单选题
A

根据下面短文回答下列问题。
There was once a farmer (农夫) who lived near a road. Near the farm gate, there was a large hole (洞，坑) in the road. This hole was always full of water, and the drivers of the ears could not see how deep (深的) the hole was. Then when they drove into the hole, they could not drive out because it was so deep.
The farmer did not spend much time working on his farm. He spent most of it watching the hole. When a car drove into it, he pulled (拖，拉) the car out with his tractor (拖拉机) and got a lot of money from the driver for doing this.
One day, the driver of a car said to him, "You must make a lot of money pulling cars out of the this hole night and day."
"Oh, no," the farmer said. "I don't pull cars out of the hole at night. At night I fill the hole with water./

单选题 Where did the farmer live?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】根据短文第一句，他住在一条大路旁。因此答案为[A]。
单选题 Many cars went into the hole because the drivers ______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】根据短文，因为大坑里注满了水，司机们判断不出坑有多深，以为仅是个小水洼，而开过去就会陷进去；因此答案为[C]。
单选题 What did the farmer do all day?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】根据短文，他不做什么农活，而是把大部分时间花在守护这个大坑上，一旦有车陷进去，他就帮着将车拉出来，收取大量费用。因此答案为[A]。
单选题 How did the farmer make money?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】根据短文，他是靠往坑里注水，让司机们看不出坑有多深，一旦车陷进坑里，他就帮着将车拉出来挣钱。因此答案为[B]。