2014年成人高考英语(高起点)模拟试题及答案一
Ⅳ. Reading Comprehension (60 points)
Directions:
There are four reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose one best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Passage One
According to an old story, a farmer once found that a bag of corn had been stolen from his house. He went to the judge and told him about his loss. The judge ordered all the people of the farm to come before him. He took a number of sticks of equal length and gave one stick to each man.
He then said, “Come before me again tomorrow. I shall then know which of you is the thief because the stick given to the thief will be one inch longer than the others.”
The thief was afraid of being found out, and so the cut an inch off his stick. The next day the thief’s stick was found to be one inch shorter than any of the others. In this way the thief was found out, and was at once taken away to prison.
61. A bag of corn was found ________.
A. to be stolen B. stolen C. being stolen D. having stolen
62. The judge gave each man a stick _______.
A. to change back the farmer’s corn B. to beat the thief
C. as a tool to find out the thief D. so as to play a game together
63. According to the judge, the next day the thief’s stick would be one inch longer than the others’ because _______.
the thief’s stick would grow one inch longer
the other’s sticks would become one inch shorter
something wrong would happen to the thief’s stick
the judge had given the longer stick to the thief
64. Since the thief cut the stick short, ________.
he was found out
the judge couldn’t catch him
his stick had an equal length with the others’
his stick wouldn’t be any longer
65. The wise way the judge found out the thief in the end was to make ______.
the thief to cut an inch off the stick
the thief cut an inch off the stick
the stick grow an inch longer
the thief tell him what he had done
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