Unit 4 An old man tried to move the mountains. （重难词汇精练）英语鲁教版五四学制八年级上册

Unit 4 An old man tried to move the mountains. 词汇专项过关 目录 词汇基础练 词汇语境练-句子 词汇语境练-语篇 词汇基础练 一、汉译英 英文 中文 英文 中文 单词 投篮，射击，发射 黄金，金币 石头 皇帝 虚弱的，柔弱的 丝绸 上帝，神 内衣 提醒，使想起 无人，没有任何人，谁也不 一点，小块 愚蠢的，傻的；傻子 愚昧的；傻子，蠢货 欺骗，愚弄 物体，目标，物品 继母 躲藏，隐藏 妻子 尾巴 丈夫 魔法，巫术 全部的，整体的 棍，棒；刺，戳，插 舞台，（戏剧）场景 使激动，使兴奋 月光 西方的，欧美的 照耀，发光 继姐（妹） 明亮的，发亮的；明亮地 王子 地面 适合，合身 领导，主角；带路 （尤指）夫妻，两人 嗓音 微笑 勇敢的 与某人结婚 短语 从前 在另外一些时候 致力于做某事 能；会 一…… 就…… (书、电影等) 出版 从前 对…… 感兴趣 使某事发生 走到另一边去 努力做某事 一个神话故事 ...... 之旅 故事的其余部分 讲故事 筹划 / 计划做某事 穿 去睡觉 有点儿，稍微 把某人领到某地 坚持做某事 迷路 放弃 改变计划 代替；反而 在月光下 使...... 变成...... 找到某人回家的路 结婚 第二天 爱上，喜欢上 派某人去某地 主要人物；主人公 如此....... 以致于....... 二、词汇拓展（单词变形） 学科网（北京）股份有限公司1 / 6 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 1.shoot v.射击→ （过去式/）→ （过去分词） 2.hide v.躲藏→ （过去式）→ （过去分词） 3.magic （adj./n.）有魔力的，魔法→ n.魔术师 4.excite v.使激动/兴奋→ adj.令人激动的→ adj.感到激动的 → n.激动，兴奋 5.marry v.结婚→ adj.结婚的，已婚的 6.gold n.金子，金币→ adj.金制的，金色的 7.nobody pron.没有人→ pron.某人→ pron.每个人 8.wife n.妻子→ pl. 词汇语境练-句子 一、单项选择 1．—Why is Mr. Wu the most popular teacher in our school? —Because he is ________. He always tells funny stories to his students. A．humorous B．handsome C．brave D．patient 2．________ to tell a beautiful and sweet story, the novel has now been published. Readers are surprised to find a much heavier theme ________ behind its light language. A．Expected; hidden B．Expected; hiding C．Expecting; hidden D．Expecting; hiding 3．In our free time, we’d better join in some activities ________ wasting time in playing computer games. A．because of B．such as C．instead of 4．My motorbike broke down suddenly on the road, but I was ________ to push it aside. A．weak enough B．too weak C．strong enough D．too strong 5．The Monkey King can ________ himself into different animals to fight bad people. A．hide B．turn C．break D．carry 6．If the temperature is below 0℃, water will ________ ice in the open air. A．turn up B．turn on C．turn into D．turn around 7．What news! We are all happy to hear it. A．excite B．exciting C．excited 8．—I want to learn more about artificial intelligence (人工智能). It’s everywhere these days! —That’s true! Having some _________ of AI will help you understand how it’s changing the world. A．experience B．magic C．knowledge D．points 9．—Peter, have you ever heard of Mulan? —Sure. She was a ________ woman who took her father’s place to join the army. A．lovely B．brave C．shy D．poor 10．—There was a car accident near our school. —Yes. Luckily, ________ got hurt. A．nobody B．everybody C．somebody D．anybody 11．The young man is _________. He often fights against the bad men. A．nervous B．brave C．lazy D．stupid 12．The singer’s _________ is so sweet that it can touch everyone’s heart. A．noise B．cough C．voice D．shout 13．It’s really ________ you to swim in the river on such a cold day. You may catch a cold. A．crazy of B．careful of C．brave for D．wise for 14．—Why do you write down these numbers in your notebook? —I hope they can ________ me of my friends’ birthdays. A．warn B．remind C．cheat D．ask 15．