题目内容
I will buy you a new bike if you learn how to swim this summer.
Is that a ______ ? I’m sure I’ll get the bike
- A.chance
- B.promise
- C.trick
- D.treat
Chance是机会；promise是承诺；trick是把戏窍门；treat是治疗，款待。句意：今年夏天，如果你学会了如何游泳，我就给你买一辆新的自行车。——那是一个承诺吗？我敢肯定我能得到自行车。结合语境可知选B。
考点：词义辨析
每日10分钟口算心算速算天天练系列答案John sent his mother expensive presents on his mother’s birthday every year. He liked to show her how rich he was.
"I must find something wonderful for her, and it must be the only one in the whole world. "John thought.
He advertised (登广告) in the newspapers. " Wanted—the best present for the woman who has everything. "
For many days his telephone did not stop ringing. People phoned him from all over the world. They wanted to sell him "the best present". But they did not have anything that was the only one in the whole world.
Then less than a week before his mother’s birthday, a man came to his office. He was carrying a cage, and in the cage there was a large bird.
"This bird, "the man said, "can speak ten languages and sing any pop song. There is no other bird like it in the world. "
"I will listen to it, "John said. "If what you said is true, I will buy the bird from you. "
The man spoke to the bird. "Talk to me in French, " he said. The bird spoke to him in French. "Tell me a joke in Japanese, " he said. The bird told him a joke in Japanese. "Sing a famous pop song, "he said. The bird sang a famous pop song.
"I’ll buy it, "John said. "How much do you want?"
"One hundred thousand dollars, "the man said. This was a lot of money but John paid him. Then he sent the bird to his mother with a birthday card.
The day after his mother’s birthday he phoned her. "Well, mother, "he said, "Is the bird wonderful?"
"Oh, it was delicious, dear, "she said.
【小题1】 Why did John send her mother expensive presents for her birthday every year?
| A．Because he loved his mother very much. |
| B．Because his mother needed these presents. |
| C．Because he wanted to show he had a lot of money. |
| D．Because he was the richest man in the world. |
| A．They rang John up. |
| B．They knew it from the newspapers. |
| C．John phoned them one by one. |
| D．They knew it on TV. |
| A．Two weeks before John’s mother’s birthday. |
| B．On John’s mother’s birthday. |
| C．About five days before John’s mother’s birthday. |
| D．Less than a week after John’s mother’s birthday. |
| A．Because it was such a beautiful bird. |
| B．Because he wanted to help the poor man with the bird. |
| C．Because the bird could look after his mother. |
| D． Because John thought the bird could make his mother happy. |
| A．His mother ate the bird. |
| B．His mother let the bird fly away. |
| C．His mother began to learn languages from the bird. |
| D． His mother thought it was the most expensive present in the world. |