题目内容：

Once, a farmer lost his watch in his barn (谷仓). The watch was cheap but it was very

______ to him because it was a gift from his father.

After_____ . the barn for a long time, he gave up and asked for _____ from a group of

children playing nearby.

He _____ them that the person who found the watch would get a reward (奖励). Hearing

this, the children hurried inside the barn_____ . They searched everywhere but still could not find the ____ . Just when the farmer was going to give up, a little boy went up to him and asked for another ____ .

The farmer looked at him and thought. "Why not? After all, this kid looks honest." So the farmer_______ 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______. The boy answered, "I did nothing but sit quietly and listen for the sound of the watch."

This shows us that sometimes a _______ 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. looking for

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

4.A. told    B. taught    C. worried    D. believed

5.A. at first    B. at the end    C. at once    D. at times

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

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

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

9.A. came    B. knew    C. succeeded (成功)    D. got

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