Question

【题目】Two brothers—one a bachelor，the other married—owned a farm whose rich soil yielded(生产)a lot of grain.____of the grain went to one brother and half to the other.

All____well at first.Then every now and then，the married man began to wake from his sleep at night and think：“This isn't____.My brother isn't married，he's all____，and he gets only half the produce of the farm.Here I am with a wife and five kids，____I have all the security(安全)I need for my old age.But who will____my poor brother when he gets old？He needs to____much more for the future than he does at the present，so his need is____greater than mine.”

____that he would get out of bed，____over to his brother's place and pour a sackful of grain into his brother's granary(粮仓)．

The bachelor brother____began to get the same____.Every once in a while he would____from his sleep and say to himself：“My brother has a(n)___and five kids and he gets only half the produce of the land.Now I have no one except myself to____.So should my poor brother，whose need is clearly greater than mine，receive____as much as I do？” Then he would get out of bed and pour a sackful of grain into his brother's granary.

One night they got out of bed at the same time and____to meet on the way，each with a sackful of grain on his____！

Many years later，after their death，the____leaked out(泄露)．So when the townsfolk wanted to build a church，they____the spot at which the two brothers met，for they could not think of any place in the town that was better than that one.

【语篇导读】 在收获的季节，兄弟俩总是平均分配劳动成果，但是即使这样，他们都在互相为对方着想。兄弟俩之间所发生的故事让很多人感动。

【1】A.Some B．Much C．Half D．Most

【2】A.left B．went C．ended D．changed

【3】A.fair B．true C．fine D．easy

【4】A.rich B．strong C．honest D．alone

【5】A.or B．so C．for D．but

【6】A.know about B．depend on C．talk with D．care for

【7】A.spend B．earn C．save D．accept

【8】A.obviously B．finally C．slowly D．luckily

【9】A.For B．On C．With D．At

【10】A.turn B．steal C．jump D．look

【11】A.even B．still C．never D．too

【12】A.worry B．award C．result D．chance

【13】A.suffer B．hear C．wake D．return

【14】A.classmate B．wife C．friend D．uncle

【15】A.blame B．persuade C．encourage D．support

【16】A.hardly B．nearly C．exactly D．almost

【17】A.happened B．agreed C．refused D．decided

【18】A.way B．head C．hand D．back

【19】A.joke B．story C．humor D．history

【20】A.avoided B．designed C．chose D．enjoyed

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】D

【5】B

【6】D

【7】C

【8】A

【9】C

【10】B

【11】D

【12】A

【13】C

【14】B

【15】D

【16】C

【17】A

【18】D

【19】B

【20】C

【解析】

【1】C 根据下文中的“half to the other”可知：其中的一半谷物给兄弟了。

【2】B 联系下文中的“Then every now and then，the married man began to wake from his sleep at night and think”，说明一开始的情况进展(went)得不错。

【3】A 结合下文中的“My brother isn't married，he's all__4__，and he gets only half the produce of the farm”，已婚的男人感到这不公平(fair)。

【4】D 根据前面“My brother isn't married”，说明弟弟还单身(alone)。

【5】B 已婚男人有妻子孩子，所以(so)老了有生活所需要的保障。

【6】D 该句的大意是，弟弟单身，所以当他老了的时候，谁照顾(care for)他呢？

【7】C 他认为弟弟需要为将来储存(save)更多的东西。

【8】A 根据上文中的“who will__6__my poor brother when he gets old”可知，已婚哥哥认为弟弟的需要很明显(obviously)比自己多。

【9】C 根据语境的发展可知，有了(With)上面的想法之后，他从床上起来。

【10】B 此处的动作是继“get out of bed”之后发生的，也就是偷偷去(steal)他弟弟的住处，往他的粮仓里倒入一袋子粮食。exactly用以加强语气。

【11】D 根据下文中的“Every once in a while he would__13__from his sleep and say to himself”可知，弟弟也(too)和哥哥有一样的想法。

【12】A 根据下文中的“My brother has a(n)__14__and five kids and he gets only half the produce of the land”等语境可以推知，弟弟也有同样的担心(worry)。

【13】C 联系句中的“and say to himself”，说明他从睡梦中醒来(wake)。

【14】B 根据上文中的“I am with a wife and five kids”可知，此处指妻子(wife)。

【15】D 上文中提到他想到的哥哥的情况，而自己则只有自己需要养活(support)。

【16】C 根据上文中的“__1__of the grain went to one brother and half to the other”可知，此处指他得到和哥哥恰好(exactly)一样多的粮食。exactly用以加强语气。

【17】A 由上文哥哥偷偷地送粮食可知兄弟俩是偶然碰巧(happened)相遇。

【18】D 他们每一个人的背(back)上都背着粮食，他们是往对方的粮仓里送粮食的。

【19】B 根据句中的“after their death”可知，他们去世后，他们的故事(story)为人们所知。

【20】C 村民想建设教堂，他们选择了(chose)兄弟俩碰面的地方。

高频词汇

bachelor n. 学士；单身汉

every now and then 不时地；常

produce n. 农产品

once in a while 偶尔；偶然；有时