Question

There once was a farmer who lost his watch in his barn (谷仓). The watch was only cheap but was very ____36    to him because it was a gift from his father.

After _  37 __ the barn for a long time, he gave up and asked for __38 __ from a group of children playing nearby.

He __39 __ them that the person who found the watch would be rewarded.

Hearing this, the children hurried inside the barn ___40 __. They searched everywhere but still could not find the __41 ___. Just when the farmer was going to give up, a little boy went up to him and asked to be given another ___42___.

The farmer looked at him and thought, “ Why not? After all, this kid looks honest.”

So the farmer __43 _ the little boy back into the barn. After a while the little boy came out with the watch in his hand! The surprised farmer asked the boy how he ___44__ where the rest had failed.

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

This shows us that sometimes a __45__ mind can think better 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. promised            B. taught                C. warned            D. believed

5.A. angrily              B. slowly               C. immediately        D. hardly

6.A. rule                B. book                 C. child              D. watch

7.A. way                B. chance               C. lesson             D. smile

8.A. threw               B. sent                 C. gave              D. caught

9.A. came               B. knew                C. succeeded          D. suggested

10.A. beautiful            B. smart                C. peaceful            D. quick

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.C

6.D

7.B

8.B

9.C

10.C

【解析】短文大意：这篇短文主要记述了一位农民在谷仓里面，丢失了自己的手表。无奈之下，请求一群孩子们帮忙。最后被一位小男孩凭借着手表发出的声音，找到了这块手表。从而告诉我们一个道理，有时候平和的心态，冷静思考更有助于我们解决问题。

1.联系下文because it was a gift from his father.描述,可知这块手表对他来说很重要,故选A,重要的.

2.动词辨析. A.发现,找到;B. 搜索,调查;C. 观看,观察;D. 学习,研究.结合语境可知此处指的是他在搜索了很久时候,故选B.

3.结合语境可知此处指的是他去向一群在附近玩耍的孩子们请求帮助,故选D,帮助.

4.动词辨析. A.承诺,许诺;B. 教育,教训;C.警告;D.相信.结合语境可知此处指的是他许诺孩子们……，故选A。

5.副词辨析。A. 愤怒地；B. 慢慢地；C. 立即地；D.刚刚，几乎不。联系前文hurry，可知此处指的是孩子们立即地匆忙赶进这个谷仓，故选C，立即地。

6.联系前文a farmer who lost his watch in his barn 描述，可知此处指的是仍旧不能找到这块手表，故选D。

7.名词辨析。A.道路，方法；B.机会；C. 教训； D. 微笑。联系下文，可知此处指的是小男孩再要一次机会，故选B。

8.动词辨析。A.投掷，扔；B. 送；C.给予；D. 抓住，赶上。结合语境可知这个农民把这个小男孩送回谷仓。故选B。

9.联系下文where the rest had failed.可知此处指的是他问这个小男孩是如何成功的，故选C，成功。

10.形容词辨析。A.漂亮的，美丽的；B. 聪明的，敏捷的；C.和平的，平静的；D.快速的。联系前一句描述，可知此处指的是平和的心态，故选C。