Question

 

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。  

James’s New Bicycle  

James shook his money box again. Nothing! He carefully __1__ the coins that lay on the bed. $24.52 was all that he had. The bicycle he wanted was at least $90! __2__ on earth was he going to get the __3__ of the money?  

He knew that his friends all had bicycles. It was __4__ to hang around with people when you were the only one without wheels. He thought about what he could do. There was no __5__ asking his parents, for he knew they had no money to __6__.  

There was only one way to get money, and that was to __7__ it. He would have to find a job. __8__ who would hire him and what could he do? He decided to ask Mr. Clay for advice, who usually had __9__ on most things.  

 “Well, you can start right here,” said Mr. Clay. “My windows need cleaning and my car needs washing.”  

That was the __10__ of James’s odd-job（零工） business. For three months he worked every day after finishing his homework. He was amazed by the __11__ 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 __12__ of cars he washed and windows he cleaned, but the __13__ increased and he knew that he would soon have __14__ for the bicycle he longed for.  

The day __15__ came when James counted his money and found $94.32. He __16__ no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted. He rode __17__ home, looking forward to showing his new bicycle to his friends. It had been hard __18__ for the money, but James knew that he valued his bicycle far more __19__ he had bought it with his own money. He had __20__what he thought was impossible, and that was worth even more than the bicycle.  

1.A. cleaned       B. covered      C. counted         D. checked  

2.A. How   B. Why   C. Who    D. What  

3.A. amount   B. part   C. sum   D. rest  

4.A. brave    B. hard    C. smart  D. unfair  

5.A. point  B. reason   C. result   D. right  

6.A. split   B. spend   C. spare    D. save  

7.A. borrow  B. earn   C. raise   D. collect  

8.A. Or   B. So   C. For   D. But  

9.A. decisions  B. experience   C. opinions  D. knowledge  

10.A. beginning  B. introduction   C. requirement   D. opening  

11.A. similarity  B. quality   C. suitability   D. variety  

12.A. brand   B. number  C. size    D. type  

13.A. effort   B. pressure  C. money  D. trouble  

14.A. all   B. enough   C. much   D. some  

15.A. finally  B. instantly  C. normally  D. regularly  

16.A. gave   B. left   C. took   D. wasted  

17.A. patiently  B. proudly   C. silently    D. tiredly  

18.A. applying   B. asking   C. looking   D. working  

19.A. since  B. if   C. than   D. though  

20.A. deserved  B. benefited  C. achieved  D. learned  

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C。  

【解析】為了買自行車，作者在數(shù)自己的錢。count數(shù)符合題意。  

2.A.  

【解析】表示方式，他到底怎么樣才能得到購買自行車的其余的錢呢？  

3.D。  

【解析】作者已經(jīng)有了24.52美元，在這里用rest指購買自行車的其余的錢。  

4.B。  

【解析】作者的朋友都有自行車，這樣的話他和他們一起出去的話就會覺得很難。   

5.A。  

【解析】句型：there be no point in doing sth,做什么是沒有意義的。  

6.C.  

【解析】作者知道自己的父母抽不出任何錢讓他去買自行車。spare sb. sth,給某人抽出某種東西，該物多為時間或金錢。  

7.B。  

【解析】作者認(rèn)識到實現(xiàn)自己夢想的唯一方式是自己掙錢。earn掙錢；collect收集，籌集；raise籌集。所以正確答案為B。  

8.D。  

【解析】上下文是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，雖然他知道要自己掙錢，但是誰會雇傭他呢？  

9.C。  

【解析】Mr. Clay對大多數(shù)事情都有自己的見解。opinions見解。  

10.A。  

【解析】那是James零工的開始，beginning 開始。  

11.D。  

【解析】為了湊夠買自行車的錢，他做了各種各樣的零工。variety種類，符合題意。  

12.B。  

【解析】為了購買自行車，他為別人刷了很多車，他自己都已經(jīng)記不清刷過的車的數(shù)量了。  

13.C。  

【解析】隨著自己做零工的增加，錢也越來越多，C項符合題意。  

14.B。  

【解析】他知道自己不久就會有足夠多的錢去買自己夢想中的自行車了。  

15.A。  

【解析】能夠買起自行車的那一天終于到來了，finally終于符合句意。  

16.D。  

【解析】當(dāng)他數(shù)過自己的錢后，他立刻去買自行車了，沒有浪費一分鐘的時間。  

17.B。  

【解析】經(jīng)過自己的努力，他終于實現(xiàn)了自己的愿望，所以當(dāng)然是自豪地proudly。  

18.D。  

【解析】為掙錢而工作當(dāng)然是辛苦的，  

19.A。  

【解析】該句話的意思是：James知道他的自行車意義重大，因為他是用自己的錢購買的。  

20.C。  

【解析】他通過自己的努力實現(xiàn)了自己的夢想。achieve實現(xiàn)，符合句意。