Question

第三节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

James’s New Bicycle

James shook his money box again. Nothing! He carefully  26  the coins that lay on the bed. $24.52 was all that he had. The bicycle he wanted was at least $90!  27   on earth was he going to get the  28  of the money?

He knew that his friends all had bicycles. It was  29  to hang around with people when you were the only one without wheels. He thought about what he could do. There was no  30  asking his parents, for he knew they had no money to  31  .

There was only one way to get money, and that was to  32  it. He would have to find a job.  33   who would hire him and what could he do? He decided to ask Mr. Clay for advice, who usually had  34  on most things.

“Well, you can start right here,” said Mr. Clay. “My windows need cleaning and my car needs washing.”

That was the  35  of James’s odd-job(零工) business. For three months he worked every day after finishing his homework. He was amazed by the   36   of jobs that people found for him to do. He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards, and mended books. He lost count of the  37  of cars he washed and windows he cleaned, but the   38  increased and he knew that he would soon have   39   for the bicycle he longed for.

The day   40  came when James counted his money and found $94.32. He   41  no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted. He rode   42  home, hoping to show his new bicycle to his friends. It had been hard   43   for the money, but James knew that he valued his bicycle far more   44   he had bought it with his own money. He had   45  what he thought was impossible, and that was worth even more than the bicycle.

26. A. cleaned    B. covered       C. counted        D. checked

27. A. How        B. Why              C. Who             D. What

28. A. amount     B. part               C. sum               D. rest

29. A. brave       B. hard              C. smart              D. unfair

30. A. point          B. reason            C. result             D. right

31. A. cost          B. spend             C. spare             D. save

32. A. borrow      B. earn               C. raise               D. collect

33. A. Or           B. So                 C. For                D. But

34. A. decisions   B. experience      C. opinions         D. knowledge

35. A. beginning  B. introduction   C. requirement    D. opening

36. A. similarity  B. quality           C. ability            D. variety

37. A. brand       B. number           C. size               D. type

38. A. effort       B. pressure          C. money            D. trouble

39. A. all            B. enough          C. much             D. some

40. A. finally       B. immediately    C. normally         D. regularly

41. A. gave         B. left                       C. took               D. wasted

42. A. patiently    B. proudly          C. silently          D. tiredly

43. A. applying   B. asking            C. looking          D. working

44. A. since         B. if                  C. than               D. though

45. A. deserved    B. arrived           C. achieved         D. learned

Answer

26---30CADBA     31---35CBDCA             36---40DBCBA             41---45DBDAC

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