— The neighborhood is asking for ideas on building a new park or a library. —We should speak up! Every neighbor’s ________ counts. A．sound B．shout C．voice D．noise 二、根据提示完成句子(每空一词)。 16．在农村，你可能会看到星星在夜空中明亮地闪耀。 In the countryside, you may see the stars at night. 17．汤姆给这个机器人配了音。 Tom the robot. 18．互联网为这些贫困地区的孩子们打开了一个全新的世界。 The Internet the children in poor areas. 19．周末我妈妈通常会迟一点叫醒我。 On weekends, my mother usually wakes me up late. 20．天气预报提醒我们明天会有暴雨。 The weather forecast us about heavy rain tomorrow. 21．河水污染严重，水中不再有鱼了。 The river was polluted badly and there was fish in the water. 22．这个魔术师能把一朵花变成一片树叶。 The magician can a flower a leaf. 23．他们两年前结的婚。 They two years ago. 24．他们计划在一个月内完成工作。 They to finish the work in a month. 25．狗把警察领到大山附近的一栋房屋。 A dog the police a house near the mountain. 26．汤姆说他会唱那支流行歌曲。 Tom said that he sing that popular song. 27．很久以前，有一个叫Alex的年轻探险家。 there was a young adventurer named Alex. 28．They made special clothes for the emperor. (改为一般疑问句) they special clothes for the emperor? 29．These stories usually end in happy endings. (对画线部分提问) these stories usually ? 30．Mike moved to London because his dad found a job there．(对划线部分提问) Mike to London? 词汇语境练-语篇 三、完形填空 请根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个能填入相应空格内的最佳答案。 Once a farmer got into a fight with his neighbour. The farmer got so angry that he said many bad things to his neighbour. After some time, the farmer felt sorry and wanted to take his 31 back. However, he didn’t know 32 to do. Just then, a wise man was visiting the village. So he decided to ask the wise man 33 help. He went to the wise man and told him 34 . The wise man 35 it and asked him to put some feathers (羽毛) into an empty basket and left it in the middle of the village. The farmer did the same and went to see the wise man the next day. The wise man said, “Now go and bring those feathers to me.” The farmer went to get them only to find an empty basket. Because of the wind, there were 36 feathers. Feeling very worried, the farmer 37 to see the wise man. The farmer said, “I couldn’t bring anything back 38 the wind blew away all the feathers. The wise man told him, “The feathers are like the words you say. You can 39 say them but you can’t take them back. Before saying something bad, you should always think. So it is better to keep 40 when you are angry next time.” 31．A．gifts B．money C．decision D．words 32．A．how B．what C．where D．when 33．A．to B．about C．for D．from 34．A．something B．nothing C．everything D．anything 35．A．laughed at B．looked at C．learnt from D．thought about 36．A．some B．all C．no D．a few 37．A．pretended B．rushed C．agreed D．promised 38．A．so B．because C．if D．but 39．A．easily B．carefully C．slowly D．hardly 40．A．relaxed B．quiet C．happy D．clean 学科网（北京）股份有限公司1 / 6 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $Unit 4 An old man tried to move the mountains. 