单选题 Long ago, in a small village of Wakefield lived two farmers, Harry and Peter. Harry was very hard-working while Peter was (16) Every day Harry got up early and came home late, but Peter walked around for fun.
One summer there was no (17) and the crops were dying. Harry thought, "I must do something to save these crops, or they shall die." With this (18) in mind, he went out to find a river so that he could dig a canal to his field. He walked on and on, feeling tired and thirsty. After a (19) search, he found a river full of blue water. He was very happy. He started digging a canal to his field. (20) it was noon his wife sent their daughter to bring Harry home (21) lunch. But Harry did not go. He did not want to leave his work unfinished. He completed his work (22) at night. He was very satisfied. He went home, had a good meal and (23) into a sound sleep.
Peter did the same. But he was not at all determined. He also (24) digging a canal to his field but he didn't have his work completed. His field did not get (25) water and all his crops died.
Harry's field would be watered when needed. He had a good harvest because of his hard work.

单选题 A. cruel B. lazy
C. careless D. silly
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] while在此表示两者对比。和hard-working相对应的是lazy。
单选题 A. rain B. wind
C. cloud D. river
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 由后半句庄稼要死掉了,可知是由于没有“雨水”。
单选题 A. feeling B. dream
C. problem D. thought
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] thought想法;feeling感觉;dream梦想;problem问题。由in mind可知横线处应该是thought。
单选题 A. quick B. long
C. slow D. special
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 根据上文的“He walked on and on, feeling tired and thirsty”可知,横线处应填long,句意为“经过长时间的寻找”。
单选题 A. Whether B. Although
C. When D. Unless
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] “当中午到来的时候”,此处用when引导时间状语从句。
单选题 A. for B. to
C. with D. at
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] for表示目的。
单选题 A. early B. tar
C. late D. deep
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] late at night深夜。
单选题 A. fell B. looked
C. turned D. walked
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] fall asleep,fall ill都是固定搭配。fall into a sound sleep指进入梦乡,睡得很香。
单选题 A. stopped B. loved
C. forgot D. started
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 由句意“他也开始挖渠引水到他的田地里,但他半途而废”可知应选D。
单选题 A. clean B. enough
C. little D. fresh
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 由下文all his crops died可知原因是没有得到足够的水,故应用enough。