Multiple choice questions 多項(xiàng)選擇
　　1.Every evening, Mary used to go and____.
　　(a)cut the lamb from the rope it had been tied on
　　(b)untie the lamb so it could wander in the field at night
　　(c)bring her  lamb back for the night
　　(d)make sure that her lamb was not  missing
　　-- C    untie  vt.解開 vi.松開, 解開
　　2. It would not be difficult t o find the thief because_____
　　(a)the lamb had been one of Mary's prize possession
　　(b)news travels fast in a small   community
　　(c)Dimitr had a lot of triends in the village
　　(d)the rain would soon wash the black dye off the lamb
　　--B    community （n.社區(qū), 公社, 團(tuán)體, 社會(huì)）= village
　　3. When Aleko first showed Dimitri the lamb in his backyard_____
　　(a)be was truthful about how he had acquired the lamb but not about its colour
　　(b)Dimitri admitted that the lamb could not be his wife's
　　(c)it was clear that the lamb had been dyed black
　　(d)it started to rain before Dimitri had time to identify the lamb as his
　　--B    truthful（adj.誠實(shí)的, 說實(shí)話的）       admit（v.容許, 承認(rèn)）
　　4.Mary and her husband Dimitri lived in perachora,____tiny village in southern Greece.
　　(a)in a  (b)the  (c)in the  (d)a
　　--- D　
　　5.- was a little white lamb which had been_____from her husband.
　　(a)present  (b)presented  (c)presenting  (d)a present
　　--- D正確
　　present（adj.現(xiàn)在的, 出席的）  反義詞：absent（adj.不在的, 缺席的）
　　present  （vt.贈(zèng)送, 給）
　　-- When Mr. Brown left firm, the director presented a gold watch to him.
　　-- The gold watch was present from the director.
　　a present from somebody  某人所送的禮物
　　6. On her husband's return,____what had happened.
　　(a)his wife told him  (b)she told Dimitri  (c)Mary told him  (d)Dimitri was told
　　--C
　　7.-it would not prove difficult in a village of___size.
　　(a)a such small  (b)so small  (c)the smallest  (d)so small a
　　--- D    so small a size
　　8.He told him if he____it, he would call the police.
　　(a)was not returning  (b)did not return  (c)has not returned  (d)had not returned
　　--- B
　　9.One of Mary's most___possessions....
　　(a)valued  (b)worthwhile  (c)worthy  (d)expensive
　　--- A
　　valued  adj.尊貴的, 尊重的, 寶貴的
　　-- valued advice寶貴的忠告 /  valued friend尊貴的朋友
　　worthwhile  adj.值得做的（-- working hard is worthwhile 努力學(xué)習(xí)是值得做的）
　　worthy  adj.值得的, 配得上的（be worthy of）
　　-- The chain is worthy of the watch.（chain n.鏈子）
　　-- His deeds are worthy of our praise. 他的確行為陪得上我們的表揚(yáng)
　　10.After_____the theft to several of his friends....
　　(a)telling  (b)reporting  (c)expressing  (d)counting
　　-- B 
　　tell somebody about something
　　report something to somebody
　　11.During their____, it began to rain.
　　(a)chat  (b)argument  (c)conversation  (d)
　　--- C正確    chat  v.聊天 n.聊天
　　argument  n.爭論, 辯論
　　12.When he went______half an hour later....
　　(a)out of doors   (b)into the open  (c)in the open air  (d)inside out
　　---A正確　
　　out of doors = outdoors = outside（n.adj.adv.prep.）
　　-- outdoors  n.戶外 adv.在戶外, 在野外
　　adj.在戶外 = outdoor（adj.室外的, 戶外的）
　　-- outdoors 的反義詞：indoors（adv.在戶內(nèi)）
　　in the open air   在戶外, 露天
　　inside out 里外反穿
　　-- He put his socks on inside out. 他把襪子穿反了。