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14.James's New BicycleJames shook his money box again.Nothing!He carefully(36)C the coins that lay on the bed.24.52dollars was all that he had.The bicycle he wanted was at least 90dollars!(37)A on earth was he going to get the(38)D of the money?
He knew that his friends all had bicycles.It was(39)B to hang around with people when you were the only one without wheels.He thought about what he could do.There was no(40)A asking his parents,for he knew they had no money to(41)C.
There was only one way to get money,and that was to (42)B it.He would have to find a job.(43)D who would hire him and what could he do?He decided to ask Mr.Clay for advice,who usually had (44)C on most things.
"Well,you can start right here,"said Mr.Clay."My windows need cleaning and my car needs washing."
That was the (45)A of James's odd-job(零工) business.For three months he worked every day after finishing his homework.He was amazed by the (46)D of jobs that people found for him to do.He took dogs and babies for walks,cleared out cupboards,and mended books.He lost count of the (47)B of cars he washed and windows he cleaned,but the (48)C increased and he knew that he would soon have (49)B for the bicycle he longed for.
The day (50)A came when James counted his money and found 94.32.He (51)D no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted.He rode (52)B home,looking forward to showing his new bicycle to his friends.It had been hard (53)D for the money,but James knew that he valued his bicycle far more (54)A he had bought it with his own money.He had (55)Cwhat he thought was impossible,and that was worth even more than the bicycle.
36.A.cleaned | B.covered | C.counted | D.checked |
37.A.How | B.Why | C.Who | D.What |
38.A.amount | B.part | C.sum | D.rest |
39.A.brave | B.hard | C.smart | D.unfair |
40.A.point | B.reason | C.result | D.right |
41.A.split | B.spend | C.spare | D.save |
42.A.borrow | B.earn | C.raise | D.collect |
43.A.Or | B.So | C.For | D.But |
44.A.decisions | B.experience | C.opinions | D.knowledge |
45.A.beginning | B.introduction | C.requirement | D.opening |
46.A.similarity | B.quality | C.suitability | D.variety |
47.A.brand | B.number | C.size | D.type |
48.A.effort | B.pressure | C.money | D.trouble |
49.A.all | B.enough | C.much | D.some |
50.A.finally | B.instantly | C.normally | D.regularly |
51.A.gave | B.left | C.took | D.wasted |
52.A.patiently | B.proudly | C.silently | D.tiredly |
53.A.applying | B.asking | C.looking | D.working |
54.A.since | B.if | C.than | D.though |
55.A.deserved | B.benefited | C.achieved | D.learned |
分析 这篇短文中詹姆斯想要一辆新的自行车,但是他的父母也不是很有钱.最后詹姆斯通过做兼职工作,通过自己的劳动为自己买了一辆自行车,为此他很珍惜这两自行车.
解答 36.C;考查动词辨析,count the coins 数钱;分析句意为"孩子在反复数钱,因为他想用这笔钱买东西,但钱不够".count v.数; cover 覆盖,涉及,clean 使…干净,干净的 check vt.检查;查看,故答案为C.
37.A;考查特殊疑问词,表示方式,他到底怎么样才能得到购买自行车的其余的钱呢?故选How.
38.D;考查名词辨析,作者已经有了24.52美元,the rest of the money在这里用rest指购买自行车的其余的钱; the amount of…的量;sum总数;part部分.
39.B;考查形容词辨析,在孩子心中,作为唯一没有自行车的人走在众人面前是很没面子,很难的.故选B.brave勇敢的;hard硬的;艰难的; unfair不公平的,不公正的.
40.A;考查固定结构,There is no point doing sth 为固定句式,意为"做某事没意义".
41.C;考查动词,因为家庭贫困,父母拿不出钱来为孩子买自行车.spare no money一点钱都拿不出;save no money攒不下钱;spend no money不花钱separate 使分开;使分离,故答案为C.
42.B;考查动词辨析,根据空格后信息He would have to find a job可知他要挣钱.borrow 借;earn赚;挣得; raise 筹集;提高;饲养;collect收集.
43.D;考查句意关系,语义转折,上下文是转折关系,虽然他知道要自己挣钱,但是谁会雇佣他呢?故选But.
44.C;考查名词,Mr.Clay是一个advisor,故他能给人提出参考建议,出主意,故选opinions.decision决定,决心;experience经验,经历;opinion意见;看法;knowledge 知识;学问.
45.A;考查名词,分析句意为"那就是他打零工的开始",故选beginning.beginning开头,开端; introduction 引进,介绍; requirement需要,要求;opening开口.
46.D;考查名词,根据下文…"He took dogs and babies for walks,cleared out cupboards,and mended books"可知他对从事工作的多样性感到吃惊,故用variety.
47.B;考查名词,结合句意"他数不清他洗过多少辆车"可知答案为B.number数量,数字,号码; brand商标;size 尺码;大小;type类型
48.C;考查名词,随着自己做零工的增加,钱也越来越多.effort努力; pressure压迫,压力;trouble问题;麻烦
49.B;考查句意,be enough for 足够,他知道自己不久就会有足够多的钱去买自己梦想中的自行车了,这里指足可以买一辆自行车.
50.A;考查句意,他凑够钱的那一天终于来到了.finally最后;终于;instantly 立即,立刻;normally通常,正常地;regularly 有规律地;正常地.
51.D;考查句意,waste no time毫不耽搁.当孩子挣够了钱他便立即去买自行车,表明一种迫切的心情.
52.B;考查副词,因为自己打工挣钱买到了自行车,所以感到自豪.proudly自豪地;得意地patiently 有耐心地;tiredly 疲惫地;silently 寂静地;默默地.
