Question

    In Canberra, there is a free market called "Trash and Treasure ",   1   anything can be bought and sold．The prices are usually very low. It is held on Sundays. A lot of people go and   2   their luck in this market.

    My home is not far from there. Sometimes I can   3   hear the   4   bargaining with the tradesmen. But I have been there to go shopping only once. I wanted to buy a television set, since I am a   5   TV viewer. But I was not lucky at that time. The first tradesman I saw was selling cassettes and recorders, which were shining under the sun and   6   were quite reasonable. It was difficult not to be tempted．I   7   one of the cassettes closely. It   8   looked new and modern. On the box, the words "TDK, made in Japan" had been beautifully   9   . The man said that the cassette was worth $5, but as a special   10   he would let me have it for $3. I shook my head and  11  a finger showing that I was willing to pay one dollar and I would buy five. Signing to me wildly, the man acted as if he found my   12   outrageous (令人不能容忍), but finally reduced the price ___13___ $ 2．Lifting my shoulders slightly, I began to walk away. A moment ___14___, he ___15___ me and thrust five cassettes into my hands. Though he kept throwing up his arms in despair, he readily ___16___ the five- dollar note I gave him. I felt especially___17___ with my wonderful bargain-until I reached home. ___18___ hard I tried, it was ___19___ to get any one of them to move in a recorder and to this day they have never recorded a ___20___ word! I’ve never seen that man again!

1．A．which

B．that

C．in which

D．there

2．A．have

B．take

C．try

D．get

3．A．even

B．ever

C．as well

D．also

4．A．businessmen

B．customers

C．strangers

D．passengers

5．A．often

B．spare

C．constant

D．program

6．A．they

B．which

C．the prices

D．the types

7．A．inspected

B．checked

C．examined

D．searched

8．A．really

B．certainly

C．entirely

D．completely

9．A．pressed

B．published

C．recorded

D．printed

10．A．favor

B．result

C．prize

D．service

11．A．held out

B．held to

C．held up

D．held off

12．A．reason

B．offer

C．idea

D．sign

13．A．for

B．at

C．to

D．by

14．A．after

B．later

C．ago

D．before

15．A．ran up

B．was after

C．ran after

D．followed after

16．A．accepted

B．received

C．gained

D．returned

17．A．excited

B．pleased

C．unexpected

D．disappointed

18．A．How

B．However

C．Whatever

D．No matter

19．A．possible

B．impossible

C．difficult

D．easy

20．A．simple

B．one

C．single

D．new

 

Answer 1

答案：C;C;A;B;C;C;C;D;D;A;A;B;C;B;C;A;B;B;B;C
提示：

1.　　   这里是非限制性定语从句，排除that, there，从句里缺少介词，用in which 2.　　   try luck碰碰运气 3.　　   even甚至，ever曾经，用于完成时，as well和also都是也的意思，与句意不符 4.　　   bargain with the tradesmen和小贩讨价还价，自然是customer顾客 5.　　   often经常，不能做形容词，spare空闲的，constant坚决的，持续的，program程序，与句意不符 6.　　   the prices are reasonable价格合理 7.　　   examine表示仔细检查 8.　　   really真正的，certainly当然的，entirely一概的，completely完全的， 9.　　   press压，按，publish出版，record记录，print印，字应该是印上去的 10.   favor帮忙，对某人特别的优惠 11.   hold out伸出，hold to坚持，紧握，hold up举起，支撑，hold off不接近 12.   offer要求，这里指我的出价 13.   reduce the price to将价格降到 14.   a moment later过了一会儿，其他的句意不符 15.   run up抬高，run after追着，follow本来就是追赶跟着的意思，不需要加after 16.   accept接受，receive表示收到，不带主观意愿 17.   pleased高兴的，我讨价还价成功自然很开心 18.   how在这里是多么的意思，不管我多么努力， 19.   从文章中可以看出，作者千辛万苦买来的磁带最后放不出一个字来，所以才叫bad luck，选择impossible，不可能放出一个字来 20.   not a single word这里用single表示强调