One of Fatah's close friends had several farms. One year due to __1__ economic conditions, people were suffering starvation. This man __2__ to give the harvest of one of his farms to the __3__. So he went to the square and announced that people could benefit from the __4__， if they were __5__， and that they could not take from the harvest more than what was __6__.
The needy went there every day in large groups and benefited. The __7__ of the farm was so busy with his work that he didn't follow up (关注) closely on the __8__ of that piece of land. After he had __9__ all the other pieces of land, he __10__ this particular farm he had given as charity, and __11__ his servants to go and collect any dry grass, plants and __12__ that might have remained.
To the great __13__ of the servants, they found that there __14__ remained a lot of crops that had not been harvested. When getting in the harvest, they all __15__ that the harvest of that piece of land exceeded (超过) that of all the other pieces of land that the man owned.
__16__， while it was a common __17__ to leave the land without planting any crops the following year __18__ it could regain the minerals it had __19__， it was found that this piece of land had not lost anything at all, and it was __20__ to grow crops in the following year.
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1．A.common B．steady
C．unfair D．bad
解析：选D 根据本空后“starvation”判断，由于经济状况不好，人们遭受饥饿。
2．A.begged B．continued
C．decided D．pretended
解析：选C 正因为经济情况不好，人们遭受饥饿，所以法塔赫的朋友决定来帮助这些人。
3．A.sick B．poor
C．deaf D．old
解析：选B 法塔赫的朋友决定拿出一块地来让贫穷的人来收割庄稼。
4．A.suggestion B．education
C．climate D．land
解析：选D 根据下文可知，人们可以从他的这块地里收割庄稼。
5．A.in need B．in return
C．in danger D．in doubt
解析：选A 于是他就来到广场上向人们宣布，人们可以从他的这块地里收割庄稼，前提是他们是需要帮助的人。
6．A.different B．necessary
C．similar D．sensitive
解析：选B 人们能从这块地里收割庄稼，但不能超过他们所需要的量。
7．A.owner B．reporter
C．neighbor D．seller
解析：选A 土地的主人太忙以至于顾不上关注那块土地的情况。
8．A.soil B．design
C．condition D．price
解析：选C 参见上题解析。
9．A.measured B．watered
C．cleared D．harvested
解析：选D 当他把其他土地的庄稼都收割完后，他才记起那块捐出去的土地。
10．A.remembered B．discovered
C．managed D．developed
解析：选A 参见上题解析。
11．A.warned B．told
C．advised D．taught
解析：选B 于是他就派仆人去把那块地里剩下的东西收回来。
12．A.seeds B．animals
C．goods D．tools
解析：选A 于是他就派仆人去把那块地里剩下的东西收回来，不管剩下的是干草、秸秆还是种子。
13．A.relief B．surprise
C．taste D．regret
解析：选B 根据文章下文可知，仆人们感到很惊讶。
14．A.again B．never
C．also D．still
解析：选D 看到地里仍然还剩下那么多的庄稼没有收割，他们非常惊讶。
15．A.explained B．forgot
C．found D．dreamed
解析：选C 他们发现从这块地里收割的粮食竟然比其他任何一块都多。
16．A.However B．Therefore
C．Anyway D．Besides
解析：选D 除此之外，还有一件事令人感到惊讶。
17．A.plan B．request
C．practice D．system
解析：选C 通常下一年人们不会在这块地里种任何庄稼，这样就可以把失去的矿物质补充一下，这是人们普遍的做法。a common practice“普遍的做法”。
18．A.as if B．so that
C．now that D．even if
解析：选B 参见上题解析。
19．A.removed B．wasted
C．saved D．lost
解析：选D 参见第17题解析。
20．A.possible B．strange
C．safe D．painful
解析：选A 他们发现这块地的矿物质并没有流失，下一年还可以种庄稼。
