Question

Mr. Johnson lives outside the town. He works in a post office. His wife is often ill and six children __26____ at school. He works hard but he is often short of __27____. In the end of every month his family are always__28____.

One afternoon, on his way home, it suddenly began to __29____. When he got home, he was wet through. He hurried to go __30____ after supper and his wife washed the clothes and shoes for him. __31____ she went to bed, she brought the clothes into the room but __32____ the shoes. The next morning Mr. Johnson couldn’t find his shoes. His wife found a pair of __33____ shoes under the bed for him. Then he went to __34____ and told the policeman about it.

“I __35____ ten dollars for my shoes, sir,” said the man. “Look! I have to __36____ such a pair of worn-out shoes!”

Several days later the police __37____ a thief and found the shoes. They were as worn-out as the __38____ which Mr. Johnson was wearing.

“You’ve fooled us, Mr. Johnson,” said a policeman. “The shopkeeper told me a pair of new shoes like them __39____ only seven dollars!”

“You’re right, ,sir,” said Mr. Johnson. “I’ve __40____ them for five years and I had them mended six times. And I paid three dollars to the shoemaker for mending them!”

1.	A．play B．study C．work D．live

2.	A．water B．food C．clothes D．money

3.	A．full B．afraid C．hungry D．angry

4.	A．rain B．snow C．blow D．shine

5.	A．to work B．to sleep C．to bed D．swimming

6.	A．After B．Before C．While D．Because

7.	A．remembered B．threw C．dropped D．forgot

8.	A．broken B．new C．nice D．cheap

9.	A．bus stop B．bus station C．post office D．police station

10.	A．borrowed B．paid C．lent D．lost

11.	A．look for B．find C．wear D．dress

12.	A．caught B．stopped C．saw D．killed

13.	A．one B．ones C．old D．new

14.	A．cost B．sold C．took D．spent

15.	A．bought B．given C．had D．liked

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.C

6.B

7.D

8.A

9.D

10.B

11.C

12.A

13.B

14.A

15.C

【解析】

1.根据文章内容Mr. Johnson lives outside the town. He works in a post office.可知答案为B

2.根据下文的内容可知答案为D，表示缺少钱的意思。

3.缺少钱，一般会处于饥饿的状态，故选答案为C

4.根据下文的内容he was wet through.说明，在路上应该遇到下雨了，故选答案为A

5.go to bed，表示去上床睡觉的意思，符合上下文语境，故选答案为C

6.根据上下文的内容可知答案为B，表示在睡觉之前的意思。

7.根据转折词but，可以推断出是忘记了将鞋拿进来，故选答案为D

8.根据上文的叙述，妻子将丈夫的鞋没有带回家，因而找不到，就只有穿破鞋了，故选A

9.根据后文的内容told the policeman about it.可知答案为D

10.主语为人+pay的适当形式+for +sth，故选答案为B

11.根据上下文的内容来填写适当的内容，为不得不穿···，故选答案为C

12.catch为抓住的意思，故选答案为A

13.根据文章内容Several days later the police __37____ a thief and found the shoes可知答案为B

14.主语为物时，某物值多少钱，故选答案为A

15.根据后文时间状语内容for five years，可知该句子使用现在完成时，故选答案为C。