53.D;考查动词辨析,work工作(挣钱);apply for申请;ask for要求;look for寻找;Work for sth."为…工作",他是通过打工买的自行车,故用work较合适.
54.A;考查连词,小詹姆士知道他非常重视这辆自行车因为那是用他自己的钱买的.since 由于(表原因);if 如果;than比;though 尽管;虽然
55.C;考查动词辨析,孩子得到他认为不可能得到的东西.achieve.完成;达到;获得 deserve 应受(报答或惩罚);值得;study 学习;研究 learn学;学会;认识到;意识.
点评 完形填空首先要通读全文,了解大意,抓住上下文提供的信息,根据词性,词意和习惯性搭配等来确定要选的答案,然后再读短文,核对答案,确保语句的逻辑性和连贯性.
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A. | Of course.He is the best choice | |
B. | Certainly not.We can't find a better one | |
C. | Yes,I do.He is the most suitable person | |
D. | No,I don't.I don't think he is the suitable person |
Finally,my teacher took me aside.She explained that she had created a narrator's(旁白的)(40)A to the play,and asked me to(41)Croles.When I got home for lunch that day,I started to cry as I told my mother what had happened.She listened and smiled encouragingly.Instead of having lunch,she asked if I wanted to walk in the yard.
It was a lovely spring day and the rose vine(藤) was turning green.Under the trees,we could see yellow dandelions(蒲公英)(42)B out of the grass in bunches,(43)D a painter had touched our landscape with drops of gold.I watched my mother(44)C bend down by one of the flowers."I think I'm going to dig up all these weeds,"she said,(45)B a dandelion hard by its roots."From now on,we'll have only roses in this garden."
"But I like dandelions,"I (46)D."All flowers are beautiful---even dandelions."My mother looked at me seriously."Yes,every flower gives(47)B in its own way,doesn't it?"She asked thoughtfully.I nodded,(48)C that I had won her over."And that is(49)A of people too,"she (50)D."Not everyone can be a princess,but there is no(51)B in that."
"But you will be a beautiful narrator,"she said,(52)A me of how much I loved to read stories aloud to her as a child"The narrator's part is(53)C as important as the part of a princess."
(54)A the next few weeks,with her constant (55)D,I learned to take pride in the role.
36.A.allowed | B.picked | C.found | D.considered |
37.A.lines | B.roles | C.scenes | D.parts |
38.A.spoke | B.managed | C.forgot | D.delivered |
39.A.rose | B.escaped | C.disappeared | D.resulted |
40.A.part | B.paper | C.section | D.chapter |
41.A.play | B.sell | C.switch | D.challenge |
42.A.growing | B.coming | C.leaking | D.turning |
43.A.even if | B.now that | C.only if | D.as if |
44.A.formally | B.seriously | C.casually | D.incidentally |
45.A.cutting | B.removing | C.harvesting | D.searching |
46.A.agreed | B.answered | C.claimed | D.objected |
47.A.convenience | B.pleasure | C.help | D.trouble |
48.A.disappointed | B.confused | C.pleased | D.worried |
49.A.true | B.same | C.real | D.similar |
50.A.replied | B.whispered | C.explained | D.added |
51.A.choice | B.shame | C.loss | D.influence |
52.A.reminding | B.convincing | C.informing | D.telling |
53.A.almost | B.hardly | C.completely | D.always |
54.A.Over | B.Against | C.Through | D.Within |
55.A.assistance | B.promotion | C.invitation | D.encouragement. |
A. | why | B. | what | C. | that | D. | where |
A. | where | B. | when | C. | there | D. | which |
The first modern fire insurance company was(46)C in London,England in 1666.A great fire had just(47)A most of the city,and people wanted protection against(48)B losses.The first company(49)C rapidly.Soon other companies were founded in other areas.
Benjamin Franklin helped form the first fire insurance company in America in 1752.He also(50)A a new kind of insurance for (51)A.The new insurance would offer protection against the loss of crops(52)B storms.
In 1795,Benjamin Franklin helped start(53)C new insurance company in America.This company,(54)B offered life insurance,collected some money (55)C from many different men.(56)A a man died,his family was given a large sum of money.Today,this company is(57)B in business.
Over the years,people have(58)D from many new kinds of insurance when they have suffered from(59)C accidents as car and plane crashes.(60)A,almost everyone has some kind of insurance.
41.A.way | B.firm | C.consideration | D.means |
42.A.from | B.against | C.with | D.beyond |
43.A.small | B.huge | C.much | D.little |
44.A.many | B.little | C.few | D.a few |
45.A.stole | B.collected | C.lent | D.brought |
46.A.built | B.found | C.formed | D.organized |
47.A.destroyed | B.hurt | C.harmed | D.wounded |
48.A.farther | B.further | C.wider | D.longer |
49.A.risen | B.rised | C.grew | D.turned |
50.A.suggested | B.determined | C.asked | D.demanded |
51.A.farmers | B.workers | C.waiters | D.doctors |
52.A.with | B.by | C.from | D.for |
53.A.other | B.certain | C.another | D.some |
54.A.where | B.which | C.whom | D.that |
55.A.commonly | B.usually | C.regularly | D.ordinary |
56.A.If | B.Although | C.Unless | D.Because |
57.A.always | B.still | C.hardly | D.seldom |
58.A.paid | B.offered | C.bought | D.benefited |
59.A.many | B.so | C.such | D.that |
60.A.Today | B.Generally | C.Lately | D.Tomorrow |
-Yes.His hard work and determination,of course.( )
A. | what it was that | B. | what was it that | ||
C. | it was what that | D. | was it what that |