Question

通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案，并将答案写在题前括号内。

One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas when they saw a horseshoe on the ground. The father said to his son, “Look at the horseshoe on the ground. Go and_______the horseshoe and put it in your bag, my son. ” But Thomas said, “If I do so, it will waste my time. ” His father said nothing but picked it up himself. When they________a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and________some strawberries with the money.

The father and the son went on walking. The sun was high up in the________. They soon drank up all their water and there was not a house or even a tree for them to have a rest. Thomas felt________thirsty to walk on. At that time, his father gave him a strawberry and he________ate it. After a while, his father gave him another strawberry and once again, his son got it quickly and put it in his mouth.

And so they_______walking. The old farmer gave strawberries and the son ate them. When Thomas had eaten up all the strawberries, his father said to him, “My dear son, if you picked up that________, you would have your own strawberries to eat. Always remember the________: if you don’t worry about the little things, you will find it difficult to do the________things. ”

1.A.give up B.put up C.pick up D.take up

2.A.got on B.got to C.got off D.got down

3.A.threw B.bought C.sold D.found

4.A.sky B.tree C.head D.ground

5.A.rather B.very C.quite D.too

6.A.hardly B.almost C.politely D.quickly

7.A.came on B.turned on C.went on D.worked on

8.A.strawberries B.water C.horseshoe D.money

9.A.time B.effort C.subject D.lesson

10.A.great B.simple C.rich D.tiny

Answer 1