Question

Tom is the son of a farm owner. One New Year’s Day, when he was 15, his father asked him 36   on the farm for one year when he was free. Tom was 37   with his father’s idea.“That isn’t my job. I have  38  school work to do.” Hearing this, his father said, “I promise to give you the best present if you  39   finish one year’s work.” Tom thought for a while and 40   .

Starting one Saturday, the boy got up early and worked hard until evening, just like  41 farmer. Time passed quickly. Tom’s crops(莊稼) grew well. 42   the last day of the year, the father called his son to him. “I’m happy to see that you have worked very hard the whole year,” said the father. “Now, tell me  43   you want.”

The boy smiled and showed his father a big piece of bread   44   his wheat. I’ve already got the best present: No pain, no gain. I think this is what you wanted me to know.” His father was  45   to hear that.

36. A. works          B. work             C. to work        D. working

37. A. happy           B. excited           C. exciting        D. unhappy   

38. A. much too         B. too much         C. a lot           D. many

39. A. can              B. need             C. must          D. should

40. A. said             B. answered          C. agreed         D. asked

41. A. other            B. the others          C. any else        D. any other

42. A. On              B. At                C. In             D. From

43. A. where            B. what             C. which          D. why

44. A. made by          B. made of           C. made in         D. made from

45. A. pleased           B. unpleased          C. unsatisfied      D. sad

Answer 1

【文章大意】本文主要講述的是Tom的爸爸答應(yīng)Tom，如果他能幫著干一年的農(nóng)活，就會給他一件禮物。Tom像其他農(nóng)夫一樣在地里干活，他的莊稼長得很好。一年過去了，爸爸問他要什么禮物，他認(rèn)為他懂得了沒有付出就沒有回報(bào)是他要的禮物，爸爸聽了很高興。

36.C【解析】本題考查動詞不定式的用法。ask sb. to do sth.表示讓某人去做某事。故本題選C。

37.D【解析】從后文“That isn’t my job.”可以看出Tom并不樂意接這個(gè)工作。故本題選D。

38.B【解析】本題考查詞組的意思，much too表示太，too much表示太多，a lot表示很多，后接of可修飾名詞，many表示許多，修飾可數(shù)名詞。文中school work是不可數(shù)名詞，故本題選B。

39.A【解析】本題考查情態(tài)動詞的用法。can表示能，need表示需要，must表示必須，should表示應(yīng)該。根據(jù)題意：如果你能完成一年的工作，我可以給你一個(gè)禮物。故本題選A。

40.C【解析】根據(jù)上下文意思，Tom想了一會兒同意了。agreed表示同意。故本題選C。

41.D【解析】備選答案中the others和any else為名詞，不能修飾名詞，other修飾復(fù)數(shù)名詞，any other修飾單數(shù)名詞，表示任何其他的。故本題選D。

42.A【解析】本題考查介詞的意思。on表示某一具體時(shí)間，at表示在某一時(shí)刻，in表示在，from表示從，根據(jù)題意，在那年的最后一天。這里表示具體時(shí)間，故本題選A。

43.B【解析】根據(jù)上下文，現(xiàn)在告訴我想要什么。what表示什么。故本題選B。

44.D【解析】本題考查詞組意思的辨析。made by表示由某人制造，made of表示由…制造，能看出原材料，made from表示由…制造，看不出原材料，made in表示在…制造。本題面包由小麥制造，看不出原材料，故本題選D。

45.A【解析】根據(jù)題意，我已經(jīng)得到了最好的禮物，沒有付出就沒有回報(bào)，我想這就是你想告訴我的吧，爸爸聽了這番話很高興。pleased表示高興的，故本題選A。