Question

   My grandfather had a small farm. He also worked in a factory.

   One autumn,he promised to help his neighbor harvest their com,but after harvesting his own com,Grandpa's little com picker broke. In order to keep his job,he had to leave the farm before dawn and didn't get home until after sunset. It now seemed impossible to help out his neighbor.

   One night,Grandpa decided that he wouldn’t let his neighbor's harvest rot (腐烂的) in the field. Without a machine,he’d harvest it by hand.

   “When do you think you’d have time to do it?” asked my grandma. “Besides,it’d be too dark. ”

   “I know of one night that I could do it!” he said. “There's still one more full moon in October. If the weather is clear,I think I can do it. ”

   And so a few days later,after a long shift at the factory,my grandpa made his way to the field. The weather was cold but clear,and the moon was glowing. He worked through the night to keep his word.

   Sometimes,when I want to put off responsibilities,Fd see my grandfather cutting com in the light of the harvest moon. Behind him,row after row of com stalks (秸秆) stand in respect for a man who keeps his word.

1. It was hard for the writer's grandfather to help his neighbor because .

   A. he was too tired to carry on

   B. he had too much work to do in his own field

   C. his little com picker broke and he was very busy in his job

   D. the weather was terrible

2. The underlined part “dawn” in the passage probably means“”.

   A. 黎明   B. 正午

   C. 傍晚   D. 深夜

3. The writer's grandpa worked in the field .

   A. after the sunset

   B. with a full moon in the sky

   C. with his machine

   D. by hand

4. What did the writer learn from the writer's Grandpa's story?

   A. A man should keep his word.

   B. Few words,many deeds.

   C. Time and tide wait for no man.

   D. Goals determine what you are going to be.

Answer 1

1. C 2. A 3. D 4. A

   爷爷答应邻居帮他收割玉米，但是爷爷的小玉米收割机 在收割完自己的玉米后坏掉了，而且他自己的工作很忙，天 亮前离开天黑了才回家，但是为了兑现自己的诺言，他利用 晚上用手来为邻居收割玉米。作者从爷爷的行为中懂得了 一个道理，那就是人要遵守诺言。

1. C 细节理解题。由第二段的 Grandpa's little com picker broke可知，爷爷的小玉米收割机坏了，故他发现很难 帮助他的邻居收割玉米了，故选C项。

2. A词义猜测题。由上下文可知，为了工作，他必须天亮前就离开农场，天黑了才回来。由此可猜测dawn的意思 是“黎明”，由此可知正确答案为A项。

3. D细节理解题。由第三段最后-句“Without a machine,he’d harvest it by hand. ”可知，没有了收割机，他想用手 收割玉米。由此可知正确答案为D项。

4. A主旨大意题。最后一段提到了 corn stalks stand in respect for a man who keeps his word,由此可知，作者认 为一个遵守诺言的人是值得尊敬的，故他从爷爷那里 学到的是人要遵守诺言。