Long ago, in a small village of Wakefield lived two farmers, Harry and Peter. Harry was very hard working while Peter was            , Every day Harry got up early and came home late, but Peter walked around for fun.

　　  One summer there was no            and the crops（庄稼）were dying. Harry thought, “I must do something to save these crops, or they shall die.” With this            in mind, he went out to find a river so that he could dig a canal (沟渠) to his field. He walked on and on, feeling tired and thirsty. After a            search, he found a river full of blue water. He was very happy. He started digging a canal to his field.            it was noon his wife sent their daughter to bring Harry home           lunch. But Harry did not go. He did not want to leave his work unfinished. He completed his work            at night. He was very satisfied.

　　He went home and had a good meal and           into a sound sleep.

　　Peter did the same. But he was not at all determined (有决心的). He also            digging a canal to his field but he didn't have his work completed. His field did not get            water and all his crops died.

　　Harry’s field would be watered when needed. He had a good harvest because of his hard work.

1.A. cruel                B.1azy                 C. careless  

2.A. rain                B. wind                 C. cloud  

3.A. dream              B. problem              C. thought

4.A. quick              B. long                  C. slow   

5.A. When              B. Although              C. Unless

6.A. to                 B. for                   C. with  

7.A. early               B. late                  C. deep

8.A. fell                B. looked                C. turned  

9.A. stopped             B. forgot                C. started

10.A. clean              B. fresh                 C. enough

 

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　　Peter is a new soldier and  1 in the army for three months. He does  2 in everything, but his shooting (射击) is too bad.

　　One day an officer taught the new soldiers  3 shoot at the target (靶子) , he gave Peter ten bullets (子弹). Peter began to shoot.  4 he had shot at the target nine times and had not hit once, the officer got angry and said, “You are hopeless (没希望), Peter! Don't waste (浪费) your last bullet again! Go behind that wall and shoot yourself  5 it.

　　Peter's face  6 red. He went behind that wall and a few seconds  7 , the officer and the other soldiers  8 the sound of the gun.

　　“Dear!” the officer said, “Has that man really shot  9 ?”He ran behind the wall, but Peter was all right. “I'm sorry, sir,”he said, “but I  10 again.”

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　　It was a market day (集市日) . A man stood behind his table and was selling nuts. He had many bags of nuts. Suddenly the man remembered something. “Today I must go to town. But who will sell these nuts for me?”

　　“Peter, ” he turned to a boy and said, “will you help me sell these nuts?”“Yes, I' m glad to, ” answered the boy. “But for the first hour I want to get one nut. ”

　　“Only one? This isn't much!”

　　“And for the second hour the double of it, that is two nuts. ”

　　“Just two? This isn't much, either. And for the third hour?”

　　“Again the double, four nuts. And for every further hour you have to pay me twice the nuts for the preceding (在前的) hour. ”

　　“This isn't much! ” said the man. “I will be back in five hours. Or maybe I' ll have to stay in town a bit longer. Now sit here with my nuts! ”

　　The man went away. Five hours passed and still the man wasn't back. Soon it was getting dark. The boy didn't leave. He sat at the market for exactly 24 hours.

　　The next morning the man came back. He said to Peter, “Give me your pocket! I' ll give you the nuts! ”“Into my pocket?” the boy laughed and then said, “The pocket is too small. You must give me a cartload (一车所载的量) of nuts . All these bags belong to (属于) me now. ” “What?”shouted the man. “You must be mad (疯的) . ”　　But the boy was right. Do you know why?

1．The man had to go to town because ________

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A．it was a market day

B．he suddenly thought of something

C．a boy was standing behind his table

D．a boy would sell the nuts for him

2．The boy helped the man sell the nuts ________.

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A．only to practise his maths

B．because he was glad to

C．because he was mad

D．because he wanted to get some nuts from the man

3．The man didn' t return until ________.

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4．The man was very surprised to know ________.

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A．the boy laughed at him

B．the boy's pocket was too small

C．the boy went mad suddenly

D．he didn't have enough nuts to pay the boy