Question

Tom is the son of a farm owner. One New Year’s Day, when he was 15 ,his father   16 him to work on the farm for one year when he was free. Tom was   17  with his father’s idea. “That isn't my job. I have  18   school work to do. ” Hearing this, his father said, “I promise (许诺) to give you the best present(礼物） if you  19  finish one year’s work. ” Tom thought for a while and  20 .

Starting one Saturday, the boy got up early and worked   21  until evening, just like any other farmer. Time passed quickly. Tom’s crops (庄稼) grew well.  22 the last day of the year, the father said, “I’m happy to see that you have worked very hard the whole year. Now, tell me  23  you want. ”

The boy smiled and showed his father a big piece of bread made from his wheat(小麦). “I’ve already got the  24  present. No pains, no gains（不劳无获）. I think this is what you wanted   25  to know. ” His father was quite pleased to hear that.

1.	A．asked B．let C．made D．stopped

2.	A．happy B．unhappy C．excited D．sorry

3.	A．much too B．so little C．too much D．a lot

4.	A．shall B．must C．need D．can

5.	A．said B．answered C．agreed D．began

6.	A．hard B．hardly C．slowly D．difficultly

7.	A．At B．On C．In D．By

8.	A．where B．which C．how D．what

9.	A．least B．worst C．best D．fewest

10.	A．mine B．I C．my D．me

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.D

【解析】

1.此题考查动词短语ask sb to do sth表示让某人做某事。在他15岁时的新年的第一天，他爸爸让他在农场工作一年。

2.此题考查形容词，根据下文that isn’t my job的提示，说明他不赞同爸爸的提议，故选unhappy。

3.此题考查形容词，school work是不可数名词，根据原文的含义可知它有太多的家庭作业要做，故选A。

4.此题考查情态动词，根据题干的内容可知表示的是一种能力，故选can。

5.此题考查动词，根据下文内容的提示汤姆答应了爸爸的要求，故选C。

6.此题考查副词，用来修饰动词work，根据下文just like any other farmer的提示，可知汤姆工作很可苦，故选hard。

7.此题考查介词，确指某天的时候要用介词on。

8.此题考查代词，根据上文内容可知，汤姆的爸爸准备兑现他的承诺，询问汤姆想要什么，故选what。

9.此题考查形容词，根据原文的意思可知tom得到了最好的礼物，故选best。

10.此题考查人称代词，want是动词，用人称代词作宾语时要用宾格。