（十五）

(2018·湖南岳阳)完形填空 通读全文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳【答案】。
There is a village in America, and in this village everyone is   31    . They all have beautiful houses and nice clothes. They are good at 32   .
One day a young lady came to the village. She talked with a man, “ Look! You are all good businessmen. What’s the  33    ?”
“The secret is that we eat a lot of fish.” answered the man, “The fish is good for our brains. It makes us    34    .”
“I see.” said the young lady, “ And what’s the name of the fish?”
“I don’t know, but if you give me 50 dollars, I can   35   you some. The young lady thought it was a good idea. Then she gave the man 50 dollars and told  36  her address. Soon the young lady got a box. In the box, there were three  37   .
After a month, the young lady    38    the businessman again. “Thank you for your fish.” she said, “ But listen! 50 dollars is very   39   for just three fish!”
“Ah, you see!” the businessman smiled, “ The fish is  40  to have an effect（效果）. You are becoming clever!”
31. A. poor          B. rich            C. serious    
32. A. business        B. dream          C. culture   
33. A. secret         B. plan           C. question   
34. A. foolish         B. bad            C. clever   
35. A. send           B. lend           C. invite   
36. A. them           B. him           C. her
37. A. money          B. box           C. fish   
38. A. met            B. did            C. forgot  
39. A. cheap          B. expensive      C. important  
40. A. stopping        B. writing        C. beginning

【主旨大意】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了美国一个村子人人都很富裕，一位年轻女士问村子里的一个男人他们成为成功商人的秘密。男人说是因为他们经常吃鱼，吃鱼让他们变聪明。于是男人50元钱卖给了那位女士3条鱼。后来那位女士再次遇到那个人，说50美元买3条鱼太贵了。男人却说鱼让她在变聪明。