Question

There once was a farmer who lost his watch in his barn (谷倉). The watch was only cheap but was very ____36    to him because it was a gift from his father.

After _  37 __ the barn for a long time, he gave up and asked for __38 __ from a group of children playing nearby.

He __39 __ them that the person who found the watch would be rewarded.

Hearing this, the children hurried inside the barn ___40 __. They searched everywhere but still could not find the __41 ___. Just when the farmer was going to give up, a little boy went up to him and asked to be given another ___42___.

The farmer looked at him and thought, “ Why not? After all, this kid looks honest.”

So the farmer __43 _ the little boy back into the barn. After a while the little boy came out with the watch in his hand! The surprised farmer asked the boy how he ___44__ where the rest had failed.

The boy replied, “ I did nothing but sit quietly and listen for the sound of the watch.”

This shows us that sometimes a __45__ mind can think better than an excited one.”

1.A. important            B. expensive             C. useless           D. interesting

2.A. finding              B. searching             C. watching          D. studying

3.A. money              B. danger                C. work             D. help

4.A. promised            B. taught                C. warned            D. believed

5.A. angrily              B. slowly               C. immediately        D. hardly

6.A. rule                B. book                 C. child              D. watch

7.A. way                B. chance               C. lesson             D. smile

8.A. threw               B. sent                 C. gave              D. caught

9.A. came               B. knew                C. succeeded          D. suggested

10.A. beautiful            B. smart                C. peaceful            D. quick

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.C

6.D

7.B

8.B

9.C

10.C

【解析】短文大意：這篇短文主要記述了一位農民在谷倉里面，丟失了自己的手表。無奈之下，請求一群孩子們幫忙。最后被一位小男孩憑借著手表發出的聲音，找到了這塊手表。從而告訴我們一個道理，有時候平和的心態，冷靜思考更有助于我們解決問題。

1.聯系下文because it was a gift from his father.描述,可知這塊手表對他來說很重要,故選A,重要的.

2.動詞辨析. A.發現,找到;B. 搜索,調查;C. 觀看,觀察;D. 學習,研究.結合語境可知此處指的是他在搜索了很久時候,故選B.

3.結合語境可知此處指的是他去向一群在附近玩耍的孩子們請求幫助,故選D,幫助.

4.動詞辨析. A.承諾,許諾;B. 教育,教訓;C.警告;D.相信.結合語境可知此處指的是他許諾孩子們……，故選A。

5.副詞辨析。A. 憤怒地；B. 慢慢地；C. 立即地；D.剛剛，幾乎不。聯系前文hurry，可知此處指的是孩子們立即地匆忙趕進這個谷倉，故選C，立即地。

6.聯系前文a farmer who lost his watch in his barn 描述，可知此處指的是仍舊不能找到這塊手表，故選D。

7.名詞辨析。A.道路，方法；B.機會；C. 教訓； D. 微笑。聯系下文，可知此處指的是小男孩再要一次機會，故選B。

8.動詞辨析。A.投擲，扔；B. 送；C.給予；D. 抓住，趕上。結合語境可知這個農民把這個小男孩送回谷倉。故選B。

9.聯系下文where the rest had failed.可知此處指的是他問這個小男孩是如何成功的，故選C，成功。

10.形容詞辨析。A.漂亮的，美麗的；B. 聰明的，敏捷的；C.和平的，平靜的；D.快速的。聯系前一句描述，可知此處指的是平和的心態，故選C。