Very far away from the city lived a poor farmer and his wife. In front of their house was a small dirt road. Very few cars drove on this road because it was so far from the city. On the dirt road, there was a big hole filled with water. The hole was very deep, but drivers on the road didn't know just how deep. Drivers always drove into the hole, but they never drove out.

One day, a man in a new car was driving down the road. He saw the hole with the water, but he didn't think it was very deep. He drove into the hole, but he couldn't drive out. The man saw the farmer on his tractor working in the field, and he signaled to the farmer. The farmer drove over to the man in the new car.

“Is there a problem?”asked the farmer.

“Yes,”said the man.“My car is stuck in this hole. Can you help me?”

“Maybe,”said the farmer.“But I'm very busy.”

“lf you help me, I'll pay you,” said the man.

“OK,”said the farmer. The farmer pulled the car out of the hole with his tractor, and the man paid him a lot of money. The man looked at the farmer and said,“You must. make a lot of money pulling cars out of this hole day and night.”

“Actually, no,”said the farmer.

“Why not?”asked the man.

“The hole is very deep, and a lot of people get stuck and ask for help. But I don't make money day and night because I don't pull cars out at night.”

“At night I'm busy filling the hole with water,” answered the farmer.

1.The reason why few cars drove on the small dirt road was that __________ .

A．there was a big and deep hole             B．the couple was not polite enough

C．it had a long distance from the city          D．drivers were afraid of being in the hole

2.According to paragraph 2, we can know about the man in a new car __________ .

A．he just learned to drive a car              B．it was the first time that he passed there

C．he knew how deep the hole was            D．he knew the farmer in the field

3.What did the farmer usually do at night?

A．He helped pull out cars.                  B．He made money.

C．He filled water to the hole                 D．He slept at home.

 

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意，然后从下列各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

Long time ago, there was a farmer who lived with his daughter. A young man fell in love with the farmer’s beautiful daughter and wished to   36  her. One day, he went to the farmer to  37  his permission. The farmer looked at him and said, “ Guy, stand out in that  38  . I’m going to release (释放)  39  bulls, one at a time. If you can  40  the tail of any one of the three bulls, you can marry my daughter.”

  41 , the young man got out and stood in the field,   42   the first bull. The barn（牛棚） door   43    and out came the biggest bull that he had ever seen. He   44    that one of the next bulls had to be a better   45    than this one, so he ran over to the side and let the bull   46   .

A few   47    later, the barn door opened again. Unbelievable! The young man had never seen any bull so   48    and fierce as this one in his life. It stood there, pawing（扒） the   49  and eyeing the young man. “ What the next   50   was like ? It had to be a better choice than this one,” he thought. He let the bull pass through again.

The door opened a third time. A   51    came across the young man’s face. This was the weakest bull that he had ever seen. “ This one was my bull,” he   52    to himself. As the bull came running by, he positioned himself just right and   53    at just the exact moment. He threw his hands to catch ...... But to his   54   , the bull had no tail.

Life is full of opportunities.    55   catch the first one.

1.	A．call B．recognize C．respect D．marry

 

2.	A．remember B．copy C．ask D．answer

 

3.	A．field B．forest C．river D．building

 

4.	A．two B．three C．four D．five

 

5.	A．see B．cut C．catch D．discover

 

6.	A．Immediately B．Quietly C．Finally D．Proudly

 

7.	A．talking about B．thinking of C．looking for D．waiting for

 

8.	A．moved B．opened C．broke D．closed

 

9.	A．decided B．noticed C．suggested D．learned

 

10.	A．rule B．help C．choice D．reason

 

11.	A．get up B．go back C．fall down D．pass through

 

12.	A．seconds B．days C．hours D．months

 

13.	A．famous B．big C．short D．beautiful

 

14.	A．house B．wall C．ground D．door

 

15.	A．fish B．horse C．bird D．bull

 

16.	A．pity B．shame C．smile D．tear

 

17.	A．explained B．said C．sang D．flew

 

18.	A．jumped B．escaped C．stopped D．shouted

 

