Two farmers were on their way home one evening after a hard day's work. Both were tired. They happened to look up at the sky and saw a black cloud overhead.
"Ah!" said one farmer, "tomorrow we shall have rain and the rice will grow well." The second answered, "Nonsense (胡说), the rain will only kill the crops (庄稼)."
So they began to quarrel (争吵). Just then a third farmer came along and asked them why they were quarreling. Both farmers explained about the black cloud.
"What cloud?" asked the third farmer. They all looked at the sky. The cloud was no longer there.
Choose the right answer
1.The two farmers were _____.
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A．going home |
B．going to the field |
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C．going to work |
D．going to see their friend |
2.The two farmers _____ on that day.
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A．had a holiday |
B．didn't work |
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C．worked hard |
D．wanted to quarrel with each other |
3.When there are black block clouds in the sky, _____.
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A．it will rain soon |
B．it will be fine |
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C．it will get hot |
D．the sun is shining brightly |
4.The two farmers fought in words because _____.
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A．they were hungry |
B．it rained |
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C．one said the rain would do good to the crops and the other didn't think so |
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D．they both hoped for rain |
5.The third farmer came with and said to the other two. He _____.
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A．wanted to make friends with them |
B．joined them in the quarrel |
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C．wanted to know why they were quarreling |
D．had nothings to do |
Many objects that people use each day started with a simple idea. These objects have often changed the way we 46 . Some help us to do a job more 47 . Others fill a need or solve a problem.
In 1858, Lipman had such an 48 . He took out a pencil, a piece of paper, 49 an eraser. Then he began to write. Sometimes he needed to 50 a word. Each time he had to search under his books and papers to 51 the eraser. “ I wish my eraser would stay in one 52 !” he said.
Then Lipman had his simple idea. He 53 a groove(凹槽) in one end of the pencil. He glued(粘牢) the eraser into the groove. Lipman had solved his problem. Later he thought that others might like to have such a pencil. So he sold his 54 .Some pencils with erasers were 55 . His design earned $ 100000.
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No one knows how the huge rocks and ___ without our modern machines eight hundred years ago.
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A．are cut; moved |
B．were cut; move |
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C．are cut; moving |
D．were cut; moved |
—Susan’s parents have bought a large house with a swimming pool.
—It be very expensive.
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A．must |
B．can |
C．mustn’t |
D．can’t、 |
This picture is quite old, we can still see it was drawn in century.
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A．sixteen |
B．the sixteen |
C．sixteenth |
D．the sixteenth |
The place _______interested me most was the Children's Palace.
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A．Which |
B．where |
C．what |
D．in which |
