Question

【題目】 One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas when they saw a horseshoe 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_________________ up himself. When they got to 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 high 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 that time, his father gave him a strawberry and he________________ate it. After a while, his father gave him another strawberry and once again, his son got it quickly and put it in his mouth.

And so they ________________walking. The old farmer gave strawberries and the son ate them. When Thomas had eaten up all the strawberries, his father said to him, “My dear son, if you picked up that_________________, you would have your own strawberries to eat. Always remember the ________________ : if you don’t worry about the little things, you will find it difficult to do the ________________things. ”

【1】A.give upB.put upC.pick upD.take up

【2】A.himB.itC.themD.her

【3】A.threwB.boughtC.soldD.found

【4】A.skyB.treeC.headD.ground

【5】A.ratherB.veryC.quiteD.too

【6】A.hardlyB.almostC.politelyD.quickly

【7】A.put onB.turned onC.went onD.worked on

【8】A.strawberriesB.waterC.horseshoeD.money

【9】A.timeB.effortC.subjectD.lesson

【10】A.greatB.simpleC.richD.tiny

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】B

【4】A

【5】D

【6】D

【7】C

【8】C

【9】D

【10】A

【解析】

這篇短文主要描述了一對父子在路上見到一塊馬蹄鐵，父親讓兒子撿起來，兒子不屑于做這樣的小事。后來父親通過兒子吃草莓這件事給了兒子一個很好的教訓。從而告訴我們，如果想做大事，就要從小事做起。

【1】句意：我的孩子，去把馬蹄鐵撿起來放進你的包里。

give up放棄；put up張貼；pick up撿起；take up占據(jù)。根據(jù)空格前的句子“Look at the horseshoe on the ground.”以及空格后的“put it in your bag”可知空格處應(yīng)該是pick up。故選C。

【2】句意：他的父親什么都沒說，自己把它撿了起來。

him他；it它；them他們；her她。根據(jù)前文的句子“put it in your bag, my son.”由句中的it（指的就是horseshoe），可知Thomas的父親撿起來的也是同一個horseshoe，也要用it。因為pick up屬于“動詞+副詞”短語動詞，接代詞的時候，應(yīng)放在動詞和副詞之間。故選B。

【3】句意：在那里，農(nóng)夫賣掉了馬蹄鐵，用這筆錢買了一些草莓。

threw扔；bought買；sold賣；found找到。下文談到了父親給兒子吃草莓的事情，可知這里是用這筆錢買了一些草莓。故選B。

【4】句意：太陽高高地掛在空中。

sky天空；tree小樹；head頭；ground地面。根據(jù)語境可知，本句說的是太陽高高地掛在空中，根據(jù)in the sky（在空中），可知空格上要填sky。故選A。

【5】句意：托馬斯感覺太渴了，走不動了。

rather相當；very非常；quite十分；too也。根據(jù)文中的“to walk on”，再結(jié)合選項，可推測這里用的是“too……to……”結(jié)構(gòu)，表示太……而不能……。故選D。

【6】句意：那時，他的父親給了他一枚草莓，他很快就吃了。

hardly幾乎不；almost幾乎，差不多；politely有禮貌地；quickly迅速地。前句談到了托馬斯感覺太渴了，走不動。可推測當他的父親給他一枚草莓時，肯定是迅速地（quickly）吃掉。故選D。

【7】句意：因此他們繼續(xù)前行。

put on穿上；turn on打開；went go繼續(xù)；work on從事于。根據(jù)語境，可知這里說的是他們繼續(xù)前進。故選C。

【8】句意：我親愛的兒子，如果你撿起那個馬蹄鐵，你就會有自己的草莓吃。

strawberries草莓；water水；horseshoe馬蹄鐵；money錢。前文中提到托馬斯看到馬蹄鐵時，他沒有去撿而是他爸爸去撿的。故這里爸爸說的是如果托馬斯當時撿起那個馬蹄鐵，就會有自己的草莓吃。故選C。

【9】句意：永遠記住這個教訓。

time時間；effort努力；subject科目；lesson教育。結(jié)合上下文，可知這里是在教育托馬斯。所以句意是：永遠記住這個教訓（lesson）。故選D。

【10】句意：如果你不擔心小事，你會發(fā)現(xiàn)做大事很難。

great偉大的；simple簡單的；rich富有的；tiny極小的。根據(jù)句意理解，可知空格處所填詞是與前面的the little things形成對比，所以表達的應(yīng)該是“大事”。故選A。