Question

阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

New Land, New Home

Joe immigrated(移民) to Canada at the age of 41. There were many stressful days as he had his whole family to take care of. He rented an apartment and bought a few pieces of furniture and some cookware.

Since he had no      ______, the savings they brought with them  were diminishing(减少) rapidly. They needed to buy groceries and pay the rent After getting his family settled, Joe went out to look for a job.

As he walked, he saw many things on the street that people threw away on garbage day---TVs, washers, furniture and refrigerators. Joe could not believe his eyes. “Why would people get rid of such things?” he asked himself. Seeing all the “junk”, Joe decided to take the  ____home to see what the   problem was. After all, he was an electrician before he came to Canada.

Since he was twelve years old, Joe’s main hobby has been electronics. He assembled a radio back in the 1970s which was quite something for a      _______boy.

Now, he had no job and no income. All he had was time and his hobby. He plugged the television into a wall plug. There were images on the screen,    ______there was no sound. He opened the back cover     using the tools he’d brought with him. Before long, Joe diagnosed the   _____. The loudspeaker was    broken.

He went out again. And there was garbage placed on the sidewalk waiting to be picked up in the morning. He found a toy keyboard. He was delighted and carried the keyboard home. The keyboard didn’t

__________, but luckily its loudspeaker did. Fifteen minutes later, Joe had a TV with both picture and sound.

Joe began to question people why they threw away so many electronics. The   ______was the same  from everyone: repair services were too expensive. He discovered that people would rather buy new products.

Joe made up his mind to open an electronics repair shop that would offer fair(公平的) prices.

Today, Joe has much success in his new country. He could have lost hope. Instead, he chose to make the best out of a    __________situation.

1.A.home B.job C.child D.car

2.A.washers B.keyboard C.television D.refrigerator

3.A.teenage B.clever C.friendly D.tall

4.A.so B.or C.but D.because

5.A.question B.problem C.wrong D.screen

6.A.do B.sound C.work D.show

7.A.words B.answer C.wish D.ideas

8.A.happy B.relaxing C.interesting D.tough

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.C

7.B

8.D

【解析】

文章介绍了乔伊在41岁时和家人搬到加拿大，但是乔伊没有工作，所以他们的存款在减少，乔伊发现人们会扔一些电器，后来他了解到人们认为修理机器的钱比买新的还贵，他发现了商机，开了一家电器修理店，价格合理，最后他成功了。

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