Question

【題目】 It was a dark, cloudy evening when Father told us the news. Our family was gathered around the dinner table. My father was sitting in his usual seat at the head of the table.

He ________ from me to my 11-year-old brother, James, and finally to my mother. My mother seemed sad as she met his nervous face. They had been strangely quiet all through dinner. My brother and I ________ spoke at the table unless we were spoken to.

Mother took a deep breath. “Jack,” she said quietly. “What’s done is done(木已成舟). We must tell the children.”

“These years have been ________ on all the farmers around here,” Father said slowly. I knew this was true. ________ my parents didn’t speak to my brother and me about it, we had heard them talking. Our crops had been doing badly for the past two years, and we had been able to grow very little of our harvest.

“We’ve lost the farm,” he finally said. There was a long silence.

“Where will we go?” James asked, his voice shaking. I looked at Father, wondering what would become of us.

“West Virginia,” Father replied calmly. “There was a man in town last week from a coal mine (煤礦) down there. He said they had jobs, and the coal company will ________ our train tickets and give us a house when we get there. We’ll leave on a train next Wednesday.”

James and I silently got up from the table and cleared the dishes, as we did every night. He said in a low voice, “Anna, I don’t want to move.” I replied, “Neither do I. But there’s ________ we can do about it. At least we’ll all be together.”

【1】A.learnedB.lookedC.heardD.kept

【2】A.alwaysB.sometimesC.neverD.usually

【3】A.goodB.littleC.easyD.hard

【4】A.AlthoughB.BecauseC.SinceD.However

【5】A.pay forB.pick upC.ask forD.look after

【6】A.somethingB.anythingC.everythingD.nothing

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】D

【4】A

【5】A

【6】D

【解析】

這篇短文主要介紹了作者的父親向孩子們通報(bào)因?yàn)槭粘刹缓枚�失去了農(nóng)場(chǎng)，他們要搬家的事情。

【1】句意：他看著我們，從我到我11歲的弟弟詹姆斯，最后看向我的母親。

A. learned學(xué)習(xí)；B. looked看；C. heard聽(tīng)到，聽(tīng)說(shuō)；D. kept保持。根據(jù)后文可知父親的視線從他們身上一一掃過(guò)，故選B。

【2】句意：我哥哥和我從不在餐桌上說(shuō)話，除非有人跟我們說(shuō)話。

A. always總是；B. sometimes有時(shí)；C. never從不；D. usually通常。根據(jù)假設(shè)的條件unless we were spoken to可知此處指作者和哥哥從來(lái)不說(shuō)話，故選C。

【3】句意：這些年來(lái)這里所有的農(nóng)民都很辛苦。

A. good好的；B. little小的，少的；C. easy簡(jiǎn)單；D. hard困難的，堅(jiān)硬的。根據(jù)后文Our crops had been doing badly for the past two years, and we had been able to grow very little of our harvest.可知農(nóng)民很艱苦，故選D。

【4】句意：雖然我父母沒(méi)有和我和我哥哥談過(guò)，但我們聽(tīng)到過(guò)他們談?wù)摗?/span>

A. Although盡管，引導(dǎo)讓步狀語(yǔ)從句；B. Because因?yàn)�，引�?dǎo)原因狀語(yǔ)從句；C. Since自從；D. However然而，表示轉(zhuǎn)折。根據(jù)we had heard them talking可知此處表示讓步關(guān)系，故選A。

【5】句意：他說(shuō)他們有工作，煤炭公司在我們到那里后會(huì)給我們火車票付錢(qián)，給我們房子。

A. pay for為……付款；B. pick up撿起；C. ask for要，請(qǐng)求；D. look after照顧。根據(jù)后文give us a house when we get there可知此處表示公司為我們付車票錢(qián)，故選A。

【6】句意：但我們無(wú)能為力。

A. something某事；B. anything任何事情；C. everything一切；D. nothing沒(méi)有東西。根據(jù)上文可知他們不想離開(kāi)及后文At least we’ll all be together，可知他們對(duì)這件事什么也做不了，無(wú)能為力，故選D。