Question

Two brothers worked together on a farm. One was married and had a large    36   .The other had no wife yet. Although they lived in different houses, they shared everything they got from their farm.

One day, the single brother said to himself, “It’s not    37    that we share all the rice. I’m   38    and I need less than my brother.” So, every night he took a bag of rice from his store-room and    39   across the field    40    their houses, putting it into his brother’s store-room.

At the same time, the married brother thought, “It’s not fair to share all the rice. I’m married and I have my wife and children to   41   me when I am   42  . However, my brother has no one to take care of his   43    .” So, each night he also took a bag of rice and put it into his brother’s store-room.

Several months passed by. They found    44   strange that their rice never became less. Then, one dark night the two brothers ran into each other. Slowly they began to understand what was happening. Their bags fell onto the ground and tears    45   their eyes at once.

（   ）36. A. group     B. family           C. class            D. team

（   ）37. A. right     B. popular      C. interesting      D. wrong

（   ）38. A. poor      B. happy            C. alone            D. rich

（   ）39. A. jumped        B. played           C. went         D. rode

（   ）40. A. from      B. through      C. off          D. between

（   ）41. A. look after    B. look for     C. look out     D. look at

（   ）42. A. worried       B. old          C. healthy      D. dead

（   ）43. A. hope      B. children     C. farm         D. future

（   ）44. A. them      B. this             C. it               D. that

（   ）45. A. appeared      B. filled           C. dropped      D. rose   

Answer 1

【主旨大意】本文講述的是在農場做工兩兄弟。其中一個娶妻生子，另一個獨身。由于他們為對方著想，就相互地每晚對方送一袋大米。幾個月后，他們奇怪地發現大米的袋數沒有少。直到一個漆黑的夜里他們相遇，才明白了一切，他們的眼里立刻充滿的淚水。真是情誼無價。

36. B解析：由于一個結婚可知他有一個大的家庭，故選B。

37. A解析：由語境可知此空應填right, 意為“是不正確的，我們分享所有的大米”。

38. C解析：由句“The other had no wife yet”可知他是“獨自一人”，故選C。

39. C解析：go across 意為“穿過”。

40. D解析：由句“they lived in different houses”可知，他們居住在不同房子里。也就是兩個房子之間有一定的距離。故此空應填between.

41. A解析：look after意為“照顧，關心”。

42. B解析：由句意應為“當我老了的時候，我有妻子和孩子照顧”，故此空應填old.

43. D解析：句意為“我哥哥沒有照顧他的未來”。故選D。

44. C解析：it代替上文的“這件事”。

45. B解析： 根據語意可知“眼里充滿淚水”，故用fill.