Question

  Tom is the son of a farm owner. One New Year^ Day,when he was 15 ,his father 1 him to work on the farm for one year when he was free. Tom was 2 with his father's idea. “That isn’t my job. I have 3 school work to do. ” Hearing this,his father said ,“I promise (许诺) to give you the best present (礼 物) if you 4 finish one year's work. ” Tom thought for a while and 5 .

   Starting one Saturday,the boy got up early and worked 6 until evening,just like any other farmer. Time passed quickly. Tom's crops (庄稼) grew well. 7 the last day of the year,the father said ,“I'm happy to see that you have worked very hard the whole year. Now,tell me 8 you want. ”

   The boy smiled and showed his father a big piece of bread made from his wheat (小麦) . “I've already got the 9 present. No pains,no gains (不劳无获) . I think this is what you wanted 10 to know. ”His father was quite pleased to hear that.(陕西省西安市庆安中学2011 — 2012学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试 题)

() 1. A. asked   B. let   C. made   D. stopped

() 2. A. happy   B. unhappy   C. excited   D. sorry

() 3. A. much too   B. so little   C. too much   D. a lot

() 4. A. shall   B. must   C. need   D. can

() 5. A. said   B. answered   C. agreed   D. began

() 6. A. hard   B. hardly   C. slowly   D. difficultly

() 7. A. At   B. On   C. In   D. By

() 8. A. where   B. which   C. how   D. what

() 9. A. least   B. worst   C. best   D. fewest

() 10. A. mine   B. I   C. my   D. me

Answer 1

1. A 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. C 6. A 7. B 8. D 9. C 10. D

阅读提示:本文是记叙文。记述了汤姆通过自己的努力得到了相应 的回报。说明只有付出劳动,才得获得果实。

1. A ask sb. to do sth.让某人做某事。

2. B由下文“那不是我的工作”，可见汤姆对父亲的建议不满意。

3. C我有太多的功课要做。school work是不可数名词，因此用too much修饰;much too意为“太”。

4. D如果你能完成一年的工作，我答应给你最好的礼物。can表示 有能力做某事。

5. C汤姆想了一会儿，同意了。

6. A周六汤姆起床很早并且努力工作到晚上。work hard努力 工作。

7. B在一年的最后一天，表示具体的日子用on。

8. D告诉我你要什么。

9. C我已经得到了最好的礼物。即下文提到的“不劳无获”。这是 他通过劳动得到的经验。

10. D want sb. to do sth.想要某人做某事。是固定用法。