完形填空(共20小题,每小题1.5分,共30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
James’s New Bicycle
James shook his money box again. Nothing! He carefully __36__ the coins that lay on the bed. $24.52 was all that he had. The bicycle he wanted was at least $90! __37__ on earth was he going to get the __38__ of the money?
He knew that his friends all had bicycles. It was __39__ to hang around with people when you were the only one without wheels. He thought about what he could do. There was no __40__ asking his parents, for he knew they had no money to __41__.
There was only one way to get money, and that was to __42__ it. He would have to find a job. __43__ who would hire him and what could he do? He decided to ask Mr. Clay for advice, who usually had __44__ on most things.
“Well, you can start right here,” said Mr. Clay. “My windows need cleaning and my car needs washing.”
That was the __45__ of James’s odd-job(零工) business. For three months he worked every day after finishing his homework. He was amazed by the __46__ of jobs that people found for him to do. He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards, and mended books. He lost count of the __47__ of cars he washed and windows he cleaned, but the __48__ increased and he knew that he would soon have __49__ for the bicycle he longed for.
The day __50__ came when James counted his money and found $94.32. He __51__ no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted. He rode __52__ home, looking forward to showing his new bicycle to his friends. It had been hard __53__ for the money, but James knew that he valued his bicycle far more __54__ he had bought it with his own money. He had __55__what he thought was impossible, and that was worth even more than the bicycle.
小题1: | A.cleaned | B.covered | C.counted | D.checked | |
小题3: | A.amount | B.part | C.sum | D.rest | |
小题4: | A.brave | B.hard | C.smart | D.unfair | |
小题5: | A.point | B.reason | C.result | D.right | |
小题6: | A.split | B.spend | C.spare | D.save | |
小题7: | A.borrow | B.earn | C.raise | D.collect | |
小题9: | A.decisions | B.experience | C.opinions | D.knowledge | |
小题10: | A.beginning | B.introduction | C.requirement | D.opening | |
小题11: | A.similarity | B.quality | C.suitability | D.variety | |
小题12: | A.brand | B.number | C.size | D.type | |
小题13: | A.effort | B.pressure | C.money | D.trouble | |
小题14: | A.all | B.enough | C.much | D.some | |
小题15: | A.finally | B.instantly | C.normally | D.regularly |
小题1:C 小题2:A 小题3:D 小题4:B 小题5:A 小题6:C 小题7:B 小题8:D 小题9:C 小题10:A 小题11:D 小题12:B 小题13:C 小题14:B 小题15:A 小题16:D 小题17:B 小题18:D 小题19:A 小题20:C 小题1:为了买自行车,作者在数自己的钱。count数符合题意。 小题2:表示方式,他到底怎么样才能得到购买自行车的其余的钱呢? 小题3:作者已经有了24.52美元,在这里用rest指购买自行车的其余的钱。 小题4:作者的朋友都有自行车,这样的话他和他们一起出去的话就会觉得很难。 小题5:句型:there be no point in doing sth,做什么是没有意义的。 小题6:作者知道自己的父母抽不出任何钱让他去买自行车。spare sb. sth,给某人抽出某种东西,该物多为时间或金钱。 小题7:作者认识到实现自己梦想的唯一方式是自己挣钱。earn挣钱;collect收集,筹集;raise筹集。所以正确答案为B。 小题8:上下文是转折关系,虽然他知道要自己挣钱,但是谁会雇佣他呢? 小题9:Mr. Clay对大多数事情都有自己的见解。opinions见解。 小题10:那是James零工的开始,beginning 开始。 小题11:为了凑够买自行车的钱,他做了各种各样的零工。variety种类,符合题意。 小题12:为了购买自行车,他为别人刷了很多车,他自己都已经记不清刷过的车的数量了。 小题13:随着自己做零工的增加,钱也越来越多,C项符合题意。 小题14:他知道自己不久就会有足够多的钱去买自己梦想中的自行车了。 小题15:能够买起自行车的那一天终于到来了,finally终于符合句意。 小题16:当他数过自己的钱后,他立刻去买自行车了,没有浪费一分钟的时间。 小题17:经过自己的努力,他终于实现了自己的愿望,所以当然是自豪地proudly。 小题18:为挣钱而工作当然是辛苦的, 小题19:该句话的意思是:James知道他的自行车意义重大,因为他是用自己的钱购买的。 小题20:他通过自己的努力实现了自己的梦想。achieve实现,符合句意。
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