Question

Long ago in a small village of Wakefield lived two farmers Harry and Peter. Harry was very hard-working while Peter was         .Every day Harry got up early and came home late but Peter walked around for fun.

One summer there was no        and the crops(庄稼) were dying. Harry thought “I must do something to save these crops or they shall die.”  With this       in mind he went out to find a river so that he could dig(挖) a canal(沟渠)to his field. He walked on and on, feeling tired and thirsty. After a        search he found a river full of blue water. He was very happy. He started digging a canal to hi     s field.            it was noon，his wife sent their daughter to bring Harry home         lunch. But Harry did not go. He did not want to leave his work unfinished. He completed his work     at night. He was very satisfied(满意的). He went home, had a good meal and      into sleep.

Peter did the same. But he was not at all determined(有决心的).He also      digging a canal to his field but he didn’t have his work completed. His field did not get       water and all his crops died. Harry’s field would be watered when needed. He had a good harvest because of his hard work.

1.A.kind          B.1azy         C. careless       D. hard-working

2.A.rain       B. wind         C. cloud         D. river

3.A.feeling     B. dream       C. problem       D. thought

4.A.quick      B. long         C. slow         D. special

5.A.Whether       B. Although     C. When         D. Unless

6.A.for        B. to           C. with          D. at

7.A.early        B. far           C. late          D. deep

8.A.fell         B. looked       C. turned        D. walked

9.A.stopped    B. loved        C. forgot        D. started

10.A.clean     B. enough       C. little         D. fresh

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.C

8.A

9.D

10.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文中作者给我们介绍了两个农民Peter和Harry的故事，Harry努力工作，还能坚持把工作做完，最后获得了很好的收成。但是Peter没有决心把工作完成，也就没有收获了。

1.1】B考查形容词辨析及语境的理解。句意：很久以前，在Wakefield的一个小村子里，住着两个农民Harry和Peter。Harry努力工作而Peter很懒。Kind仁慈的，lazy懒惰的，careless粗心的，hard-working努力工作。根据句意可知while而的意思，Harry努力工作，Peter就是懒惰了，故选B。

2.2】A考查名词辨析及语境的理解。句意：一年夏天，没有雨水，庄稼要死了。Rain雨，wind风，cloud云，river河。根据句意可知，庄稼要死了，是因为没有雨，故选A。

3.3】D考查名词辨析及语境的理解。句意：Harry想“我应该做点事情来挽救庄稼否则它们就死了。”有了这种想法，他出去找河流以便他能挖一条沟渠到田里。feeling感觉，dream梦，problem问题，thought想法。根据句意可知，有了想法，才出去找河。故选D。

4.4】B考查形容词辨析及语境的理解。句意：很长搜寻之后，他找到一条充满蓝色水的河。quick快的，long长的，slow慢的，special特殊的。根据句意可知，他继续不停地走啊，又累又渴，所以是经过很长时间的搜索，故选B。

5.5】C考查连词辨析及语境的理解。句意：他非常高兴，在中午时他开始挖沟渠。whether是否、如果，although尽管，when当……时，unless除非。根据句意可知，应选择表示时间的连词。故选C。

6.6】A考查介词辨析及语境的理解。句意：Harry的妻子派他们的女儿来叫他回家吃饭。for为了，to到……，with和……一起，at在具体时刻或地点。根据句意可知，他女儿叫他回家是为了吃饭。故选A。

7.7】C考查形容词辨析及语境的理解。句意：但是Harry没有走，他不想离开他没有完成的工作。晚上很晚，他完成了工作。early早的，far远的，late晚的，deep深的。根据句意可知，他完成工作应是晚上很晚。故选C。

8.8】A考查动词辨析及语境的理解。句意：他回家吃饭，和睡觉了。fall into sleep入睡，look看，turn翻，walk散步。根据句意可知，他回家吃饭，然后就睡觉了。故应该选A。

9.9】D考查动词辨析及语境的理解。句意：Peter也做了同样的事情，但是他没有决心开始挖沟渠，但是他没有挖完。stop停止，love爱，forget忘记，start开始。根据句意可知，故选D。

10.10】B考查形容词辨析及语境的理解。句意：Peter的庄稼没有得到足够的水，所有的庄稼都死了。根据句意可知，clean干净的，enough足够的，little小的，fresh新鲜的。根据句意可知，他的庄稼死了是因为没有得到足够的水，故B。

考点：故事类短文阅读。