Joe was a farmer. His farmland was so poor that he hadn’t good harvest for years. “If God let me control the _______, then everything will get better,” he complained, “I know better than God does because I am a clever farmer.”
God heard his words. “Well, I will give you one year,” God replied. “You will be in charge of the weather. Let’s see what your crops grow like.”
On hearing this, Joe was so _______ that he couldn’t believe what he heard. But he still wanted to have a try. He shouted, “Sunny!” Suddenly the clouds went away.
“Unbelievable!” He thought to himself and tried again, “rain!” The sky became cloudy right away and heavy rain poured down.
In the following year, he changed the weather between sunny and _______. Watching his crops growing bigger and bigger, he felt satisfied.
When the harvest season came, he went to the field, looking forward to a big harvest. But his heart sank to the bottom when he found his strong crops had not grown any grain（谷粒）at all. Puzzled and _______, he started crying. Once again, God ________ him.
“Don’t you have your wish to control the weather?” God asked again. “Yes, but I just can’t understand it. I have given them what they _______. How could it be?” Joe _______. “That’s because you _______ asked for wind, rainstorm, snow or anything that could make the roots stronger. Without strong roots, of course they won’t grow any fruit.” After he realized this, Joe asked God to _______ the power.
It turned out that only through life’s challenges, we would succeed in harvest the _______ of life. It takes both ups and downs to get satisfactory results.
1.A. time B. world C. weather D. way
2.A. surprised B. sorry C. angry D. worried
3.A. windy B. rainy C. cloudy D. snowy
4.A. excited B. embarrassed C. nervous D. disappointed
5.A. refused B. heard C. thanked D. punished
6.A. know B. have C. offer D. need
7.A. mentioned B. noted C. suggested D. wondered
8.A. almost B. never C. always D. just
9.A. take back B. take off C. give up D. put out
10.A. taste B. money C. fruit D. discovery
1.C
2.A
3.B
4.D
5.B
6.D
7.D
8.B
9.A
10.C
【解析】短文大意：喬是個農(nóng)民，他種的田地很貧瘠，多年都沒有好的收成�！叭绻系圩屛铱刂铺鞖猓敲匆磺卸紩闷饋淼�，”他抱怨道，上帝聽到他說的話，答應(yīng)給他一年的時間，讓他來負責(zé)天氣的變化。收獲季節(jié)到來時，他來到田里，期待著一個大豐收。但是當(dāng)他發(fā)現(xiàn)他的莊稼沒有長...
