Question

Two brothers worked together on a farm. One was married and had a large    36   .The other had no wife yet. Although they lived in different houses, they shared everything they got from their farm.

One day, the single brother said to himself, “It’s not    37    that we share all the rice. I’m   38    and I need less than my brother.” So, every night he took a bag of rice from his store-room and    39   across the field    40    their houses, putting it into his brother’s store-room.

At the same time, the married brother thought, “It’s not fair to share all the rice. I’m married and I have my wife and children to   41   me when I am   42  . However, my brother has no one to take care of his   43    .” So, each night he also took a bag of rice and put it into his brother’s store-room.

Several months passed by. They found    44   strange that their rice never became less. Then, one dark night the two brothers ran into each other. Slowly they began to understand what was happening. Their bags fell onto the ground and tears    45   their eyes at once.

（   ）36. A. group     B. family           C. class            D. team

（   ）37. A. right     B. popular      C. interesting      D. wrong

（   ）38. A. poor      B. happy            C. alone            D. rich

（   ）39. A. jumped        B. played           C. went         D. rode

（   ）40. A. from      B. through      C. off          D. between

（   ）41. A. look after    B. look for     C. look out     D. look at

（   ）42. A. worried       B. old          C. healthy      D. dead

（   ）43. A. hope      B. children     C. farm         D. future

（   ）44. A. them      B. this             C. it               D. that

（   ）45. A. appeared      B. filled           C. dropped      D. rose   

Answer 1

【主旨大意】本文讲述的是在农场做工两兄弟。其中一个娶妻生子，另一个独身。由于他们为对方着想，就相互地每晚对方送一袋大米。几个月后，他们奇怪地发现大米的袋数没有少。直到一个漆黑的夜里他们相遇，才明白了一切，他们的眼里立刻充满的泪水。真是情谊无价。

36. B解析：由于一个结婚可知他有一个大的家庭，故选B。

37. A解析：由语境可知此空应填right, 意为“是不正确的，我们分享所有的大米”。

38. C解析：由句“The other had no wife yet”可知他是“独自一人”，故选C。

39. C解析：go across 意为“穿过”。

40. D解析：由句“they lived in different houses”可知，他们居住在不同房子里。也就是两个房子之间有一定的距离。故此空应填between.

41. A解析：look after意为“照顾，关心”。

42. B解析：由句意应为“当我老了的时候，我有妻子和孩子照顾”，故此空应填old.

43. D解析：句意为“我哥哥没有照顾他的未来”。故选D。

44. C解析：it代替上文的“这件事”。

45. B解析： 根据语意可知“眼里充满泪水”，故用fill.