Question

　　阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从11-30各题所给四个选(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项.

　　Johny Conman was lazy. He had finished his education and was happy to sit in his room and 1 to the radio all day long 2 , he had been doing nothing for almost six months, which worried his father very much. One day Conman 3 that he had to do something.

　　“Johny, when I was your age, I was working and 4 my ten brothers and sisters. I want you to go out and get a 5 .”So than is what he did. In fact, in the next three months, John started ten jobs and was 6 from ten jobs, He explained to his father.

　　“They wanted me to work at 8 a.m. and told me to do all sorts of 7 things. A tiresome day to day job is not for me.”

　　Mr Conman decided to put his foot down.

　　“I don't 8 how you do it,” he said. “Either you earn some money or move out of the house. I give you one week.”

　　In the next 9 days Johny began to change. He still stayed in his room10 , but spent his time writing letters or reading through the newspapers. More and more post began to arrive for him. He 11 a new suit for himself and invited his parents to the theatre and 12 afterwards at the most expensive restaurant in town. When his 13 parents arrived home after their evening hour, a policeman was waiting at the front door.

　　“Johny Conman,”he said as he 14 him a piece of paper. “I'll see you in the court tomorrow.”

　　When they got inside, Johny told his parents everything, “When you told me to 15 some money, I decided to put an advertisement in the newspaper, saying 'New way to make money fast! Send me $5 and I'll tell you my 16 '. When I received the money I wrote back 17 people advertise a new money-making plan in the paper and wait for the 18 to send them money.”

　　John was fined $250 by the court and ordered 19 all the people back. As he left the court-house feeling very 20 , a newspaperman came up to him, “Young man, would you like to tell your story to my newspaper for $200?”

(1)

[　　]

A. listening

B. listened

C. listen

D. listens

(2)

[　　]

A. Rather

B. Actually

C. Truly

D. Really

(3)

[　　]

A. proved

B. was sure

C. believed

D. decided

(4)

[　　]

A. raising

B. supporting

C. keeping

D. leading

(5)

[　　]

A. work

B. salary

C. job

D. sum of money

(6)

[　　]

A. away

B. in

C. praised

D. prevented

(7)

[　　]

A. pleasant

B. unpleasant

C. interesting

D. little

(8)

[　　]

A. suggest

B. care

C. take care of

D. look after

(9)

[　　]

A. some

B. ten

C. few

D. later

(10)

[　　]

A. all day

B. all night

C. whole day

D. day long

(11)

[　　]

A. stole

B. borrowed

C. made

D. bought

(12)

[　　]

A. to play games

B. to have fun

C. to have dinner

D. to sleep

(13)

[　　]

A. angry

B. proud

C. worried

D. surprised

(14)

[　　]

A. handed

B. sent

C. wrote

D. read

(15)

[　　]

A. achieve

B. make

C. win

D. raise

(16)

[　　]

A. thought

B. mind

C. secret

D. idea

(17)

[　　]

A. telling

B. asking

C. persuading

D. wanting

(18)

[　　]

A. people

B. persons

C. fools

D. gentlemen

(19)

[　　]

A. to bring

B. to pay

C. to repay

D. to give

(20)

[　　]

A. sorry

B. ashamed

C. unhappy

D. restless

Answer 1

答案：C;B;D;B;C;A;B;B;C;A;D;C;B;C;B;C;A;C;B;B
解析：

(1) C 此处要选对动词的适当形式，listen 此处和前面的sit并列，因此用动词原形. (2) B 事实上，他整天什么都不做，进一步说明他很懒. (3) D 终于有一天他决定做点事. (4) B／supporting和working并列，因为他毕竟只是哥哥，还不是raising或keeping. (5) C 父亲希望他找份工作. (6) A 前面是started ten jobs，接下来是他向他的父亲解释，所以他的10份工作都没有坚持做. (7) B 他解释他不能坚持这些工作的原因是太枯燥，没有意思. (8) B 父亲只是希望他能做点事，所以说“我不介意你做什么”. (9) C in the next few days 接下来的几天，表示有一个变化. (10) A 虽然和故事开始时一样还是呆在家里，但似乎有一些变化. (11) D 从下文看他是有钱了，所以他可以买西服，请父母吃饭等. (12) C 他甚至可以请父母在最贵的餐馆里吃饭. (13) B 这一切当然会使他的父母很骄傲. (14) A 警察要让他上法庭，递给他一张纸(应该是传票). (15) B make some money 赚钱. (16) C 他把自己不正当的赚钱手段当作秘密(secret). (17) A 在别人寄给他钱的情况下，他会把秘密传送给别人. (18) C 想通过这种手段赚钱的人，当然只能称作 fools. (19) B 后面有back搭配，就只能用 pay. (20) B 在做了这一切，又被法庭给予了处罚，他当然会很羞愧(ashamed).