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There was once a farmer. He lived near a road. It was not a busy road, but from time to time, cars passed the farm.
Near the farm gate, there was a large hole in the road. This road was always full of water, and the drivers of the cars could not see how deep the hole was. They thought it was not deep.
Then when they drove into the hole, they could not drive out because it was too deep.
The farmer did not spend much time working on his farm. He spent most of it watching the hole.
When a car drove into it, he pulled the car out with his tractor(拖拉机) and the driver gave him a lot of money for doing this.
One day, the driver of a car said to him, “You must make a lot of money by pulling cars out of this hole night and day.”
“Oh, no,” the farmer said. “I don’t pull cars out of the hole at night. At night I fill(填) the hole with water.”
小题1:Many cars went into the hole because the drivers ________.
A.were going too fast to stopB.did not see the hole
C.did not know the hole was very deepD.liked driving through water
小题2:The farmer ________ at night.
A.pulled cars out of the hole in the roadB.filled the hole with water
C.laughed at the drivers of the carsD.worked on his farm
小题3:The farmer made money from ________.
A.giving thingsB.selling water
C.pulling cars out of the holeD.filling the hole with water
小题4:Which is the best title(标题) of the passage?
A.How to make moneyB.A helpful farmer
C.To drive more carefullyD.The hole in the road

小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:D

试题分析:这篇短文主要记述了一个黑心而愚蠢的农民,他利用农场前公路上的一个洞来挣钱,却向一位司机吐露了实情。
小题1:根据Then when they drove into the hole, they could not drive out because it was too deep.描述,可知选C。
小题2:根据“I don’t pull cars out of the hole at night. At night I fill(填) the hole with water.”描述,可知选B。
小题3:根据When a car drove into it, he pulled the car out with his tractor(拖拉机) and the driver gave him a lot of money for doing this.描述,可知选C。
小题4:这篇短文主要围绕公路中间的一个大洞进行描述,故选D。
点评:本文浅显易懂,层次分明,学生很容易把握文章中心内容。答题中注意带着问题阅读短文,一般就能顺利找出答题依据。对于不能直接找到根据的问题注意联系上下文,根据短文中心总结出正确答案。
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