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【題目】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 to buy some wax (蠟) 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. kites 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】

試題分析：本文講述了作者小時候制作蠟燭，最終開了自己的蠟燭店的故事。

【1】A 考查動詞辨析及語境的理解。 根據(jù)下文“所以我跟著母親”，可知母親不能單獨把“我”單獨留在家里。故選A。

【2】B 考查連詞辨析及語境的理解。根據(jù)句意：當我14歲的時候。故選B。

【3】C考查介詞辨析及語境的理解。根據(jù)句意：它是一本關于制作蠟燭的。about表示“關于”。故選C。

【4】B考查名詞辨析及語境的理解。根據(jù)上文可知是制作“蠟燭”。故選B。

【5】C考查代詞辨析及語境的理解。根據(jù)句意：我自己上街。故選C。

【6】A考查名境的理解。To one’s surprise 表示“使某人驚奇”。故選A。

【7】C考查名詞辨析及語境的理解。根據(jù)下文“去買蠟”，可知母親給了一些錢。

【8】C考查動名詞辨析及語境的理解。根據(jù)開頭第一句話可知媽媽在賣花，所以此處應該表示“不在賣花了”。故選C。

【9】B考查動詞辨析及語境的理解。pay for表示“為……付款”。

【小題10】A考查形容詞及語境的理解。根據(jù)下文：我的朋友們與我們工作的很快樂�？芍�這項工作很有意思。故選A。