Question

(2014 •益阳中考) 

   An old man lived alone in Australia. He wanted to dig up his potato garden,but it was very 1 work. His only son,who always 2 him in the past,was then in prison (监狱) . So the old man wrote a letter to his son and said：

Dear son,

   I am feeling pretty bad because I won’t be able to 3 potatoes in my garden this year. I'm just getting too old to 4 a garden. If you were here,all my 5 would be over. I know you would dig up the garden for me if you 6 in prison.

Love 

Dad 

   Soon the old man 7 a letter ,“Dad,don't dig up the garden!That's where I buried (埋藏) the guns!”

   At 8 a. m. the next morning,some 8 came and dug up the whole garden without finding any guns. The old man was surprised and wrote another 9 to his son. He told him what had happened,and 10 him what to do next.

   His son's reply was: “ You could plant your potatoes,Dad. It's the best I could do for you. ”

1. A. hard   B. interesting   C. simple

2. A. taught   B. helped   C. changed

3. A. cook   B. put   C. plant

4. A. put up   B. get up   C. dig up

5. A. trouble   B. illness   C. danger

6. A. weren’t   B. stayed   C. were

7. A. wrote   B. received   C. sent

8. A. friends   B. neighbors   C. policemen

9. A. diary   B. report   C. letter 

10. A. told   B. called   C. asked

Answer 1

l. A 考査词义辨析。根据短文第二句中 的but可知，“挖园地”对于老人来说是一项 “繁重的工作”，故选A.

2. B 考査语境理解。根据“His only son他 唯一的儿子”可知，“过去是他儿子帮助他做 这个活”，故选B.

3. C 考査语境理解。根据空格后的potatoes 和“I am feeling pretty bad我感觉很糟糕”可 知句意为“今年我不能在园地里种土豆了”。 故选C.

4. C 考査词义辨析。句意为“我年龄太大 ,挖不动土了”。故选C.

5. A 考査词义辨析。本句为虚拟语气，意为 “如果你在这里，所有这些烦恼就都没有 了”。故选A.

6. A 考査推理判断。根据you would dig up the garden for me你会给我挖园地” 可知，是如果他儿子不在监狱里。故选A.

7. B 考査词义辨析。根据后面“Dad,don't dig up the garden!”可知是他儿子给他回信， 也是他收到了儿子的信，故选B.

8. C 考查语境理解。根据后面“without Hnding any guns.没有找到枪”可知，是来了 一批警察挖地找枪，故选C.

9. C 考査词义辨析。根据“ wrote another. .. to his son”和“He told him”可知， 这里是老人又给儿子写了封信。故选C.

10. C 考査词义辨析。根据后面的“what to do next”可知，这里是老人问儿子下一步做 什么。故选C.