Question

【題目】One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas when they saw a horseshoe (馬蹄鐵) on the ground. The father said to his son, “Look at the horseshoe on the ground. Go and ? the horseshoe and put it in your bag, my son.” But Thomas said, “If I do so, it will waste my time.” His father said nothing but picked it up himself. When they ? a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and ? some strawberries with the money.

The father and the son went on walking. The sun was well up in the ? . They soon drank up all their water and there was not a house or even a tree for them to have a rest. Thomas felt? thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father gave him a strawberry and he quickly ate it. After a while, his father gave him ? strawberry and once again, his son got it quickly and put it in his mouth.

?? And so they ? . The old farmer gave the strawberries and the son ate them. When Thomas had eaten up all the strawberries, his father said to him, “My dear son, ? ____ you picked up that horseshoe, you would have your own ? to eat. Always remember the lesson: if you don't worry about the little things, you will find it difficult ? ____ the great things.

【1】A. give up B. put up? C. pick up? D. take up

【2】A. got on? B. got to ??? C. got off ??? D. got down

【3】A. threw B. bought ??? C. sold ??? D. found

【4】A. sky?? B. sea ??? C. river ??? D. ground

【5】A. so ??? B. very ??? C. quite ??? D. too

【6】A. another B. other? ??? C. else? ? D. the other

【7】A. carried on B. turned on? C. went on D. worked on

【8】A. Or ??? B. If???? C. Unless ??? D. Until

【9】A. water B. money? C. horseshoe D. strawberries

【10】A. to do? B. to use ??? C. to eat ??? D. to drink

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】B

【4】A

【5】D

【6】A

【7】C

【8】B

【9】D

【10】A

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要通過農(nóng)夫沿途用兒子不屑于撿的馬蹄鐵換來的錢買櫻桃給兒子在路途上很渴卻沒水的時候吃的事例，教育其兒子：如果一個人對小事都不在意，那么他肯定也做不了大事。

【1】C考查動詞及語境的理解。 A. give up放棄；B. put up舉起；C. pick up 撿起；D. take up開始學(xué)。句意：去撿起那塊馬蹄鐵并且把它放進(jìn)你的口袋里。結(jié)合句意，故選C。

【2】B考查動詞及語境的理解。A. got on上車；B. got to到達(dá)；C. got off下車；D. got down使沮喪。句意：當(dāng)他們到達(dá)附近的一個鎮(zhèn)上時，他們休息了休息。根據(jù)句意，故選B。

【3】B考查動詞及語境的理解。A. threw扔；B. bought買；C. sold賣；D. found找到。在那里那個農(nóng)夫賣了馬蹄鐵并且用那些錢買了一些草莓。根據(jù)句意，故選B。

【4】A考查名詞及語境的理解。A. sky 填空；B. sea海；C. river河流；D. ground地面。太陽高掛在天空。根據(jù)后文他們喝光了水，可知太陽高照，故選A。

【5】D考查形容詞及語境的理解。A. so所以；B. very非常；C. quite 相當(dāng)；D. too太。托馬斯感到太口渴而不能再行走了。too …to do sth,太……而不能做某事。結(jié)合句意，故選D。

【6】A考查形容詞及語境的理解。A. another另一個；B. other 其他的；C. else別的；D. the other其他所有的。過了一會兒，他的父親又給了他一個草莓。根據(jù)上文父親已經(jīng)給了他一個草莓，可知又給了他一個，故選A。

【7】C考查動詞及語境的理解。A. carried on 從事；B. turned on 打開；C. went on 繼續(xù)；D. worked on從事。他們繼續(xù)走。結(jié)合句意，故選C。

【8】B考查連詞及語境的理解。A. Or否則；B. If如果；C. Unless除非；D. Until直到。我親愛的兒子，如果你撿起那個馬蹄鐵你會有你自己的草莓吃。結(jié)合句意，故選B。

【9】D考查名詞及語境的理解。A. water水；B. money 錢；C. horseshoe馬掌；D. strawberries草莓。根據(jù)上下文可知父親認(rèn)為兒子如果撿起馬蹄鐵就會有自己的草莓吃。故選D。

【10】A考查動詞不定式及語境的理解。A. to do做；B. to use使用； C. to eat 吃；D. to drink喝。如果你不關(guān)心小事情，你就會發(fā)現(xiàn)做大事情是困難的。結(jié)合句意，故選A。