2017届高考英语一轮复习课时训练：Unit 15 Learning_高考复习指南

2017届高考英语一轮复习课时训练：Unit 15 Learning

　　(2016•江西九江统考)

　　Once upon a time there was a thief in the Ruby (红宝石) Palace. No one knew who he was. People only knew that he __1__ in the palace, and that they should always __2__ their jewels in the palace.

　　The King decided to __3__ who he was，and he asked for help from a dwarf (小矮人) who was famous for his __4__. The dwarf spent some days there, watching and listening, __5__ there was another stealing. The following morning the dwarf made all the palace people gather together in the same __6__. After inspecting them for the whole morning, without __7__ a word, during lunch, the dwarf started asking them what they knew about the __8__ jewels one by one.

　　Once again，it seemed that no one had been the thief. But then, suddenly one of the __9__ began coughing, rolling with pain，and finally he __10__ the floor. The dwarf, with a smile, explained that the food they had just eaten was __11__， and the only antidote (解毒药) for this poison was hidden inside the ruby that had been stolen the previous __12__ before yesterday. And he explained that he himself had exchanged some __13__ rubies for the genuine ones. He expected that only the thief would be able to __14__ his life since the poison was particularly quickworking.

　　The coughs and groans (呻吟声) spread around the room, and terror took hold of all people __15__ except one servant. He quickly ran to the place where he had hidden the __16__ and from where he took the ruby. __17__， he was able to open it and drink the strange liquid inside to save his life.