题型:完形填空 题类:常考题 难易度:困难
湖北省孝感市2018-2019学年高一下学期英语期末考试试卷
Long, long ago, a man went to his neighbor's house and tried to steal something. On entering the gate, he saw there 1a big bell. The bell was beautiful in 2and shape. The thief was very glad, and3to carry this beautiful bell back home. But no matter how hard he tried, he could not 4the bell, because the bell was both big and 5. He thought and thought, and 6there was only one way to solve the problem. He had to7 the bell to pieces before he was able to carry them back to his home8
The thief found a big iron hammer, with which he struck the bell with all his9 The striking 10a big crashing sound, which made the thief terribly11 He tried to muffle the sound with his arms, but without12 He had to 13 his ears hard with his hands.
"The sound becomes14, "the thief became15at once, "The sound of the bell cannot be heard when the ears are covered. "He immediately had his ears plugged(堵住)with some cotton. He thought that in this way16could hear the sound of the bell. Feeling17, he began striking the bell. The sound of the bell was heard in the18, and finally people caught the thief.
Later, people have used the19phrase "plugging one's ears while stealing a bell "to refer to the 20and foolishness of the person who deceives(欺骗)himself as well as others.
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