Question

Jim is the son of a farm owner. One New Year’s Day, when he was 15 years old, his father   41   him to work on the farm for one year at his free time. Jim was   42   with his father’s idea. “That isn’t my job. I have   43   school work to do.” At hearing this, his father said, “I promise (答應) to give you the best present if you   44   finish one year’s work.” Jim thought for a while and   45  .

Starting one Saturday, the boy got up early and worked   46   until evening, just like any other farmer. Time passed   47  . Jim’s crops grew very well. On the last day of the year, the father called his son to him. “I’m happy to see that you have worked very hard the whole year,” said the father. “Now, tell me   48   you want.”

The boy smiled and showed his father a big piece of bread made from his wheat. “I’ve already got the   49   present. No pains, no gains. I think this is what you wanted me to   50  .” His father was very pleased to hear that.

1.A. asked      B. invited      C. promised     D. helped

2.A. happy      B. unhappy      C. excited      D. familiar

3.A. a few      B. so little        C. too much     D. too many

4.A. shall      B. must         C. need        D. can

5.A. refused    B. answered     C. agreed       D. began

6.A. hard       B. hardly       C. easily       D. difficultly

7.A. fast       B. quickly      C. slowly       D. immediately

8.A. that       B. which            C. how          D. what

9.A. least      B. worst            C. best         D. smallest

10.A. decide   B. like         C. take         D. know

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.D

【解析】短文屬于記敘文。講述了Jim的爸爸讓他在地里干一年活兒，答應給他最好的禮物。Jim通過一年的辛苦勞動，最后明白了最好的禮物是什么。

1.ask sb. to do sth“要求某人做某事”

2.根據后面Jim的話，可知他不樂意在地里干活兒。

3.這里強調作業多，且work是不可數名詞，用too much修飾。

4.用于條件狀語從句中，表示能夠。

5.根據下面的故事，可知Jim同意了。

6.根據下文爸爸的話“you have worked very hard…”可知，用work hard“努力工作”。

7.這里指時間過得快，用副詞quickly。

8.want 是及物動詞，用what做它的賓語。

9.與第一段爸爸的話“give you the best present”相呼應。

10.意思是：我想這就是你想讓我知道的。