I was 14 when Mr. Ingram hired me as a farmhand. It was the first time I was actually for work. One day Mr. Ingram found an old truck that was in the soft,sandy soil of our field. It was full of melons that someone had tried to from our farm before his truck got caught in the mud.
Mr. Ingram explained that the truck’s owner would be soon, and he wanted me to watch and learn. It wasn’t long a local guy with a terrible reputation for fighting and stealing showed up with his two fully-grown sons. They looked really .
Calmly Mr. Ingram said, “Well, I see you want to some watermelons from us.”
There was a long before the man answered, “Yeah, I guess so. What are you for them?”
“Twenty-five cents each.”
“Well, I suppose that would be enough if you help me get my truck out of here,” the man said.
It turned out to be our biggest sale of the summer, and an awful, perhaps violent incident had been . After they left, Mr. Ingram smiled and said to me, “Son, if you don’t forgive your , you’re going to run out of friends.”
【小题1】A．trustedB．readyC．paidD．offered【小题2】A．stuckB．brokenC．desertedD．lost【小题3】A．removeB．stealC．sellD．hide【小题4】A．purchasingB．bargainingC．returningD．searching【小题5】A．tillB．beforeC．thatD．since【小题6】A．astonishedB．anxious C．familiarD．angry【小题7】A．borrowB．buyC．stealD．carry【小题8】A．breakB．discussionC．watchingD．silence【小题9】A．gettingB．offeringC．payingD．finding【小题10】A．necessaryB．helpfulC．easyD．fair【小题11】A．stoppedB．avoidedC．handledD．taught【小题12】A．mistakesB．neighborsC．enemiesD．MelonsC
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(答案→)C
解析：本文讲述了 Mr. Ingram在发现有人偷瓜后，冷静处理，使有可能出现的暴力事件转变成一桩生意，避免了冲突。
【小题1】考查动词。Trusted信赖；ready使准备好；paid支付；offered提供。句意是：这是第一次我被支付报酬的工作。故选C。
【小题2】考查动词。Stuck卡住；broken破坏；deserted遗弃；lost遗失。句意是：一天英拉姆先生发现一辆旧卡车陷在地里的软沙土里。故选A。
【小题3】考查动词。 Remove移动；steal偷窃；sell卖；hide隐藏。句意是：车里装满了西瓜，在车陷在泥里之前从我们农场偷西瓜。由句意可知此处选B。
【小题4】考查动词。Purchasing采购；bargaining交易；returning回归；searching搜索。句意是：英拉姆先生解释说卡车的主人不久就会回来，故选C。
【小题5】考查连词。Till直到…为止；before在…之前；that因为，以至于；since自…以后。句意是：在一位以打架和偷窃而有坏名声的当地人带着他的两个成年儿子露面之前没有多长时间。故选B
【小题6】考查形容词。Astonished惊讶的；anxious焦虑的；familiar熟悉的；angry生气的。名声不好又带着人来，更趋向于他们看起来是生气的。故选D。
【小题7】考查动词。Borrow借；buy买；steal偷；carry搬运。根据后文Twenty-five cents each每个25美分，可知这里更趋向于买西瓜，故选B。
【小题8】考查名词。Break破裂；discussion讨论；watching观察；silence沉默。 句意是：在那个满人开口回答之前沉默了很长时间。故选D。
【小题9】考查动词词组。Getting for以（某价钱）购得；offering for对…报价；paying for为…付钱；finding for作有利于…的判决。句意是：西瓜出价多少，最贴切的是A选项，故选A。
【小题10】考查形容词。Necessary必要的；helpful有帮助的；easy容易的；fair公平的。句意是：如果你刚我把车弄出来，我想这价钱是公平的。故选D。
【小题11】考查动词。Stopped停止；avoided避免；handled使用，负责；taught教授 。句意是：这结果是我们夏季最大的一单生意，而且一件可怕的暴力事件也被避免发生了。由句意可知选B。
【小题12】考查名词。Mistakes错误；neighbors邻居；enemies敌人；Melons瓜。句意是：孩子，如果你不原谅你的敌人，你就会失去你的朋友。由于后面是朋友，此句又是转折关系，故应选与朋友相对的词，故选C。