Question

There once was a farmer who lost his watch in his barn（谷仓）. The watch was very cheap but it was very   1   to him because it was a gift from his father.

After   2   the barn for a long time, he gave up and asked for   3   from a group of children playing nearby.

He   4   them that the person who found the watch would be rewarded（报偿）.

Hearing this, the children hurried inside the barn   5  . They searched everywhere but still could not find the  6  . Just when the farmer was going to give up, a little boy went up to him and asked to be given another   7  .

The farmer looked at him and thought, “Why not? After all, this kid looks honest.”

So the farmer   8   the little boy back into the barn. After a while the little boy came out with the watch in his hand! The surprised farmer asked the boy how he   9__ where others had failed.

The boy replied, “I did nothing but sit quietly and listen for the sound of the watch.”

This shows us that sometimes a   10   mind can think better than an excited one.

1.A. important   B. expensive  C. useless      D. interesting

2.A. finding     B. searching  C. watching     D. studying

3.A. money     B. danger     C. work        D. help

4.A. promised   B. taught     C. warned       D. believed

5.A. angrily     B. slowly     C. quickly      D. hardly

6.A. rule        B. book      C. child        D. watch

7.A. way        B. chance    C. lesson       D. smile

8.A. threw       B. sent      C. gave         D. caught

9.A. came       B. knew     C. succeeded     D. suggested

10.A. beautiful   B. smart     C. peaceful       D. quick

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.C

6.D

7.B

8.B

9.C

10.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了一个农场主把他父亲送他的一只表丢在了谷仓里。他找了好久都没找到，后来他让在附近玩的孩子们帮忙找。好多孩子都没找到。只有一个孩子在别人都找的时候静静地听表的声音，最后他找到了那只表。

1.考查形容词及上下文的呼应。A. important 重要的；B. expensive 昂贵的；C. useless无用的； D. interesting有趣的。因为本句话中有一个转折，所以此句意为“这表很便宜但对于他来说却很重要，因为那是他父亲给他的。”故选Ａ。

2.考查动词辨析及上下文的呼应。根据第一段得知，那表对于他来是很重要，所以他肯定在谷仓里搜索了很长时间。A. findinｇ是发现，watching是观看；D. studying是研究，学习；所以选B. searching搜索。

3.考查名词辨析及上下文的呼应。A. money钱；B. danger危险；C. work 工作；D. help帮助。通过下一段说谁找到表就会得到报偿，可知他是让孩子们帮他找。故选Ｄ。

4.考查动词辨析及上下文的呼应。A. promised许诺； B. taught教；D. believed 相信；C. warned警告。根据下文中孩子们都努力地找，可知他承诺谁能找到表就给他报偿 。故选A。

5.考查副词辨析及上下文的呼应。A. angrily 生气地；B. slowly慢慢地；C. quickly迅速地；D. hardly几乎不。因为上一段提到会给找到表的人报偿，所以孩子们肯定迅速地跑进谷仓找表。故选Ｃ。

6.考查名词辨析及上下文的呼应。A. rule规则，统治； B. book书；C. child孩子；D. watch表。整篇文章讲的都是找那只表的经过，所以这句话应该是“他们搜索了每个地方，但仍然没找到那只表。”故答案选Ｄ。

7.考查名词辨析及上下文的呼应。A. way方式，方法； B. chance 机会；C. lesson课；D. smile微笑。根据下文男孩又回到谷仓并找到那只表，可知这里是男孩要农场主再给他一次机会。故选Ｂ。

8.考查动词辨析及上下文的呼应。根据下一句“After a while the little boy came out”可知男孩又回到了谷仓，sent sb. back to sp.派/送某人回某地，故选Ｂ。

9.考查动词辨析及上下文的呼应。因为别的孩子都没找到，而这个男孩最终找到了表，所以这句要表达的意思是“农夫问他是怎么样在别人都失败的地方成功找到的。”A. came来；B. knew 知道；C. succeeded成功；D. suggested建议，暗示。故选Ｃ。

10.考查形容词辨析及上下文的呼应。因为前面讲很多孩子到处找都没找到，而这个男孩只是安静地听表的声音，这表明有时安静地人比活跃的人思考的更好。A. beautiful美丽的；B. smart 聪明的；C. peaceful安静的；D. quick快的。故选C。

考点：故事类短文。