题目内容
This holiday morning I didn't have to attend school. Usually,on holidays,Mother 1 me to sleep longer.2 ,on this special morning,I felt like getting up early.
I stood by my window overlooking the park,having nothing better to do. But as it turned out,I was soon to learn about something 3 in life.
As I watched several people go by,get into their cars and drive off,I 4 an old man on a bicycle with a bucket (水桶) and pieces of old cloth in a basket and bottles on its backcarriage (后座) .He 5 from one car to another,washing and cleaning them. Judging from the water on the ground,it seemed that he had already 6 washing and cleaning about a dozen or more cars.
Several thoughts 7 my mind as I watched him work. He wasn't welldressed. The bicycle he rode was not the kind modern 8 would want to be seen riding on. But he seemed 9 with life. There he was working hard at his small business,10 passersby (过路人) and stopping to have a free talk now and then 11 elderly men and women on their way to the market nearby.
There was a noticeable sense of 12 he seemed to be doing his work with. It was a 13 to learn,I thought. One doesn't have to beg for a 14 at any age if one is in good health and willing to work hard. For a while I felt 15 of myself. This old man must have got up very early and been busy working so hard and actively.
( ) 1. A. forces B. allows C. causes D. prevents
( ) 2. A. Or B. So C. However D. Also
( ) 3. A. interesting B. surprising C. terrible D. useful
( ) 4. A. noticed B. knew C. called D. helped
( ) 5. A. searched B. left C. moved D. passed
( ) 6. A. stopped B. started C. planed D. finished
( ) 7. A. crossed B. went C. disturbed D. came
( ) 8. A. repairmen B. businessmen C. drivers D. cyclists
( ) 9. A. busy B. satisfied C. careful D. bored
( ) 10. A. saying hello to B. looking at C. laughing at D. pointing at
( ) 11. A. about B. for C. with D. like
( ) 12. A. worry B. respect C. pity D. pride
( ) 13. A. lesson B. subject C. skill D. fact
( ) 14. A. business B. living C. success D. right
( ) 15. A. tired B. doubtful C. fearful D. ashamed
1. B父母是"允许"自己的孩子在不上学的假日里多睡会儿觉的。allow允许,符合文意。force迫使,强迫;cause产生;prevent阻止,均不符合文意。
2. C根据上文"母亲允许我睡个懒觉"和下文"I felt like getting up early"可知.前后之间存在转折关系。however然而,表示转折。
3. D 根据下文作者的体会可知,作者了解了对自己的生活"有用的"一些东西。useful有用的,符合语境。interesting有趣的;surprising令人惊讶的;terrible 糟糕的,均不符合语境。
4. A根据上文"As I watched several people go by,get into their cars and drive off"可知,"我""注意到"一位骑自行车的老人。notice注意到,符合文意。其余三项分别表示:知道;打电话;帮助,均不符合文意。
5. C根据下文清洗车辆可以看出,老人是在一辆辆车之间"移动"。move移动,符合逻辑。search寻找;leave离开;pass通过,均不符合逻辑。
6. D根据already和a dozen or more cars可知,老人工作日寸间早,已经清洗"完"很多车子了。finish完成,符合文意。stop停止;start开始;plan计划,均不符合文意。
7. A cross one's mind表示"(想法等) 出现,掠过某人的脑海"。
8. D根据下文"would want to be seen riding on"可知,此处指"骑自行车的人"。cyclist骑自行车的人,符合逻辑。其余三项分别表示:修理工;生意人;驾驶员,均不符合逻辑。
9. B根据上文提到他的穿着和所骑的车子都不时尚,下文乂提到他时不时地和路人闲聊可以看出他自己对这一切都是"满意的",老人的精神世界很丰富。be satisfied with对..... 满意,符合文意。busy繁忙的;careful仔细的bored无聊的,均不符合义意。
10. A有时候他朝路人招手示意,时而还会停下来闲聊。say hello to向……问好,符合语境。其余三项分別表示:看;嘲笑;指向,均不符合语境。
11. C他时而停下来同去附近市场的老人们闲聊。have a free talk wilh sb.与某人闲聊。
12. D根据下文" he seemed to be doing his work with"及上文可知,老人对自己所做之事有一种"自豪"感。pride自豪,符合文意。worry担心;respect尊敬; pity可怜,怜悯,均不符合文意。
13. A这是需要学习的"一课"。lesson课,符合语境。subject科目;skill技能;fact事实,均不符合语境。
14. B 句意:一个人如果身体健康而且乐于努力工作,在任何年纪都没有必要以乞讨为生。beg for a living乞讨为生。
15. D看到老人的勤劳,作者发现跟老人相比,自己对生活不够积极,感到有点"羞愧"。ashamed羞愧的,符合逻辑。tired累的;doubtful怀疑的;fearful害怕的,均不符合逻辑。