Ⅵ. Read the passage and answer the questions.
Farmer John and Farmer Bob were neighbours. For more than 30 years, they had been getting along very well.
Then their good relationship broke. It began with a small thing, then bitter words, and then weeks of silence. One morning, John woke up to find a stream between the two farms. “It must be Bob,” John thought.
Then one day there was a knock on John’s door. He opened it to find a carpenter(木匠).
“I’m looking for a few days’ work,” the carpenter said.
“I do have a job for you,” John said. “Look across the stream at that farm. That’s my neighbour Bob. He dug a stream between the two farms. I want you to build a fence—an 8-foot fence. I don’t want to see his place or his face any more. I don’t have such a neighbour.”
The carpenter said, “I think I know what to do, sir, and I can do a job to your satisfaction.”
Farmer John helped the carpenter get the materials ready and then he was off.
About sunset when the farmer returned, the carpenter had just finished his job. The farmer’s eyes opened wide. There was no fence at all!
It was a bridge! And the neighbour, Bob, was coming across, with his hand outstretched (伸出). “Hi, John! You’re quite a fellow to build this bridge!”
Then they met in the middle, taking each other’s hands. “I’m really sorry for what I have said and done. We should be good to each other,” said Farmer Bob.
1. How did their relationship break?
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2. Why did Farmer John ask the carpenter to build a fence?
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3. What do you think of the carpenter?
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4. 将短文中画线的句子译成汉语。
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5. 请给短文拟一个适当的标题。
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1. It began with a small thing, then bitter words, and then weeks of silence.
2. Because he didn't want to see Bob/Bob's place/Bob's face any more.
3. He is very wise/clever/helpful.
4. 我为我所说的话和所做的事感到非常抱歉。
5. A Fence or a Bridge?

【分析】
这是一篇英语阅读理解题，解题思路为：1. 先通读全文，把握文章核心内容（两个农民因小事闹矛盾，木匠用智慧化解矛盾的故事）；2. 针对每个问题，定位原文对应段落，提取关键信息，整理成符合要求的答案；3. 翻译题需结合语境准确转换，标题题要概括文章核心情节。
【解析】
1. 问题询问两人关系破裂的过程，定位原文第二段，明确提到关系破裂始于一件小事，接着是恶语相向，最后是数周的沉默，直接提取即可。
2. 问题问John让木匠建栅栏的原因，定位原文第五段John的表述，他不想再看到Bob的地方或脸，据此整理答案。
3. 问题评价木匠，木匠本应建栅栏，却建桥化解了两人的矛盾，体现出他的智慧与乐于助人，据此作答。
4. 翻译画线句时，结合语境准确转换，“what I have said and done”译为“我所说的话和所做的事”，整句通顺翻译即可。
5. 标题需概括文章核心，文章围绕“栅栏（隔阂）”和“桥（和解）”展开，据此拟定标题。
【答案】
1. It began with a small thing, then bitter words, and then weeks of silence.
2. Because he didn't want to see Bob/Bob's place/Bob's face any more.
3. He is very wise/clever/helpful.
4. 我为我所说的话和所做的事感到非常抱歉。
5. A Fence or a Bridge?
【知识点】
阅读理解、英译汉、主旨大意
【点评】
本文是一篇记叙文，通过生活化的故事考查细节理解、翻译及主旨概括能力，题目难度适中，学生只需准确定位原文信息即可作答。
【难度系数】
0.6