Question

A couple of weeks ago, my friend offered to sell some of our things for us. I thought it was a good opportunity to     my 7-year-old son’s room and     some toys that were no longer suitable for him to play with. We    that all the money we got from selling the toys would be his money.

The night before the    , we loaded up the truck with toys and a little bike that was too    for him. In the yard he     the bike for the last time and then happily put it onto the truck. This little bike had at least two previous owners as far as we    . It wasn’t in the best      and was certainly not new, but the tires were     good.

We put a price of $10 on it, but it didn’t sell. So, after the sale was    , my friend put it on the sidewalk, with a sign that     “FREE BIKE”. Within five minutes her doorbell rang. A little boy was     there. In poor English he asked whether the bike was    free. She said yes and that he could have it for     . He smiled, got on the bike and rode away.

Later that evening when I told my son how much money he had made at the sale, he was very     , shouting happily. He asked about a few of his things, wondering    they had been sold. When he asked about the bike, I told him about the little boy and that made him     . He was much happier than when I told him how much he had     . He was so happy to     that someone else would make good    of that little bike!

1.A. clean          B. check         C. display         D. design

2.A. look for     B. go through     C. show off         D. deal with

3.A. refused        B. agreed        C. wrote           D. lied

4.A. trip      B. show         C. sale             D. decision

5.A. weak        B. small          C. new            D. thin

6.A. rode          B. found       C. watched         D. felt

7.A. doubted       B. knew          C. told          D. thought

8.A. time          B. chance        C. place        D. shape

9.A. also         B. never         C. still         D. hardly

10.A. ahead          B. on            C. near      D. over

11.A. said           B. repeated      C. copied    D. expressed

12.A. jumping         B. standing       C. walking  D. shouting

13.A. barely         B. usually       C. really      D. always

14.A. something      B. anything      C. everything D. nothing

15.A. calm          B. scared        C. excited     D. disappointed

16.A. when          B. if             C. why        D. how

17.A. smile        B. worry         C. leave       D. cry

18.A. enjoyed        B. lost           C. bought  D. made

19.A. hear           B. understand     C. remember  D. think

20.A. interest        B. money     C. use          D. price

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.B

6.A

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.D

11.A

12.B

13.C

14.D

15.C

16.B

17.A

18.D

19.A

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：文章讲述了作者的朋友帮忙卖掉作者的旧东西，一辆儿子使用过的自行车没有卖掉，最后免费送给了一个男孩，那个男孩非常高兴，作者的儿子知道有人充分利用了他的自行车，也非常的高兴。

1.my friend offered to sell some of our things for us.作者的一位朋友主动要给他们卖一些东西，作者正好借此机会清理一下儿子的房间。选A。

2.we loaded up the truck with toys and a little bike that was too 40 for him.可知，作者卖掉了儿子的一些玩具，故选D项“处理”。

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20. interest兴趣，B. money钱，C. use使用，D. price价格，当作者的儿子听说别人将会继续很好地“使用”他那辆旧自行车时，他感到十分激动。make use of sth.为固定搭配，在这里意为“使用……”。选C。

考点：记叙类完形填空