题目内容：

There once was a farmer who lost his watch in his barn（谷仓）. The watch was very cheap but it was very   1   to him because it was a gift from his father.

After   2   the barn for a long time, he gave up and asked for   3   from a group of children playing nearby.

He   4   them that the person who found the watch would be rewarded（报偿）.

Hearing this, the children hurried inside the barn   5  . They searched everywhere but still could not find the  6  . Just when the farmer was going to give up, a little boy went up to him and asked to be given another   7  .

The farmer looked at him and thought, “Why not? After all, this kid looks honest.”

So the farmer   8   the little boy back into the barn. After a while the little boy came out with the watch in his hand! The surprised farmer asked the boy how he   9__ where others had failed.

The boy replied, “I did nothing but sit quietly and listen for the sound of the watch.”

This shows us that sometimes a   10   mind can think better than an excited one.

1.A. important   B. expensive  C. useless      D. interesting

2.A. finding     B. searching  C. watching     D. studying

3.A. money     B. danger     C. work        D. help

4.A. promised   B. taught     C. warned       D. believed

5.A. angrily     B. slowly     C. quickly      D. hardly

6.A. rule        B. book      C. child        D. watch

7.A. way        B. chance    C. lesson       D. smile

8.A. threw       B. sent      C. gave         D. caught

9.A. came       B. knew     C. succeeded     D. suggested

10.A. beautiful   B. smart     C. peaceful       D. quick