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【題目】The Grass Cutting Days

Every time we headed out to cut grass, Dad was there to watch. I used to______why he came with us. He stood watching us in the sticky Florida heat when he could have been inside_______with air conditioning and an icy drink.

One day we were cutting our next-door neighbor's yard. She always waited until the grass was knee-high to call us over. To make matters worse, we had an old lawn mower that kept breaking down as we tried to cut ______ her backyard jungle. This particular afternoon, I was finishing up and was tired and sweaty. I ______ the tall glass of cold juice I would drink in a minute to cool down.

I was just about to turn off the lawn mower ______ I saw Dad pointing to one single blade of grass (一片草). I thought about the small amount of money I was getting ______ for cutting grass so high that it almost broke the mower. I ignored him and kept walking. Dad called me out and yelled, “You missed a blade.”

I frowned (皺眉)，hoping he would let me go home. He kept pointing. Though ______ and discouraged, I still went back to cut that blade of grass. I thought to myself, “That one blade isn't ______ anyone. Why won't he just let it go?”

But when I reached adulthood, I understood his ______ : When you're running a business, the work you do says a great deal about you. If you want to be seen as an honest businessman, you must deliver a quality product. That single blade of grass ______ the job was not done.

Other neighbors took ______ of the good work we did and we soon gained more ______. We started out with one customer, but by the end of the summer we had five, which was all we cared to handle because we wanted time to enjoy our summer break from school.

The lesson my dad taught me stayed with me: Be ______ , If you say you are going to perform a job at a certain time, ______ your word. Give your customers the kind of ______ you would like to receive. It shows how sincere you are and how much pride you take in your work.

【1】A. wonder B. understand C. know D. expect

【2】A. hiding B. relaxing C. playing D. talking

【3】A. in B. back C. up D. through

【4】A. pictured B. decided C. required D. invented

【5】A. until B. before C. when D. while

【6】A. involved B. caught C. changed D. paid

【7】A. tired B. ashamed C. touched D. shocked

【8】A. surprising B. frightening C. hurting D. embarrassing

【9】A. punishment B. message C. cruelty D. expression

【10】A. seemed B. realized C. meant D. found

【11】A. care B. notice C. place D. control

【12】A. business B. workers C. experience D. prizes

【13】A. patient B. powerful C. prepared D. professional

【14】A. break B. give C. save D. keep

【15】A. advice B. service C. attention D. warmth

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 A

【2】 B

【3】 D

【4】 A

【5】 C

【6】 D

【7】 A

【8】 C

【9】 B

【10】 C

【11】 B

【12】 A

【13】 D

【14】 D

【15】 B

【解析】

這是一篇記述文。文章講述了作者在暑假給別人修剪草坪掙零花錢(qián)時(shí)，父親對(duì)自己的教育．從這件事中我們知道了做任何事都要有專(zhuān)業(yè)素養(yǎng)，這是一個(gè)道德規(guī)范問(wèn)題．

【1】考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。A. wonder想知道；B. understand理解；C. know 知道；D. expect期望。結(jié)合下文可知，作者很想知道父親為什么總是大熱天站在那看著自己給別人割草坪，故選A。

【2】考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。A. hiding躲藏；B. relaxing 放輕松；C. playing 玩；D. talking 交談。結(jié)合上文可知，此處是指作者認(rèn)為父親本可以坐在空調(diào)屋里喝著冷飲放輕松，故選B。

【3】考查介詞詞義辨析。A. in 在….里面；B. back后面；C. up向上；D. through通過(guò)，穿過(guò)。結(jié)合上下文語(yǔ)境可知，鄰居的草坪的草很高，此處是指作者要在這些高草中來(lái)回穿過(guò)，故選D。

【4】考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。A. pictured 想象；B. decided 決定；C. required要求；D. invented發(fā)明。結(jié)合上文語(yǔ)境，天氣很熱，作者汗流浹背，又很累，由此可知，作者在想象著很快自己就可以喝杯涼果汁。故選A。

【5】考查連詞詞義辨析。A. until直到….才；B. before在….之前；C. when 當(dāng)…..時(shí)候；D. while當(dāng)….時(shí)候。句意：我剛要關(guān)上割草機(jī)的時(shí)候，突然看到爸爸指著一片草地。be about to do…..when….是固定句型，意思是：當(dāng)正要去做一件事的時(shí)候，另一件事情突然發(fā)生了。while沒(méi)有此用法，故選C。

【6】考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。A. involved涉及；B. caught 抓�。�C. changed改變；D. paid支付。結(jié)合上下文語(yǔ)境可知，此處是指作者割草勞動(dòng)別人付給的工錢(qián)，故選D。

【7】考查形容詞詞義辨析。A. tired疲勞的；B. ashamed羞愧的；C. touched感動(dòng)的；D. shocked震驚的。結(jié)合上文可知，作者感到又累又熱，故選A。

【8】考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。A. surprising吃驚；B. frightening害怕；C. hurting 傷害；D. embarrassing使尷尬。結(jié)合語(yǔ)境可知，作者對(duì)父親非得讓他把那片草割干凈很不理解，此處是指作者認(rèn)為那片草不割也不會(huì)傷害誰(shuí)，不影響什么，故選C。

【9】考查名詞詞義辨析。A. punishment懲罰；B. message信息，啟示；C. cruelty殘酷；D. expression表達(dá)。句意：但是，當(dāng)我成年以后，我明白了他的啟示。根據(jù)下文可知，作者后來(lái)明白了父親讓自己那么做的原因，父親的寓意何在。故選B。

【10】考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。A. seemed似乎…；B. realized意識(shí)到；C. meant意味著；D. found發(fā)現(xiàn)。結(jié)合上文作者的感悟可知，此處是指那片沒(méi)有割的草坪就意味著沒(méi)有完成工作。故選C。

【11】考查名詞詞義辨析。A. care 關(guān)心；B. notice注意；C. place 地方；D. control控制。根據(jù)下文，很多人因?yàn)樽髡吒畈菡J(rèn)真來(lái)找他割草坪可知，此處是指其他鄰居看到了他們做的工作很棒，take notice of注意到，故選B。

【12】考查名詞詞義辨析。A. business生意；B. workers工人；C. experience經(jīng)驗(yàn)；D. prizes獎(jiǎng)品。結(jié)合上文大家都知道了我們做事認(rèn)真可知，此處是指很多人來(lái)找我們給他們割草坪，即獲得了更多生意，故選A。

【13】考查形容詞詞義辨析。A. patient有耐心的；B. powerful 強(qiáng)大的；C. prepared準(zhǔn)備好的；D. professional專(zhuān)業(yè)的。結(jié)合上文作者的感悟可知，此處是指：做工作要專(zhuān)業(yè)，守信用，故選D。

【14】考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。A. break 打破；B. give給；C. save節(jié)約；D. keep保持。結(jié)合上下文語(yǔ)境可知，如果你說(shuō)你要在某個(gè)時(shí)間完成一項(xiàng)工作，那么你就得信守諾言，keep one’s word遵守諾言，故選D。

【15】考查名詞詞義辨析。A. advice建議；B. service服務(wù)；C. attention注意力；D. warmth溫暖。根據(jù)下文作者說(shuō)“它顯示出你有多真誠(chéng)，對(duì)你的工作有多自豪。”可知，此處作者要表達(dá)要給你的顧客你想要的那種服務(wù)，故選B。