Question

【题目】 It was a dark, cloudy evening when Father told us the news. Our family was gathered around the dinner table. My father was sitting in his usual seat at the head of the table.

He ________ from me to my 11-year-old brother, James, and finally to my mother. My mother seemed sad as she met his nervous face. They had been strangely quiet all through dinner. My brother and I ________ spoke at the table unless we were spoken to.

Mother took a deep breath. “Jack,” she said quietly. “What’s done is done(木已成舟). We must tell the children.”

“These years have been ________ on all the farmers around here,” Father said slowly. I knew this was true. ________ my parents didn’t speak to my brother and me about it, we had heard them talking. Our crops had been doing badly for the past two years, and we had been able to grow very little of our harvest.

“We’ve lost the farm,” he finally said. There was a long silence.

“Where will we go?” James asked, his voice shaking. I looked at Father, wondering what would become of us.

“West Virginia,” Father replied calmly. “There was a man in town last week from a coal mine (煤矿) down there. He said they had jobs, and the coal company will ________ our train tickets and give us a house when we get there. We’ll leave on a train next Wednesday.”

James and I silently got up from the table and cleared the dishes, as we did every night. He said in a low voice, “Anna, I don’t want to move.” I replied, “Neither do I. But there’s ________ we can do about it. At least we’ll all be together.”

【1】A.learnedB.lookedC.heardD.kept

【2】A.alwaysB.sometimesC.neverD.usually

【3】A.goodB.littleC.easyD.hard

【4】A.AlthoughB.BecauseC.SinceD.However

【5】A.pay forB.pick upC.ask forD.look after

【6】A.somethingB.anythingC.everythingD.nothing

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】D

【4】A

【5】A

【6】D

【解析】

这篇短文主要介绍了作者的父亲向孩子们通报因为收成不好而失去了农场，他们要搬家的事情。

【1】句意：他看着我们，从我到我11岁的弟弟詹姆斯，最后看向我的母亲。

A. learned学习；B. looked看；C. heard听到，听说；D. kept保持。根据后文可知父亲的视线从他们身上一一扫过，故选B。

【2】句意：我哥哥和我从不在餐桌上说话，除非有人跟我们说话。

A. always总是；B. sometimes有时；C. never从不；D. usually通常。根据假设的条件unless we were spoken to可知此处指作者和哥哥从来不说话，故选C。

【3】句意：这些年来这里所有的农民都很辛苦。

A. good好的；B. little小的，少的；C. easy简单；D. hard困难的，坚硬的。根据后文Our crops had been doing badly for the past two years, and we had been able to grow very little of our harvest.可知农民很艰苦，故选D。

【4】句意：虽然我父母没有和我和我哥哥谈过，但我们听到过他们谈论。

A. Although尽管，引导让步状语从句；B. Because因为，引导原因状语从句；C. Since自从；D. However然而，表示转折。根据we had heard them talking可知此处表示让步关系，故选A。

【5】句意：他说他们有工作，煤炭公司在我们到那里后会给我们火车票付钱，给我们房子。

A. pay for为……付款；B. pick up捡起；C. ask for要，请求；D. look after照顾。根据后文give us a house when we get there可知此处表示公司为我们付车票钱，故选A。

【6】句意：但我们无能为力。

A. something某事；B. anything任何事情；C. everything一切；D. nothing没有东西。根据上文可知他们不想离开及后文At least we’ll all be together，可知他们对这件事什么也做不了，无能为力，故选D。