Question

A boy selling magazines walked up to a house that very few people visited. The house was old and the owner       came out. The boy’s parents told him to stay away from the house. A lot of other neighbourhood children were told the same from their parents.

As he was     to walk away, the door slowly opened. "What do you want?" the old man asked. The little boy was very afraid at first. “Uh, sir, I'm selling these magazines and I was wondering if you'd like to buy         .” The old man just stared at the boy. The boy could see that he had     figurines（小雕像）on a table near the door．"Do you collect dogs?" the boy asked. "Yes, I do．They're my families here." The boy then     the man, as it seemed that he was a very lonely person. "Well, I do have a magazine here for collectors. It's very good for     , especially with a cover about dogs.” The old man was ready to close the door and said, “No, boy, I don’t need any     .”

The boy was sad that he was not going to finish his job for the day. He also felt sad     the old man being so alone in the big house. The boy went home and then had a/an     . He had a little dog figurine that he got from his aunt. The figurine did not mean     to him because he had a lovely dog and a large family. The boy     back for the old man's house with the figurine. He knocked at the door again and the old man came to the door. “Boy, I thought I had told you I didn’t need magazines.”

“No, sir,     I wanted to bring you a gift.” The boy handed him the figurine and the old man's face     . "I have one at home. This one is for you.”  The old man was simply     ; no one had ever shown him so much     . From that day on the old man started coming out of the house and talking with people. He and the boy became friends.

1.A. always         B. usually        C. hardly    D. frequently

2.A. quick          B. ready          C. straight         D. last

3.A. one           B. ones            C. it              D. them

4.A. magazine   B. house     C. boy        D. dog

5.A. was sorry for     B. was grateful to    C. was satisfied with   D. was proud of

6.A. me        B. you     C. him     D. them

7.A. magazines   B. friends    C. dogs     D. figurines

8.A. in             B. towards    C. for        D. with

9.A. expression   B. journey    C. word     D. idea

10.A. more    B. much     C. many     D. less

11.A. walked   B. ran     C. hurried    D. headed

12.A. and    B. so        C. but     D. as

13.A. lit up    B. gave up    C. pack up    D. came up

14.A. shocked   B. troubled    C. frightened    D. worried

15.A. thanks   B. money       C. kindness    D. help

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

5.A

6.B

7.A

8.C

9.D

10.B

11.D

12.C

13.A

14.A

15.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了一个买杂志的小男孩送给一位孤独的老人一个小狗雕像，从而改变了老人，使老人同外界开始接触，并与小男孩成为了好朋友

1.From that day on the old man started coming out of the house从那天起老人开始走出房子，可知老人之前很少出房子。故选C

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3.

4.Do you collect dogs?你在收集狗吗，可知桌上的雕像是小狗雕像，故选D

5.The boy then the man, as it seemed that he was a very lonely person.男孩认为老人很孤独，因此对老人感到很抱歉，最合乎情理，故选A

6.

7.

8. sad for 对…感到难过，根据句意，男孩为老人一个人孤独的在大房子里感到难过，故选C

9.

10.he had a lovely dog and a large family.男孩有一只可爱的狗和大家庭，因此那个小狗雕像对他来说意义不大，many多直接接名词，much既可以是形容词又可以是名词，此处作名词用，表示很多，故选B

11. back for 回去…A走B跑C匆忙，男孩想将小狗雕像送给老人，因此是回到老人的房子，故选D

12.“No, sir, I wanted to bring you a gift男孩说，不是的，但是我想给您一个礼物，故选C

13.The boy handed him the figurine and the old man's face .男孩递给老人雕像，老人的脸亮了，表示老人很吃惊很高兴，故选A

14.

15.

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