Question

One Saturday morning I decided to walk into Liverpool city center and buy myself something. I didn't _______ anything, and I was just going to spend some _______! I stopped into a general________ to buy myself some sweets. While I was making up my mind, the door _______ and in walked a girl, four years old at the most. She was wearing a summer dress and sandals(凉鞋) _______ it was a bitterly cold day. She was not too _________, obviously from a poor family. She walked up to the counter(柜台), ________up and placed a fifty pence coin on the glass. Then, she proudly announced she had _______ this up for her little__________ a teddy bear as a birthday gift and she_______ that one there. The woman behind the _______ told the little girl the teddy bear cost ________ 50 pence. The little girl tried another one, and another one, and another one.

I knew that_______ of the bears on display could be bought for 50 pence. I also knew that I could ________ buy the best bear there _______ the money I was going to waste that day—________ did I want to encourage a little girl to take money from ________?

The little girl changed her mind when I _______to buy a teddy bear for her. “Oh, well,” she ________to the world. “I’ll just give him mine then.”

“I'll just give him mine.” Didn’t sound like she was going to give him ONE of her teddies. She was going to give her little brother HER teddy, probably the ________teddy she had!

1.A. buy    B. take    C. need    D. carry

2.A. time    B. money    C. strength    D. energy

3.A. hospital    B. school    C. store    D. restaurant

4.A. opened    B. closed    C. shook    D. broke

5.A. as if    B. unless    C. even though    D. until

6.A. clean    B. warm    C. shy    D. nervous

7.A. stood    B. reached    C. got    D. gave

8.A. saved    B. brought    C. picked    D. put

9.A. cousin    B. sister    C. brother    D. student

10.A. hated    B. created    C. decorated    D. wanted

11.A. door    B. counter    C. window    D. desk

12.A. more than    B. other than    C. rather than    D. less than

13.A. any    B. none    C. all    D. neither

14.A. easily    B. especially    C. difficulty    D. hardly

15.A. by    B. for    C. with    D. of

16.A. so    B. as    C. but    D. because

17.A. parents    B. strangers    C. doctors    D. relatives

18.A. hesitated    B. covered    C. calmed    D. interviewed

19.A. announced    B. pointed    C. apologized    D. advised

20.A. last    B. best    C. cheapest    D. only

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.D

11.B

12.A

13.B

14.A

15.C

16.C

17.B

18.A

19.A

20.D

【解析】本文讲述了作者在购物的时候遇到一个贫穷的小女孩想要给自己的小弟弟买只泰迪熊作为生日礼物，可是女孩拿的钱根本不够买泰迪熊，这时作者在犹豫要不要帮助女孩时，女孩决定把自己唯一的泰迪熊给弟弟。

1.由前文的 buy myself something可知作者想给自己买点东西，但是实际上作者并不缺任何东西，A. buy 买 ； B. take 拿 ； C. need 需要 ； D. carry支撑 。故选C。

2.由前文的 buy myself something可知作者想买东西，所以买东西要花费一定的钱， A. time 时间 ； B. money 金钱 ；C. strength力量； D. energy能量 。故选B。

3.由后文的 buy myself some sweets可知作者是想给自己买些糖果，所以作者停在了一家商店的门口，A. hospital医院 ； B. school 学校； C. store商店； D. restaurant饭馆。 故选C。

4.由前文的While I was making up my mind可知作者下定决心要买糖果，所以此时是商店的门被打开了，A. opened 被打开； B. closed 关着的 ； C. shook 摇动 ； D. broke破坏 。 故选A。

5.由后文的it was a bitterly cold day. 这是寒冷的一天和前文的 She was wearing a summer dress and sandals她还是穿着一件夏天的连衣裙和凉鞋可知这两者之间是相反的，A. as if 好像 ； B. unless除非； C. even though 即使 ； D. until直到 。 故选C。

6.由此处的词可以得到后文的结论obviously from a poor family这个女孩来自于一个贫穷的家庭，所以此处的词应该是描写她的穿着，A. clean 干净的； B. warm 温暖的； C. shy 害羞的 ； D. nervous紧张的 。故选A。

