Question

There once was a farmer who lost his watch in his barn (谷倉).The watch was only cheap but it was very 21 to him because it was a gift from his father.

After searching(搜索)the 22 for a long time, he gave up and asked for 23 from a group of children playing nearby.

He 24 them that the person who found the watch

would be rewarded(被獎賞).

Hearing this, the children hurried inside the barn

25 .They searched everywhere but still could not find the

26 .Just when the farmer was going to give up, a little boy went up to him and asked to be given another chance

(機會）.

The farmer 27 at him and thought, " Why not? After all,this kid looks honest."

So the farmer 28 the little boy back into the barn. After a while the little boy came out with the watch in his hand ！ The surprised farmer asked the boy how he succeeded where the rest had failed.

The boy replied ， " I did 29 but sit quietly and listen for the sound of the watch."

This shows us that sometimes a peaceful mind (頭腦) can 30 better than an excited one. 21 .A. important B. expensive

C. useless D. interesting

22. A.box B.barn C, tower D.yard

23. A. money B. wine C. work D. help

24. A. promised B. taught C. rescued D • mi ssed

25. A. angrily B. slowly C.quickly D. hardly

26. A. money B. book C. child D. watch

27. A, laughed B. looked C. watched D. saw

28. A. threw B. sent C. gave D. caught

29. A. nothing B - something C. everything D. anything

30. A.ring B. leave C. think D. kick

Answer 1

21.A由下文"因為這塊表是他爸爸送給他的禮物"可知， 這塊表對那位農(nóng)民來說是很"重要的"（important)。

22. B農(nóng)民是在谷倉里丟失表的，當然他是搜索"谷倉"(bam) 來找他的表了。

23. D 由于找不到表，農(nóng)民向在附近玩耍的一群孩子尋求幫  助，表示"尋求幫助"，用ask  for help。

24. A promise意為"承諾，許諾"，teach意為"教"，rescue意為 "營救"，miss意為"懷念，想念"。農(nóng)民要孩子們來幫忙找 表，且后文提到找到表的人可以得到獎賞，因此，此處表示 "承諾"，故選人。

25. C得知找到表的人將被獎賞，孩子們當然是"快速地" (quickly)沖進谷倉去找表了。

26. D短文全文都是圍繞尋找表而展開的，因此，孩子們是沒  有找到那塊"表"（watch)。

27. B農(nóng)民正要放棄找表，而一個小男孩請求農(nóng)民再給他一次  機會，由此可知此處指"農(nóng)民看著小男孩，并想"，表示"看 著"，用look  at。

28. B句意：因此農(nóng)民派這個小男孩進谷倉（找表）。send派 遣，安排去。

29. A句意：……除了靜靜地坐在那里聽表的聲音外，我什么 也沒做。表示"除……外,什么也沒做"，用do nothing but...。

30. C根據(jù)常識，大腦的功能是思維，即考慮問題，四個選項  中，只有動詞think符合句意。