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Once in the countryside, there was a farmer who had a lot of workers on his farm. One morning, the farmer said to John, one of the workers, “Today my friends are having a party in the city, and I want to     them. Will you water the young trees when I’m away?”

“Oh, yes!” said John. “We shall be     to do that.”

“Do not      to water the trees when the sun goes down. Make sure they have plenty of water,     .not too much” said the farmer. Then he went away.

When the sun went down, the workers     to water the trees. “Make sure that each tree

has     water,” said John. “     can we know if each tree has enough?” another worker asked. John had no good     , so he said, “Pull up (拔起) each tree and look at the length of…的长度 its roots (根). Give more water to the trees with long roots, but only a little to those with short roots.”

Then those workers pulled up all the young trees to     their roots. When the farmer

the next day, the poor trees were all dead.

1.A. hurt            B. kill         C. join         D. leave

2.A. afraid          B. glad         C. sad          D. angry

3.A. forget        B. remember     C. look         D. listen

4.A. and             B. or           C. so           D. but

5.A. began           B. became      C. asked        D. hoped

6.A. little          B. few          C. enough       D. more

7.A. What           B. When        C. How          D. Where

8.A. time            B. pleasure     C. money        D. idea

9.A. hear            B. see          C. do           D. write

10. A. took off      B. went away    C. came back    D. got up

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.C

8.D

9.B

10.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文中主要介绍了从前一位农场主，一天他的朋友们邀请去城里他参加聚会。他让他的工人们把小树苗浇足水。工人们不知道是否浇足水，只好把树苗拔起来看看，结果树苗全都死了。

1. 考查动词辨析及语境的理解。句意：今天我的朋友们将举行聚会，我想去参加。 A. hurt 伤害 ；B. kill 杀害；C. join 参加 ； D. leave 离开。短语join sb加入某人（一起做某事）。根据句意，选C。

2. 考查形容词辨析及语境的理解。句意：我们将会很高兴那样做。A. Afraid 担心，害怕 ；B. glad 高兴的；C. sad 悲伤的；D. angry 生气的。根据“Oh, yes!” said John.可知，他们很高兴愿意去做，故选B。

3. A. forget 忘记 ； B. remember 想起；C. look看起来； D. Listen听。根据Make sure they have plenty of water, 可知，这件事还没有做。故选A。

4. A. and 表示并列 ；B. or 表示选择 ；C. so 表示递进 ；D. But表示转折。根据句意，选择D。

5. A. began 开始；B. became 变得；C. asked 让，要求；D. Hoped希望。begin to do sth开始做某事。根据句意，只能选A。

6. A. Little修饰不可数名词，表示否定；B. few 修饰可数名词，表示否定；C. enough 足够的 既修饰可数名词，又修饰不可数名词 ；D. more 是much或many 的比较级。根据句意，只能选C。

7. What 什么 ； B. When 何时；C. How 如何，怎么样 ；D. Where 在哪里。根据“Pull up (拔) each tree and look at the length of…的长度 its roots (根). 可知，这里指的是如何做才能知道是否浇够了水。故选C。

8. A. time 时间；B. pleasure 愉快；C. money 金钱；D. idea 主意 。have no idea 不知道，故选D。

9. A. hear 听见 ；B. see 看见 ；C. do 做 ；D. write 写下。拔下来树苗的目的就是看看是否把水浇够了。故选B。

10. took off 脱下，起飞 ；B. went away 离开；C. came back 回来；D. got up起床。根据Will you water the young trees when I’m away?” 可知，主人回来了，故选C。