Question

George and Betty didn’t have much money, but they wanted to buy a car. Betty didn’t have a  36  , so she was always finding ways to save money.
She  37   vegetables in her garden so that she wouldn’t have to buy any. She made sandwiches for George to  38   to work so that he wouldn’t have to buy his lunch.
Every day George took the bus to go to work and go home. It was not a long trip 39   the bus was slow because of the traffic.
One day, the traffic was even  40  than usual.
“I could run faster than this bus!” thought George.
The next day   41  work he decided to have a try. He went to the bus stop but didn’t take the bus. He ran along beside it on the sidewalk. He had to run quite fast to 42  the bus.
He arrived home. Betty was  43  to see him panting (喘氣). She was worried. “What’s the matter?” she asked.
“I ran along beside the bus,” said George. “I saved two dollars and fifty cents without paying the fare.” He thought it would make Betty   44 , but it didn’t.
“ 45   didn’t you run beside a taxi?” she said. “You would have saved six dollars!”

【小題1】

A．work B．job C．child D．house

【小題2】

A．grew B．gave C．bought D．knew

【小題3】

A．make B．carry C．bring D．take

【小題4】

A．or B．and C．but D．so

【小題5】

A．larger B．bigger C．worse D．better

【小題6】

A．after B．before C．finished D．began

【小題7】

A．get out of B．get along with C．come up with D．catch up with

【小題8】

A．excited B．surprised C．interested D．bored

【小題9】

A．tired B．sad C．clean D．happy

【小題10】

A．When B．What C．Why D．Where

Answer 1

【小題1】B
【小題2】A
【小題3】D
【小題4】C
【小題5】C
【小題6】A
【小題7】D
【小題8】B
【小題9】D
【小題10】C

解析【小題1】此題考查名詞，根據語境可知Betty沒有工作，因此她總是想法設法省錢。
【小題2】此題考查動詞，種菜要用動詞grow，其過去式是grew。
【小題3】此題考查動詞，把某物帶到某處要用動詞take
【小題4】此題考查連詞，表示轉折要用but。
【小題5】此題考查形容詞，根據語境可知要用比較級，故選C。
【小題6】此題考查介詞，下班后應用after。
【小題7】此題考查固定短語，趕上，故用D。
【小題8】此題考查固定結構be surprised to do sth表示驚奇的做某事。
【小題9】此題考查固定結構make sb +adj表示讓某人做某事。
【小題10】此題考查固定結構why didn’t do sth表示為什么不做某事。