Question

There was a farmer．He had four sons 1 ________ The farmer was very worried about his sons，but he didn’t know what to do．

   The man grew old and fell ill．When he was dying he told all his sons that he hid lots of money on his farm．After the farmer died，his sons began to look for the money．They spent a few days digging（挖掘）the farm，but could find nothing．A neighbour said to them，“Since you dug the ground，why not plant some seeds（种了）in it?”

    The four sons planted the seeds in the ground．After a few weeks the seeds camp up，and n a few weeks more the seeds grew into plants．A few weeks later，the plants started to bear grains（谷物）．Later the four sons harvested them and sold them at the market．2 ________At last，they knew what their father meant by his words．

根据短文内容，完成下列任务：

任务一：将下面两个句子放在文中合适的位置

  1．________     2．________

  A．They made a lot of money．

  B．They were very lazy and did not do anything．

任务二：猜测词义。

3．The underlined word“hid”means ________ in Chinese．

A．种植                      B．隐藏                       C．制造                      D．保护

4．The underlined word ‘‘harvested” means ________ in Chinese．

A．收割                          B．采摘                       C．捆绑                      D．卖掉

任务三：写出下列句子的同义句：

5．They spent a few days digging the farm．

It ________ them a few days  ________ the farm．

任务四：将文中划线句子翻译成汉语

6．________

Answer 1

1．B    2．A     3．B     4．A      5．Took；to dig

6．他们花了几天的时间挖地找钱，但是什么也没找到。（只要意思对就可得分）