One day, a boy asked his teacher Miss Smith, “What is greed (贪婪)?” The teacher didn’t answer his ____1____ at once. She asked the boy to walk through the chocolate factory next to their school and ____2____ the biggest chocolate bar (巧克力块) he could find. But there was a ____3____: As he passed through the factory, he could not turn back.

The boy went to the chocolate factory. As he walked, he saw a large chocolate bar. He liked it, but thought he might be able to find a ____4____ one if he kept going. He kept walking and saw another chocolate bar. This one was a little bigger. But ____5____, he thought he could find an even bigger one. As he neared the end of the factory, he saw fewer chocolate bars, and ____6____ of them were as large as the earlier ones. He started to regret his ____7____ to keep going.

Finally, he gave up. He went back to his teacher with ____8____ hands and explained what had happened.

The teacher told him, “You liked the first chocolate bar, but you kept ____9____ a bigger one. And later, you found that you had given up the best chocolate bar as you thought you could do better. That is called greed. Sometimes, we miss the best things in our lives _____10_____ we think we can find something even better.”

1.1.

A call

B question

C door

D need

解析：选B。类型：名词辨析 解析：前文男孩问 “What is greed?”，是提出问题。answer one’s question 回答某人的问题。call 呼叫；door 门；need 需要，均不符合。

2.2.

A pick out

B eat up

C throw away

D sell out

解析：选A。类型：动词短语辨析 解析：句意：挑选出能找到的最大巧克力。pick out 挑选；eat up 吃光；throw away 扔掉；sell out 卖光。

3.3.

A change

B habit

C rule

D chance

解析：选C。类型：名词辨析 解析：冒号后 “不能回头” 是一条规定。change 改变；habit 习惯；rule 规则；chance 机会。

4.4.

A longer

B stronger

C higher

D bigger

解析：选D。类型：形容词比较级辨析 解析：后文 “find an even bigger one” 提示，他想找**更大**的。longer 更长；stronger 更强壮；higher 更高。

5.5.

A once

B indeed

C again

D seldom

解析：选C。类型：副词辨析 解析：第一次看到巧克力就想继续找；看到第二块时，再次想着去找更大的。once 曾经；indeed 的确；again 再次；seldom 很少。

6.6.

A none

B some

C any

D many

解析：选A。类型：不定代词辨析 解析：句意：快到终点，巧克力变少了，没有一块比得上之前那些。none 没有一个；some 一些；any 任何；many 许多

7.7.

A advice

B decision

C promise

D dream

解析：选B。类型：名词辨析 解析：他后悔自己继续往前走这个决定。advice 建议；decision 决定；promise 承诺；dream 梦想。

8.8.

A busy

B soft

C dirty

D empty

解析：选D。类型：形容词辨析 解析：男孩一块巧克力都没拿到，所以是 empty hands 空手。busy 忙碌的；soft 柔软的；dirty 脏的。

9.9.

A looking after

B looking for

C looking up

D looking over

解析：选B。类型：动词短语辨析 解析：句意：你喜欢第一块巧克力，却一直在寻找更大的。look after 照顾；look for 寻找；look up 查阅；look over 检查。

10.10.

A though

B whether

C because

D unless

解析：选C。类型：连词辨析 解析：因果关系。我们错失美好事物，因为我们认为能找到更好的。though 虽然；whether 是否；because 因为；unless 除非。