His son looked surprised. “I can understand why I shouldn’t pay too much, Father, but if I can pay less, 18 not save a bit of money?”
“That would be a very 19 (reason) thing to do in a big city, but it could destroy a small village like ours,” Nick said.
Nick’s guests, 20 had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy salt more cheaply if they could. Nick replied, “The only reason a man would sell salt 21 a lower price would be because he was desperate for money. And anyone who took advantage of that situation would be showing a lack of respect 22 the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce it.”
“But such a small thing couldn’t 23 (possible) destroy a village.”
“In the beginning, there was only 24 very small amount of unfairness in the world, but everyone added a little, always 25 (think)that it was only small and not very important, and look where we have ended up today.”
本文通过Nick叫儿子去买盐要给合理价格的故事说明,一定要公平对待他人,尊重努力工作的人的汗水和努力。
16. found 考察时态语态。在主格人称代词he后应为谓语动词,“invited”用一般过去时。由语境由Suddenly可知,用一般过去时。
17. nor 考察固定搭配,表示“既不…也不…”,构成并列连词故用“neither…nor…”。
18. why 考察句意理解。因why not do sth (何不做某事)?是固定句式。
19. reasonable 考察词性转化。在名词前作定语要用形容词。“thing”需一个形容词修饰,very也只能修饰形容词,故用reasonable。
20. who 考察定语从句关系代词,并在从句中作主语,指代前面先行词“guests”。 指人,故用who。
21. at 考察固定介词短语与price搭配,表示“以更低价格”用 at a lower price,故用at。
22. for 考察介词短语搭配。表示“对某事表示尊重”,“show respect for”表示“尊重”。 故用for。
23. possibly 考察词性转化。提示词修饰动词“destroy”,用副词,故用possibly。
24. a 考察冠词。amount为单数可数名词,第一次出现,表示一个很小的数量。a small amount of(少量的)是固定搭配。
25. thinking 考察非谓语做伴随状语。因everyone与think是主动关系,故用现在分词短语作added的伴随状语。