My grandfather had a small farm. He also worked in a factory.

   One autumn,he promised to help his neighbor harvest their com,but after harvesting his own com,Grandpa's little com picker broke. In order to keep his job,he had to leave the farm before dawn and didn't get home until after sunset. It now seemed impossible to help out his neighbor.

   One night,Grandpa decided that he wouldn’t let his neighbor's harvest rot (腐爛的) in the field. Without a machine,he’d harvest it by hand.

   “When do you think you’d have time to do it?” asked my grandma. “Besides,it’d be too dark. ”

   “I know of one night that I could do it!” he said. “There's still one more full moon in October. If the weather is clear,I think I can do it. ”

   And so a few days later,after a long shift at the factory,my grandpa made his way to the field. The weather was cold but clear,and the moon was glowing. He worked through the night to keep his word.

   Sometimes,when I want to put off responsibilities,Fd see my grandfather cutting com in the light of the harvest moon. Behind him,row after row of com stalks (秸稈) stand in respect for a man who keeps his word.

1. It was hard for the writer's grandfather to help his neighbor because .

   A. he was too tired to carry on

   B. he had too much work to do in his own field

   C. his little com picker broke and he was very busy in his job

   D. the weather was terrible

2. The underlined part “dawn” in the passage probably means“”.

   A. 黎明   B. 正午

   C. 傍晚   D. 深夜

3. The writer's grandpa worked in the field .

   A. after the sunset

   B. with a full moon in the sky

   C. with his machine

   D. by hand

4. What did the writer learn from the writer's Grandpa's story?

   A. A man should keep his word.

   B. Few words,many deeds.

   C. Time and tide wait for no man.

   D. Goals determine what you are going to be.

1. C 2. A 3. D 4. A

   爺爺答應鄰居幫他收割玉米,但是爺爺?shù)男∮衩资崭顧C 在收割完自己的玉米后壞掉了,而且他自己的工作很忙,天 亮前離開天黑了才回家,但是為了兌現(xiàn)自己的諾言,他利用 晚上用手來為鄰居收割玉米。作者從爺爺?shù)男袨橹卸昧?一個道理,那就是人要遵守諾言。

1. C 細節(jié)理解題。由第二段的 Grandpa's little com picker broke可知,爺爺?shù)男∮衩资崭顧C壞了,故他發(fā)現(xiàn)很難 幫助他的鄰居收割玉米了,故選C項。

2. A詞義猜測題。由上下文可知,為了工作,他必須天亮前就離開農(nóng)場,天黑了才回來。由此可猜測dawn的意思 是“黎明”,由此可知正確答案為A項。

3. D細節(jié)理解題。由第三段最后-句“Without a machine,he’d harvest it by hand. ”可知,沒有了收割機,他想用手 收割玉米。由此可知正確答案為D項。

4. A主旨大意題。最后一段提到了 corn stalks stand in respect for a man who keeps his word,由此可知,作者認 為一個遵守諾言的人是值得尊敬的,故他從爺爺那里 學到的是人要遵守諾言。

題目來源:一本英語閱讀理解與完形填空150篇中考 > TEST4

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