斧头。Thomas的诚实打动了精灵，她将找到的木制斧头和金斧头一起送给了Thomas。

【答案详析】

1. C 根据后面“to cut down trees”可推断Thomas应该是进入树林去砍树，因此C项为正确答案。

2. B 根据后半句“so he decided to get a drink”可知Thomas应该是渴了，决定喝水，因此B项为正确答案。

3. A 根据前半句“He walked toward the sound of the water”可知，他朝着水声方向走去，后面的一句“he saw a waterfall”表明他发现了瀑布，因此应该是穿过树林，所以A项为正确答案。

4. D 前面一句描写Thomas安放好斧头，后面一句写发现斧头掉进水中，所以此处需要表示“突然”的副词，因此D项为正确答案。

5. C 根据前面一句“The pond looked very deep, and Thomas didn’t know how to swim.”可知，池塘很深，且Thomas不会游泳，由此可推断他放弃了捞回斧头的希望。Put away为“放好，储存”，take off为“脱掉，起飞”，give up为“放弃”，think over为“思考”，因此C项为正确答案。

6. A 根据第一段“a large wooden axe”可知，Thomas的斧头是木制的，因此此处应选A项。

7. C 根据句型“It was not long before…”表示“没过多久就……”可知，精灵消失不久后就回来了，因此C项为正确答案。

8. B 根据前面一句“Thomas looked at the axe and smiled because it was surely the axe he had lost.”可知，这次捞出来的斧头是Thomas的，所以此处需要表示“我的”的名词性物主代词，所以B项为正确答案。

9. C 根据之前Thomas拒绝了精灵的金斧头，执意要自己的普通斧头，可知他是个诚实的人，因此C项为正确答案。

10. D 根据最后Thomas所说的“Thank you”，可知他时刻铭记自己的礼貌举止，因此D项为正确答案。

【难句分析】

Thomas looked at the axe and smiled because it was surely the axe he had lost.

【译文】托马斯看着斧头，笑了，因为这无疑是他丢了的那把。

【分析】because引导原因状语从句；“he had lost”是过去完成时，表示动作发生在“smiled”之前，即“过去的过去”“he had lost”也是定语从句，修饰先行词axe。