Ⅳ. 完形填空
Years ago, a farmer owned land along the Atlantic coast. He wanted to hire(雇)people to 1 for him. But most people didn’t want to work on farms along the coast. They were afraid of the awful 2, which could destroy the buildings and crops.
Finally, a short, thin man came to the farmer. “Are you a good farm 3?” the farmer asked him. “Well, I can 4 when the wind blows,” answered the little man.
5 he was surprised by this answer, the farmer hired him. The little man worked well around the farm, busy all day, and the farmer felt 6 with the man’s work.
Then one night the wind started to blow hard. Jumping 7 the bed, the farmer took a lantern and rushed to the hired man’s room. He shook the little man and shouted, “ 8! A storm is coming!” The little man 9 over in bed and said, “ 10, sir. I told you, I can sleep when the wind blows.”
The farmer went 11 when he heard this. He wanted to ask him to leave immediately. He hurried outside to see the storm. To his surprise, he discovered that 12 of the haystacks(草堆)had been covered with tarps(油布). The cows were in the barn(畜棚), the chickens were in the coops(鸡笼), and all the doors were 13.
Everything was tied down. 14 could blow away. The farmer suddenly understood 15 his hired man meant, so he returned to his bed to sleep while the wind blew as well.
()1. A. kick
B. study
C. pay
D. work
()2. A. animals
B. people
C. storms
D. bosses
()3. A. hand
B. tool
C. machine
D. diary
()4. A. leave
B. run
C. sleep
D. sing
()5. A. Although
B. Because
C. When
D. If
()6. A. angry
B. bored
C. satisfied
D. sad
()7. A. up to
B. out of
C. onto
D. into
()8. A. Work out
B. Work yourself up
C. Go to bed
D. Get up
()9. A. put
B. rolled
C. thought
D. dropped
()10. A. No
B. OK
C. Yes
D. Sure
()11. A. happy
B. excited
C. crazy
D. pleased
()12. A. all
B. most
C. few
D. some
()13. A. designed
B. broken
C. opened
D. locked
()14. A. Anything
B. Something
C. Nothing
D. Everything
()15. A. how
B. what
C. why
D. that

1. D
2. C
3. A
4. C
5. A
6. C
7. B
8. D
9. B
10. B
11. C
12. A
13. D
14. C
15. B

1. 根据上下文，农民想雇人“为他工作”，work for him符合题意。
2. 根据后文描述，“可怕的风暴”是人们害怕在海岸边工作的原因，storms符合题意。
3. 农场需要的是农场工人，即farm hand，hand在此表示“工人”。
4. 根据后文“I can sleep when the wind blows”可知，小个子男人回答的是他能睡觉。
5. 农民虽然对这个回答感到惊讶，但还是雇了他，Although表示转折关系。
6. 根据前文“The little man worked well around the farm”可知，农民对男人的工作感到满意，satisfied符合题意。
7. 农民从床上跳起来，jump out of表示“从...中跳出来”。
8. 风暴来临，农民应该是要叫醒男人，Get up表示“起床”，但此处更侧重于紧急情况下的叫醒，但选项中只有Get up符合语境，表示农民急切地让男人起来。
9. 男人在床上翻了个身，rolled over表示“翻身”。
10. 男人对农民的话表示确认或回应，OK表示同意或确认。
11. 农民听到男人的话后很生气，crazy在此表示“非常生气”。
12. 根据后文描述，所有的草堆都被盖上了油布，all表示“所有的”。
13. 所有的门都被锁上了，locked表示“锁住”。
14. 根据前文描述，一切都绑得很紧，所以没有什么能被风吹走，Nothing表示“没有什么”。
15. 农民突然明白了他的雇工的意思，what表示“什么”，引导宾语从句。