Question

  Joe wanted a computer. He asked his 1        for the money and they said he must get it himself. But how did he get it? He 2        about this when he walked home. Not many people wanted to ask children to work for them. Maybe he could take away snow for the neighbors. But this was not 3        He had to wait a long time for that. He couldn't cut grass for their gardens 4        he had no tools (工具) to do the work with.

  Then he saw one of his classmates,Dick,delivering (送) 5      I could do that,he thought. Maybe I could even get the computer 6        away. I could pay 7        it a little each week. He ran to 8        up with Dick. Joe asked him a lot of questions. He learned that it was 9        to get twentyfive dollars each week. He learned that the job took 10        three hours each night. Dick 11      him the phone number of the newspaper manager.

  Joe almost flew home. After he had told his mother 12        he thought,she 13       " I think it is a 14      idea," she said. "I'll call the newspaper..."

  "Wait,Mum," Joe said, "I'll call. After that,I'm going to be a businessman now."

  Joe's mother smiled 15      

(   ) 1. A. teachers   B. parents   C. classmates   D. friends

(   ) 2. A. said   B. told   C. thought   D. spoke

(   ) 3. A. spring   B. summer   C. autumn   D. winter

(   ) 4. A. because   B. when   C. while   D. after

(   ) 5. A. newspapers   B. bikes   C. computers   D. tools

(   ) 6. A. now   B. right   C. just   D. only

(   ) 7. A. on   B. to   C. of   D. for

(   ) 8. A.take   B.catch  G. carry   D. get

(   ) 9. A. friendly   B. kind   C. possible   D. wrong

(   ) 10. A. at   B. about   C. before   D. after

(   ) 11. A. taught   B. gave   C. made   D. asked

(   ) 12. A. that   B. when   C. what   D. where

(   ) 13. A. smiled   B. shouted   C. cried   D. worried

(   ) 14. A. big   B. large   C. great   D. bad

(   ) 15. A. sadly   B. happily   C. politely   D. angrily

Answer 1

1. B 从下文知道，Joe还是个孩子，想要电脑当然是跟父母(parents) 要钱买。

2. C "他自己如何买呢？他边走边思考这个问题"。think about sth"思考某事"。

3. D 由上句"Maybe he could take away snow for the neighbors"中的snow ,就会想到冬天(winter) 。

4. A 能扫雪但要等很长时间，不能除草是因为没有工具。对于连词的考查主要从意思上进行分析比较。

5. A 从这一段的最后一句"Dick...the newspaper manager" 可知，Dick送的是newspapers”

6. B 本题考查副词用法。空格后面是away ,只有right与away相搭配，意思是"立刻，马上"，这个短语只能位于句末。

7. D pay for...为固定搭配，意为"为…付款。

8. B catchup with"跟上，赶上"，其他几个动词都没有这种搭配。

9. C it作主语，代替后面的to get twentyfive dollars each week,A、B两个选项既不符合题

意，也不用it作形式主语，用possible表示"每周有可能赚到25美元"。很显然，D项也是错误的。

10. B 从句意得知，这份工作每天晚上要花费大约三个小时，用at,before,after都不符合题意。

11. B give sb sth"给某人某东西"，也可以说： give sth to sb。

12. C 把他所想的告诉妈妈，这里用what引导。

13. A 妈妈得知儿子自己动脑筋并想出了办法，当然是欣慰地笑了。

14. C 妈妈对儿子的想法给予夸奖：It's a great idea. A 、B选项是近义词，应排除。

15. B 对儿子的做法表示满意，自然是开心地(happily) 笑。