题目内容
The story is told of an unemployed young graduate who checked his pocket. All he had left was a few dollar bills 1 less than ten dollars. He was 2 as he could find no work and no one was there to help him. He decided to 3 it To buy food,then wait on his end-result.
He bought food and as he sat down to 4 ，an old man and two children came along. The old man asked him to help them with 5 as they had not eat?en for almost a week.
The young graduate looked at the children―they were so 6 that he could see their bones coming through their skin. With the last bit of pity he had,he 7 them all the food. The old man and children prayed that God would bless the young graduate and then gave him a ( n) 8 old coin.
The old man and children sat down to eat and with no 9 , no job and no food,the young graduate went back under the bridge to 10 . As he was about to fall asleep he saw an old newspaper on the ground. He 11 it up and saw an advertisement inviting people with 12 coins to come to a particular store. He de?cided to go there with the dirty old coin.
On arriving at the 13 ,he gave the boss the dirty old coin. The boss screamed loudly and 14 a big book and showed the young graduate a photograph. This same old 15 was worth $ 67,000. The young graduate was extremely 16 as the boss gave him a check for the full amount. He immediately 17 it at the bank and went in 18 of the old man and little children to thank them.
By the time he got to the place where he 19 them eating, they had gone? who left him a note, 20 ， "You gave us your alland we have rewarded you back with the coin.”
1. A. putting up with B. adding up to
C. taking charge of D. helping himself to
2. A. angry B. tough C. upset D. nervous
3. A. kill B. ignore C. spend D. use
4. A. eat B. drink C. play D. enjoy
5. A. kindness B. food C. money D. heart
6. A. hungry B. thin
C. strange D. innocent
7. A. shared B. lost C. moved D. gave
8. A. dirty B. ugly C. useless D. magic
9. A. desire B. money C. hope D. help
10. A. exist in B. live in
C. lie down D. consist with
11. A. showed B. turned C. took D. picked
12.A. old B. nice C. loose D. silly
13. A. school B. store C. company D. bank
14.A. put out B. showed off C. brought out D. fought for
15.A. vase B. photo C. book D. coin
16 A. moved B. rich
C. happy D. skeptical
17. A. retired B. rescued C. scanned D. cashed
18.A. search B. control C. case D. charge
19. A. saved B. left
C. helped D. watched
20.A. scaring B. describing C. reading D. inventing
[文章大意]一位失业的年轻人用仅有的钱买了一些食物，刚要吃时，却又被一位老人和两个瘦弱的孩子要去了。但是，老人给了他一枚古币，这枚古币竟然价值6. 7万美元。
1. B由上下文的"a few dollar bills"和"less than ten dollars"可知，所有的钱加起来不到十美元。
add up to合计达;put up with忍受;take charge of负责;help oneself to自便，自取。故选B项。
2. C由下文的"...as he could find no work... " 口丫知，他感到十分苦恼 (upset) 。故选C项。
tough困难的，坚强的； nervous紧张的。
3. D由下文的"He bought food…"可知，他决定用这些钱买食物。
use使用;spend"花费",构成spend ...(in) doing sth结构;kill杀死，消磨(时间) ；gnore忽视。故选D项。
4. A根据年轻人此时的状况(用仅剩下来的钱买了食物并听天由命) 可推测出，买完食物后，应是坐下来吃。故选A项。
5. B由下文的"…as they had not eaten for almost a week."可知，老人向年轻人要食物。故选B项。
6. B由下文的"...he could see their bones coming through their skin."可知，这两个孩子特别瘦。故选B项。
7. D
8. A由第四段的最后一句"He decided to go there with the dirty old coin."可知选A项。
9. B由第一段中的"…as he could find no work…"可知，年轻人没有工作；由第一段的第二句可知，年轻人仅有不到十美元，由第二段的首句可知，他用钱买了食物；再由第三段的内容可知，食物又给了别人。故可知，年轻人没钱、没工作、没有食物。故选B项。
10. C根据下文的"As he was about to fall asleep -”可知，年轻人回到桥下躺下。故选C项。
lie down躺下。exist in存在于;live in居住;consist with符合，与一致。
11. D由上文可知，报纸在地上。而由下文的"…and saw an advertisement…"可知，年轻人把报纸捡了起来。pick up捡起。
12. A根据下文的"He decided to go there with the dirty old coin."可知是古老的硬币。故选A项。
13. B由上文的"...to come to a particular store. " 知该题选B项。
14. C由下文的"…and showed the young graduate a pho-tograph."可知，老板拿出一本书并向年轻人展示一张照片。故选C项。bring out拿出;put out扑灭;show off 炫耀;fight for为……而战。
15. D
16. C从第一段的内容可知，年轻人没有工作，也没有钱和食物，因此感到苦恼。而此时这枚古币换来了 6. 7万美元，可想而知他非常高兴。故选C项。moved感动的; skeptical怀疑的。
17. D由上文的"…the boss gave him a check for the full amount…"可知，老板给了他一张全额支票，所以他去银行兑现。cash把……兑现。故选D项。
18. A由最后一段中的"By the time he got to the place..." 可知，年轻人是去找老人和小孩。in search of寻找。故选A项。
19. B
20. C
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