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2.TheHoleInTheGround
Therewasonceafarmerwholivedneararoad.
Itwasnotabusyroad,butfromtimetotime,carspassedthefarm.
Nearthefarmgate,therewasalargeholeintheroad.
Thisholewasalwaysfullofwater,andthedriversofthecarscouldnotseehowdeeptheholewas.Theythoughtitwasprobablyshallow.
Thenwhentheydroveintothehole,theycouldnotdriveoutbecauseitwassodeep.
Thefarmerdidnotspendmuchtimeworkingonhisfarm.Hespentmostofitwatchingthehole.
Whenacardroveintoit,hepulledthecaroutwithhistractorandchargedthedriveralotofmoneyfordoingthis.
Oneday,thedriverofacarsaidtohim,"Youmustmakealotofmoneypullingcarsoutofthisholenightandday."
"Oh,no,"thefarmersaid."Idon'tpullcarsoutoftheholeatnight.AtnightIfilltheholewithwater."
NewWordsandExpressions
hole洞,坑
deep深的
probably很可能
shallow,浅的
spend用(钱),花(时间)等
tractor拖拉机
charge收费
fill钱
EXERCISE1,
1.Choosethebestanswera,b,cord,tothesequestionsaboutthestory.
在a,b,c,d中选出一个最适合本故事的答案。
A.Wheredidthefarmerlive?
(a)neararoad
(b)inaholeintheroad
(c)inalargecar
(d)underatractor
B.Manycarswentintotheholebecausethedrivers
(a)weregoingtoofasttostop.
(b)didnotseethehole.
(c)didnotknowtheholewasverydeep.
(d)likeddrivingthroughwater.
C.Whatdidthefarmerdoallday?
(a)pulledcarsoutoftheholeintheroad
(b)filledtheholewithwater
(c)laughedatthedriversofthecars
(d)workedonhisfarm
D.Howdidthefarmermakemoney?
(a)fromgrowingthings
(b)fromsellingwater
(c)frompullingcarsoutofthehole
(d)fromfillingtheholewithwater
2.Completethesentences(a)to(d)withphrasesfrom(e)to(h).
用(e)至(h)完成(a)至(d)的不完整句子。
(a)Theroadwasnot••(e)thatwasalwaysbusybutfullofwater.
(b)Therewasahole••(f)pullingthemoutintheroadofthehole.
(c)Manydriversdrove••(g)carspassedfromintotheholebecausetimetotime.
(d)Thefarmercharged••(h)theydidnotknowpeopleforitwasdeep.
3.Findwordsinthestorythatareoppositeinmeaningtothefollowing.
在故事中找出下列词的反义词。
(a)far________(c)shallow________
(b)never______(d)alittle_________
4.Completethefollowingsentencesaboutthestorybyputtinginthemissingwords.
在下列有关本故事的句子的空白处填上所缺的词。
(a)Therewasahole__________aroadnearafarm.
(b)Thisholewasalways__________ofwater.
(c)Manycarsdroveinto__________hole.
(d)Afarmerchargedthe__________topullthemoutofthe
holewithhistractor.
(e)Atnighthe__________theholewithwater.
5.Answerthesequestionsaboutthestoryinoneortwowords.
用一、两个词回答下列有关本故事的问题。
(a)Wholivedneararoad?
____________________________
(b)Whatwasintheroad?
____________________________
(c)Whatwasitalwaysfullof?
_________________________
(d)Whatdroveintoit?
_______________________________
(e)Whatdidthefarmerpullthemoutwith?
_______________
(f)Whatdidhechargethedrivers?
_____________________
(g)Whatdidhefilltheholewithatnight?
________________
6.Whichofthefollowingdrawingsbestillustratesthestory?
哪一幅图最能说明故事的意思?
Usage用法说明
OPPOSITES(反义词)
在故事中,出现了下列几组反义词。
deep(深的)—shallow(浅的)
night(夜晚)-day(白天)
以下几组也是反义词:
cold–hot
tall-short
fat–thin
clean-dirty
EXERCISEII
Writetheoppositewordofthesewords.
找出下列词的反义词
(a)happy— (b)stupid—
(c)interesting— (d)slow—
(e)beautiful—(f)expensive—
(g)rich—(h)thick—
(i)big—(j)wet—
CHARGE
Charge作动词解时意为“收取……的钱”。
例如:
Howmuchdoyouchargeforahaircut?
Thetaxidriverchargedme$50.