Question

　Years ago a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. He constantly advertised for 36.________ hands. Most people were reluctant（不情愿） to work on 37._______ along the Atlantic. They dreaded the awful 38.________that raged across the Atlantic， wreaking havoc（浩劫，災(zāi)難） on the buildings and crops. As the farmer 39.________ applicants for the job， he 40._________ a steady stream of refusals.

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

　　“Well， I can 42._________ when the wind blows，” answered the 43.________ man.

　　Although 44._________ by this answer， the farmer， desperate（不顧一切的） for 45.________， hired him. The man worked well around the farm， 46.________ from dawn to dusk， and the farmer felt satisfied with the man's work.

　　Then one night the wind howled loudly in from offshore. 47._________ out of bed， the farmer grabbed（抓起） a lantern and 48.________ next door to the hired hand's sleeping quarters. He 49.________ the little man and yelled， “Get up！ A storm is coming！ Tie things down before they blow away！”

　　The little man 50________ in bed and said 51.________， “No sir. I told you， I can sleep when the wind blows.”

　　Enraged by the response， the farmer was tempted to 52.________ him on the spot. Instead， he hurried outside to prepare for the storm. To his 53.________， 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（雞籠）， 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 54.__________， so he returned to his bed to also sleep 55.________ the wind blew.

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

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

38.A.winds           B.storms   C.huricane     D.flood

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

51.A.firmly        B.happily      C.delightly    D.angrily

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

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

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

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

Answer 1

很多年前，一個(gè)農(nóng)場(chǎng)主在大西洋沿岸有一塊土地，他經(jīng)常貼廣告雇傭人手。可是，很多人都不愿意在大西洋岸邊的農(nóng)場(chǎng)干活，他們害怕大西洋上空劇烈的風(fēng)暴會(huì)破壞房屋和莊稼。所以當(dāng)這個(gè)農(nóng)場(chǎng)主招工面試時(shí)，得到的都是否定的答案……直到一個(gè)矮小瘦弱的男人出現(xiàn)……。本文矮小農(nóng)夫告訴我們一個(gè)人生哲理：凡事我們要提前做好準(zhǔn)備而不是等到危險(xiǎn)和災(zāi)難到來后拼命的臨時(shí)應(yīng)對(duì)。

36.A．根據(jù)文義可知，他為農(nóng)場(chǎng)雇傭幫手。（分詞作定語）

37.C．根據(jù)文義可知是在農(nóng)場(chǎng)工作。

38.B．根據(jù)后文可知是來自大西洋上的暴風(fēng)雨。

39.A．因?yàn)橐�招聘幫手所以需面試�?/p>

40.B ．因?yàn)槿藗兌贾�道大西洋沿岸的可怕的暴風(fēng)雨，所以農(nóng)夫得到了一連串的拒絕。

41.D．終于有位瘦小的、遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超過中年的人走到農(nóng)場(chǎng)主那里。

42.C．當(dāng)農(nóng)場(chǎng)主問他，風(fēng)刮起來的時(shí)候，你干什么？幫手給出了出乎意料的回答：睡覺。

43.C．根據(jù)前文short、thin可知選little。

44.D．農(nóng)場(chǎng)主雖然對(duì)他的回答很不解，但是還是雇傭了他，因?yàn)闆]有其他的選擇。

45.A．根據(jù)文義可知農(nóng)場(chǎng)主急需幫忙。

46.D．有后文的satisfied可知，他從早忙到晚。

47.C．由于暴風(fēng)雨的到來，農(nóng)場(chǎng)主迅速從床上跳出來，表示速度之快。

48.B．農(nóng)場(chǎng)主迅速?zèng)_到幫手的住處。Rush表示動(dòng)作之急促。

49.B．農(nóng)場(chǎng)主把幫手搖醒。

50.B．幫手在床上滾了一下沒起。

51.A．幫手堅(jiān)定的說：暴風(fēng)雨來的時(shí)候，我說過“睡覺”。

52.C．農(nóng)場(chǎng)主很氣憤，當(dāng)即宣布解雇他。

53.A．使農(nóng)場(chǎng)主感到吃驚的是：一切都準(zhǔn)備好了。

54.D．這時(shí)農(nóng)場(chǎng)主才明白幫手所說得話的含義。

55.D．由于一切都準(zhǔn)備好了，不但幫手在睡覺，自己在外面還在刮風(fēng)的時(shí)也只有睡覺。