Question

【題目】閱讀下面短文，并用英語回答問題（請注意每小題后面的詞數要求）。

My father used to work in the city and seldom stayed at home. But he would come back and help to harvest (收割) rice every year.

One autumn, he promised to help our neighbor, who lost his arms in a traffic accident in 1999, to harvest his rice. After father harvested our own, his little rice picker broke. What's worse, he had to return to work the next day because his partner was ill in hospital. It meant that father wouldn't be back in a few days. It now seemed impossible to help out the neighbor.

Father told us that he wouldn't let the neighbor's rice rot (腐爛) in the field. He decided to harvest it by hand without a machine. "If tonight's weather is clear, I think I can do it." added my father. In fact, he was rather tired after a day's harvest work.

After dinner, father had a short rest and made his way to the field. A full moon was glowing (發(fā)光) in the sky and the weather was cold but clear. He spent the whole night keeping his word.

I would never forget the image (畫面): father was cutting rice in the light of the harvest moon. Behind him, row after row of rice stocks (秸稈) stood at attention, showing respect for a man who kept his word.

【1】What happened to the neighbor?（不超過10個詞）

【2】Why was father required to return to work?（不超過10個詞）

【3】How long did father spend in harvesting the neighbor's rice?（不超過5個詞）

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 He lost his arms in a traffic accident.

【2】 Because his partner was ill in hospital.

【3】 The whole night.

【解析】

本文講述了父親為了遵守諾言，幫助鄰居收割水稻，整晚沒有睡覺的故事。

【1】根據One autumn, he promised to help our neighbor, who lost his arms in a traffic accident in 1999, to harvest his rice.可知，鄰居在一次交通事故中失去了胳膊，故為He lost his arms in a traffic accident.

【2】根據What's worse, he had to return to work the next day because his partner was ill in hospital.可知，父親被要求回去上班，是因為他的搭檔生病住院了，故為Because his partner was ill in hospital.

【3】根據He spent the whole night keeping his word.I would never forget the image (畫面): father was cutting rice in the light of the harvest moon. 可知，父親花費整個晚上來幫助鄰居收割水稻，故為The whole night.