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. 他更不會阿諛奉承，也不會去害人和占人便宜。

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)盟中分裂出來了。

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

用作名詞（n.）官員;公務員;高級職員

例句：Heis apompous official.

他是個自命不凡的官員。

The mayor is a considerable official.

市長是一位重要的官員。

【語篇解讀角】

這篇文章講述了一個許多人都喜歡聽奉承話，有的人自以為清高，其實也不知不覺被戴上“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表示動作。根據(jù)結(jié)構givesb.sth.to do可知D 為正確選項。

2.C第一次出現(xiàn)的名詞用不定冠詞，因為是元音開頭因此用an。

3.B因為要去另一個城市工作了，故向他的老師道別。

4.A想做一個好官員，應該說是不容易的。

5. B be strict with sb意為“對某人嚴格要求”。

6.C準備了一百個高帽子，其實就是奉承的好話，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這里應該用形容詞，表示老師聽了他的話有點生氣。

10.D由what引導賓語從句，表示不要忘了老師教過的事。

11. A you are right表示贊同老師說的話。

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

13.B聽了奉承話以后，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。

15. A left這里表示“剩下的，剩余的”。