Nasreddin was a poor man, so he tried to grow __1__ he could in his own garden, so that he would not have to buy so many in the market.

　　One evening he heard a noise in his garden and looked out of the window. A white ox had got into the garden and __2__ his vegetables. Nasreddin at once took his stick, ran out and chased the ox, but he was too old to catch it. When he got back to his garden, he found that the ox had ruined most of his precious vegetables.

　　__3__, while he __4__ in the street near his house, he saw a cart with two white oxen which looked very much like the one that __5__ his vegetables. He was carrying his stick with him, __6__ he at once began to beat the two oxen with it. As neither of them looked more like the ox that had eaten his vegetables than the other, he beat both of them equally hard.

　　The owner of the ox and cart was drinking coffee in a __7__ coffee-house. When he saw __8__ Nasreddin was doing __9__ his animals, he ran out and shouted, “What are you doing? What have those poor animals done to you for you to beat them like that?”

　　“You keep out this!” Nasreddin shouted back, “This is a matter between me and one of these two oxen. He knows very well __10__ I am beating him!”

　　1. A. so many vegetables B. many vegetables C. as many as vegetables D. as many vegetables as

　　2. A. was eating B. ate C. had eaten D. has eaten

　　3. A. Next day B. Next morning C. Last morning D. The next morning

　　4. A. walks B. waked C. was walking D. walking

　　5. A. ruined B. had eaten C. ate D. had ruin

　　6. A. so B. and C. but D. or

　　7. A. beside B. nearby C. near D. near by

　　8. A. that B. which C. why D. what

　　9. A. for B. to C. with D. on

　　10.A. reason B. when C. why D. because

　　【答案解析】

　　1.D。習慣用語as many as possible 意為“盡可能多的”合乎文意，為正確選項。

　　2.A。過去進行時強調過去正在進行的動作，根據文意Nasreddin看到牛正在吃蔬菜，故選 was eating 。

　　3.D。指過去某一天的第一天或第二天早上、晚上，應用the next day/morning/evening。 故應選The next morning 。

　　4.C。在從句動作進行的過程中，主句動作發生了，這時從句常用進行時態，故選擇was walking 。

　　5.B。牛吃蔬菜是貧農上街之前的事，文章本身講的是過去的故事，指過去的過去應用過去完成時，故選had eaten。

　　6.A。從句子意思看，空白處前后構成因果關系，故選擇so。

　　7.B。形容詞nearby一般作定語，表示“不遠的，附近的”，合乎文意，為正確選項。

　　8.D。這里需要一個引導詞，引導saw的賓語從句，同時在句子里作do的賓語，故選 what。

　　9.B。do sth. to sb.結構中to后面常接動作的對象。

　　10.C。牛主人問及Nasreddin打牛的原因，這里需要一個引導詞引導 knew的賓語從句，且在從句中作狀語，根據上文可知這里應填 why。