2012年9月公共英语三级考试冲刺试题（8）

Once there lived a scholar. Although he was as 　56. ___________

poor as a church mouse, he was afraid for losing 57. __________

face. One night the thief broke into his house, 58. __________

but could find nothing worth of stealing. The 59. __________

thief murmured, "What a bad luck! 60. __________

I’ve run into a rich man’s house! " 　61. __________

Heard this, the scholar quickly took a few coins 　62. __________

from his pocket what he had managed to save , and then 63. __________

run after the thief. When he caught up with the thief, 　64. __________中 华 考 试 网

he whispered, "Just took away these coins. Please 65. __________

don’t let anyone know about my poverty ... don’t let me lose face ! "

56. √. 57. for→of, be afraid of 为固定搭配. 58. the →a, 故事叙述过程中,第一次被提到的人或物前使用不定冠词. 59. 去掉of . worth 直接跟名词活动词的ing形式.

60. 去掉 a, luck 为不可数名词 61. rich 应为 poor. 由文意可知. 62 Heard-Hearing, hearing 与主语 the scholar 为逻辑主谓关系E, 用现在分词作状语.

63. 去掉what 或将 what 改为which /that, 用which/that 引导定语从句, 且在从句充当宾语 64. run→ ran, and 连接两个并列句,要求 与took 时态一致. 65. took → take 在直接引语的祈使句中谓语用动词原形.