Question

When I was twelve years old back in the 1950s my parents allowed me to apply for an afternoon newspaper route. I had a friend who was a little older than me. He had a morning route and he was ______ what I considered big money. I had helped him ______ his newspapers a few times and I thought I could ______ it. In those days most towns had both a morning newspaper and an afternoon newspaper. My parents did not want me to have to ______before dawn but they said yes to an afternoon route.

I was _______about being able to make my own money. ______ , I needed a bike to be able to handle the large bag ______ for carrying the newspapers. I was not a large boy and the only bike we had in our family was too ______ for me to handle with a load of newspapers. I needed a ______ one. My father suggested we go shopping for a ______  bicycle with the understanding that I would pay for it out of my ______ .

In the 1950s the Western Auto Company had a line of bicycles. My father arranged(安排) for me to ______ a bicycle that was just the right ______  for me. But for the next several months I ______ rode my bike to the Western Auto Store to make my $5.00 monthly bike ______ .

It was a great ______ for a twelve-year-old boy to learn. I learned how to make money and pay my ______  . I did not know it at the time but that bicycle impacted (影响) hugely on my life. It gave me my first taste of ______  . But most of all it led me to wife because her parents were among my ______ on the newspaper route. Get on your bike and ride and you ______ know where it will take you.

1.A. showing    B. borrowing    C. demanding    D. earning

2.A. read    B. deliver    C. buy    D. fetch

3.A. remember    B. notice    C. manage    D. understand

4.A. get up    B. go back    C. give in    D. come over

5.A. worried    B. excited    C. disappointed    D. moved

6.A. Therefore    B. Besides    C. Moreover    D. However

7.A. required    B. achieved    C. changed    D. conveyed

8.A. tiny    B. slow    C. tall    D. old

9.A. lighter    B. stronger    C. prettier    D. smaller

10.A. useful    B. beautiful    C. suitable    D. expensive

11.A. behavior    B. income    C. wish    D. promise

12.A. buy    B. borrow    C. rent    D. try

13.A. weight    B. style    C. quality    D. size

14.A. gradually    B. nervously    C. dutifully    D. carefully

15.A. payment    B. repair    C. check    D. cleaning

16.A. success    B. shock    C. surprise    D. lesson

17.A. respect    B. debt    C. dream    D. goal

18.A. labor    B. treasure    C. challenge    D. independence

19.A. friends    B. customers    C. relatives    D. classmates

20.A. usually    B. sometimes    C. never    D. seldom

Answer

1. D

2. B

3. C

4. A

5. B

6. D

7. A

8. C

9. D

10. C

11. B

12. A

13. D

14. C

15. A

16. D

17. B

18. D

19. B

20. C

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，作者在12岁的时候决定别人送报纸，但是家里的自行车不适合送报纸，于是他用送报纸的钱买了一辆自行车，从中作者学会了独立这一人生教训。

1.考查动词辨析及固定短语。A. showing表演，展示；B. borrowing借入；C. demanding要求；D. earning挣钱；短语earn money挣钱；我的朋友早晨送报纸，他挣到了的钱是我认为的巨款。动词earn与money连用表示因送报纸挣到的钱。故D项正确。

2.考查动词辨析。A. read 阅读；B. deliver投递；C. buy购买；D. fetch去取；我帮助过他送过几次报纸，我认为我也可以做这份工作。根据上文可知我的朋友早晨送报纸，我帮他一起送过。故B项正确。

3.考查动词辨析。A. remember记得；B. notice注意到；C. manage 管理，设法；D. understand理解；动词短语manage it设法做到；我帮助过他送过几次报纸，我认为我也可以做这份工作。于是我向父母提出送报纸的要求，父母同意了。故C项正确。

4.考查动词短语辨析及上下文串联。A. get up起床；B. go back返回；C. give in屈服；D. come over过来；根据第一句“... apply for an afternoon newspaper route.”可知我下午送报纸，因为父母不同意我很早就起来送报纸，但同意我下午去送报纸。故A项正确。

