题目内容
阅读下面的短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
That holiday morning I didn't have to attend school. Usually, on holiday, mother ________ me to sleep in. And I would certainly take full advantage of it. On this particular morning, ________, I felt like getting up early.
I stood by my window overlooking the ________, having nothing better to do. But as it turned out, I was soon to learn about something ________ in life.
As I watched several people go by, get into their cars and drive off, I________ an old man on a bicycle with a bucket on its ________ and a basket of rags and bottles on its back-carrige. He ________ from one car to another, washing and cleaning them. From the water on the ground, it seemed that he had already ________ washing and cleaning about a dozen or more cars. He must have begun to work quite early in the morning.
Several thoughts ________ my mind as I watched him work. He wasn't well-dressed. He had on a pair of shorts and a(an) ________ T-shirt. The bicycle he rode was not by any means the kind modern ________ would want to be seen riding on. But he seemed ________ with life. There he was, working hard at his small business, ________ at passers-by and stopping to chat now and then ________ elderly men and women on their way to the market nearby.
There was a noticeable touch of ________ in the way he seemed to be doing things ________ the windscreen(挡风玻璃),then standing back to admire it, scrubbing(擦净) the wheel and ________, standing back to see what they looked like after the scrub.
It was a ________ to learn, I felt. At no age need one have to beg for a ________ if one has good health and is willing to work hard. For a while I felt ________ of myself. Young as I am—just sixteen, and there was this old man who must have been usefully engaged perhaps before the sun appeared above the horizon.
1.A.forcesB.allowsC.causesD.forbids
2.A.otherwiseB.thereforeC.howeverD.besides
3.A.parking lotB.bus stopC.schoolD.market
4.A.interestingB.surprisingC.awfulD.useful
5.A.noticedB.recognizedC.calledD.assisted
6.A.backB.handleC.wheelD.seat
7.A.searchedB.leftC.movedD.wandered
8.A.stoppedB.startedC.intendedD.finished
9.A.crossedB.slippedC.disturbedD.inspired
10.A.attractiveB.shinyC.simpleD.expensive
11.A.repairmenB.businessmenC.driversD.cyclists
12.A.busyB.contentC.carefulD.bored
13.A.wavingB.lookingC.laughingD.pointing
14.A.aboutB.forC.withD.like
15.A.worryB.respectC.sympathyD.pride
16.A.cleaningB.fixingC.replacingD.covering
17.A.stillB.yetC.againD.soon
18.A.lessonB.subjectC.skillD.fact
19.A.businessB.livingC.successD.right
20.A.tiredB.doubtfulC.fearfulD.ashamed