Question

完形填空

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出一个最佳选项

      One summer day when I was in high school, my father sent me to buy some tools for our farm. I loved __1____ better than driving our family truck to do something. But this time I was not so happy___2___ my father had told me I would have to ask for credit ( 赊账) at the store.

       ___3_____ is a proud age. The young men at that age want respect (尊重) but not charity. I had seen many times that my friends were ___4____ when they asked for credit. We lived in a poor village,___ 5_____ was needed seriously I knew clearly how difficult it might be to make the store owner believe me and get the credit.

       At Dali's Brothers store. Buck Davi was talking to a farmer. After I finished   __6_____ the things I wanted, I walked to him. “I need to put these on credit,”I said to him ____7____.

      The farmer gave me a ___8_____look. But Buck's face didn't change in the slightest.  “No problem,” he said in a relaxing voice,  “ I believe your daddy will____9____them in time. " Then he turned to the farmer, This boy is Jame William's son.”

      The farmer nodded to me in a friendly way. At that time. I___10_____pride. Jame  William's Son, these three___11____ opened a door to an adult's respect and trust.

      That day I___12____ that a good name was of great importance. My father's good name had won our neighbors' respect for our family. A good name, and the responsibility (责任) that came with ____13_____ encouraged us a lot. They made us be___14______ than we might be. We also wanted to be regarded as good people. _15__ acting like good people for a long time, we became good out of good habits.

   1. A. something            B. anything             C. nothing

   2. A. because              B. while                C. unless

   3. A. Six                  B. Sixteen              C. Sixty

   4. A. influenced            B. cheered              C. refused

   5. A. health                B. money              C. freedom

   6. A. choose               B. choosing             C. to cheese

   7. A. carefully             B. angrily               C. easily

   8. A. pleasant              B. kind                 C. strange

   9. A. care for              B. pay for               C. look for

   10. A. was full of           B. was surprised at       C. was famous for

   11. A. letters               B. words               C. sentences

   12. A. discover             B. discovered           C. have discovered

   13. A. it                   B. him                 C. them

   14. A. better               B. stronger              C. cleverer

   15. A. With                B. For                  C. By

Answer 1

1C 2A 3B 4C 5B 6B 7A 8C 9B 10A 11B 12B 13A 14A 15C