WhenmysonGenewasabout12yearsold,Istartedhelpinghimlearn...
问题详情:
When my son Gene was about 12 years old, I started helping him learn to 41 . I bought twenty chickens and asked him to 42 them. I told him that they would be his own chickens and we would 43 the eggs from him. However, he would have to buy chicken 44 with the money he made from the eggs. Whatever money was 45 would be his to keep. Gene was 46 , thinking he would make his first 47 .
After several weeks’ successful work, I began to 48 that egg production was going down. I 49 nothing about it. Then one night, Gene told me he didn’t have 50 money to buy the feed. He said the chickens had never 51 a meal and he could not figure out why some of them had stopped 52 eggs.
Then I asked him if he had 53 the amount of feed he had given the chickens. He was 54 . It was like he did not think anyone would ever 55 what he had done. After a long 56 , he said yes. He thought he would make more money if he gave them 57 food. I asked him, “Did you fool the chickens?”
I was just astonished at the question in my own 58 . I was dumbfounded(惊呆) at the 59 of it. Yes, you can fool everyone else, but you cannot “fool the chickens”, because 60 , you will find out, as the saying goes, “What goes around comes around.”
41. A. cook B. share C. count D. work
42. A. take care of B. observe C. train D. play with
43. A. save B. borrow C. buy D. keep
44. A. nest B. soup C. meat D. feed
45. A. given back B. picked up C. left over D. brought in
46. A. thrilled B. worried C. satisfied D. discouraged
47. A. deal B. contribution C. fortune D. choice
48. A. hear B. notice C. predict D. imagine
49. A. said B. found C. thought D. recalled
50. A. private B. honest C. pocket D. enough
51. A. missed B. wasted C. enjoyed D. finished
52. A. eating B. laying C. gathering D. hiding
53. A. balanced B. checked out C. cut down D. measured
54. A. delighted B. shocked C. tired D. disappointed
55. A. forgive B. allow C. discuss D. know
56. A. silence B. absence C. discussion D. preparation
57. A. heavy B. fresher C. less D. solid
58. A. life B. job C. case D. mind
59. A. explanation B. significance C. trick D. example
60. A. in this respect B. in the end C. on the contrary D. in addition
【回答】
41-45 DACDC
46-50 ACBAD
51-55 ABCBD
56-60 ACDBB
知识点:人物传记 故事阅读类
题型:完型填空