Question

    [素材选自One Story A Day Book 3]

有趣的庭院拍卖会

Jesse and I went around our neighbourhood, looking at the goods in yard sales. You wouldn't believe the great things we found and the great _____ we had!

The yard sale in our neighbourhood is one of the biggest in the region. It started with only a few families，_____ now all families within a few square kilometres participate. With more people _____ the environmental issues facing us, this event becomes very _____. People even come from out of our town.

Each family puts out things such as books, clothes, tools, furniture and even cookware. They_____ other people will find another use for the things that they no longer need.

The day was hot. We got up _____ and set out about six o'clock. After ten minutes' walk, we stopped at Ms. Toss's house first. Her son was leaving for college this year. There were a lot of things he no longer needed. _____ had a whole bunch of video games and books. We went through his _____ and guess what? I found one of my favourite books. All I had to _____ was a quarter. What a deal!

We ______ to other houses. The street was packed with people. Everyone was ______. Think about it. It's really good for the environment and for ______， too. Instead of ______ the landfill, many people found other uses for things that might be considered ______．

The next time you feel like ______ adventure, check out a yard sale. It's fun, and it's a great way to recycle things and reduce garbage.

1.A.taste B.drink C.fun D.progress

2.A.and B.so C.or D.but

3.A.realizing B.describing C.standing D.accepting

4.A.strict B.direct C.popular D.different

5.A.wonder B.hope C.require D.remind

6.A.slowly B.quickly C.quietly D.early

7.A.She B.Her C.He D.His

8.A.invitation B.collection C.achievement D.development

9.A.pay B.spend C.take D.buy

10.A.drove B.flew C.walked D.jumped

11.A.sad B.happy C.bored D.tired

12.A.people B.trees C.flowers D.animals

13.A.picking B.turning C.filling D.thinking

14.A.gift B.garbage C.prize D.toy

15.A.a B./ C.the D.an

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.D

7.C

8.B

9.A

10.C

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.B

15.D

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了作者和朋友一起去了庭院拍卖会，在那里淘到了很多自己喜欢的东西。

1. 考查名词词义辨析。taste品味；drink饮料；fun乐趣；progress进步。根据最后一段第二句“It's fun...”并结合句意可知此处表示的是有趣，故选C。

2. 考查连词词义辨析。and和；so因此； or或者；but但是。根据空格前后句意可知此处是转折关系，故选D。

3. 考查动词词义辨析。realizing意识到；describing描述； standing忍受；accepting接受。根据语境可知此处表示的是意识到，故选A。

4. 考查形容词词义辨析。strict严格的； direct直接的； popular受欢迎的；different不同的。根据后面句子“People even come from out of our town.”并结合句意可知此处表示的是受欢迎的，故选C。

5. 考查动词词义辨析。wonder好奇；hope希望；require 要求；remind提醒。根据语境可知此处指的是希望，故选B。

6. 考查副词词义辨析。slowly慢慢地；quickly 快速地；quietly安静地； early早早地。根据空后“set out about six o'clock”及语境可知此处指的是早早起床，故选D。

7. 考查代词词义辨析。She她； Her她的； He他； His他的。此处在句中作主语，根据前面“We stopped at Ms. Toss's house first. Her son was leaving... There were a lot of things he no longer needed.”可知此处指代Ms. Toss的儿子，故选C。

8. 考查名词词义辨析。invitation邀请；collection收藏； achievement成就；development发展。根据前面信息“a whole bunch of video games and books”并结合句意可知此处指收藏，故选B。

9. 考查动词词义辨析。pay付钱，常用于sb. pay＋钱或pay for sth.结构； spend 花费，常用于sb. spend 时间/钱＋on sth./(in) doing sth; take 花费，常用于it take(s)/took sb. some time to do sth.；buy买，常用于buy sb. sth./buy sth. for sb.。根据前面提到的买书可知此处是付钱，故选A。

10. 考查动词词义辨析。drove开车；flew飞；walked走； jumped跳。根据前面信息“began walking”可知答案，故选C。

11. 考查形容词词义辨析。sad悲伤的； happy开心的； bored无聊的；tired累的。根据后面信息“It's fun”可知答案，故选B。

12. 考查名词词义辨析。people人；trees树；flowers花；animals动物。根据语境可知此处与前面的the environment相对应，故选A。

13. 考查动词词义辨析。picking捡； turning变得；filling充满； thinking思考。根据句意可知是指填满垃圾场，故选C。

14. 考查名词词义辨析。gift礼物； garbage垃圾；prize奖赏； toy玩具。根据前面关键词landfill可知答案，故选B。

15. 考查冠词的用法。根据语境可知此处表泛指，应用不定冠词，adventure以元音音素开头，故选D。