Years ago a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. He advertised for hired hands. Most people were        to work on farms along the Atlantic. They feared the awful       that spread across the Atlantic, damaging the buildings and crops.      the farmer interviewed applicants for the job, he received many      .
Finally, a short, thin man, well past middle age,       the farmer.” Are you a good farmhand?” the farmer asked him.
“Well, I can       when the wind blows,” answered the little man.
Although       by this answer, the farmer,       for help, hired him. The little man worked well around the      , busy from dawn to dusk, and the farmer felt         with the man’s work. then one night the wind howled（怒号）loudly in from offshore. Jumping out of bed, the farmer took a lantern and       next door the hired hand’s sleeping room. He shook the little man and      , “Get up! A storm is coming! Tie things down       they are blown away! The little man rolled over in bed and said      , “No sir. I told you, I can sleep when the wind blows”       by the answer, the farmer was tempted to fire him on the spot.      , he hurried outside to prepared for the storm. To his      , he discovered that all of the haystacks（干草堆）had been covered with tarpaulins（帆布）. The cows and the chickens were all in the       places, and the doors were fastened. The windows were tightly      . Everything was      . Nothing could be blown away. The farmer then understood what his hired hand meant, so he returned to his bed to also sleep while the wind blew.

A．unfit B．curious C．undoubted D．unwilling

A．hurricanes B．storms C．earthquakes D．wars

A．if B．once C．as D．until

A．refusals B．suggestions C．rewards D．desires

A．approached B．interviewed C．reminded D．educated

A．work B．sleep C．wake D．flee

A．excited B．touched C．puzzled D．discouraged

A．convenient B．famous C．bad D．desperate

A．farm B．company C．ocean D．station

A．bored B．satisfied C．patient D．honest

A．walked B．slipped C．rushed D．fell

A．cheered B．whispered C．asked D．cried

A．while B．after C．before D．unless

A．firmly B．weakly C．strangely D．closely

A．moved B．angered C．beaten D．calmed

A．therefore B．as a result C．as usually D．instead

A．surprise B．regret C．horror D．sorrow

A．wrong B．proper C．top D．clean

A．painted B．stored C．secured D．destroyed

A．flied away B．died down C．blown away D．tied down