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【題目】 Once there lived a farmer who owned a land along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. Even after letting out several advertisements to look for someone to take care of his farm, no one seemed to sign up for it.

People were reluctant to work along the Atlantic, it had frequent storms. These storms were cruel, violent and destroyed every building and crop field they touched.

After months of advertising and request refusals, a man came to the farmer for the job. “Do you have any skills or experience to work on a farm like this?” the farmer asked him.

“Well, I may not have enough experience, but I can sleep when the wind blows,” replied the man.

Although the farmer wasn’t sure if the man was the right person for the job, the farmer was too desperate to have someone to help him on the field that he hired him anyway. The man worked well around the farm. The farmer was pretty satisfied with the man.

Then one stormy night, the strong wind blew hard and woke the farmer. The farmer immediately got off his bed and headed towards the quarter where his helper was sleeping.

“Wake up!” the farmer shouted, throwing the soundly asleep man off the bed, “A storm is coming. Tie things down before they get blown away.”

The man sat up and said, “No, sir. I told you I can sleep when the wind blows.”

The farmer turned red with fury after listening to this. He controlled all his will to fire the man because at the moment it was more important to secure his fields and barn than to argue with his helper. The farmer ran out to tie the things up and was surprised by what he saw.

All of the chickens were in the cages, the cows were in the barn, the doors were closed, and the shutters were firmly secured. Everything was tied down so that nothing could be blown away.

The farmer smiled. Now, he understood what the man meant by when he said he could sleep when the wind blew. He went off to bed and slept soundly through the storm.

Word Bank

desperate 急切的hire 雇傭 secure 保 護(hù) barn 谷倉(cāng); 畜棚

根據(jù)材料內(nèi)容選擇最佳答案。

【1】What does the underlined word “reluctant” mean?

A.不情愿的B.很失望的C.極震驚的D.有信心的

【2】Why did the farmer decide to hire the man?

A.Because the man said he was really experienced.

B.Because the man could sleep well when the wind blew.

C.Because the farmer believed the man could do things well.

D.Because the farmer wanted the man to have a try for the job.

【3】How did the farmer feel at first when the man refused to get up on that stormy night?

A.Excited.B.Worried.C.Angry.D.Surprised.

【4】Why did the farmer smile in the end?

A.Because the storm became weak.

B.Because he understood what the man meant.

C.Because the man helped him get all things done.

D.Because he successfully tied all things up by himself.

【5】What can we learn from this text?

A.When you’re prepared, you have nothing to fear.

B.Life is always full of chances if you try hard enough.

C.Don’t worry too much about things that may never come.

D.It’s difficult to wake up a person that pretends to be sleeping.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】C

【4】C

【5】A

【解析】

本文主要講述了大西洋的一個(gè)農(nóng)夫招聘工人的故事，因?yàn)榇笪餮蠼?jīng)常有風(fēng)暴所以沒(méi)人愿意來(lái)應(yīng)聘，結(jié)果一個(gè)男人應(yīng)聘并說(shuō)道暴風(fēng)雨來(lái)臨我仍可以安然入睡，農(nóng)夫?qū)Υ瞬唤猓�直到一次暴風(fēng)雨來(lái)臨，男人提前準(zhǔn)備好了一切便安然入睡，農(nóng)夫才終于明白男人的話。

【1】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)第2大段“People were reluctant to work along the Atlantic, it had frequent storms.”人們因?yàn)榇笪餮蠼?jīng)常有暴風(fēng)雨所以不情愿沿著大西洋走，可知，是不情愿的意思。故選A。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第5大段“Although the farmer wasn’t sure if the man was the right person for the job, the farmer was too desperate to have someone to help him on the field that he hired him anyway.”雖然農(nóng)夫不確定這個(gè)人是不是適合這個(gè)工作，但是他真的需要人在田里幫忙�？芍�，農(nóng)夫是想有人幫忙農(nóng)活。故選D。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第7大段““Wake up!” the farmer shouted, throwing the soundly asleep man off the bed,””起床，農(nóng)夫大叫道�？芍�，農(nóng)夫是生氣的。故選C。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第10大段“Everything was tied down so that nothing could be blown away.”所有的東西都綁好了，沒(méi)有東西會(huì)被吹走了。可知，男人幫農(nóng)夫把所有的事情都做好了，所以農(nóng)夫笑了。故選C。

【5】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第11大段“Now, he understood what the man meant by when he said he could sleep when the wind blew.”現(xiàn)在，他終于明白這個(gè)男人說(shuō)的刮風(fēng)都能睡著的意思了。可知，只要事情準(zhǔn)備好了，沒(méi)有什么可害怕的。故選A。