Question

    Joe was a farmer. His farmland was so poor that he hadn't had good harvests(收成）for years.

"If God lets me ______ the weather, then everything will get better," he complained. "I'm a farmer. I know what's the ______ for crops(庄稼）to grow than God does"

God heard his words. "Well, I give you one______. " he said, "You will be in control of all kinds of ______. Let's see what your crops will grow like."

On hearing this, Joe was excited and ______ right away, "Sunny!" ______ the clouds went away.

He was pleased and shouted again, "______! " The sky was ______with dark clouds at once, then after a while, the field was filled with water.

In the following year, he changed the weather between sunny and rainy. Watching the seeds growing bigger and bigger and becoming crops, Joe felt really ______.

Then the harvest season came. He went to the field to get his crops ______ his heart suddenly went down when he found the crops even hadn't grown a grain（谷粒）. He was quite shocked and started to______. Once again, God heard him.

"Do you want to know ______ you still don't get the good harvest you want?" God said. "You never asked for wind, rainstorm, snow and ice, or ______ that could make the air fresher and the roots（根）stronger. _______ strong roots, of course the crops won't grow any fruit."

After he realized this, Joe asked God to ______ the power. It turned out that only through life's challenges would we harvest the fruit of life. It takes both ups and downs to get satisfactory results.

1.A.control B.punish C.catch D.change

2.A.most B.least C.worst D.best

3.A.week B.month C.season D.year

4.A.weather B.water C.crops D.fields

5.A.sang B.shouted C.asked D.answered

6.A.Luckily B.Happily C.Suddenly D.Specially

7.A.Sunny B.Windy C.Rainy D.Snowy

8.A.connected B.painted C.followed D.covered

9.A.satisfied B.disappointed C.surprised D.embarrassed

10.A.And B.But C.Though D.Because

11.A.smile B.laugh C.cry D.worry

12.A.what B.why C.when D.where

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

14.A.On B.Without C.From D.Through

15.A.give back B.go back C.take back D.come back

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.D

4.A

5.B

6.C

7.C

8.D

9.A

10.B

11.C

12.B

13.A

14.B

15.C

【解析】

本文讲述了Joe觉得自己是农民，应该比上帝更了解农作物需要什么，所有希望上帝把掌管天气的权利给他。上帝给了他一年时间，但是Joe没有注意到如果没有坚实的根，庄稼当然长不出果实。只有通过生命的挑战，人们才能收获生命的果实。

1.句意：如果上帝让我来控制天气，之后所有事情都可以变好。

control控制；punish惩罚；catch追赶；change改变；根据“You will be in control of all kinds of ___4___”你将控制所有天气，所有此处是控制，故选A。

2.句意：我比上帝更清楚对庄稼来说什么是最好的。

most大多数；least最少；worst最差的；best最好的；分析句子“I know what's the ___2___ for crops(庄稼）to grow than God does”我比上帝更清楚对庄稼来说，什么是 ，所以此处是最好的，故选D。

3.句意：我给你一年时间。

week周；month月；season季节；year年；根据“In the following year”第二年，所以是给了一年时间，故选D。

4.句意：你要掌管一切的天气。

weather天气；water水；crops农作物；fields田野；根据后文“ "Sunny!" ___6___ the clouds went away.”阳光，所以此处是掌管天气，故选A。

5.句意：听到这话，乔很兴奋，马上喊道:“阳光!”

sang唱歌；shouted大叫；asked提问；answered回答；根据“He was pleased and shouted again”他很高兴，又喊道，所以此处是大喊，故选B。

6.句意：突然，云消失了。

Luckily幸运地；Happily开心地；Suddenly突然地；Specially特别地；根据后文“ dark clouds at once”立刻乌云密布，所以此处喊了阳光，云突然消失了，故选C。

7.句意：他很高兴，又喊道:“下雨了!

Sunny晴朗的；Windy有风的；Rainy阴雨的；Snowy下雪的；根据后文“ dark clouds at once”立刻乌云密布，所以他喊了下雨，故选C。

8.句意：天空中立刻布满了乌云。

connected连接；painted绘画；followed跟随；covered覆盖；根据be covered with表示“充满”，故选D。

9.句意：乔感到心满意足。

satisfied使……满意；disappointed使……失望；surprised给……惊喜；embarrassed使……尴尬；根据“Watching the seeds growing bigger and bigger and becoming crops”看着种子长得越来越大，长成了庄稼，所以他很满足，故选A。

10.句意：他往田野去收割他的作物，但他的心一下子沉了下去。

And和；But但是；Though尽管；Because因为；根据“when he found the crops even hadn't grown a grain”当他发现庄稼没有谷粒，所以此处是转折，故选B。

11.句意：他很震惊，哭了起来。

smile微笑；laugh大笑；cry哭；worry担心；根据“ He was quite shocked”他很震惊，所以他哭了，故选C。

12.句意：你想知道为什么你仍然得不到你想要的好收成吗?

what什么；why为什么；when当……时候；where在哪里；根据“You never asked for wind, rainstorm, snow and ice, or…”这句话给出了理由，所以此处是问为什么，故选B。

13.句意：你从来不要求风、暴雨雪和冰，或者一些可以使空气更新鲜，根更强壮的东西。

anything任何；everything每件；something一些；nothing没有；根据“You never asked for wind, rainstorm, snow and ice”所以此处是否定句，所以用anything，故选A。

14.句意：没有强壮的根，庄稼当然长不出果实。

On在……上面；Without没有；From从；Through通过；分析句子“___14___ strong roots, of course the crops won't grow any fruit.”所以此处是没有强壮的根，庄稼当然长不出果实。故选B。

15.句意：意识到这一点后，乔请求上帝收回权力。

give back归还；go back返回；take back拿回；come back来回；分析句子“After he realized this, Joe asked God to ___15___ the power.”意识到这一点后，乔请求上帝 权力，所以此处是收回，故选C。