Question

    A Tomato Fairy

A few years ago, I was working a part-time summer job at a local _______ shop. While handing a hot fudge sundae to an old woman at the drive-thru window, I noticed that she had a box of purple _______.

As I handed her the sundae, I said, “Those tomatoes look so special! What kind are they?"

She grinned（露齿而笑）and replied, “Here, have some!”, Within _______, I had a handful of purple tomatoes.

“Oh, no, you don’t need to give me any!" I said. "They're purple! They must be very _______.

“Here, have more," she _______ and now I had six of the prettiest tomatoes I had ever seen. I weakly tried to _______, "Really you didn't have to give me any but thank you a lot."

The woman smiled again and said, "I hope you enjoy_______. And to answer your question, it’s very 'expensive' because it’s an heirloom（祖传）type that my mom used to _______.

I said thank you again, and she sped off. She was like a tooth fairy: I _______ her ice cream and she gave me tomatoes.

About two weeks later, my boss at the ice cream store sent me a text ________. "I want to let you know that your gardener dropped off a box of vegetables for you.” Baffled （困惑不解）,I replied, “ ________?”

That night, my boss showed me the ________. It was full of carrots, beans, potatoes and tomatoes — purple tomatoes. ________ was back!

I never saw her again, but to this day her ________ inspires（激励）me to share what I have with anyone who’ll have it.

All I ask is an ice cream cone ________. Better yet, pay it forward and be someone else's secret gardener.

1.A.vegetable B.fruit C.ice cream D.hamburger

2.A.tomatoes B.carrots C.beans D.potatoes

3.A.years B.hours C.minutes D.seconds

4.A.expensive B.cheap C.sweet D.tasty

5.A.reminded B.ordered C.cried D.insisted

6.A.thank B.accept C.refuse D.explain

7.A.it B.them C.yourself D.myself

8.A.buy B.plant C.pick D.sell

9.A.lent B.bought C.made D.gave

10.A.message B.description C.introduction D.instruction

11.A.Who B.When C.Where D.Why

12.A.shop B.message C.box D.garden

13.A.My boss B.My mom C.My gardener D.My tomato fairy

14.A.happiness B.kindness C.selfness D.business

15.A.in trouble B.in need C.in return D.in use

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.A

5.D

6.C

7.B

8.B

9.D

10.A

11.A

12.C

13.D

14.B

15.C

【解析】

文章主要介绍了作者在一家冰淇淋店打工，招待一位女士时看到她的紫色的西红柿非常特别，于是女士把一些西红柿送给了作者，并在两周之后又给作者送去了很多各种各样的新鲜蔬菜，她的行为让作者很感动，作者把这种善举传递了下去。

1.

句意：几年前，我在一家冰淇淋店做兼职。

vegetable蔬菜；fruit水果；ice cream冰淇淋；hamburger汉堡；根据句意理解及后文I ___9___ her ice cream and she gave me tomatoes.可知，这里指的是“冰淇淋”，故选C。

2.

句意：我注意到她有一箱紫色的西红柿。

tomatoes西红柿；carrots胡萝卜；beans豌豆；potatoes土豆；根据句意理解及后句As I handed her the sundae, I said, “Those tomatoes look so special! What kind are they?”可知，这里表达的是“西红柿”，故选A。

3.

句意：几秒钟之内，我就有了一把紫色的西红柿。

years年；hours小时；minutes分钟；seconds秒；根据句意理解及前句She grinned（露齿而笑）and replied, “Here, have some!”可知，这里表达的是“几秒之内”，故选D。

4.

句意：它们一定很贵。

expensive昂贵的；cheap便宜的；sweet甜的；tasty美味的；根据句意理解及后文And to answer your question, it’s very ‘expensive’ because it’s an heirloom （祖传）type that my mom used to ___8___.可知，这里说的是“昂贵的”，故选A。

5.

句意：她坚持说。

reminded提醒；ordered命令；cried哭；insisted坚持；根据句意理解及前句“Here, have more,”可知，这里表达的是“坚持”，故选D。

6.

句意：我弱弱地试图拒绝。

thank感谢；accept接受；refuse拒绝；explain解释；根据句意理解及后句“Really you didn’t have to give me any but...thank you a lot.”可知，这里表达的是“拒绝”，故选C。

7.

句意：那位女士又笑着说：“希望你喜欢”。

it它；them他们；yourself你自己；myself我自己；根据句意理解及前文now I had six of the prettiest tomatoes I had ever seen.可知，这里代替的是前面提到的tomatoes，所以应该用them代替，故选B。

8.

句意：因为这是我妈妈过去种的祖传的类型。

buy买；plant种植；pick捡起；sell卖；根据句意理解及前句it’s very ‘expensive’ because it’s an heirloom（祖传）type that my mom used to可知，这里表达“过去种过的种类”，故选B。

9.

句意：我给她冰淇淋，她给我西红柿。

lent借出；bought买；made制作；gave给；根据句意理解及后句and she gave me tomatoes.可知，这里表达的是“给”，故选D。

10.

句意：我的冰淇淋店老板给我发了一条短信。

message信息；description描述；introduction介绍；instruction说明；根据句意理解及后句“I want to let you know that your gardener dropped off a box of vegetables for you.”可知，这里表达的是“信息”，故选A。

11.

句意：谁？

Who谁；When何时；Where哪里；Why为什么；根据句意理解及前面的Baffled可知，这里应该是表达“谁”，故选A。

12.

句意：那天晚上，我老板给我看了那个盒子。

shop商店；message信息；box盒子，箱子；garden花园；根据句意理解及前文I want to let you know that your gardener dropped off a box of vegetables for you.可知，这里表达的是“箱子”，故选C。

13.

句意：我的西红柿仙女回来了！

My boss我的老板；My mom我妈妈；My gardener我的园丁；My tomato fairy我的西红柿仙女；根据句意理解及前文She was like a tooth fairy以及空格前purple tomatoes以及文章的描述可知，这里说的是之前送给作者西红柿的那位女士，所以应该是“西红柿仙女”，故选D。

14.

句意：我再也没有见过她，但直到今天，她的善良激励我。

happiness幸福；kindness善良；selfness自私；business生意；根据句意理解及空格后的句子inspires（激励）me to share what I have with anyone who’ll have it.以及上文的描述可知，这里表达的是“善良”，故选B。

15.

句意：我要的只是一个冰淇淋蛋卷作为回报。

in trouble困境中；in need在需要中；in return作为回报；in use在使用中；根据句意理解及前句share what I have with anyone who’ll have it.以及后句Better yet, pay it forward and be someone else's secret gardener.可知，这里表达的是“作为回报”，故选C。