词汇专项过关 目录 词汇基础练 词汇语境练-句子 词汇语境练-语篇 词汇基础练 一、汉译英 英文 中文 英文 中文 单词 shoot 投篮，射击，发射 gold 黄金，金币 stone 石头 emperor 皇帝 weak 虚弱的，柔弱的 silk 丝绸 god 上帝，神 underwear 内衣 remind 提醒，使想起 nobody 无人，没有任何人，谁也不 bit 一点，小块 stupid 愚蠢的，傻的；傻子 silly 愚昧的；傻子，蠢货 cheat 欺骗，愚弄 object 物体，目标，物品 stepmother 继母 hide 躲藏，隐藏 wife 妻子 tail 尾巴 husband 丈夫 magic 魔法，巫术 whole 全部的，整体的 stick 棍，棒；刺，戳，插 scene 舞台，（戏剧）场景 excite 使激动，使兴奋 moonlight 月光 Western 西方的，欧美的 shine 照耀，发光 stepsister 继姐（妹） bright 明亮的，发亮的；明亮地 prince 王子 ground 地面 fit 适合，合身 lead 领导，主角；带路 couple （尤指）夫妻，两人 voice 嗓音 smile 微笑 brave 勇敢的 marry 与某人结婚 短语 once upon 从前 at other times 在另外一些时候 work on doing sth. 致力于做某事 be able to 能；会 as soon as ... 一…… 就…… come out (书、电影等) 出版 once upon a time 从前 become interested in... 对…… 感兴趣 make sth. happen 使某事发生 walk to the other side 走到另一边去 try to do sth. 努力做某事 a fairy tale 一个神话故事 the journey to sp. ...... 之旅 the rest of the story 故事的其余部分 tell the/a story 讲故事 make a plan to do sth. 筹划 / 计划做某事 put on 穿 go to sleep 去睡觉 a little bit 有点儿，稍微 lead sb. to sp. 把某人领到某地 keep doing sth. 坚持做某事 get lost 迷路 give up 放弃 change one’s plan 改变计划 instead of 代替；反而 in the moonlight 在月光下 turn...into... 使...... 变成...... find one’ s way home 找到某人回家的路 get married 结婚 the next day 第二天 fall in love 爱上，喜欢上 send sb. to sp. 派某人去某地 the main character 主要人物；主人公 so...that... 如此....... 以致于....... 二、词汇拓展（单词变形） 学科网（北京）股份有限公司1 / 6 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 1.shoot v.射击→ shot （过去式/）→ shot （过去分词） 2.hide v.躲藏→ hid （过去式）→ hid/hidden （过去分词） 3.magic （adj./n.）有魔力的，魔法→ magician n.魔术师 4.excite v.使激动/兴奋→ exciting adj.令人激动的→ excited adj.感到激动的→ excitement n.激动，兴奋 5.marry v.结婚→ married adj.结婚的，已婚的 6.gold n.金子，金币→ golden adj.金制的，金色的 7.nobody pron.没有人→ somebody pron.某人→ everybody pron.每个人 8.wife n.妻子→ wives pl. 词汇语境练-句子 一、单项选择 1．—Why is Mr. Wu the most popular teacher in our school? —Because he is ________. He always tells funny stories to his students. A．humorous B．handsome C．brave D．patient 【答案】A 【详解】句意：——为什么吴老师是我们学校最受欢迎的老师？ ——因为他很幽默。他总是给学生们讲有趣的故事。 考查形容词辨析。humorous幽默的，风趣的；handsome英俊的；brave勇敢的；patient有耐心的。根据下文“He always tells funny stories to his students.”可知，吴老师总是给学生讲有趣的故事，因此这里是指他很幽默，而其余三项与“tell funny stories”无关联。故选A。 2．________ to tell a beautiful and sweet story, the novel has now been published. Readers are surprised to find a much heavier theme ________ behind its light language. A．Expected; hidden B．Expected; hiding C．Expecting; hidden D．Expecting; hiding 【答案】A 【详解】句意：被期望讲述一个美丽甜蜜的故事，这本小说现在已经出版了。读者惊讶地发现一个更沉重的主题隐藏在它轻快的语言背后。 考查动词非谓语。Expected被期待，过去分词；Expecting现在分词；hidden被隐藏，过去分词；hiding现在分词。第一个空的逻辑主语是the novel，与动词expect之间的关系是被动关系，表示“被期望”，用动词的过去分词expected；第二个空的逻辑主语是theme，hide与theme之间的关系是被动关系，表示“主题被隐藏”，hide的过去分词hidden。故选A。 3．In our free time, we’d better join in some activities ________ wasting time in playing computer games. A．because of B．such as C．instead of 【答案】C 【详解】句意：在我们的空闲时间，我们最好参加一些活动，而不是浪费时间玩电脑游戏。 考查介词短语。because of因为；such as比如；instead of代替，而不是。根据“...join in some activities...wasting time in playing computer games”可知，此处指我们要多参加活动，而不是玩电脑游戏。故选C。 4．My motorbike broke down suddenly on the road, but I was ________ to push it aside. A．weak enough B．too weak C．strong enough D．too strong 【答案】C 【详解】句意：我的摩托车在路上突然抛锚了，但我足够强壮，把它推到了一边。 考查形容词辨析和enough后置。weak虚弱的；strong强壮的。根据“but I was … to push it aside.”可知，“我”是强壮的。adj./adv.