There once was a farmer who lost his watch in his barn（谷仓）. The watch was very cheap but it was very 1 to him because it was a gift from his father. After 2 the barn for a long time, he gave up and asked for 3 from a group of children playing nearby. He 4 them that the person who found the watch would be rewarded（报偿）. Hearing this, the children hurried inside the barn 5 . They searched everywhere but still could not find the 6 . Just when the farmer was going to give up, a little boy went up to him and asked to be given another 7 . The farmer looked at him and thought, “Why not? After all, this kid looks honest.” So the farmer 8 the little boy back into the barn. After a while the little boy came out with the watch in his hand! The surprised farmer asked the boy how he 9__ where others had failed. The boy replied, “I did nothing but sit quietly and listen for the sound of the watch.” This shows us that sometimes a 10 mind can think better than an excited one.
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小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:C
小题6:D
小题7:B
小题8:B
小题9:C
小题10:C
题目分析：本文叙述了一个农场主把他父亲送他的一只表丢在了谷仓里。他找了好久都没找到，后来他让在附近玩的孩子们帮忙找。好多孩子都没找到。只有一个孩子在别人都找的时候静静地听表的声音，最后他找到了那只表。
小题1:考查形容词及上下文的呼应。A. important 重要的；B. expensive 昂贵的；C. useless无用的； D. interesting有趣的。因为本句话中有一个转折，所以此句意为“这表很便宜但对于他来说却很重要，因为那是他父亲给他的。”故选Ａ。
小题2:考查动词辨析及上下文的呼应。根据第一段得知，那表对于他来是很重要，所以他肯定在谷仓里搜索了很长时间。A. findinｇ是发现，watching是观看；D. studying是研究，学习；所以选B. searching搜索。
小题3:考查名词辨析及上下文的呼应。A. money钱；B. danger危险；C. work 工作；D. help帮助。通过下一段说谁找到表就会得到报偿，可知他是让孩子们帮他找。故选Ｄ。
小题4:考查动词辨析及上下文的呼应。A. promised许诺； B. taught教；D. believed 相信；C. warned警告。根据下文中孩子们都努力地找，可知他承诺谁能找到表就给他报偿 。故选A。
小题5:考查副词辨析及上下文的呼应。A. angrily 生气地；B. slowly慢慢地；C. quickly迅速地；D. hardly几乎不。因为上一段提到会给找到表的人报偿，所以孩子们肯定迅速地跑进谷仓找表。故选Ｃ。
小题6:考查名词辨析及上下文的呼应。A. rule规则，统治； B. book书；C. child孩子；D. watch表。整篇文章讲的都是找那只表的经过，所以这句话应该是“他们搜索了每个地方，但仍然没找到那只表。”故答案选Ｄ。
小题7:考查名词辨析及上下文的呼应。A. way方式，方法； B. chance 机会；C. lesson课；D. smile微笑。根据下文男孩又回到谷仓并找到那只表，可知这里是男孩要农场主再给他一次机会。故选Ｂ。
小题8:考查动词辨析及上下文的呼应。根据下一句“After a while the little boy came out”可知男孩又回到了谷仓，sent sb. back to sp.派/送某人回某地，故选Ｂ。
小题9:考查动词辨析及上下文的呼应。因为别的孩子都没找到，而这个男孩最终找到了表，所以这句要表达的意思是“农夫问他是怎么样在别人都失败的地方成功找到的。”A. came来；B. knew 知道；C. succeeded成功；D. suggested建议，暗示。故选Ｃ。
小题10:考查形容词辨析及上下文的呼应。因为前面讲很多孩子到处找都没找到，而这个男孩只是安静地听表的声音，这表明有时安静地人比活跃的人思考的更好。A. beautiful美丽的；B. smart 聪明的；C. peaceful安静的；D. quick快的。故选C。
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