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Jody was ten years old when he decided he needed a job. He thought it might be  to keep worms(虫). He could sell them to farmers. So in    , he bought many worms. But that winter the cold weather killed all the worms because he had not put them in a     place.
The next spring Jody     again. He bought more worms. When winter came, he took them inside so they would stay warm. Many farmers bought his worms.
One day when Jody was twelve, he got   It was from State of New York. The letter said, “Everyone who   things has to pay taxes (税)!” Jody made only one dollar selling worms. But he still      to pay part of that money to the state. He told many people in his town what had  . A reporter     Jody on TV. Many people saw it and they began to write letters to the state. The letters said that the law was unfair. Finally the law was       . Children like Jody can now sell things without paying taxes to the state.
【小题1】A. boring                B. lucky                C. interesting
【小题2】A. autumn               B. spring                 C. winter
【小题3】A. warm                   B. clean                 C. nice
【小题4】A. tried                   B. waited               C. failed
【小题5】A. a present             B. a letter                C. an e-mail
【小题6】A. buys                    B. sells                     C. feeds
【小题7】A. hoped                 B. wanted                    C. had
【小题8】A. happened             B. appeared               C. followed
【小题9】A. saw                    B. played with              C. reported
【小题10】A. passed               B. changed                   C. moved


【小题1】C
【小题2】B
【小题3】A
【小题4】A
【小题5】B
【小题6】B
【小题7】C
【小题8】A
【小题9】C
【小题10】B

解析试题分析:短文描述了一名美国的男孩乔迪。在他十岁的时候,他饲养了一些虫子,经历了第一年的失败,但是第二年他成功了,并且卖给了农民。同时他也收到了政府发来收税的信,人们知道这件事之后,向政府提出建议,最后法律进行了改变。
【小题1】考查形容词及语境的理解。A. boring无聊的;B. lucky幸运的;C. interesting有趣的。联系句意:当乔迪决定他要有一份工作的时候,他才10岁。他认为饲养虫子可能是有趣的。他能卖它们给农民。表示事物有趣的,用interesting.故选C。
【小题2】考查名词及语境的理解。A. autumn秋季;B. spring春季;C. winter冬季。联系句意:因此在春天的时候,他买了许多虫子。但是,那年的冬天,他没有一个温暖的地方去放虫子,所以,冷空气杀死了所有的虫子。联系下文:他第二年春天又买了许多虫子,因此本题的时间为春季。故选B。
【小题3】考查形容词及语境的理解。A. warm温暖的;B. clean干净的;C. nice好的。联系句意:因此在春天的时候,他买了许多虫子。但是,那年的冬天,他没有一个温暖的地方去放虫子,所以,冷空气杀死了所的有虫子。结合实际冬天冷,虫子死了,原因是没有将他们放在一个温暖的地方。故选A。
【小题4】考查动词及语境的理解。A. tried尽力;B. waited等;C. failed失败。联系上下文:第二个春天,乔迪又尝试了一次,他买了更多的虫子。这一次他终于成功了。联系实际为尝试之意。故选A。
【小题5】考查词义及语境的理解。A. a present一个礼物;B. a letter一封信;C. an e-mail一封电子邮件。分析句意:当乔迪十二岁时的一天,他收到了一封来自纽约州的信。这封信上说:“每个人卖了东西都要交税。”明确收到的是一封信。故选B。
【小题6】考查动词及语境的理解。A. buys买;B. sells出售;C. feeds喂。分析句意:当乔迪十二岁时的一天,他收到了一封来自纽约州的信。这封信上说:“每个人卖了东西都要交税。”考查定语从句,修饰先行词everyone,每个人要交税,什么样的人呢?是卖东西的人,都要交税,故选B。
【小题7】考查动词及语境的理解。A. hoped希望;B. wanted 想要;C. had有。联系句意:乔迪只收入了一美元。但是,他不得不向本州交税。他向城里的许多人讲述了发生的事。一名记者在电视上报道了乔迪的事情。分析考查情态动词不得不have to.故选C。
【小题8】考查动词及语境的理解。A. happened发生;B. appeared出现;C. followed跟随。联系句意:乔迪只收入了一美元。但是,他不得不向本州交税。他向城里的许多人讲述了发生的事。一名记者在电视上报道了乔迪的事情。分析:表示发生的内容,发生happen.故选A。
【小题9】考查动词及语境的理解。A. saw看;B. played with与……玩;C. reported报道。联系句意:乔迪只收入了一美元。但是,他不得不向本州交税。他向城里的许多人讲述了发生的事。一名记者在电视上报道了乔迪的事情。分析:记者一定是报道了这件事,报道report.故选C。
【小题10】考查动词及语境的理解。A. passed通过;B. changed改变;C. moved移动。联系下文:人们看到了这份报道,向政府提建议。最后,法律被改了。向乔迪这样的孩子们卖东西不用交税了。考查被动语态的用法,改变changed.故选B。
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