Question

完形填空（共20小題，每小題1.5分，共30分）

 閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

James’s New Bicycle

 James shook his money box again. Nothing! He carefully __36__ the coins that lay on the bed. $24.52 was all that he had. The bicycle he wanted was at least $90! __37__ on earth was he going to get the __38__ of the money?

 He knew that his friends all had bicycles. It was __39__ to hang around with people when you were the only one without wheels. He thought about what he could do. There was no __40__ asking his parents, for he knew they had no money to __41__.

 There was only one way to get money, and that was to __42__ it. He would have to find a job. __43__ who would hire him and what could he do? He decided to ask Mr. Clay for advice, who usually had __44__ on most things.

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

 That was the __45__ of James’s odd-job（零工） business. For three months he worked every day after finishing his homework. He was amazed by the __46__ 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 __47__ of cars he washed and windows he cleaned, but the __48__ increased and he knew that he would soon have __49__ for the bicycle he longed for.

 The day __50__ came when James counted his money and found $94.32. He __51__ no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted. He rode __52__ home, looking forward to showing his new bicycle to his friends. It had been hard __53__ for the money, but James knew that he valued his bicycle far more __54__ he had bought it with his own money. He had __55__what he thought was impossible, and that was worth even more than the bicycle.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

43. A. Or          B. So            C. For           D. But

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Answer 1

36—40 CADBA   41—45 CBDCA  46—50 DBCBA  51—55 DBDAC

解析:

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

37.表示方式，他到底怎么樣才能得到購(gòu)買自行車的其余的錢呢？

38.作者已經(jīng)有了24.52美元，在這里用rest指購(gòu)買自行車的其余的錢。

39.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(huì)覺得很難。

40.句型：there be no point in doing sth,做什么是沒有意義的。

41.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(shí)間或金錢。

42.作者認(rèn)識(shí)到實(shí)現(xiàn)自己夢(mèng)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。

43.上下文是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，雖然他知道要自己掙錢，但是誰(shuí)會(huì)雇傭他呢？

44.Mr. Clay對(duì)大多數(shù)事情都有自己的見解。opinions見解。

45.那是James零工的開始，beginning 開始。

46.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。

47.為了購(gòu)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(guò)的車的數(shù)量了。

48.隨著自己做零工的增加，錢也越來(lái)越多，C項(xiàng)符合題意。

49.他知道自己不久就會(huì)有足夠多的錢去買自己夢(mèng)想中的自行車了。

50.能夠買起自行車的那一天終于到來(lái)了，finally終于符合句意。

51.當(dāng)他數(shù)過(guò)自己的錢后，他立刻去買自行車了，沒有浪費(fèi)一分鐘的時(shí)間。

52.經(jīng)過(guò)自己的努力，他終于實(shí)現(xiàn)了自己的愿望，所以當(dāng)然是自豪地proudly。

53.為掙錢而工作當(dāng)然是辛苦的，

54.該句話的意思是：James知道他的自行車意義重大，因?yàn)樗�是用自己的錢購(gòu)買的。

55.他通過(guò)自己的努力實(shí)現(xiàn)了自己的夢(mèng)想。achieve實(shí)現(xiàn)，符合句意。