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Tom is the son of a farm owner. One New Year’s Day, when he was 15, his father asked him 36   on the farm for one year when he was free. Tom was 37   with his father’s idea.“That isn’t my job. I have  38  school work to do.” Hearing this, his father said, “I promise to give you the best present if you  39   finish one year’s work.” Tom thought for a while and 40   .

Starting one Saturday, the boy got up early and worked hard until evening, just like  41 farmer. Time passed quickly. Tom’s crops(庄稼) grew well. 42   the last day of the year, the father called his son to him. “I’m happy to see that you have worked very hard the whole year,” said the father. “Now, tell me  43   you want.”

The boy smiled and showed his father a big piece of bread   44   his wheat. I’ve already got the best present: No pain, no gain. I think this is what you wanted me to know.” His father was  45   to hear that.

36. A. works          B. work             C. to work        D. working

37. A. happy           B. excited           C. exciting        D. unhappy   

38. A. much too         B. too much         C. a lot           D. many

39. A. can              B. need             C. must          D. should

40. A. said             B. answered          C. agreed         D. asked

41. A. other            B. the others          C. any else        D. any other

42. A. On              B. At                C. In             D. From

43. A. where            B. what             C. which          D. why

44. A. made by          B. made of           C. made in         D. made from

45. A. pleased           B. unpleased          C. unsatisfied      D. sad

【文章大意】本文主要讲述的是Tom的爸爸答应Tom，如果他能帮着干一年的农活，就会给他一件礼物。Tom像其他农夫一样在地里干活，他的庄稼长得很好。一年过去了，爸爸问他要什么礼物，他认为他懂得了没有付出就没有回报是他要的礼物，爸爸听了很高兴。

36.C【解析】本题考查动词不定式的用法。ask sb. to do sth.表示让某人去做某事。故本题选C。

37.D【解析】从后文“That isn’t my job.”可以看出Tom并不乐意接这个工作。故本题选D。

38.B【解析】本题考查词组的意思，much too表示太，too much表示太多，a lot表示很多，后接of可修饰名词，many表示许多，修饰可数名词。文中school work是不可数名词，故本题选B。

39.A【解析】本题考查情态动词的用法。can表示能，need表示需要，must表示必须，should表示应该。根据题意：如果你能完成一年的工作，我可以给你一个礼物。故本题选A。

40.C【解析】根据上下文意思，Tom想了一会儿同意了。agreed表示同意。故本题选C。

41.D【解析】备选答案中the others和any else为名词，不能修饰名词，other修饰复数名词，any other修饰单数名词，表示任何其他的。故本题选D。

42.A【解析】本题考查介词的意思。on表示某一具体时间，at表示在某一时刻，in表示在，from表示从，根据题意，在那年的最后一天。这里表示具体时间，故本题选A。

43.B【解析】根据上下文，现在告诉我想要什么。what表示什么。故本题选B。

44.D【解析】本题考查词组意思的辨析。made by表示由某人制造，made of表示由…制造，能看出原材料，made from表示由…制造，看不出原材料，made in表示在…制造。本题面包由小麦制造，看不出原材料，故本题选D。

45.A【解析】根据题意，我已经得到了最好的礼物，没有付出就没有回报，我想这就是你想告诉我的吧，爸爸听了这番话很高兴。pleased表示高兴的，故本题选A。