Question

A farmer had some puppies（小狗）to   36   . He painted a sign advertising the puppies and   37__  nailing （钉）it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was driving the last nail into the post, a little boy came to him.

“Mister,” he said, “I want to buy one of your puppies.”

“Well,” said the farmer, as he   38   the sweat off his face, “these puppies come from fine parents and cost   39   money. Do you have enough money?”

The boy    40    his head for a moment. Then reaching into his pocket, he pulled out a handful of   41   and held it up to the farmer. “I’ve got thirty-nine cents. Is that enough to take a look?” “Sure,” said the farmer. And with that he   42   a whistle (口哨声), “Here, Dolly!” he called.   43   from the doghouse and down the ramp ran Dolly    44   by four little balls of fur. The little boy’ eyes danced with delight. As the dogs made their   45   to the fence, the little boy noticed something else stirring inside the doghouse.   46     another little ball appeared; this one noticeably smaller.  Then in a somewhat    47    manner the little pup began hobbling（蹒跚） toward the others, doing its best to    48   .

“I want that one,” the little boy said,   49    to the smallest one. The farmer said, “Son, you don’t want that puppy. He will never be able to run and play with you   50   these other dogs would.”

With that the little boy   51   back from the fence, and began    52     up one leg of his trousers. In doing so he exposed a steel support running down both sides of his leg   53   itself to a specially made   54    . Looking back up at the farmer, he said, “You see sir, I don't   55    too well myself, and he will need someone who understands.”

1.A. sell           B. buy              C. raise            D. drive

2.A. set off        B. set out          C. set about        D. set up

3.A. wiped      B. removed          C. settled          D. drove

4.A. a number of B. quite a few     C. a great deal of  D. only a little

5.A. raised         B. buried           C. dropped          D. shook

6.A. change     B. price            C. treasure         D. wallet

7.A. made out       B. put away         C. gave away        D. let out

8.A. In             B. Away             C. Out              D. Up

9.A. equipped       B. protected        C. attacked         D. followed

10.A. way           B. direction        C. path             D. struggle

11.A. Rapidly       B. Slowly           C. Suddenly         D. Simply

12.A. curious       B. foolish          C. ordinary         D. active

13.A. catch up      B. keep up          C. put up           D. make up

14.A. staring       B. pointing         C. greeting         D. devoting

15.A. while     B. as               C. that             D. what

16.A. stepped       B. escaped          C. went             D. kept

17.A. pushing       B. forcing          C. rolling          D. tearing

18.A. attaching     B. attached         C. being attached   D. to attach

19.A. leg           B. stick        C. shoe             D. foot

20.A. walk          B. run              C. live             D. go

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.C

6.A

7.D

8.C

9.D

10.A

11.B

12.B

13.A

14.B

15.B

16.A

17.C

18.A

19.C

20.B

【解析】本文作者讲述了一个残疾儿童买一只残疾小狗的事情。在平时的语言中，你会感到一种人性的美，和世间的浓浓温情。

1.考查动词。 由下文的I want to buy one of your puppies”可知。

2.考查动词短语。set about doing sth开始做某事。

3.考查动词。wipe擦（掉）。wipe the sweat擦汗。

4.考查名词短语。.结合hese puppies come from fine parents可知这些狗是良种狗，自是值很多钱。money不可数名词，用a great deal of（许多） 修饰。

5.考查动词。 shook“摇头”；raise “举起”；bury “埋”；dropped“放下；低下”。小孩低头想了一会。

6.考查名词。由下文小男孩掏出了一些零钱change。

7.考查动词短语。 let out 发出声音。let out a whistle 吹口哨。

8.考查副词。句意：多利从狗窝里跑出来，身边跟着一群小狗”。

9.考查动词。结合43解析。

10.考查名词。 make one's way to 前往。

11.考查副词。结合文章内容He will never be able to run可知这是指一只残疾小狗，所以它的速度是慢的（Slowly）。

12.考查形容词。 因为残疾，所以这只小狗的行为方式和可笑（foolish）

13.考查动词短语。这只残疾的小狗尽力追赶（catch up）其他的小狗。

14.考查动词。point to指着。

15.考查连词。它永远不会像（as）其他的小狗那样和你跑和玩耍。

16.考查动词。step back走回来。

17.考查动词短语。男孩卷起裤腿，可知露出了腿。roll up 卷起。

18.考查动词。现在分词作定语。一只钢制的支架护着他小腿的两侧，底部连接着一只特制的鞋子。

19.考查名词。结合53解析。

20.考查动词。男孩说“我跑的也不快”。小狗也需要理解啊。