题文
阅读下列短文，根据要求完成任务。
Two farmers were on their way home one evening after a hard day's work. Both were tired. They happened to look up at the sky and saw a black cloud overhead.
"Ah!" said one farmer, "tomorrow we shall have rain and the rice will grow well." The second answered, "Nonsense (胡说), the rain will only kill the crops (庄稼)."
So they began to quarrel (争吵). Just then a third farmer came along and asked them why they were quarreling. Both farmers explained about the black cloud.
"What cloud?" asked the third farmer. They all looked at the sky. The cloud was no longer there.
根据短文内容，完成下列句子（所填内容可能是单词、短语或句子）：
小题1: The two farmers were going _____________.
小题2:They happened to look up at the sky and saw a black cloud overhead.
英译汉___________________________________
小题3:Who quarrelled in the text ?________________________
小题4:The third farmer came along and said to the other two. He wanted to___________________.
小题5:How many farmers were there in the text?_____________
题型：未知 难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:home
小题2:他们碰巧抬头看天空，并且看到头顶上有一团黑色的云。
小题3:Two farmers.
小题4:know why they quarreling
小题5:Three
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解析
这篇短文说的是两个农民因为看到了一块乌云而发生了争吵，等第三个农民过来问他们为什么吵的时候，那块乌云已经不见了。
小题1:根据文中Two farmers were on their way home，两个农民在回家的路上。
小题2:happen to do sth. 碰巧做某事。
小题3:根据文中第二段的内容可知，是两个农民发生了争吵。一个说明天会下雨，这会让水稻长的更好；而另一个说雨会把庄稼杀死。所以他们发生了争吵。
小题4:根据文中Just then a third farmer came along and asked them why they were quarreling.这时第三个农民走过来，问他们为什么争吵。
小题5:文中共提到了三个农民。开始的两个，后来又来了一个。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“阅读下列短文，根据要求完成任务。Two .....”主要考查你对 [人物传记类阅读 ]考点的理解。
人物传记类阅读
人物传记类阅读：
本类型选材主要是名人轶事。
人物传记的叙述线索也常常以时间为序。内容一般不是一个人的生活流水账，而是选取主人公一些重要的人生阶段或生活片段来展开叙述。
阅读时要把握主人公在此阶段发生的事对他本身或他人有什么重要的意义和影响。
