【題目】People are like potatoes. After potatoes have been harvested they have to 【1】(spread)out and sorted in order to get the maximum market dollar. They are divided according to size—big, 【2】 and small. After the potatoes have been sorted and bagged, 【3】 are loaded onto trucks. All Idaho potato farmers use this method—all but 【4】.

One farmer never bothered to sort the potatoes at all. Yet he made the most money. A 【5】(puzzle) neighbor finally asked him, “【6】 is your secret？” He said, “It's simple. I just load up the wagon with 【7】 and take the roughest road to town. During the eight－mile trip, the little potatoes always fall to the 【8】. The medium potatoes land in the middle, 【9】 the big potatoes rise to the top.” That's not only true 【10】 potatoes. It is a law of life. Big potatoes rise to the top on rough roads, and tough people rise to the top in rough times.

【答案】

【1】be spread

【2】medium

【3】they

【4】one

【5】puzzled

【6】What

【7】potatoes

【8】bottom

【9】while

【10】of

【解析】本文通過一個農(nóng)民用自己獨(dú)特的方法賣土豆掙了很多錢的故事，解釋了一個人生哲理。大土豆在粗糙的路上來到了上面，堅(jiān)強(qiáng)的人們在磨難的時候達(dá)到自己的頂峰。

【1】句意：土豆收獲之后，他們必須攤開并分類，以獲得最大的市場價值。have to do sth.不得不做某事，此處是一般式的被動式，故答案為be spread。

【2】句意：按著大、中、小他們被分開。可知此空的答案為medium中等的。

【3】句意：土豆被整理和裝袋之后，它們被裝上卡車。此處用they指代前面的potatoes，故答案為they。

【4】句意：所有Idaho 種土豆的農(nóng)民除了一個農(nóng)民之外，其余都用這種方法。all but one除一個 … 之外其余都 …，可知答案為one。

【5】句意：一個感到疑惑的鄰居問他，“你的秘密是什么？”，可知答案為puzzled。

【6】句意：一個感到疑惑的鄰居問他，“你的秘密是什么？”，可知答案為What。注意大寫開頭。

【7】句意：我只是把土豆裝在四輪馬車上，然后沿著最難走的路來到城鎮(zhèn)�？芍鸢笧�potatoes。

【8】句意：8英里的旅途，小土豆就都落在最底部，而大土豆升到最上面�？芍鸢笧�bottom。

【9】句意：8英里的旅途，小土豆就都落在最底部，而大土豆升到最上面。前后是鮮明的對比，可知用并列連詞while。

【10】句意：那不僅是土豆的真實(shí)性，它也是人生的一個法則。可知答案為of。

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