五、完形填空。
John was a very rich man, but he never spent a lot of his money. He was scared that someone would 1 it. So he wore dirty old clothes to hide his wealth. People 2 him, but he didn’t care. He only cared about his money.
One day, he bought a big lump（块）of gold. He hid it in a hole by a tree. Every night, he went to the hole to look at his gold. He sat and thought, “No one will ever find my gold!”
But a thief saw 3. One day when John wasn’t at home, the thief picked up the lump of gold and ran away.
The next day, John went to look at his gold, but it wasn’t there. This made him 4. He cried so 5 that a wise old man heard him from far away. He came to help. John told him everything.
“Don’t worry,” he said. “Get a big 6 and put it in the hole by the tree.” “What?” said John. “Why?”
“How did you 7 your lump of gold?” the old man asked. “I sat and looked at it every day,” John said.
“Exactly,” the old man said. “ 8 you don’t use it, you can do the same thing with a stone.” John thought for a(n) 9 and then said, “Yes, you’re right. How 10 I was! So I don’t need a lump of gold to be happy!”
1. A. hide
B. steal
C. stick
D. increase
2. A. stared at
B. looked at
C. shouted at
D. laughed at
3. A. something
B. nothing
C. everything
D. anything
4. A. down
B. up
C. on
D. off
5. A. impolitely
B. loudly
C. quickly
D. badly
6. A. gold
B. hole
C. stone
D. silver
7. A. deal with
B. connect with
C. do with
D. agree with
8. A. Unless
B. Although
C. If
D. After
9. A. while
B. year
C. hour
D. day
10. A. clever
B. foolish
C. brave
D. correct

五、1. B 根据“John was a very rich man, but he never spent a lot of his money. He was scared that someone would... it.”可知，约翰很有钱却不花钱，他害怕有人会对他的钱做不好的事，结合选项可知，steal 符合语境，他怕钱被偷。
2. D 根据“So he wore dirty old clothes to hide his wealth.”可知，他为了隐藏财富穿又脏又旧的衣服，这种行为会让人觉得奇怪，所以人们会嘲笑他。
3. C 根据“But a thief saw...”以及后文小偷偷走金子可知，小偷看到了一切，即约翰藏金子以及每天去看金子的事。
4. A 根据“The next day, John went to look at his gold, but it wasn't there.”可知，约翰的金子不见了，这会让他心情低落。
5. B 根据 a wise old man heard him from far away 可知，一位智者从很远的地方都能听到他的声音，说明他哭得很大声。
6. C 根据 you can do the same thing with a stone 可知，智者让约翰拿一块大石头放在树旁的洞里。
7. A 根据 I sat and looked at it every day 可知，智者问他是如何处理他的金块的，do with 常与 what 搭配，故排除。
8. C 根据“you don't use it, you can do the same thing with a stone”可知，如果他不用金子，那么用石头也可以做同样的事。
9. A 根据“John thought for...”可知，此处表示约翰思考了一会儿。
10. B 结合前文约翰只把金子藏起来看，却不使用，以及“Yes, you're right.”可知，约翰意识到自己之前很愚蠢。

【分析】
做完形填空首先要先通读全文，理清故事整体脉络：本文讲述了吝啬富人约翰藏金却意外丢金，最后在智者的点拨下醒悟的寓言故事。解题时不要急于选答案，先掌握故事走向，之后逐空回到对应上下文找线索，结合词义辨析、固定搭配、逻辑关系逐一排除不符合语境的选项，最后再代入全文通读验证逻辑是否通顺，每道题都要在文中找到对应的选择依据，不能仅凭主观感觉选答案。
【解析】
1. 前文提到约翰非常有钱却从不舍得花钱，后文他特意穿破旧衣服隐藏财富，说明他害怕有人把他的钱偷走，hide（隐藏）、stick（粘贴）、increase（增加）都不符合语境，选B。
2. 他作为富人却刻意穿又脏又旧的衣服，和自身身份完全不符，周围人不了解他的情况自然会嘲笑他，stared at（紧盯）、looked at（看）、shouted at（冲他大喊）都不符合常理，选D。
3. 后文小偷直接找准位置把金块偷走了，说明小偷全程看到了约翰藏金子、每天去看金子的全部事情，也就是看到了一切，something（一些事）、nothing（什么都没看到）、anything（任何事）都不符合语境，选C。
4. 自己珍藏的金子凭空消失，约翰的心情会非常低落，固定搭配make sb down表示让某人情绪低落，符合语境，选A。
5. 后文提到很远之外的智者都听到了他的哭声，说明他哭得声音非常大，impolitely（不礼貌地）、quickly（快速地）、badly（糟糕地）都不符合线索，选B。
6. 后文智者明确提到“你用一块石头也能做同样的事”，说明智者是让约翰找一块石头放到原来藏金子的洞里，选C。
7. 智者询问约翰平时是怎么处理那块金块的，答句是“我每天坐着看它”，do with需要搭配what使用，本句特殊疑问词是how，只能搭配deal with，connect with（和...联系）、agree with（同意）都不符合语境，选A。
8. 此处是条件逻辑：如果你根本不会使用这块金子，那你用石头也能达到一样的效果，if引导条件状语从句符合逻辑，unless（除非）、although（尽管）、after（在...之后）都不符合，选C。
9. 固定搭配for a while表示“一会儿”，指约翰思考了一小会儿就反应过来了，不可能思考一年、一小时、一整天，选A。
10. 约翰醒悟过来，意识到自己之前守着金子不用、只每天盯着看的行为非常愚蠢，clever（聪明的）、brave（勇敢的）、correct（正确的）都不符合语境，选B。
【答案】
1.B 2.D 3.C 4.A 5.B 6.C 7.A 8.C 9.A 10.B
【知识点】
语境词义辨析，固定搭配用法，连词逻辑判断
【点评】
本篇是趣味寓言类完形填空，整体故事通俗易懂，考点大多依托上下文给出的明确线索，没有设置过于生僻的干扰项，既考察学生的词义辨析和逻辑推理能力，也能引导学生树立正确的财富观念，明白财富只有使用才能产生价值的道理。
【难度系数】
0.7