Question

【题目】完成对话,在空格中填上适当的单词,使对话完整正确。一空一词,(含缩写词)

W: Hi, Li Tao. I heard that you had moved to【1】and rented(租) Several plots of land for farming, yes?

M: Yes. You know. after many years of hard struggle for my business, I'm 【2】of my city life. Now I just want to live a idyllic ( 田园诗般的) life here.

W: Wow. You're so great! But would you please describe the nature of your farm?

M: Sure. I mainly grow corn and wheat for feed crops. I do only grow cotton when the cotton prices are better. Of course, I also grow some 【3】vegetables and fruit for my family.

W: I think you must have hired some people to help you. How many employees (雇员) do you have?

M: Ten together. Seven of them are part-time employees.

W: Do you pay them 【4】or are they salaried?

M: I pay them by the hour . Because sometimes they only work a few hours and other times they work many hours. Therefore, it wouldn't be 【5】for them to get a weekly or monthly salary year round.

W: How many hours do you work 【6】the boss?

M: In the winter I work eight hours a day, but in the spring, summer and autumn I work 12 to 13 hours a day. Many times our work depends on the【7】. For example, if the crops need water and it hasn't【8】, the employees must irrigate (灌溉) the fields which can take many hours. At other times. I spend my time in checking my fields for pests (害虫), and if I find any, I have to apply farm chemicals. If my machinery breaks down, I have to call in the repairman to 【9】it.

W: If you were to start a new farm, what changes would you make?

M: I wouldn't make many changes. Right now my farm is very 【10】.

W: Hehe..sounds proud!

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】countryside

【2】tired

【3】fresh\green

【4】hourly

【5】fair

【6】as

【7】weather

【8】rained

【9】repair

【10】satisfying

【解析】

文章大意：短文是一个对话，主要叙述了作者厌倦了城市生活以后，在农村租地进行农耕的事情。

【1】句意：我听说你已搬到了农村，租了几块地务农，对吗？

根据句中的词“farming务农”的提示可知，空处的词应为名词“农村countryside”，故答案为countryside。

【2】句意：我厌倦了城市生活。根据前句“after many years of hard struggle for my business,在我做生意艰苦奋斗了许多年之后”的句意，再结合空后of的提示，空处的词应为tired，构成be tired of…厌倦。故答案为tired。

【3】句意：当然，我也给我的家人种植一些新鲜的/绿色蔬菜和水果。

空处的词在名词vegetables and fruit之前，应为形容词，结合句意，空处的词应是“新鲜的/绿色的”，故答案为fresh\green。

【4】句意：你是按小时付他们钱还是按月给他们领工资的？

根据句中“salaried领薪水的、（按月）领工资的”的提示，可知空处的词应为副词“每小时地hourly”，故答案为hourly。

【5】句意：因此，对他们来说全年得到周薪和月薪是不公平的。

根据句型结构，空处的词因为形容词；再结合前文Because sometimes they only work a few hours and other times they work many hours.因为他们有时只工作几个小时，有时工作许多小时的句意可知，空处的词应为“公平的fair”，故答案为fair。

【6】句意：作为老板，你工作多少小时？

根据下文In the winter I work eight hours a day, but in the spring, summer and autumn I work 12 to 13 hours a day. 在冬天我一天工作八个小时，在春天和夏天我一天工作12—13个小时可知，空处的词是介词“作为as”，故答案为as。

【7】句意：常常我们的工作依据天气情况。

空处的词在the之后，应为名词；再结合下句For example, if the crops need water and it hasn't____8____,例如，如果庄稼需要浇水了，天气还没下雨的句意可知，我们的工作是依据“天气weather”，故答案为weather。

【8】句意：例如，如果庄稼需要浇水了，天气还没下雨，雇员们必须花许多小时浇地。

空处的词在hasn’t之后，应为动词的过去分词，结合前半句if the crops need water如果庄稼需要浇水了可知，空处的词应是“下雨rained”，故答案为rained。

【9】句意：如果我的机械设备出故障了，我必须请来修理工来修理。

根据句意可知，空处的词是动词“修理repair”和to构成动词不定式作目的状语，故答案为repair。

【10】句意：现在我的农场很令人满意。

根据前句I wouldn't make many changes. 我将不做出改变可知，空处的词应为形容词“令人满意的satisfying”，故答案为satisfying。

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