Question

Yesterday my son and I went to the grocery store. In front of us         was a little girl with her mother. The little girl was asking her mother for a box of Smarties. The polite way she was asking         broke the mother’s heart. “I’m sorry, honey, but we have no money to buy it.”

My son was watching that dialogue. By the way, he had been raking leaves in our garden to         himself some money to buy a bike. As he watched the mother and daughter leave the         , he ran to the candy counter and bought a box of Smarties with his money. Then he ran out after the little girl and her mother, and gave them the         . He came back and told me what he told them, “Every kid should have a pack of Smarties because they can make you         .”

I was so excited         I bought a pack of Smarties for my son. I told him that I was proud of him, and that was for his act of generosity because he gave his own Smarties to others. Quickly, he         , “But you do nice things for people and you never get anything for it.” I explained, “When you do something nice for someone, you shouldn’t         get anything, but when you do get something you should be very         .”

1.A. in order  B. in line      C. in place    D. in control

2. A. almost      B. hardly        C. seldom       D. never

3. A. buy        B. pay         C. provide    D. raise

4.A. store        B. house       C. mall        D. centre

5.A. money      B. box        C. leaves      D. bike

6.A. happy       B. smart       C. sweet      D. lovely

7. A. and        B. as          C. that        D. but

8.A. replied      B. told         C. lied       D. talked

9.A. answer to    B. apply to     C. expect to    D. turn to

10.A. hopeful     B. wonderful    C. thankful    D. helpful

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.A

5.B

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.C

10.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文作者叙述了儿子给一个女孩买了一盒聪明豆的故事。作者的儿子当看到一个女孩，因为她妈妈没有钱给她买聪明豆时，用自己劳动挣的钱给那个女孩买了一盒聪明豆。作者为儿子感到骄傲，给儿子买了一盒聪明豆给他，并说这是他的慷慨行为的回报。他儿子回复到：“你做好事，却不求回报”。作者解释道, 做好事是不期望回报的，当得到东西时，应该表示感激。

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考点：故事类短文阅读。