One very cold morning, my, father and I were working on the farm. I asked him how long I must stay in the ____31____.
“About an hour.”he answered.
“I wish I could go hone now—my __32__ aches.”
“I am sorry, but can’t you stay till lunch time?”said my father.
“But my headache is getting __33__.”
“Well,” said he,“you may go home. I don’t want you to work if you are sick. Go straight home __34__ tell your mother to give you some rhubarb(大黄,一种苦药).It will __35__ you a lot.”
I went back home. However, I told my mother that my head was better, hoping not to __36__ the terrible medicine. But it was too __37__.She understood my __38__ as well as my father. So she prepared the rhubarb.
I had to swallow(吞) all of the rhubarb. Dear me! How bitter it was! I would rather __39__ all day in the field. But it cured(治愈) my laziness, and I learned that it is important to be __40__.
Friends, keep it, though there is another and a better reason.
【小题1】A. field                 B. hospital               C. factory
【小题2】A. tooth                B. head                  C. stomach
【小题3】A. better                B. worse                 C. less
【小题4】 A. but                 B. or                     C. and
【小题5】A. hurt                 B. worry                 C. help
【小题6】A. take                 B. buy                   C. make
【小题7】 A. early                B. late                    C. easy
【小题8】A. joke                 B. duty                   C. problem
【小题9】A. work                B. play                    C. study
【小题10】 A. kind                 B. honest                  C, helpful

Henry was an office worker in a big city. He worked very hard and enjoyed traveling in his holidays.

He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw an advertisement in a newspaper. “Enjoy country life. Spend a few weeks at West Hill Farm. Good food,Fresh air,Horse riding,Walking,Fishing,Cheap and interesting.”

“This sounds a good idea,” he thought. “I’ll spend a month at West Hill Farm. I think I can enjoy horse riding, walking and fishing. They’ll make a change from sitting by the seaside and swimming.”

He wrote to the farmer. In the letter he said that he would like to spend all of July there. Then on the first of July, he left for West Hill Farm.

But four days later, he returned home.

“What was wrong with West Hill Farm?” his best friend, Ed, asked him. “Didn’t you enjoy country life?”

“Country life was very good,” Henry said. “But there was another problem.”

“Oh. What?”

“Well,” he said, “the first day I was there a sheep died, and we had roast mutton for dinner.”

“What's wrong with that?” Ed asked. “Fresh meat is the best.”

“I know, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner.”

“Lucky you!”

“You don't understand,” Henry said. “On the third day a pig died and we had roast pork for dinner.”

“A different meat every day,” Ed said loudly, “ and you are complaining!”

“Let me finish,” Henry said. “On the fourth day the farmer died, and I didn't dare (敢)stay for dinner!”

1.How did Henry find out about the farm?

A. He saw it in a newspaper advertisement.

B. His best friend told him.

C. He wrote to the farmer.

D. Maybe he learned it from the radio.

2.Henry came back home several days later because ______________.

A. he didn't like the country life at all

B. the farmer wasn’t friendly to him

C. his holiday was over

D. he thought he might have to eat the farmer

3.“…and you are complaining!”, the word “complain” means __________.

A.夸奖 B.说三道四 C.抱怨 D.故弄玄虚

4.Which of the following sentences is true?

A. Ed could eat a different kind of meat every day.

B. Henry thought he could enjoy a change.

C. Henry couldn't think of anything else to do, so he went to the farm.

D. The farmer died because of the bad meat he ate.

5.Which is the best title for the passage?

A. What a beautiful farm!      B. Have a good time.

C. A short holiday             D. Henry and the farmer.

 

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    What do you do at the weekend? Some people like to    21    at home, but others like to go    22    a walk or play football. My friend Sam works hard in a factory during the       23    . At the weekend, he always     24    the same thing. On Saturday he    25    his car and on     26    he goes with his family to a village by car. His uncle and aunt have a farm there. It isn’t a    27    one but there is always     28    to do on the farm. The children help with the animals and give them their     29    . Sam and his friends help in the fields. At the end of the day, they are all     30    and Sam’s aunt gives them a big meal.

1.  A. play         B. live         C. stay         D. enjoy

2. A. to                B. for          C. in               D. at

3. A. day           B. time         C. autumn       D. week

4.A. does           B. makes            C. borrows      D. has

5.A. watches        B. drives           C. sells            D. washes

6.A. Monday     B. Sunday       C. Saturday     D. Wednesday

7. A. small         B. big          C. hard         D. short

8.A. much           B. little           C. fast         D. far

9.A. clothes            B. places           C. food         D. water

10.A. clean         B. late         C. hungry       D. friendly

 

 

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