There was a farmer．He lived near a road．It was not a busy road，but from time to time，cars passed the farm．Near the farm gate，there was a big hole（洞）in the road．The road was always full of water, and the driver of the cars could not see how deep（深）the hole was．They thought that it was not deep．Then when they drove their cars into the hole，they could not drive out of it because it was so deep．The farmer didn't spend much time working on his farm．He spent most of it watching the hole．When a car drove into it, he pulled the car out with his tractor（拖拉机）and asked the driver a lot of money for doing this．

One day, the driver of a car said to him, "You must make a lot of money by pulling cars out of this hole day and night." "Oh, no," said the farmer, "I don't pull cars out of the hole at night. At night, I fill the hole with water."

1. There was a farmer _________.

A．at the gate                                                B．near the hole 

C．in the road                                                D．near the road

2. Many cars went into the hole because the drivers _________.

      A．were going too fast to stop                   B．didn't see the hole

C．didn't know the h01e was very deep            D．like driving through water

3. What did the farmer usually do every day?

A．He pulled the cars out of the hole. 

B．He filled the hole with water.

C．He worked on his farm.

D．Both A and B.

4. How did the farmer make money? He made it by _________.

A．growing things on his farm

B．selling water to the drivers

C．pulling cars out of the hole

D．mending the cars

5. From the story, we know_________．

A．the farmer liked to help others

B．the farmer was a hard-working（勤劳的）marl

C．the farmer was a good man

D．the farmer wasn't honest（诚实的）

There was once a farmer. He lived near a road. It was not a busy road, but from time to time, cars passed the farm.
Near the farm gate, there was a large hole in the road. This road was always full of water, and the drivers of the cars could not see how deep the hole was. They thought it was not deep.
Then when they drove into the hole, they could not drive out because it was too 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 the car out with his tractor(拖拉机) and the driver gave him a lot of money for doing this.
One day, the driver of a car said to him, “You must make a lot of money by pulling cars out of 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(填) the hole with water.”
【小题1】Many cars went into the hole because the drivers ________.

There was once a farmer. He lived near a road. It was not a busy road, but from time to time, cars passed the farm.

Near the farm gate, there was a large hole in the road. This road was always full of water, and the drivers of the cars could not see how deep the hole was. They thought it was not deep.

Then when they drove into the hole, they could not drive out because it was too 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 the car out with his tractor(拖拉机) and the driver gave him a lot of money for doing this.

One day, the driver of a car said to him, “You must make a lot of money by pulling cars out of 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(填) the hole with water.”

1.Many cars went into the hole because the drivers ________.

A．were going too fast to stop                B．did not see the hole

C．did not know the hole was very deep        D．liked driving through water

2.The farmer ________ at night.

A．pulled cars out of the hole in the road       B．filled the hole with water

C．laughed at the drivers of the cars           D．worked on his farm

3.The farmer made money from ________.

A．giving things                           B．selling water

C．pulling cars out of the hole                D．filling the hole with water

4.Which is the best title(标题) of the passage?

A．How to make money                     B．A helpful farmer

C．To drive more carefully                   D．The hole in the road

阅读理解．

　　There was once(从前) a farmer. He lived near a road. It was not a busy road, but from time to time, cars passed the farm.

　　Near the farm gate, there was a large hole in the road. This hole was always full of water, and the drivers could not see how deep the hole was. They thought it was probably shallow(浅的). Then when they drove into the hole, they could not drive out because it was so deep.

　　The farmer didn't spend(花费) much time working on his farm. He spent most of it watching the hole. When a car drove into it, he pulled(拖) the car out with his tractor(拖拉机) and charged(收费) the driver a lot of money for doing this.

　　One day, a driver said to him, “You must make much money by pulling cars out of 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(填) the hole with water.”

A．根据短文完成下列句子．

1．The farmer lived ________.

2．Many cars went into the hole because the drivers didn't know ________.

3．The farmer spent most of his time in ________.

4．The farmer made money by ________.

B．根据短文写出各词的反义词．

1．far _______　2．never(从不)_______　3．shallow_______　4．a little_______

　　Just at this time, a man on a horse came up to him. But the farmer felt disappeared when he saw the man. It was a great man and he lived near there. He thought the great man wouldn't help him, and hope another farmer would come up. But to his surprise, the great man got off his horse when he came near.”I see you need help,”he said,”I'm here just at the right time.”Then he took one of the bag and the farmer took the other. They lifted it together and put it on the horse.

　　“Sir”, asked the farmer,”how can I pay you?”“it's very easy,”the great man answered.”When you see anyone else in trouble, do the same for him.”

A．Because he was too young.

B．Because he was too old.

C．Because the bag was too heavy for him.

D．Because the bag was too large for him.

A．went away without stopping

B．asked another farmer to help him

C．came up to help him

D．gave him a lot of money

A．by giving him money

B．by giving him a horse

C．by giving him a bag of wheat

D．by helping others

阅读理解

　　Li Dong is a young man of twenty-five. Five years ago, when he finished middle school, he didn't go to college and went back to his village. But he didn't want to be a farmer and tried to find a job in the city. He lived there for a year. He liked to wear beautiful clothes and eat nice food, but be would not work hard. Of course he got little money. He had to come back again. With his parents' help, he planted hundreds of apple trees. His father took good care of the trees and in the autumn he harvested a lot of apples. He sold them and got much money. Soon he bought a motorbike in a shop. When he was riding it, he was very happy.

　　One afternoon the young man went out by motorbike. He rode very fast and soon got to the town. When he came near to the crossing, he saw a beautiful girl was waiting for a bus and she was one of his classmates. In a hurry to say hello to her, he knocked an old man down. Luckily, the old man was not badly hurt. “Why didn't you look around while you were crossing the street?” shouted Li Dong. “I've ridden my motorbike for six days, but I've never hit anybody!” “Don't show it off(炫耀), young man,” the old man said angrily. “I've lived in the town for about sixty years and no motorbikes have hit me!”

1．Li Dong was ________ when he went back to his village again.

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2．At first Li Dong wouldn't stay in the village because ________.

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A．he liked the comfortable life in the city

B．Li Dong did his best to go to college

C．he couldn't find any work there

D．he didn't have any farms there

3．Li Dong got little money in the city because ________.

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A．he liked to wear beautiful clothes

B．he liked to eat nice food

C．he couldn't find any work

D．he was too lazy to work hard

4．Li Dong wanted ________.

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A．to tell something important to the girl

B．to show off his new motorbike to the girl

C．to ask the girl to help him

D．to borrow some money from the girl

5．As ________, the old man was knocked down.

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A．he was walking in the middle of the road

B．Li Dong didn't look around while crossing the road

C．the young man rode the motorbike too fast

D．the young couldn't ride the motorbike