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原文：A king in Africa had a close friend with whom he had grown up. The friend had a habit of looking at every bad situation that occurred in his life and 1.____ , “This is good!”
One day the king and his friend were out on a hunting 2____ . The friend would 3.____ the guns for the king. But this time he had 4.____ done something wrong in preparing one of the guns, for after taking the gun from his friend, the king fired it and his thumb was blown off.
Examining the 5.____ the friend remarked as usual, “This is good!” to which the king replied, “No, this is NOT good!” and 6.____ imprisoned his friend.
About a year later, the king was hunting in an area where he should have known not to hunt. Cannibals(食人者) 7.____ him and took him to their village. They tied his hands, set up a wooden post and 8.____ him to it. As they came close to set fire to burn the king, they 9.____ that the king was missing a thumb. Being superstitious, they never ate anyone who was less than whole. So 10.____ the king, they sent him on his way.
As he returned home, he was 11.____ of the event that had taken his thumb and felt sorry for his treatment of his friend. He went immediately to the 12.____ to speak with his friend. “You were right,” he said, “it was good that my thumb was blown off.” Then he 13.____ to tell the friend all that had just happened.
“I feel 14.____ for sending you to jail for so long. It was bad for me to do this.”
“No,” his friend replied, “this is good!”
“What do you mean? How could it be good that I sent my friend to jail for a year?”
“If I had NOT been in jail, I would have been with you, and I would have been 15.____ !”
1. A. joking B. remarking C. announcing D. whispering
2. A. expectation B. experience C. expedition D. experiment
3. A. prepare B. arrange C. carry D. hold
4. A. deliberately B. apparently C. naturally D. specially
5. A. thumb B. king C. gun D. situation
6. A. angrily B. calmly C. regretfully D. joyfully
7. A. caught B. warned C. robbed D. hunted
8. A. connected B. related C. wrapped D. fastened
9. A. observed B. understood C. noticed D. complained
10. A. untying B. forgiving C. overlooking D. beating
11. A. recalled B. accused C. informed D. reminded
12. A. house B. jail C. village D. kingdom
13. A. stopped B. hesitated C. continued D. refused
14. A. fortunate B. foolish C. guilty D. painful
15. A. burnt B. cooked C. fired D. eaten 同学,为你答案：1-5 BCABD 6-10 AADCA 11-15 DBCCD文章大意：这是一篇围绕国一朋友说“这很好”这句话展开的小故事.B 根据第三段第一句话可知他像往常一样评论,故选B.C 此句要表达外出打猎的意思.expedition表示“探险,远征”,符合要求.expectation,表示“期望”；experience,表示“经验,经历”；experiment,表示“实验”.A 根据下一句话中in preparing one of the guns 可知,是朋友经常为国王准备枪.B 他为国王准备枪时显然做错了什么.apparently表示“显然”；deliberately表示“故意地”；naturally表示“自然地”；specially表示“特别地,专门地”D "This is good!"是对这件事情或情况的评价,指情况用situation.A 国王手指被炸了他还说很好,所以国王很生气地把他关进了监狱.A 根据后文可知是食人者抓住了国王.D 这是一系列连续的动作.捆住手,支起木桩,并把国王捆在木桩上.C 根据句意是刚要点火时发现了国王没有大拇指,是无意中注意的语境,所以用notice.A unyting原形是untie,意思是“解开,松开”.与上文的fasten是相反的动作.D 由于缺一根手指而未被吃掉,使他想起了让他失去手指的那件事.B 根据上文情节可知朋友是被关进了监狱.C 说完了"You were right ..."这句话之后,又接着说.C 国王意识到了自己的错误,所以觉得有负罪感.fortunate,表示“幸运的”；foolish表示“愚蠢的”；painful表示“痛苦的”D 如果国王的朋友也进去了,那他就被吃掉了. 希望能帮到你,请采纳,谢谢!如有不明白的,欢迎随时提问!
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said 译为却说， 其中occoured应该是occurred为occur的过去式，译为发生。全文翻译为: 一个国王在非洲有一个亲密的朋友和他一起长大了。朋友有个习惯的回顾他生活中每一个糟糕的局面却说"这很好!”