Question

There was once a farmer who had a fine olive orchard（橄榄园）．He was very hardworking, and the     always prospered（繁荣）under his care．But he knew that his three         looked down upon the farm work, and were eager to make wealth.

When the farmer was       and felt that he would die, he       the three sons to him and said, “My sons, there is a pot of gold     in the olive orchard. Dig for it, if you wish it.”

The sons tried to       him to tell them in what part of the orchard the       was hidden, but he would tell them nothing more.

After the farmer was         , the sons went to work to find the pot of gold; since they did not       where the hiding-place was, they agreed to begin in a line, at one       of the orchard, and to dig until one of them should find the money.

They        until they had turned up the         from one end of the orchard to the other,     the tree-roots and between them．        no pot of gold was to be found．It seemed as if someone must have stolen it, or as if the farmer had been wandering in his wits．The three sons were bitterly     to have all their work for nothing.

The next olive          , the olive trees in the orchard bore（结果实）more fruit than they had       given; when it was     , it gave the sons a whole pot of gold.

And when they saw how much money had     the orchard, they suddenly understood what the wise father had       when he said, “There is gold hidden in the orchard．Dig for it, if you wish it.”

1.A．farm         B．garden     C．factory        D．hospital

2.A．friends      B．sons        C．relatives      D．children

3.A．healthy      B．old         C．unlucky       D．sad

4.A．showed     B．led      C．called         D．visited

5.A．sent       B．put       C．hidden        D．locked

6.A．wait       B．cause      C．make           D．get

7.A．goods        B．jewel       C．clothes        D．gold

8.A．weak         B．lost        C．dead          D．sick

9.A．think        B．know      C．wonder        D．realise

10.A．end        B．top         C．surface      D．bottom

11.A．dug        B．searched   C．discovered     D．expected

12.A．sand        B．soil      C．ground        D．floor

13.A．over      B．among      C．round          D．across

14.A．Since      B．And       C．Before        D．But

15.A．disappointed B．surprised  C．worried       D．sad

16.A．season      B．part        C．distance      D．degree

17.A．already    B．even        C．ever          D． still

18.A．made     B．sold        C．shipped        D．saved

19.A．come on   B．come about C．come up        D．come from

20.A．thought   B．planned    C．guessed       D．meant

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.B

4.C

5.C

6.D

7.D

8.C

9.B

10.A

11.A

12.B

13.C

14.D

15.A

16.A

17.C

18.B

19.D

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇记叙文。讲述一位老农民在去世之前把三个儿子叫过来，告诉他们橄榄园里有金子，之后三个儿子谁都没有在园子里挖到金子。直到第二年橄榄园的果实成熟后他们把果实卖了换来钱才明白当初父亲说的话。

1.A考查名词。A．farm 农场；B．garden花园；C．factory 工厂；D．hospital医院；从语境可知，农民有一块地种着橄榄，可推断是在农场里，故选A。

2.B考查名词。A．friends 朋友；B．sons儿子；C．relatives亲属；D．children孩子们；根据下文可知，农民有三个儿子，故选B。

3.B考查形容词。A．healthy 健康的；B．old年老的；C．unlucky不幸的；D．sad难过的；根据语境可知，农民年老快要去世了，故选B。

4.C考查动词。A．showed显示；B．led指引；C．called呼叫；D．visited拜访；根据语境可知，农民在去世之前把儿子们叫到身旁，故选C。

5.C考查动词。A．sent寄出；B．put放；C．hidden隐藏；D．locked锁上；根据下文提示，有一块金子藏在橄榄园里，故选C。

6.D 考查动词。A．wait 等待；B．cause引起；C．make使得；D．get使得；根据语境可知，儿子们想让父亲告诉他们金子藏在哪儿，故选D。

7.D考查名词。A．goods 商品；B．jewel珠宝；C．clothes衣服；D．gold黄金；根据上文可知，橄榄园里藏有金子，故选D。

8.C考查形容词。A．weak虚弱的；B．lost失去的；C．dead无生命的；D．sick生病的。根据语境可知，父亲去世后儿子们开始找金子，故选C。

9.B 考查动词。A．think 思考；B．know知道；C．wonder 惊奇；D．realize 认识到。根据语境可知，三个儿子不知道金子藏在哪儿，故选B。

10.A考查名词。A．end结束；B．top顶部；C．surface表面；D．bottom底部。根据语境可知，为了找到金子，儿子们在橄榄园里从地头到地尾挖金子，故选A。

11.A考查动词。A．dug挖；B．searched搜索；C．discovered发现；D．expected期望。根据语境可知，三个儿子在挖金子。故选A。

12.B考查名词。A．sand沙子；B．soil 土地；C．ground地面；D．floor地板。根据语境可知，他们是在地里挖金子，故选B。

13.C考查介词。A．over在……之上；B．among在……中间；C．round附近；D．across穿过。根据语境可知，他们在树根附近挖金子，故选C。

14.D考查连词。A．Since由于；B．And和；C．Before在……之前；D．But 但是。根据语境可知，三个儿子并没有找到金子，此处表示转折，故选D。

15.A考查形容词。A．disappointed失望的；B．surprised感到惊讶的；C．worried担心的；D．sad难过的。根据语境可知，儿子们费了半天力什么也没找到，所以很失望，故选A。

16.A考查名词。A．season 季节；B．part部分；C．distance距离；D．degree程度。根据语境可知，橄榄树结果实了，可以推断到了结果的季节了，故选A。

17.C考查副词。A．already已经；B．even 甚至；C．ever曾经； D．still仍然。根据语境可知，这次结的果实比父亲给他们留下的还要多，故选C。

18.B考查动词。A．made使，做； B．sold卖；C．shipped发货；D．saved保护。根据语境可知，儿子们把果实卖了换来了钱，那就是金子啊，故选B。

19.D考查动词短语。 A．come on快点； B．come about 发生；C．come up出现；D．come from来自。根据语境可知，当他们看到用橄榄树换来的钱时，他们顿时明白了父亲所说过的话，故选D。

20.．thought 认为；B．planned打算；C．guessed猜想；D．meant意味。根据语境可知，儿子们明白了父亲的意思，故选D。

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