Question

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

Starting one Saturday, the boy got up early and worked until evening, just like any other farmer. Time passed . 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 you want.”

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

1.A. asked B. invitedC. promised D. helped

2.A. happy B. unhappyC. excitedD. familiar

3.A. a fewB. so littleC. too muchD. too many

4.A. shallB. mustC. need D. can

5.A. refused B. answeredC. agreedD. began

6.A. hard B. hardly C. easilyD. difficultly

7.A. fast B. quicklyC. slowly D. immediately

8.A. that B. whichC. howD. what

9.A. leastB. worstC. bestD. smallest

10.A. decide B. like C. takeD. know

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了Jim的爸爸讓他在地里干一年活兒，答應(yīng)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.A. asked要求B. invited邀請C. promised許諾D. helped 幫助。Jim的爸爸讓他在業(yè)余時間在地里干一年活兒。ask sb. to do sth“要求某人做某事”根據(jù)句意，故選A

2.A. happy高興的B. unhappy不高興的C. excited令人興奮的D. familiar熟悉的。根據(jù)后面Jim的話，可知他不樂意在地里干活兒。故選B

3.A. a few幾個修飾可數(shù)名詞B. so little那么少的，修飾不可數(shù)名詞 C. too much太多，修飾不可數(shù)名詞D. too many，太多，修飾開始名詞復(fù)數(shù)。.這里強調(diào)作業(yè)多，且work是不可數(shù)名詞，用too much修飾。故選C

4.

5.A. refused 拒絕 B. answered回答C. agreed同意 D. began開始。

根據(jù)下面的故事，可知Jim同意了。故選C

6.A. hard 努力的B. hardly幾乎不C. easily容易地D. difficultly困難地。

根據(jù)下文爸爸的話“you have worked very hard…”可知，用work hard“努力工作”故選A

7.A. fast 快地 B. quickly快地 C. slowly 慢地 D. immediately立刻。

這里指時間過得快，用副詞quickly。故選B

8.

9.A. least最少 B. worst最差C. best最好D. smallest最小。與第一段爸爸的話“give you the best present”相呼應(yīng)。故選C。

10.A. decide決定B. like 喜歡 C. take拿走D. know 知道。我想這就是你想讓我知道的。故選D。

考點：日常生活類短文。