根据以下材料,回答 A farmer carelessly lost an expensivegold watch in the barn on the...

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问题 根据以下材料,回答
A farmer carelessly lost an expensivegold watch in the barn on the farm, where he searched for everywhere but invain. So he put a  16  on the gate of the farm: whoever findsthe gold watch will be  17  100 dollars. Facing the  18 of the handsome reward, people tried their best to look for everywhere.  19 , the grain was piled like a hill along with bales of  20 , so if they wanted to find the gold watch, it would be like fishing fora needle in the  21  .
When the sun set, the gold watch was notfound yet. They took pains but found 22  , so they began  23 the watch was too small, the barn was too large and the straw was toothick. It was getting  24  that they were still unable to find it.So they  25  the temptation of 100 dollars one by one.But only a small boy in  26  clothes was still not discouraged butkept  27  it in the grain. He had nothing to eatthroughout the day. In order to solve the family problem, he was  28 to find the gold watch andlet his parents, brothers and sisters have a full meal. He was  29 in the straw to have a rest  30 he heard a strange"tick-tock". He immediately held his breath and listen  31 . It was quieter in the barn while "tick-tock"  32 clearly. The boy  33  the sound, found the gold watch buriedin the depths of the grain and finally got the 100 dollars. Like the gold watchin the barn,  34  has existed around us and spread in verycorner of life. Only we are calm and  35  look for it can we find it.

选项 A.straw   
B.rope     
C.thread   
D.grass

答案A

解析考查名词辨析。straw“稻草”,rope“绳索”,thread“线”,grass“草,草地”。句意为“面对重赏的诱惑,人们竭尽全力四处查找,然而谷仓内谷物成山,还有成捆成捆的 __________”:bales of straw意为“成捆的稻草”,符合文意。
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