Question

I returned to Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, after graduation. I had been there before my mother became a minister.  Two weeks later, I told my mother I was bored. She said, “Here’re the car keys. Go and buy some fruit.” ____ 1____, I jumped into the car and speeded off.

Seeing me or rather my ___ 2____, a boy sprang up（跳起來），   3__ to sell his bananas and peanuts. “Banana 50 naira. Peanut 200 naira!” Looking at his black-striped bananas, I    4__ to 200 total for the fruit and nuts. He    5__ . I handed him a 500 naira note. He didn’t have    6__ , so I told him not to worry. He was    7__ and smiled a row of perfect teeth.

When, two weeks later, I    8__ this same boy, I was more aware of my position in Nigerian society. I should    9__ this country as the son of a    10___. But it was hare to find pleasure in a place where it was so    11___ to see a little boy who should have been in school selling fruit.

“What’s up?” I asked. He answered in    12___ English, “I … I no get money o buy book.” I took out two 500 naira notes. He looked around    13___ before sticking his hand into the car    14___ the bills. One thousand naira means a lot to a family that    15___ only 50,000 each year.

The next morning, security officers told me, “In this place, when you give a little, people think you’re a fountain of opportunity（機(jī)會(huì)）.”    16__ it’s right, but this happens everywhere in the world. I wondered if my little friend had actually used the money for    17___. After six months’ work in northern Nigeria, I returned and saw him again standing on the road.  “Are you in school now?” He nodded. A silence fell as we looked at each other, then I    18___ what he wanted. I held out a 500 naira note. “Take this.”  He shook his head fiercely and stepped back    19__ hurt.  “It’s a gift.” I said. Shaking his head again, he handed me a basket of bananas and peanuts. “I’ve been waiting to     20___ these to you.”

A. Encouraged     B. Disappointed  C. Delighted   D. confused

A. car   B. mother   C. driver   D. keys

A. willing   B. afraid   C. eager   D. ashamed

A. got down  B. bargained down  C. put down  D. took down

A. explained   B. promised   C. agreed   D. admitted

A. change   B. notes   C. checks   D. bills

A. troubled  B. regretful  C. comfortable  D. grateful

A. ran after  B. ran into  C. ran over  D. ran to

A. protect  B. enjoy  C. help   D. support

A. minister  B. headmaster  C. manager  D. president

A. lucky  B. amazing  C. funny   D. common

A. old  B. broken   C. traditional  D. modern

A. proudly  B. madly   C. curiously  D. nervously

A. for   B. with   C. at   D. upon

A. spends   B. pays   C. makes   D. affords

A. possibly  B. actually  C. certainly  D. fortunately

A. joys   B. nuts   C. books   D. bananas

A. asked   B. imagined  C. reminded  D. realized

A. when   B. as if   C. even if   D. after

A. send   B. provide   C. sell    D. give

Answer 1

【小題1】C

【小題2】A

【小題3】C

【小題4】B

【小題5】C

【小題6】A

【小題7】D

【小題8】B

【小題9】B

【小題10】A

【小題11】D

【小題12】B

【小題13】D

【小題14】A

【小題15】C

【小題16】A

【小題17】C

【小題18】D

【小題19】B

【小題20】D

解析:

【小題1】考查語境理解。從后句I jumped into the car and speeded off 可知我非常高興，用 delighted。

【小題2】考查語境理解。上文提到我開車去買水果，所以當(dāng)小男孩看到我 ，更確切地說是看到我的汽車，他跳了起來。

【小題3】考查詞語辨析及上下文語境。從上文小男孩的動(dòng)作可知他非�？释�把香蕉和花生賣給作者，此處用 eager。

【小題4】考查生活常識(shí)。作為買主，在與小商販打交道時(shí)，通常需要砍價(jià)。用bargain down討價(jià)還價(jià),符合語境。

【小題5】考查詞語辨析及邏輯推理。雙方討價(jià)還價(jià)，賣方最后同意買方所出的價(jià)錢時(shí)，才可能成交，買方也才可能給他錢。

【小題6】考查語境理解。上句說我遞給他一張500奈拉的紙幣，但是前文告訴我們作者買他的香蕉和花生共需要200奈拉，所以小男孩應(yīng)該找給作者零錢change。

【小題7】考查語境理解。根據(jù)% 他找不開我的錢，我安慰他，不讓他著急以及后文的 smiled a row of perfect teeth可以判斷小男孩很感激。

【小題8】考查固定搭配。句意為：我又與他不期而遇了，四個(gè)備選項(xiàng)中只有run into有此意義。

【小題9】考查語境理解。從第一段提到作者是部長的兒子和第五段的 But it was hard to find pleasure可知作者應(yīng)該是喜歡自己的國家（享受眼前的生活）的，但是賣水果的小男孩的遭遇（支付不起學(xué)費(fèi)）讓他感覺不到快樂。

【小題10】考查語境理解。上文中提到I had been there before my mother became a minister由此可知答案為A。

【小題11】考查詞語辨析。此處說的是男孩因家庭貧困無法接受教育，為了生計(jì)不得不在外賣水果，這種現(xiàn)象很普遍。前面it was hard to find pleasure in a place也有暗示。

【小題12】考查詞語辨析。從小男孩的答語可知他說話結(jié)結(jié)巴巴。broken不流利的符 合題意。

【小題13】考查生活常識(shí)。如果一個(gè)人在做某件事情前先四下看一下，說明他緊張不安，恐怕被他人看到。答案為D

【小題14】考查介詞搭配。男孩向車?yán)锷焓郑�其目的就是拿作者給他的錢。for為了得到。

【小題15】考查詞語辨析。一千奈拉對(duì)于每年收入僅僅五萬奈拉的家庭來說意味著很多。本題所給四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，只有 make有獲得，掙得之意。

【小題16】考查行文邏輯。but引出的句子表示轉(zhuǎn)折，由此我們可以推測作者認(rèn)為security officers所說的可能是對(duì)的。答案為A。

【小題17】考查語境理解。上文提到小男孩說沒錢買書，我資助了他1000奈拉�，F(xiàn)在我想知道他是否真的用這些錢買書了。

【小題18】考查詞語辨析。短暫的沉默之后，作者以為小男孩又來要錢，卻不好意思開口。用realized意識(shí)到符合題意。

【小題19】考查行文邏輯。作者掏出500奈拉給小男孩，而他卻往后退，好像受到了傷害似的。

【小題20】考查詞語辨析。小男孩受過作者的恩惠，想把水果和花生送給作者作為報(bào) 答。A項(xiàng)通常指不當(dāng)面給，所以不能選。答案為D。