Question

【题目】阅读下面短文，并用英语回答问题（请注意每小题后面的词数要求）。

My father used to work in the city and seldom stayed at home. But he would come back and help to harvest (收割) rice every year.

One autumn, he promised to help our neighbor, who lost his arms in a traffic accident in 1999, to harvest his rice. After father harvested our own, his little rice picker broke. What's worse, he had to return to work the next day because his partner was ill in hospital. It meant that father wouldn't be back in a few days. It now seemed impossible to help out the neighbor.

Father told us that he wouldn't let the neighbor's rice rot (腐烂) in the field. He decided to harvest it by hand without a machine. "If tonight's weather is clear, I think I can do it." added my father. In fact, he was rather tired after a day's harvest work.

After dinner, father had a short rest and made his way to the field. A full moon was glowing (发光) in the sky and the weather was cold but clear. He spent the whole night keeping his word.

I would never forget the image (画面): father was cutting rice in the light of the harvest moon. Behind him, row after row of rice stocks (秸秆) stood at attention, showing respect for a man who kept his word.

【1】What happened to the neighbor?（不超过10个词）

【2】Why was father required to return to work?（不超过10个词）

【3】How long did father spend in harvesting the neighbor's rice?（不超过5个词）

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 He lost his arms in a traffic accident.

【2】 Because his partner was ill in hospital.

【3】 The whole night.

【解析】

本文讲述了父亲为了遵守诺言，帮助邻居收割水稻，整晚没有睡觉的故事。

【1】根据One autumn, he promised to help our neighbor, who lost his arms in a traffic accident in 1999, to harvest his rice.可知，邻居在一次交通事故中失去了胳膊，故为He lost his arms in a traffic accident.

【2】根据What's worse, he had to return to work the next day because his partner was ill in hospital.可知，父亲被要求回去上班，是因为他的搭档生病住院了，故为Because his partner was ill in hospital.

【3】根据He spent the whole night keeping his word.I would never forget the image (画面): father was cutting rice in the light of the harvest moon. 可知，父亲花费整个晚上来帮助邻居收割水稻，故为The whole night.