Question

(2014 •益陽中考) 

   An old man lived alone in Australia. He wanted to dig up his potato garden,but it was very 1 work. His only son,who always 2 him in the past,was then in prison (監獄) . So the old man wrote a letter to his son and said：

Dear son,

   I am feeling pretty bad because I won’t be able to 3 potatoes in my garden this year. I'm just getting too old to 4 a garden. If you were here,all my 5 would be over. I know you would dig up the garden for me if you 6 in prison.

Love 

Dad 

   Soon the old man 7 a letter ,“Dad,don't dig up the garden!That's where I buried (埋藏) the guns!”

   At 8 a. m. the next morning,some 8 came and dug up the whole garden without finding any guns. The old man was surprised and wrote another 9 to his son. He told him what had happened,and 10 him what to do next.

   His son's reply was: “ You could plant your potatoes,Dad. It's the best I could do for you. ”

1. A. hard   B. interesting   C. simple

2. A. taught   B. helped   C. changed

3. A. cook   B. put   C. plant

4. A. put up   B. get up   C. dig up

5. A. trouble   B. illness   C. danger

6. A. weren’t   B. stayed   C. were

7. A. wrote   B. received   C. sent

8. A. friends   B. neighbors   C. policemen

9. A. diary   B. report   C. letter 

10. A. told   B. called   C. asked

Answer 1

l. A 考査詞義辨析。根據短文第二句中 的but可知，“挖園地”對于老人來說是一項 “繁重的工作”，故選A.

2. B 考査語境理解。根據“His only son他 唯一的兒子”可知，“過去是他兒子幫助他做 這個活”，故選B.

3. C 考査語境理解。根據空格后的potatoes 和“I am feeling pretty bad我感覺很糟糕”可 知句意為“今年我不能在園地里種土豆了”。 故選C.

4. C 考査詞義辨析。句意為“我年齡太大 ,挖不動土了”。故選C.

5. A 考査詞義辨析。本句為虛擬語氣，意為 “如果你在這里，所有這些煩惱就都沒有 了”。故選A.

6. A 考査推理判斷。根據you would dig up the garden for me你會給我挖園地” 可知，是如果他兒子不在監獄里。故選A.

7. B 考査詞義辨析。根據后面“Dad,don't dig up the garden!”可知是他兒子給他回信， 也是他收到了兒子的信，故選B.

8. C 考查語境理解。根據后面“without Hnding any guns.沒有找到槍”可知，是來了 一批警察挖地找槍，故選C.

9. C 考査詞義辨析。根據“ wrote another. .. to his son”和“He told him”可知， 這里是老人又給兒子寫了封信。故選C.

10. C 考査詞義辨析。根據后面的“what to do next”可知，這里是老人問兒子下一步做 什么。故選C.