Question

One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas when they saw a horseshoe (马蹄铁) on the ground. The father said to his son, “Look at the horseshoe on the ground. Go and   the horseshoe and put it in your bag, my son.” But Thomas said, “If I do so, it will waste my time.” His father said nothing but picked it up himself. When they   a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and   some strawberries with the money.

The father and the son went on walking. The sun was well up in the   . They soon drank up all their water and there was not a house or even a tree for them to have a rest. Thomas felt  thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father gave him a strawberry and he quickly ate it. After a while, his father gave him   strawberry and once again, his son got it quickly and put it in his mouth.

   And so they   . The old farmer gave the strawberries and the son ate them. When Thomas had eaten up all the strawberries, his father said to him, “My dear son,   ____ you picked up that horseshoe, you would have your own   to eat. Always remember the lesson: if you don't worry about the little things, you will find it difficult   ____ the great things.

1.A. give up B. put up  C. pick up  D. take up

2.A. got on  B. got to     C. got off     D. got down

3.A. threw B. bought     C. sold     D. found

4.A. sky   B. sea     C. river     D. ground

5.A. so     B. very     C. quite     D. too

6.A. another B. other      C. else    D. the other

7.A. carried on B. turned on  C. went on D. worked on

8.A. Or     B. If     C. Unless     D. Until

9.A. water B. money  C. horseshoe D. strawberries

10.A. to do  B. to use     C. to eat     D. to drink

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.B

4.A

5.D

6.A

7.C

8.B

9.D

10.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要通过农夫沿途用儿子不屑于捡的马蹄铁换来的钱买樱桃给儿子在路途上很渴却没水的时候吃的事例，教育其儿子：如果一个人对小事都不在意，那么他肯定也做不了大事。

1.give up放弃；B. put up举起；C. pick up 捡起；D. take up开始学。句意：去捡起那块马蹄铁并且把它放进你的口袋里。结合句意，故选C。

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6.了一会儿，他的父亲又给了他一个草莓。根据上文父亲已经给了他一个草莓，可知又给了他一个，故选A。

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9.；C. horseshoe马掌；D. strawberries草莓。根据上下文可知父亲认为儿子如果捡起马蹄铁就会有自己的草莓吃。故选D。

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考点：考查故事类短文。