Question

Once when I was a teenager, my father and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus（马戏表演）．_______1._____．This family made a big impression（印象） on me．

There were eight children, all probably under the age of 12． ______2._____．Their clothes were not expensive, but they were clean．The children talked excitedly about the clowns（小丑）．It was clearly a very important day out for them．The fat her and mother seemed happy as they could be．

The tickets lady asked how many tickets the father wanted, he proudly answered, “Please let me buy eight children’s tickets and two adults’ tickets, so I can take my family to the circus．” The ticket lady told him the price．

The man’s wife lowered her head．There was no longer a smile on the man’s face．He quietly asked, “How much did you say?” ___3.______．The man obviously didn’t have enough money．But how could he tell his kids the bad news? Seeing what was happening, my dad took a $20 note from his pocket and dropped in on the ground．（We were not rich ourselves at all!） He then tapped the man on the shoulder and said, “Excuse me, sir, you dropped this．”

_______4._____．He picked up the money, looked straight into my dad’s eyes, and in tears replied．“Thank you．This really means a lot to me and my family．”

My dad and I went back to our car and drove home． _____5._______．

A．The ticket lady again told him the price B．The man understood my father was helping him C．We didn’t get to see the circus that night, but we didn’t care D．You could tell （分辨出） they didn’t have a lot of money E．Finally, there was only one family between the ticket office and us F．He was thankful for the kindness

 

Answer 1

1.E

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文告诉我们：我和爸爸去看马戏，好不容易快到我们买票了，却看到前面的那家人因为没足够的钱而要看不成马戏。爸爸不动声色地把钱给了那家人，达成了那家人的愿望。那晚爸爸和我没有看到马戏，但我们不介意。

1.This family made a big impression（印象） on me．可知，故选E。

2.Their clothes were not expensive他们的衣服不贵， 故选D。

3.The ticket lady told him the price．卖票的女士又一次告诉他票价，故选A.

4.Thank you．This really means a lot to me and my family．”故选B。

5.My dad and I went back to our car and drove home爸爸和我回到车上开车回家了，故选C.

考点：日常生活类短文。