Question

Years ago a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. He constantly advertised for ____ hands. Most people were reluctant（不情愿） to work on _____ along the Atlantic. They dreaded the awful _____that raged across the Atlantic， wreaking havoc（浩劫，災(zāi)難） on the buildings and crops. As the farmer __ applicants for the job， he ______ a steady stream of refusals.

____， a short， thin man， well past middle age， approached the farmer. “Are you a good farmhand？” the farmer asked him.

“Well， I can ___ when the wind blows，” answered the ____ man.

Although ____ by this answer， the farmer， desperate（不顧一切的） for _____， hired him. The man worked well around the farm， ______ from dawn to dusk， and the farmer felt satisfied with the man's work.

Then one night the wind howled loudly in from offshore. ____ out of bed， the farmer grabbed（抓起） a lantern and ____ next door to the hired hand's sleeping quarters. He ____ the little man and yelled， “Get up！ A storm is coming！ Tie things down before they blow away！”

The little man ____ in bed and said ____， “No sir. I told you， I can sleep when the wind blows.”

Enraged by the response， the farmer was tempted to ___ him on the spot. Instead， he hurried outside to prepare for the storm. To his ___， he discovered that all of the haystacks（干草垛） had been covered with tarpaulins（油布）. The cows were in the barn， the chickens were in the coops（雞籠）， and the doors were barred. The shutters were tightly secured. Everything was tied down. Nothing could blow away.

The farmer then understood what his hired hand ____， so he returned to his bed to also sleep ____ the wind blew.

1.A. took B. applied C. hired D. got

2.A.field B. farm C. garden D. park

3.A.winds B. flood C. hurricane D. storms

4.A. visited B. trained C. saw D. interviewed

5.A.accepted B. offered C. refused D. received

6.A.Surprisingly B. Finally C. Obviously D. Luckily

7.A. sleep B. do C. work D. help

8.A.strong B. young C. kind D. little

9.A.pleased B. puzzled C. surprised D. satisfied

10.A. work B. pleasure C. man D. help

11.A. busy B. sad C. tired D. happy

12.A.Coming B. Leaving C. Going D. Jumping

13.A. rushed B. ran C. went D. moved

14.A.beat B. stroke C. shouted D. shook

15.A. rolled over B. put on C. got up D. sat

16.A.delightly B. happily C. Firmly D. angrily

17.A. kill B. instruct C. fire D. inform

18.A. regret B. joy C. surprise D. sadness

19.A.expected B. prepared C. meant D. offered

20.A.when B. while C. after D. as

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.D

5.D

6.B

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.D

11.A

12.D

13.A

14.D

15.A

16.C

17.C

18.C

19.C

20.B

【解析】這是一篇具有一定哲理和教育意義的、先敘后議的文章。文章通過講述農(nóng)場主雇工“未雨綢繆”的事例，闡明了“事前做好預(yù)備工作”這一觀點(diǎn)。

1. took 承擔(dān)、從事；B. applied 應(yīng)用；C. Hired雇傭；D. Got拿到。根據(jù)語境，濫砍，很多人不愿意在大西洋沿岸的土地刪工作，所以這里是雇傭，故選C

2. 田地;B. farm 農(nóng)場;C. garden花園;D. Park公園。文章開頭就提到有一位農(nóng)民在大西洋海岸上擁有一塊土地。所以，人們是要在農(nóng)場工作，故選B

3. 強(qiáng)風(fēng)；B. flood 洪水；C. Hurricane颶風(fēng)；D. Storms暴風(fēng)雨。下文中有提到A storm is coming！暴風(fēng)雨就要來了，所以這里選暴風(fēng)雨。

4. Visited拜訪；B. Trained訓(xùn)練；C. Saw看見； D. Interviewed采訪。結(jié)合語境，很誘人不愿意在大西洋沿岸的農(nóng)場上勞動(dòng)，為了雇到員工，這個(gè)農(nóng)場主只能自己上門去面試。故選D

5. 接受；B. offered 提供；C. refused 拒絕；D. Received收到。根據(jù)語境，很多人不愿意在那個(gè)農(nóng)場工作，所以即使農(nóng)場主上門，也只能收到一堆拒絕。故選D

6. Finally最終；C. Obviously明顯的； D. Luckily幸運(yùn)的。聯(lián)系上文可知，農(nóng)場主之前并沒有雇傭到任何人來為他工作，而這里出現(xiàn)的一個(gè)矮小的中年男子正好就是下文提到的那個(gè)人，所以，這里用最終。

7. “No sir. I told you， I can sleep when the wind blows.”不。先生，我告訴過你，我在大風(fēng)刮起的時(shí)候可以睡覺。故選A

8. young 年輕的；C. Kind和藹友善的；D. Little小的。第36空后提到這個(gè)人的體貌特征。a short，thin man，well past middle age一個(gè)瘦小差不多接近中年的人。故選D

9.

10. for help急于尋求幫助。故選D

11. Busy忙的；B. Sad傷心的；C. tired 勞累的；D. Happy快樂的。結(jié)合該空后面的短語from dawn to dusk，從早晨到薄暮。從這里可以分析出是從早忙到晚的意思，故選A

12. Leaving離開；C. Going 走；D. Jumping跳。結(jié)合云錦，這個(gè)夜晚還上刮起大風(fēng)，所以農(nóng)夫從床上跳起去下地。故選D。AD

13. Rushed沖；B. ran 跑；C. went去；D. Moved移動(dòng)。結(jié)合語境，刮風(fēng)是暴雨的前兆，為了去搶救糧食，時(shí)間很緊急，所以用rush。故選A

14. stroke攻擊；C. shouted 喊叫；D. Shook使顫抖。結(jié)合語境判斷，這里，農(nóng)場主是要搖醒雇工去搶救糧食，故選D

15. rolled over 翻滾；B. put on穿上； C. got up 起床；D. Sat坐。結(jié)合語境，雇工面對農(nóng)場主說了一句話“不。先生，我告訴過你，我在大風(fēng)刮起的時(shí)候可以睡覺。所以雇工應(yīng)該只是翻身了一下。故選A

16. Happily快樂地；C. Firmly堅(jiān)定地；D. Angrily生氣地。由語境判斷，雇工拒絕刮大風(fēng)得時(shí)候去上工，這是在雇傭之前就說好了的，所以這里的語氣是堅(jiān)定的。故選C

17.

18.

19. Prepared準(zhǔn)備；C. meant意味；D. Offered提供。結(jié)合上文中農(nóng)場主疑惑為什么雇工那樣說，到了現(xiàn)在，終于明白了那時(shí)候的意思，故選C

20.

考點(diǎn)：考察記敘文閱讀。