Question

 Most American students have said goodbye to fancy(高档的) fruits these days. In school canteens across the country, 1 fruits like apples and oranges have taken their place.

"People are afraid 2 now," said Linda Morrow, who owns a shoe and handbag store. "They don't know what the future will 3 ”

   4 the financial crisis(金融危机) ，several of the country's biggest banks have been forced to sell or close. This has made lots of Americans 5 to buy expensive goods.

  Samira Marino, a restaurant owner in Miami, has found everyone is  6  water instead of juice and more people are sharing meals. In more than two-dozen interviews with The Associated Press 7 the country last month, Americans talked about their concerns, 8worries about small businesses to doubts(怀疑) about simply making ends meet(维持生计) .

  The crisis began last year. Experts think it was because US banks 9 money too easily. Last year a lot of people and companies，who borrowed money，have found themselves unable to 10 it back. This left the banks, as well as the people who put their money in the banks, without money. Since the banks borrowed money between themselves and even across borders(国界) ，the whole world was 11

  This month the US government 12 a $ 700 billion plan to try to save the financial market. But no one is 13 whether it will help or not. President George W. Bush has warned it will take  14         .

  Last week top finance officials from 20 countries promised to work together to find a way  15         the money trouble.

(   ) 1. A. cheaper    B. cheap    C. expensive    D. more expensive

(   ) 2. A. spend    B. spending    C. to spend    D. of spending

(   ) 3. A. take    B. to bring    C. mean    D. bring

(   ) 4. A. For    B. To    C. During    D. On

(   ) 5. A. want    B. to be afraid C afraid    D. being afraid

(   ) 6. A. ordering    B. drinking    C. asking    D. order

(   ) 7. A. across    B. of    C. over    D. at

(   ) 8. A. between    B. from    C. with    D. have

(   ) 9. A. lending    B. giving    C. lend    D. give

(   ) 10. A. pay    B. get    C. arrive    D. take

(   ) 11. A. afraid    B. all right    C. wrong    D. in trouble

(   ) 12. A. agreed with    B. agreed on    C. won    D. agreed to

(   ) 13. A. sure    B. know    C. worried    D. afraid

(   ) 14. A. no time    B. some time    C. some times    D. sometimes

(   ) 15. A. out of    B. out    C. from    D. to

Answer 1

 1. A 2. C 3. D这一题是动词的辨析，take表示"带走"，bring表示"带来"。

 4.C 5. A make sb. do sth.，是固定搭配。make后跟不带to的动词不定式作宾语补足语。

  6. A这里要根据上下文的意思来判断，Samira Marino是一家餐馆的老板，所以这里选择ordering更合适。order在这里表示"定购"

  7. A这里across the country相当于all over the country,表示"全国各地"。   

  8. B 9. C lend 表示借出。10. A 

 11. D be in trouble表示"处于困境之中"。

 12. B这里是动词短语的辨析， agree with...表示"同意某人的意见"，agree on...表示"在某一点上取得一致意见"，agree to do...表示"同意去做"。

 13. A 14. B 

15. A这里find a way out of the money trouble意指找到走出金融危机的出路。