+enough to do sth“足够……去做某事”；too… to“太……以至于不能”。 根据“to push it aside”可知，是足够强壮，可以把摩托车推到了一边。故选C。 5．The Monkey King can ________ himself into different animals to fight bad people. A．hide B．turn C．break D．carry 【答案】B 【详解】句意：美猴王能够把自己变成各种不同的动物来对抗坏人。 考查动词辨析。 hide藏；turn旋转，转动，转弯；break破坏；carry拿。结合语境及“…himself into different animals to…”可知，此处指美猴王把自己“变成”不同的动物，“turn into”表示“转变成，变成”。故选B。 6．If the temperature is below 0℃, water will ________ ice in the open air. A．turn up B．turn on C．turn into D．turn around 【答案】C 【详解】句意：如果温度低于0℃，水在露天会变成冰。 考查动词短语辨析。turn up出现，调高；turn on打开；turn into变成；turn around转身。根据“If the temperature is below 0℃, water will...ice in the open air.”和常识可知，水在零度以下会凝固，变成冰。故选C。 7．What news! We are all happy to hear it. A．excite B．exciting C．excited 【答案】B 【详解】句意：多么激动人心的消息啊！我们都很高兴听到这个消息。 考查形容词。excite使兴奋，动词；exciting令人兴奋的，形容词，表示事物的性质或特征；excited感到兴奋，形容词，表示人的情感或情绪。根据“What...news!”以及选项可知，应用exciting，作定语，修饰名词news，表示激动人心的消息。故选B。 8．—I want to learn more about artificial intelligence (人工智能). It’s everywhere these days! —That’s true! Having some _________ of AI will help you understand how it’s changing the world. A．experience B．magic C．knowledge D．points 【答案】C 【详解】句意：——我想了解更多关于人工智能的知识。如今，人工智能无处不在！——这是真的！了解一些人工智能将帮助你了解它是如何改变世界的。 考查名词辨析。experience经历；magic魔法；knowledge知识；points点。根据“I want to learn more about artificial intelligence”可知，此处指学习人工智能的知识。故选C。 9．—Peter, have you ever heard of Mulan? —Sure. She was a ________ woman who took her father’s place to join the army. A．lovely B．brave C．shy D．poor 【答案】B 【详解】句意：——彼得，你听说过木兰吗？——当然，她是一个勇敢的女人，代替她父亲去参军。 考查形容词辨析。lovely可爱的；brave勇敢的；shy害羞的；poor贫穷的。根据“who took her father’s place to join the army”可推知，替父从军的女子很勇敢。故选B。 10．—There was a car accident near our school. —Yes. Luckily, ________ got hurt. A．nobody B．everybody C．somebody D．anybody 【答案】A 【详解】句意：——我们学校附近发生了一起车祸。——是的。幸运的是，没有人受伤。 考查代词辨析。nobody没有人；everybody每个人；somebody某人；anybody任何人。根据“Luckily”可知，很幸运，没有人受伤。故选A。 11．The young man is _________. He often fights against the bad men. A．nervous B．brave C．lazy D．stupid 【答案】B 【详解】句意：这个年轻人很勇敢。他经常与坏人作斗争。 考查形容词辨析。nervous紧张的；brave勇敢的；lazy懒惰的；stupid愚蠢的。根据“He often fights against the bad men.”可知，此处表示这个年轻人很勇敢。故选B。 12．The singer’s _________ is so sweet that it can touch everyone’s heart. A．noise B．cough C．voice D．shout 【答案】C 【详解】句意：这位歌手的嗓音如此甜美，以至于能打动每个人的心。 考查名词辨析。noise噪音；cough咳嗽；voice特指人唱歌/说话的声音；shout喊叫。根据“The singer’s...is so sweet”可知，此处指歌手的嗓音，应用voice。故选C。 13．It’s really ________ you to swim in the river on such a cold day. You may catch a cold. A．crazy of B．careful of C．brave for D．wise for 【答案】A 【详解】句意：在这么冷的天去河里游泳，你真够疯狂的。你可能会感冒。 考查it固定句型和形容词辨析。crazy疯狂的；careful仔细的；brave勇敢的；wise明智的。固定句型“It’s+形容词+of/for sb. to do sth.”意为“某人做某事是……的”，根据“You may catch a cold.”可知，在冷天游泳可能会感冒，此处应指在冷天游泳是不理智的，用crazy of最符合语境。故选A。 14．—Why do you write down these numbers in your notebook? —I hope they can ________ me of my friends’ birthdays. A．warn B．remind C．cheat D．ask 【答案】B 【详解】句意：——你为什么把这些数字写在笔记本上？——我希望它们能提醒我朋友们的生日。    考查动词辨析。warn警告；remind使想起；cheat欺骗；ask询问。根据“I hope they can…me of my friends’ birthdays”可推知，写数字是为了 “想起” 生日，此处需要表示“想起”的动词，且“remind sb. of sth.”