Question

Years ago a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. He constantly advertised for ____ hands. Most people were reluctant（不情愿） to work on _____ along the Atlantic. They dreaded the awful _____that raged across the Atlantic， wreaking havoc（浩劫，灾难） on the buildings and crops. As the farmer __    applicants for the job， he ______ a steady stream of refusals.

____， a short， thin man， well past middle age， approached the farmer. “Are you a good farmhand？” the farmer asked him.

“Well， I can ___ when the wind blows，” answered the ____ man.

Although ____ by this answer， the farmer， desperate（不顾一切的） for _____， hired him. The man worked well around the farm， ______ from dawn to dusk， and the farmer felt satisfied with the man's work.

Then one night the wind howled loudly in from offshore. ____ out of bed， the farmer grabbed（抓起） a lantern and ____ next door to the hired hand's sleeping quarters. He ____ the little man and yelled， “Get up！ A storm is coming！ Tie things down before they blow away！”

The little man ____ in bed and said ____， “No sir. I told you， I can sleep when the wind blows.”

Enraged by the response， the farmer was tempted to ___ him on the spot. Instead， he hurried outside to prepare for the storm. To his ___， he discovered that all of the haystacks（干草垛） had been covered with tarpaulins（油布）. The cows were in the barn， the chickens were in the coops（鸡笼）， and the doors were barred. The shutters were tightly secured. Everything was tied down. Nothing could blow away.

The farmer then understood what his hired hand ____， so he returned to his bed to also sleep ____ the wind blew.

1.A. took           B. applied        C. hired            D. got

2.A.field           B. farm           C. garden          D. park

3.A.winds          B. flood          C. hurricane        D. storms

4.A. visited         B. trained         C. saw            D. interviewed

5.A.accepted        B. offered         C. refused         D. received

6.A.Surprisingly     B. Finally         C. Obviously       D. Luckily

7.A. sleep          B. do             C. work           D. help

8.A.strong          B. young          C. kind           D. little

9.A.pleased         B. puzzled         C. surprised       D. satisfied

10.A. work         B. pleasure         C. man           D. help

11.A. busy         B. sad             C. tired           D. happy

12.A.Coming       B. Leaving         C. Going          D. Jumping

13.A. rushed        B. ran             C. went           D. moved

14.A.beat           B. stroke          C. shouted         D. shook

15.A. rolled over     B. put on          C. got up          D. sat

16.A.delightly       B. happily         C. Firmly          D. angrily

17.A. kill           B. instruct         C. fire            D. inform

18.A. regret         B. joy            C. surprise         D. sadness

19.A.expected       B. prepared        C. meant          D. offered

20.A.when          B. while          C. after            D. as

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.D

5.D

6.B

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.D

11.A

12.D

13.A

14.D

15.A

16.C

17.C

18.C

19.C

20.B

【解析】这是一篇具有一定哲理和教育意义的、先叙后议的文章。文章通过讲述农场主雇工“未雨绸缪”的事例，阐明了“事前做好预备工作”这一观点。

1. took 承担、从事；B. applied 应用；C. Hired雇佣；D. Got拿到。根据语境，滥砍，很多人不愿意在大西洋沿岸的土地删工作，所以这里是雇佣，故选C

2. 田地;B. farm 农场;C. garden花园;D. Park公园。文章开头就提到有一位农民在大西洋海岸上拥有一块土地。所以，人们是要在农场工作，故选B

3. 强风；B. flood 洪水；C. Hurricane飓风；D. Storms暴风雨。下文中有提到A storm is coming！暴风雨就要来了，所以这里选暴风雨。

4. Visited拜访；B. Trained训练；C. Saw看见； D. Interviewed采访。结合语境，很诱人不愿意在大西洋沿岸的农场上劳动，为了雇到员工，这个农场主只能自己上门去面试。故选D

5. 接受；B. offered 提供；C. refused 拒绝；D. Received收到。根据语境，很多人不愿意在那个农场工作，所以即使农场主上门，也只能收到一堆拒绝。故选D

6. Finally最终；C. Obviously明显的； D. Luckily幸运的。联系上文可知，农场主之前并没有雇佣到任何人来为他工作，而这里出现的一个矮小的中年男子正好就是下文提到的那个人，所以，这里用最终。

7. “No sir. I told you， I can sleep when the wind blows.”不。先生，我告诉过你，我在大风刮起的时候可以睡觉。故选A

8. young 年轻的；C. Kind和蔼友善的；D. Little小的。第36空后提到这个人的体貌特征。a short，thin man，well past middle age一个瘦小差不多接近中年的人。故选D

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10. for help急于寻求帮助。故选D

11. Busy忙的；B. Sad伤心的；C. tired 劳累的；D. Happy快乐的。结合该空后面的短语from dawn to dusk，从早晨到薄暮。从这里可以分析出是从早忙到晚的意思，故选A

12. Leaving离开；C. Going 走；D. Jumping跳。结合云锦，这个夜晚还上刮起大风，所以农夫从床上跳起去下地。故选D。AD

13. Rushed冲；B. ran 跑；C. went去；D. Moved移动。结合语境，刮风是暴雨的前兆，为了去抢救粮食，时间很紧急，所以用rush。故选A

14. stroke攻击；C. shouted 喊叫；D. Shook使颤抖。结合语境判断，这里，农场主是要摇醒雇工去抢救粮食，故选D

15. rolled over 翻滚；B. put on穿上； C. got up 起床；D. Sat坐。结合语境，雇工面对农场主说了一句话“不。先生，我告诉过你，我在大风刮起的时候可以睡觉。所以雇工应该只是翻身了一下。故选A

16. Happily快乐地；C. Firmly坚定地；D. Angrily生气地。由语境判断，雇工拒绝刮大风得时候去上工，这是在雇佣之前就说好了的，所以这里的语气是坚定的。故选C

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19. Prepared准备；C. meant意味；D. Offered提供。结合上文中农场主疑惑为什么雇工那样说，到了现在，终于明白了那时候的意思，故选C

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