2.The Hole In The Ground
There was once a farmer who lived near a road.
It was not a busy road, but from time to time, cars pasd the farm.
Near the farm gate, there was a large hole in the road.膨胀系数
This hole was always full of water, and the drivers of the cars could not e how deep the hole was. They thought it was jasmine revolutionprobably shallow.
Then when they drove into the hole, they could not drive out becau it was so deep.
The farmer did not spend much time working on his farm. He spent most of it watching the hole.
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When a car drove into it, he pulled the car out with his tractor and charged the driver a lot of money for doing this.
One day, the driver of a car said to him, "You must make a lot of money pulling cars out of this hole night and day."
"Oh, no," the farmer said. "I don't pull cars out of the hole at night. At night I fill the hole with water."
New Words and Expressions
hole 发挥英文洞，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
EXERCISE 1，
1. Choo the best answer a, b, c or d, to the questions about the story.
在a，b，c，d中选出一个最适合本故事的答案。
A. Where did the farmer live?
(a) near a road
(b) in a hole in the road
(c) in a large car
(d) under a tractor
B. Many cars went into the hole becau the drivers
(a) were going too fast to stop.
(b) did not e the hole.
(c) did not know the hole was very deep.
(d) liked driving through water.
C. What did the farmer do all day?
(a) pulled cars out of the hole in the road
(b) filled the hole with water
(c) laughed at the drivers of the cars
(d) worked on his farm
D. How did the farmer make money?
(a) from growing things
(b) from lling water
(c) from pulling cars out of the hole
(d) from filling the hole with water
2. Complete the ntences (a) to (d) with phras from (e) to (h).
用（e）至（h）完成（a）至（d）的不完整句子。
(a) The road was not • • (e) that was always busy but full of water.
(b) There was a hole •water的过去式 • (f) pulling them out in the road of the hole.
(c) Many drivers drove • • (g) cars pasd from into the hole becau time to time.
(d) The farmer charged • • (h) they did not know people for it was deep.
3. Find words in the story that are opposite in meaning to the following.
在故事中找出下列词的反义词。
(a) far________ (c) shallow________
(b) never______ (d) a little_________
4. Complete the following ntences about the story by putting in the missing words.
在下列有关本故事的句子的空白处填上所缺的词。
(a) There was a hole__________a road near a farm.
(b) This hole was always__________of water.
(c) Many cars drove into__________hole.
(d) A farmer charged the__________ to pull them out of the
hole with his tractor.
(e) At night he__________the hole with water.
5. Answer the questions about the story in one or two words.
用一、两个词回答下列有关本故事的问题。
(a) Who lived near a road?____________________________
(b) What was in the road? ____________________________
(c) What was it always full of?_________________________
恬不知耻(d) What drove into it?_______________________________
(e) What did the farmer pull them out with?_______________
(f) What did he charge the drivers?_____________________
(g) What did he fill the hole with at night? ________________
6. Which of the following drawings best illustrates the story?
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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：
provisioningcold – hot
tall - short
fat – thin
clean - dirty
EXERCISE II
Write the opposite word of the words.
找出下列词的反义词
(a) happy surface是什么意思— (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：
How much do you charge for a haircut?
The taxi driver charged tuneupme $50.
