Ⅰ.完形填空
Bobby, a sixyearold boy, was getting cold walking in the street in the snow. Bobby didn't wear boots; he didn't own any. The thin sneakers(胶底运动鞋) he wore had a few ___1__ in them and they did poor job of keeping out the cold. Ever since his father had passed away three years ago, the family of five had__2__. His mother worked hard, but there never seemed to be enough. Nevertheless, what the family lacked in money and __3__ things, they made up for in love and family __4__.
Here it was Christmas Eve already, and his sisters had already made beautiful__5__ for their mother while he had nothing. Try__6__he might, he could not __7__an idea for his mother's Christmas gift. Even he could, he didn't have any money to spend.
Bobby walked from shop to shop,looking into each__8__window. Everything seemed so beautiful and so out of __9__ . It was starting to get dark and Bobby__10__ turned to walk home when suddenly his eyes caught a__11__dime. Overjoyed, he picked up the newfound treasure, and ran into a shop. However, his excitement quickly __12__ cold when he was told that he couldn't buy anything with__13__ a dime.
Not discouraged, he entered a flower shop. He__14__the dime and asked if he could buy one flower for his mother's Christmas gift. When the shop owner__15__at Bobby and his ten cents offering, he saw himself, many years ago, a poor boy too, when a stranger__16__ him ten dollars to buy his mother a Christmas gift...Knowing what to do, he put his hand on Bobby's shoulder and said,“Lucky you! I just happened to have some roses on__17__for ten cents a dozen. Just wait here.” Then he went to fetch the bunch of his best roses, which had been__18__ for a special gift. Bobby could hardly believe what happened until before him __19__ twelve beautiful red roses.
Never before has __20__ felt so happy as Bobby felt at that moment.
1.A.holes B.decorations
C.buttons D.stripes
答案:A
解析:由空后可知他穿的单薄的运动鞋上有好几个洞(holes),已经无法抵御严寒了。
2.A.struggled B.tolerated
C.separated D.dismissed
答案:A
解析:自从3年前Bobby的父亲去世以后,一家人就一直在为生活苦苦地挣扎(struggled)着。
3.A.delicious B.various
C.noble D.material
答案:D
解析:尽管这一家人没什么钱,物质(material)方面极其匮乏,但是他们却用彼此之间的关爱和团结弥补了这一切。
4.A.quality B.sense
C.unity D.conflict
答案:C
解析:参见上题解析。unity意为“团结”。
5.A.boots B.gifts
C.gloves D.cakes
答案:B
解析:现在已经是平安夜了,姐姐们都给妈妈准备了漂亮的礼物(gifts),而他却仍然两手空空。7空后的“gift”是线索提示。
6.A.when B.while
C.before D.as
答案:D
解析:尽管(as)他拼命地想,他也想不出给他妈妈买什么圣诞礼物。
7.A.put up with B.keep up with
C.make up with D.come up with
答案:D
解析:参见上题解析。come up with表示“想出,提出(想法、答案等)”。
8.A.fascinated B.decorated
C.reserved D.painted
答案:B
解析:他一家商店接着一家商店地走,边走边向精心装饰的(decorated)橱窗里望去。
9.A.sight B.order
C.reach D.control
答案:C
解析:所有的东西看起来都是那么漂亮,但又是那么遥不可及(reach)。
10.A.unwillingly B.patiently
C.weakly D.aimlessly
答案:A
解析:天开始黑了,他不情愿地(unwillingly)转头回家。
11.A.shiny B.round
C.strange D.special
答案:A
解析:就在这时,他突然发现地上有一枚闪闪发光的(shiny)十美分硬币。
12.A.disappeared B.turned
C.changed D.replaced
答案:B
解析:然而,他的兴奋很快就变成(turned)了失望。
13.A.even B.still
C.almost D.only
答案:D
解析:Bobby被告知仅仅(only)靠十美分,他什么东西也买不到。
14.A.touched B.presented
C.threw D.spent
答案:B
解析:他走进一家花店,拿出(presented)那十美分,问老板能不能买到一朵花作为圣诞礼物送给妈妈。
15.A.greeted B.accepted
C.looked D.focused
答案:C
解析:老板看着(looked at) Bobby和他手里的十美分,想起了多年前的自己。
16.A.helped B.provided
C.offered D.collected
答案:C
解析:那时候老板也是个穷小子,一位陌生人给了(offered)他10美元,让他给妈妈买个圣诞礼物。
17.A.shelf B.store
C.sale D.counter
答案:C
解析:老板说他刚好有十美分一打儿的玫瑰花在廉价销售(sale)。
18.A.brought up B.set aside
C.given away D.taken in
答案:B
解析:然后老板去取来他预留(set aside)出来作特殊礼物的最好的一束玫瑰花。
19.A.laid B.lied
C.put D.showed
答案:A
解析:Bobby简直不敢相信这一切会是真的,直到那12朵漂亮的红玫瑰花摆放到他眼前。lay表示“放置”时,其过去式为laid。
20.A.he B.anyone
C.someone D.it
答案:B
解析:那一刻任何人(anyone)都不会比Bobby更开心了。