Question

We come by business naturally in our family.Each of the seven children in our family worked in our father’s store.As we worked and watched，we ____ that work was about more than ____ and making a sale.

One lesson stands out in my mind.It was shortly before Christmas.I was in eighth grade and was working evenings，straightening the toy section.A little boy，five or six years old，came in.He was wearing a brown torn coat with ____ sleeves.His shoes were scuffed(磨損) and his one shoelace was torn.The little boy looked poor to me—too poor to ____ to buy anything.He looked around the toy section，picked up this item and that，and ____ put them back in their place.

Dad came down the stairs and walked over to the boy.His steel blue eyes ____ and the dimple(酒窩) in his cheek stood out as he ____ the boy what he could do for him.The boy said he was looking for a Christmas ___ for his brother.I was impressed that Dad treated him with the same ____ as any adult.Dad told him to take his ___ and look around.He did.

After about 20 minutes，the little boy picked up a toy plane，walked up to my dad and said, “How much for this，Mister？”

“How much you ____？” Dad asked.

The little boy held out his hand and ___ it.His hand was creased(起皺) with ____ lines of dirt from holding his ____ too tightly.In his hand lay only 27 cents.The ____ on the toy plane he’d ____ was $3.98.

“That’ll just ___ it，” Dad said as he made the sale.Dad’s reply still ____ in my ears.When the little boy walked out of the store，I didn’t notice the worn coat or the ____ torn shoelace.What I saw was a happy child with a ____.

1.A.showed? B．heard

C．learned? D．guessed

2.A.survival? B．pleasure

C．trouble? D．expectation

3.A.short? B．dirty

C．tight D．colorful

4.A.intend? B．attempt

C．afford? D．decide

5.A.suddenly? B．differently

C．happily? D．carefully

6.A.closed? B．smiled

C．shone? D．focused

7.A.asked? B．told

C．showed? D．called

8.A.tree? B．card

C．present? D．cake

9.A.friendship? B．respect

C．support? D．favor

10.A.effort? B．word

C．time? D．courage

11.A.paid? B．earned

C．lost? D．got

12.A.cleaned? B．opened

C．gave? D．turned

13.A.lonB．thin

C．wet D．flat

14.A.toy B．pocket

C．hand D．money

15.A.price? B．number

C．quality? D．value

16.A.carried out? B．picked out

C．put out? D．pulled out

17.A.change? B．cover

C．need? D．take

18.A.rings? B．stays

C．runs? D．pauses

19.A.clean? B．normal

C．single D．double

20.A.choice? B．hope

C．package? D．treasure

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.D

6.B

7.A

8.C

9.B

10.C

11.D

12.B

13.C

14.D

15.A

16.B

17.B

18.A

19.C

20.D

【解析】

1.

解析　作者的感悟“...work was about more than ____ and making a sale.”是在父親店里工作學習到的。

2.2】　A

解析　對于多數人來說，工作是為了保障生活，而類似于下文的事例讓作者明白，他在父親店里的工作不只是為了生存和賣東西，還可以給別人帶去快樂。

3.3】　B

解析　根據下文“His shoes were scuffed(磨損) and his one shoelace was torn.The little boy looked poor...”可知，此處是描述小男孩衣衫襤褸，因此dirty符合語境。

4.4】　C

解析　小男孩看起來非常窮，買不起任何一件物品。afford買得起，承擔得起，符合句意。

5.5】　D

解析　由句意可知，小男孩看看這個看看那個，然后小心地把物品放回原位，carefully強調小男孩對物品的愛惜。

6.6】　B

解析　根據下文“...the dimple(酒窩) in his cheek stood out...”可知，smile符合語境。

7.7】　A

解析　根據下文“The boy said he was looking for...”可知，父親詢問小男孩有什么可以為他做的。

8.8】　C

解析　根據下一段“...the little boy picked up a toy plane...”可知，小男孩想為他弟弟買一個圣誕禮物。

9.9】　B

解析　根據下文內容可知，父親并沒有輕視這個貧窮的小男孩，以對待成人那樣尊重的態度對待他。

10.0】　C

解析　根據下一段After about 20 minutes可知，父親讓小男孩不要著急慢慢挑。take one’s time從容進行，不著急。

11.1】　D

解析　根據下文小男孩向作者的父親展示自己帶的錢可知，父親問小男孩有多少錢，get符合語境。

12.2】　B

解析　小男孩伸出手并且把手張開，作者和父親才能看到他手里的錢。

13.3】　C

解析　小男孩因為把錢攥得太緊以致出汗，和手上的泥土混合，使得手心看起來像起了一道道的皺痕，因此wet符合語境。

14.4】　D

解析　根據下文“In his hand lay only 27 cents.”可知，小男孩手里攥的是錢。

15.5】　A

解析　根據后面的$3.98可知此處說的是玩具飛機的價錢。

16.6】　B

解析　這個玩具飛機是小男孩經過20多分鐘精心挑選出來的，因此pick out精心挑選，符合語境。

17.7】　B

解析　根據下文“Dad said as he made the sale.”可知，盡管小男孩的錢很少，父親仍然把玩具飛機賣給了他，所以此處父親是告訴小男孩他的錢正好夠支付這個玩具飛機的，cover夠付，符合語境。

18.8】　A

解析　小男孩的錢很少，但是父親卻說夠支付玩具，使得小男孩能夠為他的弟弟購買圣誕禮物，心滿意足地離開商店。父親的舉動使作者很受震撼，所以他的話經常在作者耳邊回響，因此ring符合語境。ring in one’s ears在耳邊回響。

19.9】C

解析　根據第二段中的“...his one shoelace was torn.”可知選single。

20.20】　D

解析　小男孩為弟弟選購禮物的心愿達成，非常高興，這個禮物對他來說非常重要，就像一個珍寶，因此treasure符合語境。