Long ago there was a poor farmer in Russia. He had been very__1__with everything he had. However，when he found his elder brother was_2_

◎ 题干

Long ago there was a poor farmer in Russia. He had been very__1__with everything he had. However，when he found his elder brother was_2__than him，he felt disappointed. So he__3_hard about how he could also be richer. Finally he got an idea. He started to spend less money on food and clothes to__4__some money to buy more land. Once he had enough money，he started__5_for land.
He__6__that on the neighboring land，there were some nomads (游牧民) living there. He bought some gifts and went to__7__their head. He presented the gifts to the head and told him the__8__of his visit. The head welcomed him，accepted the gifts and agreed to his_9__to get the land. The head told him that he could have the land__10__giving him anything. He can take as much land as he could__11__by walking through the land before sunset (日落)．He should start in the morning and whatever distance he could travel during the__12_，he could have it.
The farmer became very__13__when he heard this offer. Now he could have lots of__14__without paying anything. He came_15_the next morning and started running，not walking，__16__he could cover the largest area. To reach his goal，he neither ate food，nor drank water，nor had any rest. He just continued__17__.Without eating，or drinking，or resting he just got very__18__.When he came back to the head in the evening，he__19__right on the spot. Sadly his son buried him in a piece of land about 6 x 4 feet.
Don’t be greedy (贪婪的) or you will__20__everything finally.

小题1:

A．careful　　　

B．pleased

C．bored　　　

D．busy

小题2:

A．healthier

B．stronger

C．richer

D．cleverer

小题3:

A．thought

B．learned

C．tried

D．worked

小题4:

A．borrow

B．spend

C．make

D．save

小题5:

A．waiting

B．looking

C．preparing

D．caring

小题6:

A．explained

B．hoped

C．noticed

D．guessed

小题7:

A．see

B．follow

C．help

D．cheat

小题8:

A．chance

B．result

C．condition

D．purpose

小题9:

A．promise

B．request

C．suggestion

D．order

小题10:

A．for

B．by

C．without

D．before

小题11:

A．cover

B．farm

C．buy

D．have

小题12:

A．year

B．month

C．week

D．day

小题13:

A．interested

B．sad

C．happy

D．calm

小题14:

A．land

B．crop

C．experience

D．knowledge

小题15:

A．quietly

B．early

C．finally

D．suddenly

小题16:

A．so that

B．even if

C．because

D．whether

小题17:

A．dreaming

B．walking

C．speaking

D．running

小题18:

A．nervous

B．excited

C．tired

D．worried

小题19:

A．refused

B．died

C．appeared

D．rested

小题20:

A．lose

B．face

C．change

D．defeat

◎ 答案

查看答案

◎ 解析

查看解析

◎ 知识点

根据n多题专家分析，试题“Long ago there was a poor farmer in Russia. He had been very__1__with everything he had. However，when he found his elder brother was_2__than him，he felt disa…”主要考查了你对【人物传记类阅读】，【故事类阅读】等知识点的理解和应用能力。关于这些知识点的“档案”，你可以点击相应的链接进行查看和学习。

◎ 相似题

与“Long ago there was a poor farmer in Russia. He had been very__1__with everything he had. However，when he found his elder brother was_2__than him，he felt disa”考查相似的试题有：

● When I walk through the streets of San Francisco’s business districts, white people stare at me as if I were a circus clown.Their staring eyes don’t see that ● John Smith, an office worker, lives in Washington. He inherited (继承) a million dollars when he was 23, but he wasn’t happy at a11. When his college friends ● Walking round the large shop, Edith realized how difficult it was to choose a suitable Christmas for her father.She that he were as easy to please as her mother ● Mary was seven years old. Her parents recently moved to a new town, and so Mary was going to aschool, which was a few kilometers from the house they lived in no ● I began working in journalism (新闻业) when I was eight. It was my mother’s idea. She wanted me to “make something” of myself, and decided I had better start