Question

A boy who was cleaning shoes in the street said to a young man ____ by, “Let me ____ your shoes, will you?” The young man said, “No, thank you.” “You may ____ me only a pound for that, sir.” said the boy.____ the young man refused again.

Then the boy told him that he would clean his shoes for ____. The young man agreed to this, and soon one of his shoes was shining brightly. The man gave____ shoe to the boy, but the boy refused to clean it unless he ____ two pounds for his work. The young man refused to pay anything and went away. But one looked __   dirty that he couldn’t walk away. He had to ____ and gave the boy ____. In a very short time his shoes shone brightly.

1.A. passed    B. passing     C. pass     D. passes

2.A. clean     B. wash        C. wear     D. buy

3.A. spend     B. cost        C. take     D. pay

4.A. And       B.Then        C. But       D. Or

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

6.A.another    B.others        C. the others   D. the other

7.A.paid       B. pays         C. was paid  D. pay

8.A. such      B. so           C. very  D. quite

9.A. return back B. go away    C. come back  D. leave

10.A. money      B. reasons    C. way    D. knowledge

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.D

6.D

7.C

8.B

9.C

10.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲了一个擦鞋的男孩对一个正路过的年轻人说：“让我给你擦鞋吧！”这个男人拒绝了，后来这个男孩答应免费为他擦鞋，他同意了，当擦完一只鞋后，小男孩开始向他要钱。

1.一个擦鞋的男孩对一个正路过的年轻人说：“让我给你擦鞋吧！” A. passed 过去的；   B. passing 正经过的；  C. pass  经过；     D. passes 经过第三人称单数。故选.B

2.一个擦鞋的男孩对一个正路过的年轻人说：“让我给你擦鞋吧！” A. clean  打扫；   B. wash 洗；   C. wear 穿；    D. buy 买。故选A。

3.擦鞋只需要花费一英镑。花费It takes sb some time to do sth；人＋spend+时间/金钱+（in）doing sth ；人＋ spend+时间/金钱 +on+名词；物+cost；人+pay+钱+for。故选D。

4.但是又一次这个男人拒绝了。A. And 连接两个并列成分； B .Then 然后；   C. But  ；但是     D. Or或者。故选C。

5.然后男孩说他会给他免费擦鞋。A. anything 用在否定句中；一些人或物；   B. something 用在肯定句中；一些人或物；    C. everything一切；   D. nothing什么也没有。故选D。

6.根据句意，这个男人把另一只鞋给了男孩。A.another 另一个，指三者或 三者以上中的另一个；      B .others 别人；代词；    C. the others别人，代词；      D. the other指两者中的另一个。故选D。

7.但是男孩拒绝擦鞋，除非他付两英镑。当主语是动作的承受者时，用被动语态。故选C

8.但是一只看上去是如此脏，以至于他不能走开。so... that...句型中的so是副词，常常用来修饰形容词或副词，常用句型为：主语+谓语+so+adj.(形) / adv.(副) + that从句. 在“such... that...”句型中，such修饰名词，意思也是“如此……以致于……”但当名词前有many、much、(a) few、(a) little等词修饰时，句子中要用“so...that...”而不能用“such...that...”。故选B。

9.他不得不返回来，给了男孩两英镑。A. return back ， return 本身已有返回的意思，不与back连用；  B. go away  走开； C. come back回来；  D. leave离开。故选C。

10.他不得不返回来，给了男孩两英镑。A. money 钱；   B. reasons 原因；    C. way 道路；  D. knowledge知识。故选A。

考点：故事类短文