19.	A．anger B．surprise C．joy D．excitement

 

20.	A．Never B．Often C．Seldom D．Always

 

A farmer had a cow. He took very good care of this cow and one day when it was ill, he was very worried. He telephoned the vet.
“What’s the problem?” The vet asked him when he arrived.
“My cow’s ill,” the farmer said. “I don’t know what's the matter with her. She’s lying down and won’t eat. She’s making a strange noise.”
The vet looked over the cow. "She’s certainly ill," he said, "and she needs to take some very strong medicine."
He took a bottle out of his box, put two pills into his hand and said, "Give her these. The pills should make her better."
“How should I give them to her?” the farmer asked.
The vet gave him a tube (管子)and said, "Put this tube in her mouth, then put the pills in the tube and blow. That’ll make it."
The next day the vet came to the farm again. The farmer was sitting outside his house and looked more worried.
“How’s your cow?” the vet asked.
“No change,” the farmer said, “and I’m feeling very strange myself.”
“Oh?” the vet said, "Why?"
“I did what you said,” the farmer answered. “I put the tube in the cow’s mouth and then put two pills down it.”
“And?” the vet asked.
“The cow blew first,” the farmer said.
【小题1】In the story, the vet must be _________.

A．the farmer's friend

B．a milk factory

C．a hospital for cows

D．a doctor for animals

【小题2】The farmer asked the vet for help when his cow _______

A．couldn't lie down

B．didn't eat the pills

C．couldn't make any noise

D．was ill

【小题3】What medicine did the vet give the farmer?

A．Bottle of pills.

B．A long tube.

C．Two pills.

D．A small box.

【小题4】The vet taught the farmer how _________.

A．to blow the tube	B．to make the cow take the pills
C．to take the medicine	D．to put the tube in his mouth

【小题5】Which of the following is true?

A．The farmer ate the pills himself.

B．The cow got better after taking the medicine.

C．The vet came to help the farmer change the cow the next day.

D．The farmer waited for the vet outside his house the next day.

When the farmer returned home he found three_______missing.

A．sheeps

B．sheepes

C．sheep

D．sheepies

 

A farmer had a cow. He took very good care of this cow and one day when it was ill, he was very worried. He telephoned the vet.
“What’s the problem?” The vet asked him when he arrived.
“My cow’s ill,” the farmer said. “I don’t know what's the matter with her. She’s lying down and won’t eat. She’s making a strange noise.”
The vet looked over the cow. "She’s certainly ill," he said, "and she needs to take some very strong medicine."
He took a bottle out of his box, put two pills into his hand and said, "Give her these. The pills should make her better."
“How should I give them to her?” the farmer asked.
The vet gave him a tube (管子)and said, "Put this tube in her mouth, then put the pills in the tube and blow. That’ll make it."
The next day the vet came to the farm again. The farmer was sitting outside his house and looked more worried.
“How’s your cow?” the vet asked.
“No change,” the farmer said, “and I’m feeling very strange myself.”
“Oh?” the vet said, "Why?"
“I did what you said,” the farmer answered. “I put the tube in the cow’s mouth and then put two pills down it.”
“And?” the vet asked.
“The cow blew first,” the farmer said.
【小题1】In the story, the vet must be _________.

A．the farmer's friend	B．a milk factory
C．a hospital for cows	D．a doctor for animals

【小题2】The farmer asked the vet for help when his cow _______

A．couldn't lie down	B．didn't eat the pills
C．couldn't make any noise	D．was ill

【小题3】What medicine did the vet give the farmer?

A．Bottle of pills.

B．A long tube.

C．Two pills.

D．A small box.

【小题4】The vet taught the farmer how _________.

A．to blow the tube

B．to make the cow take the pills

C．to take the medicine

D．to put the tube in his mouth

【小题5】Which of the following is true?

A．The farmer ate the pills himself.

B．The cow got better after taking the medicine.

C．The vet came to help the farmer change the cow the next day.

D．The farmer waited for the vet outside his house the next day.