Question

【题目】Once upon a time, a hardworking farmer had a fine farmland. And the harvest is always ____ under his care. But he knew that his three sons ____down upon the farm work, and were ____to make wealth through adventure.

When the farmer was old and felt that he would ____soon, he called the three sons to him and said, “My sons, there is a pot of gold hidden in the ____. Dig for it, if you wish it.”

The sons ____to get him to tell them in what part of the farmland the gold was hidden; but he would tell them ____more.

After the farmer was dead, the sons went to work to ____the pot of gold; since they did not know____ the hiding-place was, they ____to begin in a line, at one end of the farmland, and to ____until one of them should find the money. They dug until they had turned up the ____from one end of the farmland to the other, round the tree-roots and between them. ____no pot of gold was to be found. It seemed as if someone must have____it, or as if the farmer had been playing a joke on his____. The three sons were very____to have all their work for nothing.

The next year, the farmland produced ____food than they had ever given; when it was sold, it gave the sons a whole pot of ____.

And when they saw how much money had come____the farmland, they suddenly understood what the ____father had meant.

【1】A. bad B. good C. helpful D. important

【2】A. got B. put C. looked D. started

【3】A. eager B. patient C. upset D. clever

【4】A. live B. work C. play D. die

【5】A. farmland B. house C. garden D. forest

【6】A. refused B. pretended C. tried D. failed

【7】A. nothing B. something C. anything D. everything

【8】A. find B. sell C. buy D. divide

【9】A. which B. what C. where D. how

【10】A. preferred B. quarreled C. helped D. agreed

【11】A. water B. dig C. plant D. fertilize

【12】A. root B. seed C. pot D. soil

【13】A. So B. But C. And D. Or

【14】A. stolen B. thrown C. touched D. protected

【15】A. friends B. daughters C. sons D. neighbours

【16】A. disappointed B. worried C. satisfied D. excited

【17】A. less B. more C. cheaper D. worse

【18】A. salt B. sugar C. gold D. wine

【19】A. with B. after C. into D. from

【20】A. wise B. foolish C. honest D. bad

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【5】A

【6】C

【7】A

【8】A

【9】C

【10】D

【11】B

【12】D

【13】B

【14】A

【15】C

【16】A

【17】B

【18】C

【19】D

【20】A

【解析】本文讲述一个勤劳的农夫拥有一个橄榄园，但是他的儿子都不愿意农作。于是农夫在临终前告诉儿子们橄榄园里有一罐金子，在农夫死后，他的儿子们开始辛勤劳作却没有发现金子。但是，当第二个收货橄榄的季节来临的时候。儿子们卖掉橄榄收获了一笔钱，这时他们才明白农夫的良苦用心。

【1】B考查形容词。句意：在他的照料之下，庄稼收获总是很好。A. bad坏的；B. good好的；C. helpful有帮助的；D. important重要的。故选B。

【2】C考查动词短语。句意：但是他知道他的三个儿子瞧不起他的农活。A. got得到；B. put放；C. looked与down upon构成短语，意为“贬低，瞧不起”；D. started开始。故选C。

【3】A考查形容词。句意：并且渴望通过冒险挣大钱。A. eager用于短语be eager to do something意为“渴望做某事”；B. patient耐心的；C. upset心烦的；D. clever聪明的。故选A。

【4】D考查动词。句意：农夫老去并且知道自己很快就要离开人世。A. live生活；B. work工作；C. play游戏；D. die死亡。故选D。

【5】A考查名词。句意：他把三个儿子叫到跟前说：孩子农田里埋着一罐金子。A. farmland农田；B. house房子；C. garden花园；D. forest森林。故选A。

【6】C考查动词。句意：三个儿子试图让老农告诉他们金子埋在哪个地方。A. refused拒绝；B. pretended假装；C. tried尝试，try to do something意为“试图做某事”；D. failed失败。故选C。

【7】A考查代词。句意：但是他不再告诉他们更多。A. nothing无事，无物；B. something某事，某物；C. anything任何事；D. everything每件事情。故选A。

【8】A考查动词。句意：农夫死后，儿子们去寻找金子。A. find查找，找到；B. sell销售；C. buy买；D. divide划分。故选A。

【9】C考查特殊疑问词。句意：因为他们不知道埋藏金子的地方在哪儿。A. which哪一个；B. what什么；C. where在哪儿；D. how如何。故选C。

【10】D考查动词。句意：他们达成一致：从农田的一端一字型排开挖直到他们中有人找到金子。A. preferred偏爱；B. quarreled吵架；C. helped帮助；D. agreed同意。故选D。

【11】B考查动词。句意：从农田的一端一字型排开挖直到他们中有人找到金子。A. water灌溉；B. dig挖；C. plant种植；D. fertilize使肥沃。故选B。

【12】D考查名词。句意：他们一直从一端挖到了另一端，把土翻了个底朝天。A. root根，根源；B. seed种子；C. pot壶；D. soil弄脏。故选D。

【13】B考查连词。句意：但是没有找到金子。A. So因此；B. But但是；C. And和；D. Or或者。故选B。

【14】A考查动词。句意：似乎感觉有人把金子盗走了。A. stolen偷窃；B. thrown扔掉；C. touched触摸；D. protected保护。故选A。

【15】C考查名词。句意：还是老农捉弄了他的儿子。A. friends朋友；B. daughters女儿；C. sons儿子；D. neighbours邻居。故选C。

【16】A考查形容词。句意：三个儿子很失望--因为他们的努力一无所获。A. disappointed失望的；B. worried担心的；C. satisfied感到满意的；D. excited兴奋的。故选A。

【17】B考查形容词。句意：第二年农田产了比他们播种时更多的果实。A. less更少的；B. more更多的；C. cheaper更便宜的；D. worse更糟的。故选B。

【18】C考查名词。句意：卖完食物后，儿子们得到了一满罐子的金子。A. salt盐；B. sugar糖；C. gold金子；D. wine酒。故选C。

【19】D考查介词。句意：当他们看到从农田里收获了多少金子时…。A. with和…在一起；B. after在…之后；C. into在…里边；D. from从。故选D。

【20】A考查形容词。句意：他们才突然明白了睿智的父亲是何用意。A. wise明智的；B. foolish愚蠢的；C. honest诚实的；D. bad坏的。故选A。