Question

二、 完形填空(10分)

There was a farmer who lost his watch in his barn (谷倉). The watch was cheap,but it was very 1 to him because it was a gift from his father.

After 2 the barn for a long time,he gave up and asked for 3 from a group of children playing nearby.

He 4 them that the person who found the watch would be rewarded.

Hearing this,the children hurried inside the barn 5 . They searched everywhere but still could not find the 6 . Just when the farmer was going to give up,a little boy went up to him and asked to be given another 7 .

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

So the farmer 8 the little boy back into the barn. After a while the little boy came out with the watch in his hand!The farmer was surprised and asked the boy how he 9 while the rest had failed.

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

This shows us that sometimes a 10 mind can think better than an excited one.

1. A important R 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

二、 1. A解析：由句意及but可推斷這塊表對他

很重要，故選A.

2. B解析：由句意可知，在谷倉里找了很長 一段時(shí)間之后……故選B.search“尋找”， find “找到”。

3. D解析：由句意可知“他尋求幫助”，故 選D.

4. A解析：由句意可知“他許諾酬謝找到手 表的人”，故選A.

5. C

6. D

7. B解析：由句意可知，一個(gè)小男孩兒要求 再給他一次機(jī)會，故選B.

8. B解析：由句意可知，這個(gè)農(nóng)民讓小男孩 兒回到谷倉，故選B.

9. C解析：由后面的failed可知應(yīng)選它的對 應(yīng)詞，故選C.

10. C解析：由后面的excited可知選C.