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2022年成人高考高起点《英语》综合练习题附答案（8）
四、阅读理解(共15小题;每题3分，共45分。)
1.阅读下列短文，然后根据短文的内容从每小题的四个选项中，选出最佳的一项。
A Some villagers were going to celebrate an important wine festival(酒宴)in a few days'time，so they borrowed a huge barrel from the nearest town，put it in the village square;and decided that each of them should empty a bottle of the best wine he had into it，so that there should be plenty at the feast(宴会).
One of the villagers thought he would be very clever.'If I pour a bottle of water in，instead of wine，no one will notice it，'he said to himself，'because there will be so much excellent wine in the barrel that the water will be lost in it.'
The night of the feast arrived.Everybody gathered in the village square with their bowls and their glasses for the wine.The tap(塞子)on the barrel was opened，but what came out was pure water.Everyone in the village had the same idea.
1.What is the huge barrel used for?()
A.Hold water.
B.Hold wine.
C.Take the place of wine bottle.
D.Empty bottles.
【答案】B
【解析】根据文章第一段最后一句“each of them should empty a bottle of the best wine he had into it”，可知村民借桶的目的是装酒。
2.Where would the feast be held according to the passage?()
A.In their houses.
B.In the nearest town.
C.Around the barrel.
D.In the village square.
【答案】D
【解析】根据文章第一段“put it in the village square”可知宴会在村里的广场上举行。
3.One of the villagers poured a bottle of water into the barrel because ____.()
A.he tried to cheat the others
B.the others put water into it too
C.he thought he was cleverer than the others
D.the wine in the barrel was too thick
【答案】A
【解析】根据文章第二段“If I pour a bottle of water in，instead of wine，no one will notice it”，可知他的目的是欺骗别人，故选A。
4.What does the underlined sentence'the water will be lost in it'mean?()
A.The water would flow through the barrel into the ground.
B.The water would be gone in the barrel.
C.The water would be mixed up with the wine.
D.The water couldn’t be found in the wine.
【答案】C
【解析】根据句意，桶里全是好酒，水倒进去后会和酒融合，就没人发现他倒进去的是水了，故选C。
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