陶藝丞

One will feel happy when others lflatter him in his face. It is said that the best way of flattering someone is to give him a "top hat”??? .

A student was going to leave the capital to become 22official in a city far away. Before he started， he came to say _3 to his teacher.

“It is__4__ job to be a good official." his

teacher said. "You must be strict 5 yourself and never be careless."

“Don't worry about me， sir." The student answered. "'I have already_ 6 one hundred top hats， which will 7 those people quite happy."

“But we are really gentlemen！ 8 could a real gentleman do such a thing." his teacher was a bit 9 “Never forget 10 I taughtyou in class！"

11 _are always right， sir. I also hate such things. But， sir，_ 12 no one really gentleman like you can be seen in the world now." said the student.It

seemed that he had to do so.

After hearing this， the teacher was13.“What you said is true！"

“I have 14 one top hat already. Now I have ninety-nine 15 .”the student said to his friend later on when he asked the student what he had talked with the teacher about.

1.A.to put on

B.putting on

C.wearing

D.to wear

2.A.a

B.the

c.an

D./

3.A.hello

B.goodbye

C.OK

D.thanks

4.A.not an easy

B.not easy

C.agood

D.difficult

5.A. about

B.with

C.from

D.to

6.A.made

B.bought

C.prepared

D.repaired

7.A.give

B.let

C.keep

D.make

8.A.How

B.What

C.Why

D.When

9.A. anger

B.angry

C. angrily

D.angrily

10.A.that

B.how

C.why

D.what

11.A.You

B.We

C.They

D.Us

12.A.hardly

B.about

C. almost

D.nearly

13.A. disappointed

B.pleased

C.angry

D. sorry

14.A.sent out

B.bought

C. sold

D.borrowed

15.A.left

B.already

C.yet

D.else

1） flatter /'flaete（r）/vt.奉承;諂媚;使高興

例句：Are you trying to flatter me？

你想討好我？

He doesn't flatter， harm or take advantage of others. 他更不會(huì)阿諛?lè)畛?，也不?huì)去害人和占人便宜。

2） official /e'fj[/

用作形容詞（adj.）官方的正式的;公務(wù)的

例句：The group have split off from the official union.

這一部分人已從正式的聯(lián)盟中分裂出來(lái)了。

I happen to have the official statistics with me. 我碰巧身邊有官方的統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)字。

用作名詞（n.）官員;公務(wù)員;高級(jí)職員

例句：Heis apompous official.

他是個(gè)自命不凡的官員。

The mayor is a considerable official.

市長(zhǎng)是一位重要的官員。

【語(yǔ)篇解讀角】

這篇文章講述了一個(gè)許多人都喜歡聽(tīng)奉承話，有的人自以為清高，其實(shí)也不知不覺(jué)被戴上“高帽子”的故事，具有反諷意味。

【答案詳析】

1.D wear表示狀態(tài)，puton表示動(dòng)作。根據(jù)結(jié)構(gòu)givesb.sth.to do可知D 為正確選項(xiàng)。

2.C第一次出現(xiàn)的名詞用不定冠詞，因?yàn)槭窃糸_(kāi)頭因此用an。

3.B因?yàn)橐チ硪粋€(gè)城市工作了，故向他的老師道別。

4.A想做一個(gè)好官員，應(yīng)該說(shuō)是不容易的。

5. B be strict with sb意為“對(duì)某人嚴(yán)格要求”。

6.C準(zhǔn)備了一百個(gè)高帽子，其實(shí)就是奉承的好話，而不是做或是買了許多高帽子。

7.D make sb.happy意為“使某人高興”。

8.A這句話表示紳士怎么能夠做這種事！故選“how”。

9.B這里應(yīng)該用形容詞，表示老師聽(tīng)了他的話有點(diǎn)生氣。

10.D由what引導(dǎo)賓語(yǔ)從句，表示不要忘了老師教過(guò)的事。

11. A you are right表示贊同老師說(shuō)的話。

12.C當(dāng)出現(xiàn)no、nothing、nobody等一系列否定詞的時(shí)候，只能用almost 不能用nearly。

13.B聽(tīng)了奉承話以后，他很高興。

14.A表示送出了一頂，而不是買或者賣，與上文相呼應(yīng)。

15. A left這里表示“剩下的，剩余的”。