2021全国英语等级考试（一级）历年真题10-18

1、 请根据下面短文回答第{TSE}题：
A businessman bought some goods at a market in the morning and set out at once for home with all his bags，for he wished to be in his own house before dark．
At noon he rested in a town．When he wanted to go on，the stable —boy(马童)brought his horse，saying：
“A nail(钉子)is wanting，sir，in the shoe of the horse’s left front foot．”
“Let it be wanting，”answered the businessman，“the shoe will stay on for ten kilometers．”
In the afternoon he arrived at a hotel．The stable —boy came to him again and said，“Sir，a shoe is wanting from your horse’s left front foot．Shall we get a new one?”
“Let it still be wanting，”said the businessman，“the horse will be all right for a few kilometers more．”
So he rode on．but soon the horse began to limp．It had not limped for long when it fell down and broke its leg．The businessman had to leave the horse and take all the bags on his back，and go home on foot．
“That bad nail．”he said to himself，“has made all this trouble．”
{TS}Where did the story take place? （单选题）

A. At a market．

B. At the businessman ’s house．

C. On the businessman ’s way home．

试题答案：C

2、 Before we leave，make sure __________there is some paper in your bag． （单选题）

A. which

B. what

C. that

试题答案：C

3、 Which distance did they talk about? （单选题）

A. From school to hospital．

B. From school to the park．

C. From home to the park．

试题答案：B

4、 There was very little sunlight when the bus __________． （单选题）

A. turned into a narrow country road

B. traveled on the freeway

C. came to a forest

试题答案：C

5、 The story tells US that __________． （单选题）

A. money cannot buy everything

B. small things can make great trouble

C. nothing is impossible if you work hard

试题答案：B