I was 14 when Mr. Ingram hired me as a farmhand. It was the first time I was actually for work. One day Mr. Ingram found an old truck that was in the soft, sandy soil of our field. It was full of melons that someone had tried to 38 from our farm before his truck got caught in the mud. Mr. Ingram explained that the truck’s owner would be soon, and he wanted me to watch and learn. It wasn’t long a local guy with a terrible reputation for fighting and stealing showed up with his two fully-grown sons. They looked really . Calmly Mr. Ingram said, “Well, I see you want to some watermelons from us.” There was a long before the man answered, “Yeah, I guess so. What are you for them?” “Twenty-five cents each.” “Well, I suppose that would be enough if you help me get my truck out of here,” the man said. It turned out to be our biggest sale of the summer, and an awful, perhaps violent incident had been. After they left, Mr. Ingram smiled and said to me, “Son, if you don’t forgive your, you’re going to run out of friends.”
试题分析：这是一个关于化敌为友的智慧小故事。14岁时，我第一次获得了一份有报酬的工作，被雇佣为农场工人。一次，一个当地人偷了一车的西瓜，准备离开时，车陷在了地里。无奈之下，他找到了农场主。农场主知道他偷瓜的意图，但却询问他是否需要买那一车的西瓜。最终双方达成协议，偷瓜者买了一车的西瓜，农场主帮他把拖拉机从泥地中弄出来。农场主对我说：“如果不原谅敌人，你将失去朋友。” 【小题1】 考查动词辨析。A相信；B准备好的；C付给报酬；D提供。It was the first time I was actually for work. 这是我第一次真正获得有劳动报酬的工作。故选C。 【小题2】考查动词过去分词做宾语辨析。A被困在；B坏的；C荒芜的；D失去的，丢失的。结合下文，“It was full of melons that someone had tried to from our farm before his truck got caught in the mud.”从his truck got caught in the mud可知，应填stuck，故选A。 【小题3】考查动词辨析。A移动；B偷窃；C售卖；D躲藏。根据下文可知，西瓜是属于农场的，但是卡车主人并没有给农场主付钱，所以应该是偷，故选B。 【小题4】考查动词辨析。A购买；B讨价还价；C返回；D寻找。根据下文，“It wasn’t long a local guy with a terrible reputation for fighting and stealing showed up with his two fully-grown sons.”不久之后，一个有着斗殴和偷窃不良名声的当地人带着儿子们出现了。可以推断为卡车主人会返回，故选C。 【小题5】考查It will be + adj + 从句的固定句型辨析。A直到；B在…之前；C关系代词；D自从。“It wasn’t long a local guy with a terrible reputation for fighting and stealing showed up with his two fully-grown sons.”不久之后，一个有着斗殴和偷窃不良名声的当地人带着两个儿子出现了，选B。 【小题6】考查形容词辨析。A惊讶的；B焦虑的；C熟悉的；D生气的。结合上文，本打算偷西瓜，但是准备离开的时候，车陷在了泥地里，不得已来找农场主，应该是生气，故选D。 【小题7】考查动词。根据后文，“It turned out to be our biggest sale of the summer”，这是那个夏天我们最大的一笔交易。可以推断，这里农场主表达的意思是，当地人想要买西瓜。故选B。 【小题8】考查动词短语辨析。A间断，间歇；B讨论；C看；D沉默。There was a long before the man answered。根据语境推断，在农场主说话后，当地人回答之前，当地人应该是长时间的沉默，故选D。 【小题9】考查动词辨析。A获得，得到；B提供；C支付；D找到。“Yeah, I guess so. What are you 44 for them?” “Twenty-five cents each.” 根据农场主的回答，每个西瓜卖25美分，可以知道，应该是问西瓜怎么卖，故选A。 【小题10】 考查形容词辨析。A必要的；B有用的；C容易的；D公平的。“Well, I suppose that would be enough if you help me get my truck out of here.”我想，如果你帮我将卡车弄出来，那将会很公平。当地人支付买瓜费用，农场主帮助其将卡车弄出来，双方公平交易，故选D。 【小题11】考查动词辨析。A停止；B避免；C处理；D教。It turned out to be our biggest sale of the summer, and an awful, perhaps violent incident had been.那是那个夏天我们最大的一笔交易，一场可能的暴力事件被化解。如果农场主采用一种激进的方式，揭穿当地人偷瓜未果的行为，双方极有可能发生暴力冲突，故选B。 【小题12】考查名词辨析。A错误；B邻居；C敌人；D西瓜。if you don’t forgive your, you’re going to run out of friends.如果不原谅敌人，你将失去朋友，故选C。 考点：考查记叙文阅读