题目内容
阅读下列短文, 从所给的四个选项中, 选出一个最佳答案。
The cold afternoon sunlight made long shadows behind the trees along the road. Sam Higbee 1 the gate of the Higbee Place and 2 his tractor(拖拉机)into the field. Things had been moving 3 . Only the night before, the Higbee 4 had at last stopped quarrelling for long enough to agree on a 5 price. John Farnham,the real-estate agent(房地产代理商),had 6 a hurried trip to see Higbee the next morning. Within a few hours Higbee had looked round the place again, the agreement had been 7 , and he had put his horses into one of the Higbee fields. Now he was 8 to plough(犁地).
He'd work until midnight, or 9 if he didn't get too10 . Out in the center of the field the old house was 11 the big trees.A dusty road ran 12 the field to the house from the gate. 13 Higbee had no use for the big old house. The 14 would cost more than the place was 15 . He lowered the 16 and started the tractor. 17 he ploughed the rich black earth 18 out in smooth furrows(犁沟). Low dark clouds moved past overhead, and in the west the 19 sun turned the lower parts of the clouds red.The 20 of the tractor's motor was unchanging, and watching the furrows sent Sam into a dream-like 21 . He didn't notice the time 22 .When it got dark, he 23 the headlight and kept going. The 24 night air caused sharp pain to his face and hands, but his 25 remained fixed on the piece of ground between the grass and the ploughed earth.
1. | A. looked at | B. opened | C. pushed | D. knocked at | [ ] |
2. | A. drove | B. moved | C. carried | D. rode | [ ] |
3. | A. sometimes | B. carelessly | C. slowly | D. quickly | [ ] |
4. | A. house | B. home | C. family | D. place | [ ] |
5. | A. selling | B. buying | C. rising | D. different | [ ] |
6. | A. made | B. tried | C. planned | D. delayed | [ ] |
7. | A. missing | B. read | C. seen | D. singed | [ ] |
8. | A. stopping | B. starting | C. continuing | D. forced | [ ] |
9. | A. harder | B. shorter | C. longer | D. earlier | [ ] |
10. | A. sleepy | B. hungry | C. excited | D. sad | [ ] |
11. | A. between | B. among | C. in | D. under | [ ] |
12. | A. over | B. into | C. through | D. below | [ ] |
13. | A. Therefore | B. Or | C. And | D. But | [ ] |
14. | A. repairs | B. buildings | C. painting | D. checks | [ ] |
15. | A. useful | B. worth | C. sold | D. bought | [ ] |
16. | A. machine | B. wheels | C. head | D. plough | [ ] |
17. | A. For | B. Since | C. As | D. Because | [ ] |
18. | A. rolled | B. ran | C. walked | D. went | [ ] |
19. | A. shining | B. strong | C. setting | D. failed | [ ] |
20. | A. voice | B. sound | C. size | D. movement | [ ] |
21. | A. place | B. situation | C. form | D. state | [ ] |
22. | A. turning | B. moving | C. passing | D. disappearing | [ ] |
23. | A. turned on | B. turned off | C. opened | D. fixed | [ ] |
24. | A. warm | B. cold | C. hot | D. dirty | [ ] |
25. | A. thought | B. face | C. hands | D. eyes | [ ] |