Question

完形填空（本题共15分，每小题1分）

阅读下面短文’掌握其大意，然后从41 —55各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

I was at a little store buying some potatoes. I      a small boy; he was thin and wearing old but clean clothes, with a basket in his hand. His eyes were    fresh green peas.

I paid for my potatoes. At this time, I couldn’t help listening to the     between Mr. Miller, the store owner, and the poor boy next to me.

“ Hello Barry, how are you today?”

“ Hello, Mr. Miller. Fine, thank you. The green peas sure look good.”

“ They are good, Barry.     is your mum?”

“ Fine. She is getting better.”

“ Good. Anything I can     you with?”

“ No, Sir. I am just having a look at the peas.”

“ Would you like to      some home?” asked Mr. Miller.

“ No, Sir. I have nothing to pay for them.”

“ Well, what can you      to me for some of those peas?”

“ All I got is my prize marble（弹子球）here.”

“ Is that     ? Let me see,” said Miller.

“ Here it is. It is lovely.”

“ I can see that. The only thing is that this one is blue and I want a red one. Do you have a red one like this at home?” the store owner asked.

“     .”

“ OK. Take this bag of peas home with you and next trip this way let me look at that red marble,” Mr. Miller told the boy.

“ Sure, I      . Thanks Mr. Miller.”

Mrs. Miller, who had been standing nearby, came over to help me. With a smile she said, “ There are two other boys like him in our community; all three are in very      families. Jim just loves to bargain with（交换） them for peas, apples, tomatoes, or         . When they come back with their red marbles, and they always do, he           he doesn’t like red after all, and he sends them home with a bag of produce（农产品） for a green marble or an orange one, when they come on their      trip to the store.

I left the store smiling to myself, impressed with this man. I would never forget the story of this man, the boys, and their lovely     .

1.A. watched      B. noticed     C. stopped     D. showed

2.A. from         B. in       C. on      D. for

3.A. conversation B. news     C. story     D. joke

4.A. How       B. What       C. Where      D. Which

5.A. do           B. help       C. play       D. work

6.A. bring       B. take      C. carry      D. fetch

7.A. pay      B. help       C. buy      D. give

8.A. useful    B. right      C. expensive     D. enough

9.A. Maybe      B. Never      C. Almost     D. Certainly not

10.A. will      B. would      C. must      D. should

11.A. honest    B. rich       C. friendly     D. poor

12.A. whenever  B. however     C. whatever     D. wherever

13.A. hopes      B. decides     C. warns      D. expects

14.A. next       B. first       C. last        D. only

15.A. present    B. friendship      C. marble   D. deal(交易)

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.A

5.B

6.B

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.A

11.B

12.C

13.B

14.A

15.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了作者在小商店里买了一些土豆，他在商店看到的一幕给他留下了深刻的印象。

1.

2.他的眼睛注视着新鲜的绿色豌豆,根据语境故选C。

3.在这个时候，我忍不住听米勒先生和店主之间的对话，这个可怜的男孩在我旁边。结合语境故选A

4.妈妈好吗？“可知是他们之间互相再问候，选A

5.

6.一些回家吗？take sth to sw表示把某物代带到某地去；故选B

7.呢？故选D

8.

9.，唯一的问题是它是蓝色的，我希望有一个红色的。“你在家里有一个红色的呢？”店主问。“也许吧。”小男孩回答道。 故选A

10.根据句意“把这一袋豌豆回家吧，下次来我看看那个红色的大理石，”米勒先生告诉这个男孩，小男孩说：“我会的”。结合语境可知用将来时。可知选A。

11.

12.吉姆喜欢讨价还价（交换）他们的豌豆，苹果，西红柿，或其他的东西；故选C

13.当他们回到他们的红色大理石，他们总是这样，他决定他不喜欢红色可知选B，

14.当他们来到他们的下一个店之旅。可知故选A

15.根据句意我永远不会忘记这个人，故事中的男孩，和他们可爱的交易 。可知选D

考点：故事类短文。