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Joe wanted a computer. He asked his ________  for the money and they said he must get it himself. But how did he get it? He ________ about this when he walked home. Not many people wanted to ask children to work for them. Maybe he could take away ________ for the neighbors (邻居). But this was not winter. He had to wait a long time for time. He couldn’t cut grass for their gardens______ he had no tools（工具）to do the work with.

Then he saw one of his ________, Dick，who sits next to him, delivering（送）newspaper .I could do that, he thought. _______ I could even get the computer right away. I could pay________  it a little each week. He ran to catch up with Dick. Joe _______ him a lot of questions. He learned that it was________to get twenty-five dollars each week. He learned that the job ________  about three hours each night. Dick_______ him the phone number of the newspaper manager.

Joe almost flew home. After he had told his mother ________ he thought, she smiled ________ (13), “I think it is a _______idea,” she said, “I’ll call the newspaper.”

“Wait, mum,” Joe said, “I’ll call. After that, I’m going to be a ________ now.” Joe’s mother was very happy.

1.A. teachers     B. parents   C. classmates     D. friends

2.A. said         B. told       C. thought         D. spoke

3.A. rain        B. storm      C. snow            D. shower

4.A. because      B. when       C. while          D. after

5.A. student      B. classmate  C. teacher         D. brother

6.A. May be       B. probably   C. Maybe           D. only

7.A. on          B. to         C. of           D. for

8.A. studied      B. asked     C. carried         D. got

9.A. friendly     B. kind       C. possible       D. wrong

10.A. spent      B. paid      C. cost            D. took

11.A. taught      B. gave       C. made            D. asked

12.A. that       B. when      C. what           D. where

13.A. sadly      B. happily    C. politely       D. angrily

14.A. big        B. large     C. great           D. bad

15.A. teacher    B. painter   C. businessman     D. worker

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.A

5.B

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.C

10.D

11.B

12.C

13.B

14.C

15.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文介绍Joe想买台电脑，但是父母要他自己去挣钱。起初想了好多方法都未能实现；后来看到好友Dick在送报纸，受到他的启发，决定去送报纸来积累买电脑的钱。

1.B考查名词及语境的理解。A. teachers老师；B. parents父母；C. classmates 同班同学；D. friends朋友。乔想要一台电脑。他向他的父母要钱。结合句意，故选B。

2.C考查动词及语境的理解。A. said说；B. told 告诉；C. thought思考认为；D. spoke说。当他往家走时他思考这个问题。根据句意，故选C。

3.C考查名词及语境的理解。A. rain雨；B. storm暴雨；C. snow雪；D. shower阵雨。也许他可以为邻居扫雪。根据后文不是冬天，可知是雪，故选C。

4.A考查连词及语境的理解。A. because因为；B. when当，表示一个时间点；C. while当，表示一段时间；D. after在……之后。根据语境可知joe想在花园里割草，但是没有工具，故选A，表示原因。

5.B考查名词及语境的理解。A. student 学生；B. classmate同班同学；C. teacher 老师；D. brother兄弟。根据后文的定语从句who sits next to him,可知他们是同学，故选B。

6.C考查副词及语境的理解。A. May be可能是；B. probably 可能地；C. Maybe可能；D. only仅仅。也许我马上就能买个电脑。Maybe经常用于修饰整个句子，故选C。

7.D考查介词及语境的理解。pay for 表示支付。此句的含义是可以每周支付一点。故选D。

8.B考查动词及语境的理解。A. studied 学习；B. asked问；C. carried携带；D. got获得。根据语境可知joe询问了很多的问题，故选B。

9.C考查形容词及语境的理解。A. friendly友好的；B. kind 善良的；C. possible可能的；D. wrong错误的。固定句型结构it is impossible to do sth表示做某事是可能的，故选C。此句的含义是每周赚25美元是可能的。

10.D考查动词及语境的理解。A. spent 话费，主语是人，话费时间或者金钱；B. paid付款；C. cost花费，主语是物；D. took花费时间，事物做主语。他了解到这份工作每天晚上要话费大约三个小时。结合句意，故选D。

11.B考查动词及语境的理解。A. taught教给；B. gave给予；C. made制作；D. asked问。迪克把报纸管理的电话给了他。结合句意，故选B。

12.C考查疑问词及语境的理解。A. that那个；B. when当；C. what什么；D. where哪里。他告诉了他的母亲他怎么想的。what代替所想的内容，故选C。

13.B考查副词及语境的理解。A. sadly 悲伤地；B. happily愉快地；C. politely友好地；D. angrily 生气地。根据后文妈妈要打电话可知妈妈是愉快地微笑，故选B。

14.C考查形容词及语境的理解。A. big大的；B. large巨大的；C. great 伟大的；D. bad坏的。那是个伟大的想法。结合句意，可知想法是好的，故选C。

15.根据他从事的职业可知是商人。故选C。

考点：日常生活类短文。