Question

There once was a farmer who lost his watch in his barn (谷仓).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(被奖赏).

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

(机会）.

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 (头脑) 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"因为这块表是他爸爸送给他的礼物"可知， 这块表对那位农民来说是很"重要的"（important)。

22. B农民是在谷仓里丢失表的，当然他是搜索"谷仓"(bam) 来找他的表了。

23. D 由于找不到表，农民向在附近玩耍的一群孩子寻求帮  助，表示"寻求帮助"，用ask  for help。

24. A promise意为"承诺，许诺"，teach意为"教"，rescue意为 "营救"，miss意为"怀念，想念"。农民要孩子们来帮忙找 表，且后文提到找到表的人可以得到奖赏，因此，此处表示 "承诺"，故选人。

25. C得知找到表的人将被奖赏，孩子们当然是"快速地" (quickly)冲进谷仓去找表了。

26. D短文全文都是围绕寻找表而展开的，因此，孩子们是没  有找到那块"表"（watch)。

27. B农民正要放弃找表，而一个小男孩请求农民再给他一次  机会，由此可知此处指"农民看着小男孩，并想"，表示"看 着"，用look  at。

28. B句意：因此农民派这个小男孩进谷仓（找表）。send派 遣，安排去。

29. A句意：……除了静静地坐在那里听表的声音外，我什么 也没做。表示"除……外,什么也没做"，用do nothing but...。

30. C根据常识，大脑的功能是思维，即考虑问题，四个选项  中，只有动词think符合句意。