Question

【题目】 Choose the words. or expressions and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词组完成短文）

When Levi Strauss arrived in the United States from Bavaria, he was only seventeen, poor and knew very _______ English. Like most immigrants（移民）, he was looking for a better life. So, he went to California to _______gold in 1849. _______ he planned to open a shop in San Francisco, he took many goods with him, included a large _______of canvas（大量帆布）. He hoped to sell it. However, business was not _______ he had expected. One day, when he sat in cafe in a small town, he had an idea. He saw a man with a hole in the leg of his trousers and suddenly realized, what Californians needed for the hard and rough work they were doing-good, _______ trousers.

【1】A.littleB.someC.fewD.easy

【2】A.findB.lookC.discoverD.seek

【3】A.ThoughB.UnlessC.IfD.Because

【4】A.quantityB.amountsC.numberD.numbers

【5】A.as far asB.as wellC.as good asD.as soon as

【6】A.thinB.strongC.blackD.big

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】D

【4】A

【5】C

【6】B

【解析】

本文讲述了Levi Strauss7岁来到美国，他很穷，不会讲英语，所以他去淘金。后来他准备在旧金山开店，他带了很多帆布去卖，但是发现销量不好，后来他在一个小镇发现加州人做的是艰苦而又粗糙的工作，需要质量好的、结实的裤子。

【1】句意：他只有7岁，并且很贫穷，几乎不懂英语。

little几乎没有（+不可数名词）；some一些；few几乎没有（+可数名词）；easy容易；根据“he was only seventeen, poor ”，所以他几乎不懂英语，根据英语不可数，所以用little，故选A

【2】句意：于是，他在1849年去加利福尼亚淘金。

find找到（强调结果）；look看；discover发现；seek寻找；此处表示“寻找金子”的含义，构成seek gold短语，故选D。

【3】句意：因为他打算在旧金山开店。

Though尽管；Unless除非；If如果；Because因为；根据“he took many goods with him, included a large __4__of canvas（大量帆布）. He hoped to sell it. ”他带着很多商品，包括大量帆布，他希望把它卖掉。所以前一句应该是原因，所以用because，故选D。

【4】句意：因为他打算开店在旧金山，他带着很多商品，包括大量帆布。

quantity数量；amounts数量（复数）；number数字；numbers数字（复数）；根据a large quantity of +名词，表示大量的，a great amount of 许多的(+不可数)，a great/big/large number of…大量的（+可数），故选 A。

【5】句意：然而，生意并没有他想象的那么好。

as far as直到；as well也；C. as good as和……一样好；as soon as以……就；根据前文“He hoped to sell it.”所以他刚开始预期卖的很好，但是并没有，故选C。

【6】句意：加州人做的是艰苦而又粗糙的工作，需要质量好的、结实的裤子。

thin瘦；strong强壮，结实；black黑；big大；根据前文“the hard and rough work”艰苦而又粗糙的工作，所以需要质量好的、结实的裤子，故选B。