7.由后文的 placed a fifty pence coin on the glass.可知这个小女孩走到柜台，向上伸手把五十便士硬币放在玻璃上。A. stood 站立 ； B. reached到达； C. got 得到； D. gave给予 。故选B。

8.由后文的for her little_____9_____ a teddy bear as a birthday gift买一个泰迪熊作为生日礼物，及前文的from a poor family这个女孩来自于一个贫穷的家庭，可知这些钱是她攒起来的， A. saved 节省 ； B. brought 带来 ； C. picked摘下的 ； D. put放 。 故选A。

9.由后文的She was going to give her little brother HER teddy,她要给她的小弟弟一个HER泰迪，所以此处是她要给她的小弟弟买泰迪熊，A. cousin堂兄妹 ； B. sister姐妹 ； C. brother弟弟 ； D. student学生 。 故选C。

10.由前文的she had saved this up for her little brother a teddy bear as a birthday gift 可知她想用攒的这些钱为她的小弟弟买一个泰迪熊，并且作者看见小女孩在柜台前，所以她是吸引买这里的一个泰迪熊， A. hated 憎恨； B. created 有创造力的； C. decorated 装饰； D. Wanted 想要 。 故选D。

11.由前文的She walked up to the counter可知这个小女孩是跟柜台后面的女人说话，也就是商店里的售货员，A. door 门 ； B. counter柜台； C. window 窗户 ； D. desk桌子。 故选B。

12.由后文的The little girl tried another one, and another one, and another one.可知小女孩尝试着挑选了一个又一个，说明那些泰迪熊的价格都超过五十便士，在这种情况下，小女孩才会尝试挑选其他的， A. more than 超过； B. other than 不同于 ； C. rather than 而不是； D. less than少于 。 故选A。

13.由前文的 the teddy bear cost more than 50 pence. 可知这些泰迪熊的售价都超过了五十便士，所以此处I knew that___13___ of the bears on display could be bought for 50 pence.我知道陈列的泰迪熊没有一个可以用五十便士买到。 A. any 任何 ； B. none 没有一个 ； C. all 所有的 ； D. neither都不的 。 故选B。

14.由前文的 I didn't need anything, and I was just going to spend some money!我不需要任何东西，只是想要花费一些钱，所以作者是比较富有的，买最好的泰迪熊完全不是问题。A. easily 容易地 ； B. especially 尤其 ； C. difficulty 困难； D. hardly几乎不。 故选A。

15.由后文的 the money I was going to waste that day可知作者用给自己买东西的钱给小女孩买最好的泰迪熊是很容易的， A. by 通过 ； B. for 对于； C. with 具有 ； D. of关于 。故选C。

16.由后文的encourage a little girl to take money from ......意为鼓励一个小女孩从.....接受钱财 此意与前文的想要帮助小女孩买泰迪熊的意愿相反，所以是转折关系。A. so 所以 ； B. as一样地 ； C. but但是 ； D. because因为。 故选C。

17.由前文I also knew that I could easily buy the best bear there with the money I was going to waste that day.我也知道我可以轻易地用那些本浪费的钱买最好的泰迪熊可知作者想帮助女孩，此处女孩与作者是陌生人， A. parents 父母 ； B. strangers 陌生人； C. doctors 医生 ； D. relatives亲属。 故选B。

18.由前文I also knew that I could easily buy the best bear there with the money I was going to waste that day—but did I want to encourage a little girl to take money from strangers ?可知作者想要帮助女孩买泰迪熊但是又觉得不应该让女孩觉得应该向陌生人接受财物，所以此处作者非常犹豫与矛盾A. hesitated 犹豫 ； B. covered 覆盖 ；C. calmed 平静 ； D. interviewed面试 。 故选A。

19.此处与前文的she proudly announced 相对应，同样是小女孩宣布........ A. announced 宣布 ；B. pointed指出 ； C. apologized道歉 ； D. advised建议 。故选A。

20.由前文的obviously from a poor family.可知女孩的家庭并不是富有的，所以她的泰迪熊也可能是唯一的， A. last最后的； B. best 最好的 ； C. cheapest最便宜的 ； D. only唯一的 。故选D。