:高二年级下册英语模块五检测试卷

第一部分：完型填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 20 分）
The captain of a ship and a merchant (商人) were friends. The merchant had a young son, who wanted to be a sailor (水手), so the captain took him for voyages (航海) in his  1 .  
  One day when the captain had come from a  2  with a lot of money, the merchant told him that the price of iron(铁) had 3  and suggested that he should buy some with his money. “I’ll_ 4 _it for you in my storehouse  5  you return from your next voyage, and perhaps you’ll get  6 money.”
  But while the captain was away, the price of iron went up very  7  , so the merchant sold it and kept the money. When the captain came back, his  8  friend told him that he was very sorry and the rats (老鼠) had  9  all the iron.
  The captain knew that his friend was  10  lies, but he stayed  11_and said, “I knew that you had problems  12  rats in your storehouse.”
  After a few days, the captain started  13  voyage, and when he returned home, he said to the merchant, “I’m very sorry, but  14_our voyage a bird came down and carried your son away.”   
  The merchant was very  15 and said, “Birds cannot carry boys!” “And 16 _  can rats eat iron,” answered the captain. The merchant took the captain to a  17  , who said, “The merchant must __18  the captain the money which he got when he  19  the iron, and then the captain must  20  the merchant’s son back to him.”
1. A. car      B. cart       C. ship     D. plane
2. A. voyage   B. travel   C. business    D. visit  
3. A. fallen    B. changed   C. widened    D. risen 
4. A. keep     B. hide     C. hold     D. put    
5. A. when    B. since     C. after    D. until
6. A. many    B. more    C. a bit     D. less
7. A. slowly   B. low     C. little    D. high
8. A. dishonest  B. honest    C. real      D. former
9. A. sold      B. borrowed  C. eaten     D. destroyed