Question

  He held out the little red felt pillow and pointed to its tiny pocket,which held a quarter,instead of a tooth. "Look,mom!Look what the tooth fairy 1        me. Twentyfive cents!"

  I 2       his excitement,and we chatted for a few minutes about the 3        to which he would put his new wealth. I returned to my kitchen 4       ,but he lingered ，silent,a thoughtful look on his face. "Mom ," he 5      ,"is there really a tooth fairy,or do you put this money in my tooth pillow and take away my tooth?"

  6       I knew I would have to answer such questions,but in spite of seven years of preparation,I hadn't really thought through a 7       reply. I stalled (拖延) for time by asking, "What do you think,Simon?"

  "Could be 8      ," he reasoned. "It seems like something you would do,but I know some things are 9       ,too."

  "What would you like to think?" I 10,still uncertain about whether or not I was about to 11        his heart.

  "It doesn't really matter," he said with 12       "I like it either way. If there is a tooth fairy,that's pretty exciting,and if it's you,that's pretty nice,too."

  I concluded that no disappointment would 13        my answer,so I confessed to being his benefactor,and he 14        satisfyingly. I then cautioned him not to say 15        to his younger brother,explaining , " Each child is entitled to the magic 16        he or she is ready to ask the question that you did today. Do you understand that?"

  "Yes ," he said,17       He took great pride in his older brother 18       ,and I knew he would never spoil anything 19       . I considered the matter closed,but still he lingered in the kitchen.

  "Is there something else,Simon?" I asked.

  "Just one 20        question,mom. Does dad know?"

(   ) 1. A. gave   B. left   C. put   D. laid

(   ) 2. A. shared   B. accepted   C. understood   D. refused

(   ) 3. A. source   B. amount   C. purpose   D. quality

(   ) 4. A. games   B. activities   C. sports   D. lessons

(   ) 5. A. sighed   B. considered   C. confirmed   D. hesitated

(   ) 6. A. In surprise   B. Of course   C. In excitement   D. To my joy

(   ) 7. A. correct   B. wonderful   C. suitable   D. quick

(   ) 8. A. either   B. neither   C. both   D. none

(   ) 9. A. false   B. magic   C. true   D. bad

(   ) 10. A. said   B. paused   C. started   D. continued

(   ) 11. A. mend   B. break   C. kill   D. capture

(   ) 12. A. confidence   B. excitement   C. sadness   D. disappointment

(   ) 13. A. make for   B. result from   C. lead to   D. get from

(   ) 14. A. smiled   B. responded   C. wondered   D. murmured

(   ) 15. A. nothing   B. everything   C. anything   D. something

(   ) 16. A. before   B. when   C. until   D. after

(   ) 17. A. thinking   B. nodding   C. smiling   D. moving

(   ) 18. A. power   B. height   C. grade   D. role

(   ) 19. A. accidently   B. intentionally   

       C. continuously   D. contentedly

(   ) 20. A. much   B. many   C. more   D. most

Answer 1

1. B leave此處意為"留給"，表結(jié)果。

2. A我也和他一起分享(share) 興奮。

3. C根據(jù)上下文可知他們在討論如何安排這些wealth ,所以是談?wù)?目的"。

4. B我回到廚房做事,activity指日�；顒�，其他幾個詞不合適。

5. D從后面的選擇問句可見他說話時(shí)猶豫了。

6. B我很早就預(yù)料到孩子會提出這個問題,所以應(yīng)該是當(dāng)然of course

7. C我沒有想到一個合適(suitable) ~的答案。

8. A從后文可知孩子知道是兩者其中之一。

9. B有些事情很有魔力，很神奇(magic;) 。

10. D我接著繼續(xù)問。

11. B我不知道是否要傷他的心(break one's heart) ₀

12. A孩子回答的時(shí)候很有信心，沒有猶豫。

13. B從上文孩子的回答，我得出結(jié)論no disappointment would result from my answer (我的回答不會使孩子遺憾) 。

14. A 從satisfyingly一詞得知是smile。

15. C我提醒孩子不要告訴弟弟。

16. C我解釋孩子只有到了能提出上述問題，即長大到一定的時(shí)候才會給予魔力。

17. B孩子答應(yīng)了，所以是點(diǎn)頭nod,nodding表示伴隨狀態(tài)。

18. D孩子對自己是哥哥的角色(role) ，很滿意。

19. B既然孩子向我承諾不告訴弟弟，所以我知道他不會有意(intentionally) 說出一切。

20. C 再提一個問題(one more question) 。