Question

Martin is an American boy. He is eight years old. His parents   41  _ five years ago and he is now living with his grandmother in New York.

　　One morning,  Jimmy ,  one of his classmates, came to his home with an exercises book in his hand. Jimmy lives in a house not far from Martin's. They often go to school together.

　　"Would you help me with this maths problem?" Jimmy said as soon as he came into the room. "It's too hard for me and I can't work it out."

　　"Let me try, " Martin said. "I   42  it isn't too hard for me. "

　　Martin tried his best but he couldn't work it out,   43   .

　　"If we had a small computer,  all the problems would be  44   for us to do. " Jimmy said.

　　"A small computer . . . , " Martin thought for a minute,  then he said, "I've got an idea. We can   45  one in a shop. "

　　"A computer is very   46   ,  and we don’t have enough money. "

　　"That's OK, " said Martin. "We can ask the new president (总统)   47  some money. He said he would help anyone in trouble. I' m sure he will help us. He is very rich, you know."

　　So they decided to write a letter to the new president. Soon the letter was finished and they hurried to the post office.

　　In front of the post office stood a small box. They   48   the letter into the box carefully and went home happily.

The next morning, they    49   the post office on their way to school. They found   50  ,  the box was not a post box but trash-box (果皮箱).

1.	A．have died B．had died C．died D．have been death

2.	A．sure B．think C．hope D．wish

3.	A．neither B．either C．too D．also

4.	A．easy enough B．enough easy C．difficult enough D．enough difficult

5.	A．borrow B．lend C．bring D．buy

6.	A．expensive B．cheap C．important D．useful

7.	A．to B．for C．about D．on

8.	A．place B．took C．dropped D．bring

9.	A．passed B．past C．pasted D．passing

10.	A．with their surprise B．in their surprise C．to their surprise D．of their surprise

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.A

10.C

【解析】

1.根据后文的内容five years ago，本句使用的时态为一般过去时，故选C

2.根据语境的需要，可知答案为C，表示认为的意思。

3.在否定句中，表示也的意思单词为either，故选B

4.根据上文的内容，可知答案为A，表示足够容易的意思，故选A

5.根据后文内容 "A computer is very   46   ,  and we don’t have enough money.可知答案为D.表示买的意思。

6.根据后文内容and we don’t have enough money.可知答案为A，表示昂贵的意思。

7.ask sb for sth，表示要向某人要····东西，故选B

8.drop sth into sp，表示将···放入···地方，故选C

9.本题需要的是谓语动词，表示路过的意思。故选A

10.do sth in one’s surprise，故选惊奇地做某事，故选B