是固定搭配，表示“使某人想起某事”。故选B。 15．— The neighborhood is asking for ideas on building a new park or a library. —We should speak up! Every neighbor’s ________ counts. A．sound B．shout C．voice D．noise 【答案】C 【详解】句意：——社区正在征求关于新建公园或图书馆的意见。——我们应该发声！每个邻居的意见都很重要。 考查名词辨析。sound声音；shout喊叫；voice嗓音，发言权；noise噪音。根据“We should speak up!”可知，此处指每个邻居的意见都很重要，voice可表示“心声，发表意见的权利”，符合语境。故选C。 二、根据提示完成句子(每空一词)。 16．在农村，你可能会看到星星在夜空中明亮地闪耀。 In the countryside, you may see the stars at night. 【答案】 shine brightly 【详解】对照中英文可知缺少“明亮地闪耀”，“闪耀”shine，且see sb do sth表示“看到某人做某事”，强调全过程，故shine用原形。“明亮地”brightly，副词修饰动词shine。故填shine；brightly。 17．汤姆给这个机器人配了音。 Tom the robot. 【答案】 did the voice of 【详解】对比中英文可知，空处缺少“给……配了音”，其英文表达为do the voice of，动词短语；句子陈述过去发生的动作，时态应用一般过去时，动词do应用其过去式did。故填did；the；voice；of。 18．互联网为这些贫困地区的孩子们打开了一个全新的世界。 The Internet the children in poor areas. 【答案】opens up a whole new world for 【详解】根据中英文对应可知，需要翻译“为……打开一个全新的世界”，open up a whole new world“打开一个全新的世界”，for“为了”，句子为一般现在时，主语是The Internet，open用三单形式opens。故填opens up a whole new world for。 19．周末我妈妈通常会迟一点叫醒我。 On weekends, my mother usually wakes me up late. 【答案】a little bit 【详解】对比题干可知，a little bit表示“一点”。故填a little bit。 20．天气预报提醒我们明天会有暴雨。 The weather forecast us about heavy rain tomorrow. 【答案】warns/reminds 【详解】warn/remind“提醒”，动词；此句时态为一般现在时，主语“The weather forecast”为第三人称单数，谓语动词应用三单形式。故填warns/reminds。 21．河水污染严重，水中不再有鱼了。 The river was polluted badly and there was fish in the water. 【答案】 no more 【详解】根据中英文对照，空格处缺“不再有”，“no more”表示“不再”，修饰名词“fish”，符合“there be+no more+名词”的结构，能准确表达“水中不再有鱼”的意思。故填no；more。 22．这个魔术师能把一朵花变成一片树叶。 The magician can a flower a leaf. 【答案】 turn into 【详解】根据中英文对照可知，空格处表示“把……变成”，turn … into“把……变成”，为固定搭配。can是情态动词，后接动词原形turn。故填turn；into。 23．他们两年前结的婚。 They two years ago. 【答案】 got married 【详解】结婚:get married。根据时间状语“two years ago”，可知用一般过去时。get的过去式为got，故填got married。 24．他们计划在一个月内完成工作。 They to finish the work in a month. 【答案】 made a plan 【详解】根据中英文对照可知，空处表达的意思是“计划做某事”。“计划做某事”常用短语为“make a plan to do sth.”，句子时态可理解为一般过去时，谓语动词用过去式made，故填made；a；plan。 25．狗把警察领到大山附近的一栋房屋。 A dog the police a house near the mountain. 【答案】 led to 【详解】根据中英文对照，空格处缺“领到”，“lead...to...”是固定短语，意为“把……领到……”。句子描述的是过去发生的动作，应用一般过去时，“lead”的过去式是“led”。故填led；to。 26．汤姆说他会唱那支流行歌曲。 Tom said that he sing that popular song. 【答案】 was able to 【详解】be able to表示“能够”，此句是一般过去时，主语是he，be动词用was。故填was；able；to。 27．很久以前，有一个叫Alex的年轻探险家。 there was a young adventurer named Alex. 【答案】 Once upon a time 【详解】根据中英文对照可知，空处缺“很久以前”的英文表达。once upon a time意为“很久以前”，句首单词首字母大写，故填Once；upon；a；time。 28．They made special clothes for the emperor. (改为一般疑问句) they special clothes for the emperor? 【答案】 Did make 【详解】句意：他们为皇帝做了特别的衣服。原句是含实义动词made的一般过去时，变一般疑问句要用助动词did，动词made变为原形make。故填Did；make。 29．These stories usually end in happy endings. (对画线部分提问) these stories usually ? 【答案】 How do end 【详解】句意：这些故事通常都是大团圆结局。根据改写要求可知，划线部分为方式状语，对此提问应用特殊疑问词how，并且位于句首，首字母应大写，其后接助动词do，并且助动词do后接动词原形。故填How；do；end。 30．Mike moved to London because his dad found a job there．(对划线部分提问) Mike to London? 【答案】 Why did move 【详解】句意：迈克搬到了伦敦，因为他爸爸在那里找到了一份工作。