Question

A first-grade student named Vincent Butterfield has a best friend who gets cancer. He thought that hours of playing and        jokes was not enough - he wanted to show how he understood the hard time he was going through.

Five-year-old Vincent decided the only way was to shave(剃光) his head to support his best friend Zac Gossage who lost his        through chemotherapy(化疗).

When the little boy       why he shaved his hair off, he answered, “To make Zac feel like he’s not the only one          any hair.” Vincent has also been learning about cancer and raising money      his best friend after learning how        his treatments are.

He made over 20      and sold them, raising more than $200 to give to Zac. The little boy’s mom Karen Butterfield said, “We have been making more scarves and it would be cool if we could sell them      . ”

When people asked him     friendship was like, Vincent looked at his friend Zac and replied, “It’s a beautiful thing. Friends always       each other.”

1. A. speaking             B. saying           C. telling           D. talking

2. A. hair                 B. hands            C. parents          D. friends

3. A. was asking     B. was asked        C. asked            D. had asked

4. A. with                B. has              C. without          D. off

5. A. to help       B. for helping   C. to helping        D. in helping

6. A. cheap               B. expensive         C. high             D. low

7. A. gloves        B. sweaters          C. toys             D. scarves

8. A. in                  B. on                C. off             D. out

9.A. why                B. how              C. what            D. that

10.A. cheer up             B. give up           C. put up          D. set up

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.D

8.D

9.C

10.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了文森的好朋友得了癌症，为了支持朋友，文森也剃了个光头。同时他还制作围巾为朋友筹集钱。他认为真正的友谊是能让彼此振作起来。

1.A. speaking 说，讲，不及物动词B. saying 说，及物动词 C. telling 告诉，讲述 D. talking谈论，不及物动词 。将告诉，讲笑话，说谎用tell.。他认为玩和讲笑话的时间不够了，故选C。

2.A. hair头发B. hands 手 C. parents 父母 D. friends 朋友 。 唯一的方式就是剃光头支持他那因为化疗而没有头发的好朋友。根据句意，故选A。

3.A. was asking进行时态B. was asked被动结构 C. asked 过去式D. had asked 过去完成时 。当男孩被问为什么要剃光头发时，根据句意用被动结构，故选B。

4.A. with 和，带有介词B. has 有，动词 C. without没有介词 D. off 离开，介词 ，为了让扎克感到他不是唯一一个失去头发的人。根据句意，故选C。

5.A. to help

6.A. cheap 便宜 B. expensive 昂贵 C. high 高的 D. low低的，在了解了他的治疗是多么的昂贵后，根据句意，故选B。

7.A. gloves手套B. sweaters毛衣C. toys玩具 D. scarves 围巾，根据后文可知他制作的是围巾，故选D。

8.如果我们能把他们卖光就棒极了，sell out卖光，故选D

9.A. why为什么B. how 怎样 C. what什么 D. that 那个当人们问他友谊像什么，根据句意故选C

10.A. cheer up 振作 B. give up 放弃 C. put up 张贴D. set up建立。友谊总是能使彼此振作起来。根据句意，故选A

考点：情感故事类短文。