Question

短文填空。（本大题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分）

Tom was a poor boy．He made a living by cleaning leather(皮革)  1.  for others in the street．Tom was also a 2._ boy．One day，a rich man 3. Miser appeared in front of Tom．

He watched his  4. shoes for a while，and then，looked at Tom．Tom knew this kind of people well．They love money but hate to spend it．

Tom said，“Let me 5.  your shoes，sir．Only two pence(便土)，sir．

Mr．Miser shook his head and walked away．

Tom thought for a second and then called out，‘‘I’d like to clean it for nothing．”This time Mr．Miser agreed．And soon one of  his shoes was shining brightly．

When the rich man put his other shoe on the stool(凳子)，Tom said he wouldn’t clean it for him unless he was paid two pence   6.   his work．Mr．Miser was very __7. ．He refused to pay anything and went away．

But to his _8._，the well-cleaned shoe was so bright that it made the other one look even dirtier．Mr．Miser looked round．People in the street were  9.  at him．

Finally the rich man returned and __10._ Tom two pence．In a very short time his two shoes shone brightly．

Answer

1.shoes

2.clever

3.called

4.dirty

5.clean

6.for

7.angry

8.surprise

9.looking

10.gave

【解析】

试题分析：

1.句意：汤姆是个可怜的孩子。他靠在街上为别人擦皮鞋谋生。考查名词：leather shoes皮鞋，和clean搭配。故填shoes 。

2.句意：汤姆是一个如此聪明的一个男孩。根据so+形容词表示如此……。可知填clever 。

3.由句意：一个被叫做Miser的富人出现在他的面前 ，本题考查过去分词作后置定语。故填called 。

4.句意：她看着他的脏鞋子，因为是擦皮鞋所以那个富人的鞋一定很脏。故答案是dirty 。

5.

由句意：让我给你擦鞋，仅仅两便士。根据let sb do表示让某人做某事。故答案是clean

6.根据前文汤姆已经为他擦了一只鞋，可知后文是除非富人付两便士要不然不会给他擦第二只鞋。故答案是 for

7.由句意：Miser先生非常的生气，故填angry。

8.句意：但使他吃惊的是，擦好的鞋是如此明亮， 而令一双鞋看起来是如此的脏。根据短语to one’s surprise。故填surprise。

9.句意：Miser先生向四周看，街上的人们都在看他，根据动词短语look at sb表示看某人。故答案是looking 。

10.考查动词：最后这个有钱人返回来了给了汤姆两便士。故答案是gave

考点：短文填空。