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 .

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

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

小題3:	A．money B．danger C．work D．help

小題4:	A．saw B．found C．looked D．watched

小題5:	A．somewhere B．a(chǎn)nywhere C．nowhere D．everywhere

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

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

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

小題9:	A．spoke B．a(chǎn)dded C．talked D．replied

小題10:

A．badly B．better C．worse D．Well

Answer 1

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:B
小題5:D
小題6:B
小題7:C
小題8:C
小題9:D
小題10:B

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了一位農(nóng)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(nóng)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。
小題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?yàn)槭撬�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.
小題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(xué)習(xí)，研究.結(jié)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.
小題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。
小題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(fā)現(xiàn)，找到 C. looked 看  D. watched觀看注視。結(jié)合文章可知，這個農(nóng)民將會給找到手表的小孩獎勵。故選B。
小題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。
小題6:考查名詞及語境的理解。句意：正當(dāng)這個農(nóng)民準(zhǔn)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(jī)會  C. lesson 功課D. present禮物。結(jié)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(jī)會。故選B。
小題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(shí)很誠實(shí)。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。
小題8:考查動詞及語境的理解。句意；農(nóng)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(yīng)填成功succeeded，與where the rest had failed.中failed失敗相對應(yīng)。故選C.
小題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(fù)。上一句中The surprised farmer asked the boy是農(nóng)民問，此處應(yīng)是小孩的回答，故選D.
小題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(yīng)用副詞，根據(jù)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(yīng)用比較級better.故選B.