Question

【题目】完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并将该选项填入答题卷上相应的空格内。

When I was a little boy, my mother sold flowers in London. She couldn’t ________ me at home, so I had to go with her. As I grew older, I began to help her and I really enjoyed it.

Things changed ________ I was 14. My grandma gave me a book for Christmas. It was ________ making candles. I loved it so much that I spent all my free time making ________ of all shapes and sizes. I made hundreds of them.

One day, my mother was ill so I had to go to the market by________ . I decided to take some candles with me and see if I could sell them. To my ________, they were sold out in 20 minutes! The next week, my mum gave me some________o buy some wax (蜡) to make more candles. They were sold out quickly, too. Nine months later, we decided to stop ________ flowers. My mum and I couldn’t make enough candles during the week, so some of my school friends started to help us. I________them one pound for every candle, and we sold them for much more money. It was very ________ and my friends worked with me happily.

When I was 22, my uncle lent me some money and I opened my first candle shop.

【1】A. leave B. stop C. give D. take

【2】A. if B. when C. because D. since

【3】A. for B. with C. about D. at

【4】A. boxes B. candles C. ktes D. matches

【5】A. himself B. herself C. myself D. ourselves

【6】A. surprise B. interest C. sadness D. joy

【7】A. bread B. paper C. money D. drink

【8】A. buying B. borrowing C. selling D. making

【9】A. took B. paid C. cost D. spent

【10】A. interesting B. boring C. terrible D. normal

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【4】B

【5】C

【6】A

【7】C

【8】C

【9】B

【10】A

【解析】

试题分析：试题分析：本文讲述了作者小时候制作蜡烛，最终开了自己的蜡烛店的故事。

【1】A考查动词辨析及语境的理解。 根据下文“所以我跟着母亲”，可知母亲不能单独把“我”单独留在家里。故选A。

【2】B考查连词辨析及语境的理解。根据句意：当我14岁的时候。故选B。

【3】C考查介词辨析及语境的理解。根据句意：它是一本关于制作蜡烛的。about表示“关于”。故选C。

【4】B考查名词辨析及语境的理解。根据上文可知是制作“蜡烛”。故选B。

【5】 C考查代词辨析及语境的理解。根据句意：我自己上街。故选C。

【6】A考查名词辨析及语境的理解。To one’s surprise 表示“使某人惊奇”。故选A。

【7】C考查名词辨析及语境的理解。根据下文“去买蜡”，可知母亲给了一些钱。

【8】C考查动名词辨析及语境的理解。根据开头第一句话可知妈妈在卖花，所以此处应该表示“不在卖花了”。故选C。

【9】B考查动词辨析及语境的理解。pay for表示“为……付款”。故选B。

【10】A考查形容词及语境的理解。根据下文：我的朋友们与我们工作的很快乐。可知这项工作很有意思。故选A。