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Henry was a boy of nine. He was born in a ____ family. His father was often ill and couldn’t go to work. ____ his mother worked in a factory. She worked hard and hoped to give her four children and husband(丈夫) ____ food and clothes. But she failed. Her family were sometimes ____. Of course, she couldn’t send Henry to school. She was ____ it but she didn’t know what to do. The boy was very clever and taught himself to read and write and ____ at home in the evening. And in the daytime he was polishing（擦）shoes in the street, so he could make some ____ for his family.

One afternoon the boy saw a young man’s shoes were ____, so he said to him, “ Let me polish your shoes.”

“No, thank you,” the young man said and walked ____.

“You may pay me only one dollar, sir,” the boy shouted ___ him. But the young man said no again. Then the boy ____ for a while and told him that he would polish his shoes for nothing. The young man ____ to this, and soon one of his shoes was shining brightly. The man ____ the other shoe to the boy, but the boy said no to polish it if he wasn’t paid two dollars for his work. The young man refused（拒绝）to ____ anything on it and went away.

But his shoes were so different that he had to ____. He turned back and gave the boy two dollars. In a very short time the shoe was as bright as the other one.

1.A. happy      B. lucky        C. rich         D. poor

2.A. Only        B. Except（除了） C. Or           D. Because

3.A. much        B. little         C. enough       D. no

4.A. full         B. hungry         C. happy        D. pleased

5.A. afraid of    B. sorry for    C. useful to     D. friendly to

6.A. play         B. swim           C. count       D. sleep

7.A. books        B. clothes       C. shoes       D. money

8.A. dirty        B. clean          C. old          D. new

9.A. over         B. away            C. out          D. in

10.A. under       B. above          C. in front of  D. behind

11.A. thought     B. read           C. wrote        D. saw

12.A. liked       B. agreed          C. worried      D. surprised

13.A. threw      B. passed         C. kicked      D. showed

14.A. pay         B. cost            C. spend        D. give

15.A. stop       B. run            C. hurry off    D. fly away

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.B

6.C

7.D

8.A

9.B

10.D

11.A

12.B

13.D

14.C

15.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述的是Henry出生在一个贫穷的家庭中，但是他很聪明，他靠在大街上给人擦鞋来赚钱。一次他见一个人的鞋很脏，又不想擦鞋，因此Henry就故意说擦鞋不要钱，那个人同意了。结果Henry只给他擦了一只鞋，剩下的一只要两美元。那个人没有办法，因为这两只鞋太不一样了，就不得不给了Henry两美元，让他擦鞋。

1. 幸运的；rich 富有的；poor贫穷的。根据下文His father was often ill and couldn’t go to work以及she couldn’t send Henry to school可知，Henry的家庭非常穷，故应选D。

2. 只有，仅仅；Except 除了；Or 或者，否则；Because因为。根据上句话His father was often ill and couldn’t go to work可知，Henry的家里只有他的妈妈工作，故应选A。

3. 很多；little 少，修饰不可数名词；enough 足够的；no没有。根据句意可知，Henry的妈妈希望能给家人足够的衣食，故应选C。

4. 满的，饱的；hungry 饿的；happy 开心的；please愉悦的。根据上句话But she failed可知，Henry的妈妈没有能够给家人足够的衣食，故Henry的家人有时候会挨饿，故应选B。

5. of 害怕；sorry for 为……感到抱歉；useful to 对……有用；friendly to对……友好。根据文意可知，Henry的妈妈因为不能送Henry去上学而感到抱歉。故应选B。

6. 游泳；count 数数；sleep睡觉。根据句中taught himself可知，Henry虽然不能上学，但是他在家自己学习，因此应该选C。

7. 书；clothes 衣服；shoes 鞋；money钱。根据句意可知，Henry去街上擦鞋，是为了赚钱，make money赚钱，是固定短语。故应选D。

8. 脏的；clean干净的；old 老的；new新的。根据下句话so he said to him,“Let me polish your shoes”可知，Henry想给他擦鞋，说明这个年轻人的鞋很脏，故应选A。

9. 超过，越过；away 离开；out 出去；in进来。根据句意可知，年轻人不想擦鞋，拒绝了Henry就走了，故应选B。

10. 在……下面；above 在……上面；in front of 在……前面；behind在……后面。根据上文可知，the young man said and walked away可知，这个年轻人走开了，所以Henry是在他身后大喊，故应选D。

11. 想，思考；read 读；wrote 写；saw看见。根据下文可知，Henry很聪明，他想给那个年轻人擦鞋，故意说不要钱。因此这里应该是想了一会儿，故选A。

12. 喜欢；agreed 同意；worried 担心；surprised惊奇的。根据文意可知，年轻人听说擦鞋不要钱，就同意让Henry给他擦鞋，故应选B。

13. 扔；passed 经过；kicked 踢；showed展示。根据文意可知，Henry给那个年轻人擦完了一只鞋，年轻人把另一只鞋展示给他。故应选D。

14. 付钱，常和for搭配；cost 花费，主语为物；spend 花费，后面跟介词on；give给。根据句意和空后的...money on it可知应选C。

15. 停止，停下来；run 跑；hurry off 匆忙离开；fly away飞走。根据下文He turned back可知，这个年轻人又回来让Henry给他擦鞋了，所以这里是停下来。故选A。