Question

Tom is the son of a farm owner. One New Year's Day， when he was 15， his father  him to work on the farm for one year when he was free. Tom was   with his father' s idea. "That isn' t my job. I have     school work to do.  " Hearing this， his father said， "I promise (许诺) to give you the best present if you    ______ finish one year's work.  " Tom thought for a while and ___  .

   Starting one Saturday， the boy got up early and worked __   until evening， just like any other farmer. Time passed quickly. Tom' s crops (庄稼) grew well.   ____the last day of the year， the father called his son to him.  "I'm happy to see that you have worked very hard the whole year，" said the father.  " Now， tell me       ____ you want "

   The boy smiled and showed his father a big piece of bread made from his wheat (小麦). "I’ve already got the ___  present. No pains， no gains. I think this is what you wanted __     to know.” His father was quite pleased to hear that.

1.A. asked     B. let          C. made        D.  stopped          

2.A. happy     B. unhappy      C. excited        D. worried          

3.A. much too   B. so little       C. too much      D. a lot             

4.A. shall      B. must         C. need          D. can          

5.A. said        B. answered    C. agreed        D. began           

6.A. hard        B. hardly       C. slowly       D. difficultly        

7.A. At          B. On         C. In            D. By             

8.A. where      B. which       C. how          D. what            

9.A. least        B. worst      C. best           D. fewest         

10. A. mine     B. I          C. my            D. me

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.D

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：本文主要讲述了汤姆受到教育的故事，文中爸爸让汤姆劳动一年，在完成任务的情况下，许诺给汤姆想要的礼物。汤姆同意了爸爸的想法，最终通过艰苦劳作，换来劳动成果，同时汤姆受到了教育，达到了他爸爸最初的目的。

1.asked问、让；B. let让；C. made让；D. stopped阻止，停止。此题考查动词短语ask sb to do sth表示让某人做某事。故选A。

2.

3.考查形容词短语和对语境的理解。句意：我有太多的课业要做。A. much too太，修饰形容词或副词；B. so little 这么少；C. too much太多，修饰不可数名词；D. a lot很多，程度副词。school work是不可数名词，too much修饰不可数名词。故选C。

4.答应将给你最好的礼物。A. shall 表示将来的助动词；B. must 必须；C. need需要；D. can 能，表示能力。根据题干的内容可知表示的是一种能力，故选can。故选D。

5. 赞同；D. began 开始。 根据下文内容的提示汤姆答应了爸爸的要求，故选C。

6.地、艰苦地；B. hardly几乎不；C. slowly慢慢地；D. difficultly困难地。 用来修饰动词work，根据下文just like any other farmer的提示，可知汤姆工作很可苦，所以选A， hard。

7.

8.

9.

10.mine我的；B. I我；C.my我的；D. me我，宾格此题考查人称代词，want是动词，用人称代词作宾语时要用宾格。故选D。 考点：考查故事类短文阅读。