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Years ago a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. He 1 advertised for hired hands. 2 people were reluctant to work on farms along the 3 . They dreaded （v.惧怕, 担心）the awful storms that raged 4 the Atlantic, destroying the buildings and crops. As the farmer interviewed applicants (申请者) for the job, he received a steady 5 of refusals.
Finally, a short, thin man, well past middle age, approached (v.接近) the farmer. Are you a good 6 ? the farmer asked him.
Well, I can 7 when the wind blows, answered the little man.
8 puzzled by this answer, the farmer, desperate for (v.急需) help, 9 him. The little man worked well 10 the farm, busy from dawn to dusk, and the farmer felt 11 with the man's work.
Then one 12 the wind howled loudly in from offshore. Jumping out of bed, the farmer 13 a lantern and rushed next door to the hired hand's sleeping quarters （n.住处, 岗位）. He 14
the little man and yelled, Get up! A storm is coming! Tie things down before they blow 15 !
The little man rolled over in bed and said 16 , No sir. I told you, I can sleep when the wind blows.
Enraged (激怒) by the response, the farmer was tempted to fire him on the spot ( 当场). 17 , he hurried outside to 18 the storm. To his 19 , everything was tied down. Nothing could blow away.
The farmer then 20 what his hired hand meant, so he returned to his bed to also
sleep while the wind blew.
1. A. often
2. A. Most
3. A. ocean
4. A. upon
5. A. flow
6. A. worker
7. A. stand
8. A. But
9. A. fired
10. A. in
11. A. proud
12. A. morning
13. A. grabbed
14. A. searched
15. A. up
16. A. angrily
17. A. Instead
18. A. fight with
19. A. joy
20. A. thought
B. constantly
B. Every
B. river
B. through
B. flood
B.&
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