阅读理解

　　I went down to my friend Tom's farm last August to help him. August is the busiest time of the year for farmers,because it is then that they have to cut the corn. It is also the time I had chosen for my holiday,so I decided to do something that was useful and at the same time quite different from my work at the office in London. Luckily the weather was fine during my two weeks on the farm. One cannot cut corn when it is wet,because then it will go bad when one piles it up. The farmers have to wait for sunshine,and then cut and dry the corn quickly before rain comes.

　　My job in the fields was to throw the corn onto the high trucks. Luckily I am a strong man,so that I was able to satisfy my fellow workers,who were mostly men that had done this kind of work all their lives. When I woke up early the next morning,I was so fired that I could hardly stand up after all the hard work the day before. However,by the time I had walked out to the field,I felt perfectly all right again. Each day I began to feel stronger and healthier. Of course,this meant I also grew hungrier day by day,but luckily there was good food in plenty on the farm,so there was always more than we could eat.

(1)The cause of the writer's going to Tom's farm in August was that _______.

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A．in August the farmers had to cut the corn

B．he had chosen the time for his holiday

C．August is the busiest time of the year

D．he decided to do something useful in August

(2)During his two weeks on the farm _________.

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A．the farmers could not cut the corn because of the bad weather

B．the farmers had to wait for sunshine

C．the corn went bad when it was piled up

D．the farmers cut and dried the corn quickly

(3)Which of the following is NOT true?

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A．The writer was satisfied with his fellow workers.

B．The writer was a strong and young man.

C．Most of his fellow workers were used to harvest week.

D．The cut corn was thrown onto the trucks.

(4)What happened to the writer as time went on?

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A．He like the farm work very much.

B．He got used to the hard work on the farm.

C．He didn't want to leave the farm.

D．He decided to stay with his friend Tom.

(5)The last sentence of the passage tells us _________.

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A．the result of the writer's hard work after a few days

B．the changes of the writer's hard work after a few days

C．the relation between work and health

D．how the writer became even stronger and healthier

阅读理解

　　I went down to my friend Tom's farm last August to help him. August is the busiest time of the year for farmers,because it is then that they have to cut the corn. It is also the time I had chosen for my holiday,so I decided to do something that was useful and at the same time quite different from my work at the office in London. Luckily the weather was fine during my two weeks on the farm. One cannot cut corn when it is wet,because then it will go bad when one piles it up. The farmers have to wait for sunshine,and then cut and dry the corn quickly before rain comes.

　　My job in the fields was to throw the corn onto the high trucks. Luckily I am a strong man,so that I was able to satisfy my fellow workers,who were mostly men that had done this kind of work all their lives. When I woke up early the next morning,I was so fired that I could hardly stand up after all the hard work the day before. However,by the time I had walked out to the field,I felt perfectly all right again. Each day I began to feel stronger and healthier. Of course,this meant I also grew hungrier day by day,but luckily there was good food in plenty on the farm,so there was always more than we could eat.

(1)The cause of the writer's going to Tom's farm in August was that _______.

[　　]

A．in August the farmers had to cut the corn

B．he had chosen the time for his holiday

C．August is the busiest time of the year

D．he decided to do something useful in August

(2)During his two weeks on the farm _________.

[　　]

A．the farmers could not cut the corn because of the bad weather

B．the farmers had to wait for sunshine

C．the corn went bad when it was piled up

D．the farmers cut and dried the corn quickly

(3)Which of the following is NOT true?

[　　]

A．The writer was satisfied with his fellow workers.

B．The writer was a strong and young man.

C．Most of his fellow workers were used to harvest week.

D．The cut corn was thrown onto the trucks.

(4)What happened to the writer as time went on?

[　　]

A．He like the farm work very much.

B．He got used to the hard work on the farm.

C．He didn't want to leave the farm.

D．He decided to stay with his friend Tom.

(5)The last sentence of the passage tells us _________.

[　　]

A．the result of the writer's hard work after a few days

B．the changes of the writer's hard work after a few days

C．the relation between work and health

D．how the writer became even stronger and healthier

It’s dark and rainy outside. I hate it when the weather is like this;  1  when Mom and Dan are yelling（叫喊）at each other about me. I hate   2   when they do that; it makes me feel so guilty（内疚）,  3   it’s all my fault. But, it isn’t this time. This time I don’t think it’s anybody’s fault. It’s so easy to get  4   and when the weather is like this.

       I don’t even know  5  they are yelling about any more. And I don’t care,  6  . I’m leaving. I will just  7   my things and go out of the window. I don’t care that it’s   8  . I don’t care. I’ll leave and go somewhere  9  it never rains and nobody ever yells. Oh, whom am I kidding?  10   I’m old enough to know that there is no such place. People always yell, especially at kids. I’ll just go live by  11  , in the woods. In that case I’d better bring a flashlight（手电筒）. It feels like I’m in a shower. The rain is  12  down my face and into my eyes. It feels like someone who is in  13  of rain is washing away all the badness from the yelling and  14  me to start again. I’m tired, but I can’t stop running. If I do, my dad will  15  me and take me back to the yelling again, I think that I’ve gone far  16  . They’ll never find me here.

       Now what do I do? There’s  17   here to eat and I’m cold. Oh, well, I might as well just go home. I knew this would happen in the end. Well, I’m back. I hope that nobody  18  I was gone. It’s morning now but I don’t think that anyone’s awake yet. I’ll just sneak in（偷偷进入）through the window. I’ll  19   out of my wet clothes and into my pajamas（睡衣）. Now, into bed.

       Maybe tomorrow will be an  20  day.

1．A．however               B．especially             C．of course            D．therefore

2．A．it                          B．that                     C．so                       D．this

3．A．as long as              B．even if                 C．now that             D．as if

4．A．interesting             B．sad                     C．angry                  D．peaceful

5．A．that                      B．what                   C．which                 D．how

6．A．neither                  B．though                C．also                    D．either

7．A．gather up              B．throw away         C．put away             D．pick up

8．A．snowing                B．blowing               C．raining                D．freezing

9．A．why                     B．where                 C．when                  D．there

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10．A．Still                     B．Though               C．But                     D．Even

11．A．myself                 B．itself                   C．yourself              D．themselves

12．A．pulling                 B．floating                C．pouring               D．flowing

13．A．store                   B．charge                 C．favor                  D．place

14．A．keeping               B．allowing              C．preventing           D．helping

15．A．punish                 B．beat                    C．scold                  D．find

16．A．enough                B．away                   C．further                D．more

17．A．everything           B．nothing                C．something           D．anything

18．A．cared                  B．hated                   C．noticed                D．said

19．A．change                B．wash                   C．hide                    D．escape

20．A．worse             B．troublesome      C．ordinary          D．better