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 __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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Answer 1

【小題1】C

【小題2】A

【小題3】D

【小題4】B

【小題5】A

【小題6】C

【小題7】B

【小題8】D

【小題9】C

【小題10】A

【小題11】D

【小題12】B

【小題13】C

【小題14】B

【小題15】A

【小題16】D

【小題17】B

【小題18】D

【小題19】A

【小題20】C

解析:

【小題1】從整體內容看James為了買自己渴望已久的自行車，父母沒錢，自己攢的錢不夠，然后靠打零工掙錢，最后買了自行車。此處的---the coins，應該是數錢，下文最后一段50空后由出現了它和count的搭配，故選C。

【小題2】從上文創設的語境來看，此處應該是他將怎樣/如何弄到其他的錢，選A符合。

【小題3】按照上文內容他已經有了$24.52，但自行車的價格是at least $90，因此此處應該是其他的，其余的意思，故選D.

【小題4】上句意思是其他人都有了自行車，在和有自行車的人一起閑逛時自己是不幸的。D項unfair“不公平”不和句意；B項hard“不幸”的意思吻合語境，故選B。

【小題5】從下句for he knew they had no money來看，他的父母沒錢，找他們要就毫無意義。此處B理由；C結果；D權力；A point “意義、用處”，用在there is no point in doing sth.句型里邊，表示在做某事方面毫無意義，故選A

【小題6】A split劈開、裂開；均分；B spend花費; D save 節省；C spare 均出，勻出；符合句意，選C。

【小題7】前面提到，自己沒有攢夠買自行車的錢，父母也不能給錢，兼顧下文內容唯一得到錢的辦法應該是自己去賺錢，earn賺得，掙到的意思，故選B.

【小題8】從下句---who would hire him and what could he do?可以看出此處表轉折，意思為但是----；故選D。

【小題9】由前面的關鍵詞for advice，who引導的定語從句介紹說明Mr. Clay的情況，及下句“Well, you can start right here,”課推知此處為“主張、建議”的意思，故選C。

【小題10】由上句的關鍵詞start，此處的James’s odd-job(零工) business，推知是“開始的”意思，故選A。

【小題11】由46空下行可知他做了各種各樣的零工，此處similarity類似；quality質量；suitability合適均不和句意；而D variety”各種、各樣”符合句意，故選D。

【小題12】此處關鍵詞count 應該與數目搭配表示他數不清------；brand 品種，商標；size 尺寸，大小；type類型，型號均不能喝count搭配；number數目符合，故選B。

【小題13】按照生活常識此處應該是錢的增加。故選C。

【小題14】上句意思是錢在增加，此處顯然是他知道掙得的錢快夠了，enough“足夠的”符號句意。

【小題15】既然是The day----came when James counted his money and found $94.32.，顯然此處應該是那一天的最后來臨，表示他盼望的急切心情，finally最后，終于符合語境。故選A

【小題16】此處語境應該是他迫切的等到了這一天，當然不會浪費時間，而趕快去買自行車，故選D符合語境和James的心情。

【小題17】用自己打零工攢的錢買來的自行車，騎著回家，由“showing his new bicycle---”可以看出他當然自豪啦，故選B符合語境。

【小題18】此處講他買自行車的錢來之不易，按照整體內容來看是打零工賺來的，所以D符合句意。

【小題19】由he valued his bicycle far more.可以看出他珍惜他的自行車是因為用自己的錢買的。只有A  since“既然，由于”有此意，故選A。

【小題20】此處應該是“完成、取得、達到（目的）”之意。deserve值得；benefit受益；learn學會，學習均不和句意，只有achieve符合，故選C. 達到（目的）的意思。