Question

  There was once a farmer who lost his watch in his barn ( 倉庫 ). The watch was only cheap but it was very ________ to him because it was a present from his father. After ________ the barn for a long time ,he gave up and asked for ________ from a group of children playing nearby.

   He promised them that the person who ________ the watch would be rewarded ( 獎賞 ).

   Hearing this , the children hurried inside the barn at once . They searched ________ but  still could not find the watch . Just when the farmer was going to give up, a little boy went up to him and asked to be given another ________.

   The farmer looked at him and thought , “ Why not ? ________, this kid does look honest .”

   So the farmer sent the little boy back to the barn. After a while the little boy came out with the watch in his hand ! The surprised farmer asked the boy how he ________ where the rest had failed.

   The boy ________ , “ I did nothing but sit quietly and listen for the sound of the watch .”

   This shows us that sometimes a peaceful mind can think _______ than an excited one .

1.A. important  B. expensive  C. useless  D. interesting

2.A. finding     B. searching  C. watching  D. studying

3.A. money     B. danger    C. work    D. help

4.A. saw       B. found     C. looked   D. watched

5.A. somewhere  B. anywhere  C. nowhere  D. everywhere

6.A. way        B. chance    C. lesson   D. present

7.A. In all    B. That’s all   C. After all  D. Above all

8.A. came   B. knew   C. succeeded   D. stopped

9.A. spoke   B. added  C. talked    D. replied

10.A. badly   B. better   C. worse   D. Well

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.B

5.D

6.B

7.C

8.C

9.D

10.B

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了一位農民在倉庫弄丟了他的表，這塊表是他的父親給他的禮物，很重要。所以這位農民盡力去尋找這塊表，還動員了很多孩子去找都沒有找到。最后有一個小孩，憑自己的智慧在倉庫里找出了手表。

1.考查形容詞及語境的理解。句意：這塊表很便宜但卻很重要，因為是他的父親給自己的禮物。A. important 重要的 B. expensive貴的  C. useless 無用的 D. interesting有趣的，由上文The watch was only cheap可知這塊表很便宜，下文中because it was a present from his father.這塊表是他父親給他的禮物，因此才去尋找，所以說表對他來說很重要。故選A.

2.考查動詞及語境的理解。句意：在倉庫里尋找很長時間之后，他放棄尋找了。A. finding 找到 B. searching 尋找C. watching注視，觀察 D. studying學習，研究.結合上文here was once a farmer who lost his watch in his barn表丟了，丟了東西肯定會去尋找，由下文中They searched _______ but  still could not find the watch .  可推出此時他沒有找到。故選B.

3.考查名詞及語境的理解。句意：他向附近玩耍的一群小孩尋求幫助。A. money 錢B. danger 危險C. work工作 D. help幫助  ask for help尋求幫助Hearing this , the children hurried inside the barn at once .由此句可知孩子們是幫忙尋找的。 故選D。

4.考查動詞及語境的理解。句意：他承諾找到表的孩子將會得到獎賞。A. saw 看見  B. found 發現，找到 C. looked 看  D. watched觀看注視。結合文章可知，這個農民將會給找到手表的小孩獎勵。故選B。

5.考查不定副詞及語境的理解。句意：他們到處都找遍了，但是仍然沒有找到手表。A. somewhere 某處B. anywhere 任何地方C. nowhere 任何地方都不D. everywhere每個地方。anywhere常用于否定句及疑問句。此處缺少到處，即每個地方，故選D。

6.考查名詞及語境的理解。句意：正當這個農民準備放棄的時候，有個小男孩走過來，請求讓他再找一次。A. way 道路方法B. chance機會  C. lesson 功課D. present禮物。結合下文So the farmer sent the little boy back to the barn.可知，這個男孩想再獲得一次尋找手表的機會。故選B。

7.考查短語及語境的理解。句意：為什么不呢？畢竟這個孩子看起來確實很誠實。A. In all共計  B. That’s all這就是全部  C. After all終究，畢竟 D. Above all最重要的是 故選C。

8.考查動詞及語境的理解。句意；農民感到很奇怪，就問這個小孩為什么別人都失敗了他卻能夠成功？A. came來 B. knew 知道C. succeeded 成功D.stopped停止。此處應填成功succeeded，與where the rest had failed.中failed失敗相對應。故選C.

9.考查動詞及語境的理解。句意：這個男孩回答：“我什么都沒做，就坐在那聽表的聲音。”A. spoke說 B. added 增加C. talked交談  D. replied回復。上一句中The surprised farmer asked the boy是農民問，此處應是小孩的回答，故選D.

10.考查形容詞，副詞及語境的理解。句意；這個故事告訴我們有時冷靜下來要比興奮時考慮的更好。A. badly 副詞 壞的 B. better 形容詞 更好的 C. worse 形容詞及副詞 更糟的  D. well副詞 好的。修飾動詞think應用副詞，根據語境，小男孩坐在那里安靜的聽就找到了表，要比其他孩子做的更好，應用比較級better.故選B.

考點：故事類短文。