5.考查形容词辨析及常识。A. worried担忧的；B. excited兴奋的；C. disappointed失望的；D. moved感动的；对于自己可以挣钱我感觉很兴奋，12岁的时候就可以自己挣钱，感觉兴奋是很正常的事情。故B项正确。

6.考查副词辨析。A. Therefore因此；B. Besides而且；C. Moreover 而且；D. However然而；然而我需要一辆自行车让我能够装那些大包，这些打包要被用来装报纸的。虽然我很兴奋，但是问题也随之而来。上下文是转折关系，所以使用however，故D项正确。

7.考查动词辨析。A. required要求；B. achieved实现；C. changed改变；D. conveyed传达；要用大包的报纸装好，装报纸的大包是送报纸要求的装备。故A项正确。

8.考查形容词辨析。A. tiny小的；B. slow缓慢的；C. tall高大的；D. old旧的，老的；我并不是一个高大的男孩，而且家里唯一的一辆自行车太高了不适合用来驼报纸。句中tall与前半句not a large相呼应。故C项正确。

9.考查形容词辨析及上下文串联。A. lighter更轻的；B. stronger更强壮的；C. prettier 更漂亮的；D. smaller更小的；根据前句可知家里的自行车太高了，我需要一辆更小一点的。故D项正确。

10.考查形容词辨析。A. useful有用的；B. beautiful漂亮的；C. suitable适合的；D. expensive昂贵的；因为家里的自行车不适合我送报纸，于是父亲建议我用我的收入去买一辆适合自行车。故C项正确。

11.考查名词辨析。A. behavior行为；B. income收入；C. wish希望；D. promise诺言；因为家里的自行车不适合我送报纸，而且送报纸我可以挣到钱了，于是父亲建议我用我的收入去买一辆适合自行车。故B项正确。

12.考查上下文串联。A. buy购买；B. borrow借入；C. rent出租；D. try尝试，努力；根据上文可知家里的旧自行车太高了不适合我送报纸，于是父亲建议我去买一辆大小适合的自行车去送报纸。故A项正确。

13.考查名词辨析及上下文串联。A. weight重量；B. style风格；C. quality质量；D. size大小；根据上文可知家里的旧自行车太高了不适合我送报纸，于是父亲建议我去买一辆大小适合的自行车去送报纸。故D项正确。

14.考查副词辨析及生活常识。A. gradually逐渐地；B. nervously紧张地；C. dutifully困难地；D. carefully细心地；根据第一句可知作者当时只有12岁，对于12岁的孩子起着自行车去送报纸当然十分困难，故C项正确。

15.考查名词辨析。A. payment费用；B. repair修理；C. check检查；D. cleaning清理；在接下来的几个月里我艰难第起着自行车去挣我每个月5美元的自行车费用。购买自行车要付钱，我每个月都付5美元，这属于分期付款。故A项正确。

16.考查名词辨析。A. success成功；B. shock震惊；C. surprise惊讶；D. lesson教训，课程；对于一个12岁的男孩来说这是一个很大的教训，从中我学会了如何挣钱来支付债务。故D项正确。

17.考查名词辨析及上下文串联。A. respect尊敬；B. debt债务；C. dream梦想；D. goal目标；根据上文可知我每个月要支付5美元的购车费用，这对于一个12岁的男孩来说这是一个很大的教训，从中我学会了如何挣钱来支付债务。故B项正确。

18.考查名词辨析。A. labor劳动；B. treasure珍宝；宝贝；C. challenge挑战；D. independence独立；当时我并不知道这一点，但是这辆自行车对我有很大的影响，它第一次给了独立感觉。我依靠自己的劳动挣钱，这属于独立依靠自己生活。故D项正确。

19.考查名词辨析。A. friends朋友；B. customers顾客；C. relatives亲戚；D. classmates同学；最重要的是它让我找到了我的妻子，她的父母亲都是我送报纸的顾客。故B项正确。

20.考查副词辨析。A. usually通常；B. sometimes有时候；C. never不；D. seldom很少，几乎不；骑上你的自行车，你永远不知道它会带你去哪里。根据上文可知作者也不知道送报纸可以给自己带来什么，只是努力去奋斗。故C项正确。