A farmer had a cow. He took very good care of this cow and one day when it was ill, he was very worried. He telephoned the vet.

  “What’s the problem?” The vet asked him when he arrived.

 ? My cow's ill,” the farmer said. “I don’t know what's the matter with her. She’s lying down and won’t eat. She's making a strange noise.”

  The vet looked over the cow. "She's certainly ill," he said, "and she needs to take some very strong medicine."

??? He took a bottle out of his box, put two pills into his hand and said, "Give her these. The pills should make her better."

  “How should I give them to her?” the farmer asked.

  The vet gave him a tube (管子)and said, "Put this tube in her mouth, then put the pills in the tube and blow. That'll make it."

  The next day the vet came to the farm again. The farmer was sitting outside his house and looked more worried.

  “How's your cow?” the vet asked.

  “No change,” the farmer said, “and I’m feeling very strange myself.”

  “Oh?” the vet said, "Why?"

  “I did what you said,” the farmer answered. “I put the tube in the cow's mouth and then put two pills down it.”

  “And?” the vet asked.

  “The cow blew first,” the farmer said.

1.In the story, the vet must be _________.

A. the farmer's friend???????? B. a milk factory

C. a hospital for cows???????? D. a doctor for animals

2.The farmer asked the vet for help when his cow _______

A. couldn't lie down????????? B. didn't eat the pills

C. couldn't make any noise? ?? D. was ill

3.What medicine did the vet give the farmer?

A. Bottle of pills.????? B. A long tube.

C. Two pills.????????? D. A small box.

4.The vet taught the farmer how _________.

A. to blow the tube??????

B. to make the cow take the pills

C. to take the medicine???

D. to put the tube in his mouth

5.Which of the following is true?

A. The farmer ate the pills himself.

B. The cow got better after taking the medicine.

C. The vet came to help farmer change the cow the next day.

D. The farmer waited for the vet outside his house the next day.

 

An artist went to a beautiful part of the country for a holiday, and stayed with a farmer. Every day he went out with his paints and brushes and painted from morning to evening, and then when it got dark, he went back to the farm and had a good dinner before he went to bed.

At the end of his holiday he wanted to pay the farmer, but the farmer said, “No, I don’t want money… but give me one of your pictures. What is money? In a week it will all be finished, but your painting will still be here.”

The artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer for saying such kind things about his pictures. The farmer smiled and answered, “It’s not that. I have a son in London. He wants to become an artist. When he comes home next month, I’ll show him your picture, and he will not want to be an artist any more, I think. ”

1.__________ people are mentioned (提到) in the article.

A. Two                                  B. Three                     C. One                                  D. Many

2.The artist lived with the farmer __________.

A. for about a month                                                       B. for a year

C. for a holiday                                                                  D. for the farmer’s son

3.The farmer asked the artist to give him a picture because __________.

A. he liked his picture

B. he didn’t want his money

C. he wanted to sell his pictures for some money

D. he wanted to show it to his son

4.The artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer because __________.

A. the farmer didn’t want him to pay him

B. the farmer decided to let his son learn from him

C. the farmer’s son would be an artist like him

D. he thought the farmer praised (表扬) him for his pictures

 

There once was a farmer who lost his watch in his barn (谷仓). 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

 

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