划线部分“because his dad found a job there”是原因，对原因提问要用why“为什么”，原句是一般过去时，含有实义动词moved，变疑问句时要借助助动词did，助动词位于主语前，且moved要还原为原形。故填Why；did；move。 词汇语境练-语篇 三、完形填空 请根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个能填入相应空格内的最佳答案。 Once a farmer got into a fight with his neighbour. The farmer got so angry that he said many bad things to his neighbour. After some time, the farmer felt sorry and wanted to take his 31 back. However, he didn’t know 32 to do. Just then, a wise man was visiting the village. So he decided to ask the wise man 33 help. He went to the wise man and told him 34 . The wise man 35 it and asked him to put some feathers (羽毛) into an empty basket and left it in the middle of the village. The farmer did the same and went to see the wise man the next day. The wise man said, “Now go and bring those feathers to me.” The farmer went to get them only to find an empty basket. Because of the wind, there were 36 feathers. Feeling very worried, the farmer 37 to see the wise man. The farmer said, “I couldn’t bring anything back 38 the wind blew away all the feathers. The wise man told him, “The feathers are like the words you say. You can 39 say them but you can’t take them back. Before saying something bad, you should always think. So it is better to keep 40 when you are angry next time.” 31．A．gifts B．money C．decision D．words 32．A．how B．what C．where D．when 33．A．to B．about C．for D．from 34．A．something B．nothing C．everything D．anything 35．A．laughed at B．looked at C．learnt from D．thought about 36．A．some B．all C．no D．a few 37．A．pretended B．rushed C．agreed D．promised 38．A．so B．because C．if D．but 39．A．easily B．carefully C．slowly D．hardly 40．A．relaxed B．quiet C．happy D．clean 【答案】 31．D 32．B 33．C 34．C 35．D 36．C 37．B 38．B 39．A 40．B 【导语】本文讲述了农夫和邻居争吵后想收回自己说过的恶言，智者通过羽毛的比喻告诉他“话一旦说出就收不回”，提醒人生气时要谨言慎行。 31．句意：一段时间后，农夫感到抱歉，想要收回自己的话。 gifts礼物；money钱；decision决定；words话语。根据前文“he said many bad things”可知，他想收回自己说过的话。故选D。 32．句意：然而，他不知道该做什么。 how如何；what什么；where哪里；when什么时候。根据“he didn’t know...to do”可知，空格需要表示“做什么”，所以选what作do的宾语。故选B。 33．句意：于是他决定向智者寻求帮助。 to向；about关于；for为了；from来自。固定搭配ask sb. for help表示“向某人寻求帮助”。故选C。 34．句意：他去找智者并把事情全盘告诉了他。 something某事；nothing没有什么；everything一切；anything任何事。根据“So he decided to ask the wise man...help.”可知，他把事情完整地告诉了智者。故选C。 35． 句意：智者想了想，然后让他把一些羽毛放进一个空篮子，然后把它放在村庄的中央。 laughed at嘲笑；looked at看；learnt from向……学习；thought about考虑。根据“The wise man...it and asked him to put some feathers into an empty basket”可知，智者思考后做出指示。故选D。 36．句意：因为风的缘故，一根羽毛也没有了。 some一些；all全部；no没有；a few一些。根据“only to find an empty basket”可知，一根羽毛也没有。选C。 37．句意：农夫感到很担心，急忙去见智者。 pretended假装；rushed赶紧；agreed同意；promised承诺。根据“Feeling very worried,”可知，他急忙去见智者。故选B。 38．句意：我什么都没能带回来，因为风把羽毛都吹走了。 so所以；because因为；if如果；but但是。根据“I couldn’t bring anything back...the wind blew away all the feathers”可知，前后句表达因果关系。故选B。 39．句意：你可以很容易地说出话语，但无法收回。 easily容易地；carefully小心地；slowly缓慢地；hardly几乎不。根据“You can...say them but you can’t take them back”可知，说话很容易，但无法收回。故选A。 40．句意：所以下次生气时最好保持安静。 relaxed放松的；quiet安静的；happy高兴的；clean干净的。根据“Before saying something bad, you should always think”可知，提醒人们生气时要谨言慎行，因此应保持安静。故选B。 $