问题补充：
One day a poor man was traveling on horseback. At noon, he tied his horse to a tree and then to eat something. A few minutes later, a rich man came along and tied his horse to the same tree.
“Please tie your horse to another tree,” said the poor man. “My horse is wild. It will kill yours.” the rich man said, “I shall tie my horse as I like!” he tied up his horse and had his lunch nearby. After a moment they heard a terrible , the two horses were fighting. They went up to them, but it was too . The rich man’s horse was killed. “See what your horse has done!” cried the rich man. “You will have to it.” And he brought the poor man before Mr. Know.
Mr. Know asked the poor man some questions. But he made no. At last Mr. Know said, “This man is dumb. He cannot speak.”
“Oh,” the rich man shouted. “He can! He spoke to me when I met him.”
“Are you sure?” asked Mr. Know. “What did he?”
“He told me not to tie my horse to the same tree because his horse was wild and would kill my horse.”
“Oh,” said Mr. Know. “So he you. Then can you expect to get money him?”
The rich man said nothing and left silently.
【小题1】A．put downB．set downC．sat downD．turned down【小题2】A．SoB．ButC．AndD．Though【小题3】A．songB．wordC．bellD．noise【小题4】A．lateB．slowC．hardD．quick【小题5】A．pay forB．look forC．wait forD．care for【小题6】A．ideaB．mistakeC．moneyD．answer【小题7】A．quietlyB．angrilyC．happilyD．heavily【小题8】A．speakB．tellC．talkD．say【小题9】A．helpedB．thankedC．warnedD．ordered【小题10】A．forB．fromC．withD．aboutC
答案：
(答案→)C
解析：本篇短文主要讲述了一个穷人和一个富人把马栓在同一树上，由一穷人的马比较凶悍，把富人马杀死了。然后富人与穷人找法官打官司。穷人用聪明的智慧打赢了官司的故事。
【小题1】本题考查词组辨析及语境的理解。A项意为“镇压；制止”；B项意为“看作”；C项意为“坐下”；D项意为“调低”。由语境可知“在中午，他把马拴在树上，然后坐下来吃东西”，只有C项具有“坐下”的意思，故C为正确选项。
【小题2】本题考查连词及语境的理解。这个穷人不让富人把马和他的拴在同一棵树上，但是这个富人却不听穷人的话。此处表转折关系，故B为正确选项。
【小题3】本题考查名词及语境的理解。由下句“the two horses were fighting”可知他们听到了一声可怕的声音。四个项中只有noise意为“声音”。 故D为正确选项。
【小题4】本题考查形容词词义及语境的理解。由They went up to them 及The rich man’s horse was killed可知，此应为形容词，且表示“晚了”的意思。A项意为“晚了”；B项意为“慢的”；C项意为“困难的”；D项意为“快的”。故选A。故A为正确选项。
【小题5】本题考查固定短语词义及语境的理解。A 项意为“赔偿”；B项意为“寻找”；C项意为“等候”；D项意为“照顾”。由语境可知，这个富人是想让这个穷人赔偿他已死的马。故选A为正确选项。
【小题6】本题考查词义名词词意辨析及语境的理解。别人问这个穷人问题，但是他并没有回答。故D为正确选项。
【小题7】本题考查副词词意辨析及语境的理解。A项意为“安静地”；B项意为“生气地”；C项意为“高兴地”；D项意为“沉重地”。联系上下文可知此时富人的状态是“生气在大声喊”，故B为正确选项
【小题8】本题考查动词词意辨析及语境的理解。speak强调说话的能力，说某种语言。tell“告诉。talk 指谈话say 指说的内容，带宾语。句意为“他说的什么内容？”强调说话的内容，故D为正确选项。
【小题9】本题考查动词词意辨析及语境的理解。此处具有“警告;告诫”的意思。A项意为“帮助”；B项意为“谢谢”；C项意为“警告”；D项意为“命令”。四个选项中只有C具有此意，故C为正确选项
【小题10】本题考查介词词意辨析及语境的理解。get… from…意为“从…处得到…”故选B为正确选项。
考点:日常生活类短文。
