Question

【题目】【2014鄂州】阅读下面短文，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项，使短文完整、通顺。

Yesterday my son and I went to the grocery store. In front of us was a little girl with her mother. The little girl was asking her mother for a box of Smarties. The polite way she was asking broke the mother’s heart. “I’m sorry, honey, but we have no money to buy it.”

My son was watching that dialogue. By the way, he had been raking leaves in our garden to himself some money to buy a bike. As he watched the mother and daughter leave the , he ran to the candy counter and bought a box of Smarties with his money. Then he ran out after the little girl and her mother, and gave them the . He came back and told me what he told them, “Every kid should have a pack of Smarties because they can make you .”

I was so excited I bought a pack of Smarties for my son. I told him that I was proud of him, and that was for his act of generosity because he gave his own Smarties to others. Quickly, he , “But you do nice things for people and you never get anything for it.” I explained, “When you do something nice for someone, you shouldn’t get anything, but when you do get something you should be very .”

【1】A. in order B. in line C. in place D. in control

【2】A. almost B. hardly C. seldom D. never

【3】A. buy B. pay C. provide D. raise

【4】A. store B. house C. mall D. centre

【5】A. money B. box C. leaves D. bike

【6】A. happy B. smart C. sweet D. lovely

【7】A. and B. as C. that D. but

【8】A. replied B. told C. lied D. talked

【9】A. answer to B. apply to C. expect to D. turn to

【10】A. hopeful B. wonderful C. thankful D. helpful

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【4】A

【5】B

【6】B

【7】C

【8】A

【9】C

【10】C

【解析】

试题分析：本文作者叙述了儿子给一个女孩买了一盒聪明豆的故事。作者的儿子当看到一个女孩，因为她妈妈没有钱给她买聪明豆时，用自己劳动挣的钱给那个女孩买了一盒聪明豆。作者为儿子感到骄傲，给儿子买了一盒聪明豆给他，并说这是他的慷慨行为的回报。他儿子回复到：“你做好事，却不求回报”。作者解释道, 做好事是不期望回报的，当得到东西时，应该表示感激。

【1】B考查及语境的理解。A. in order按顺序；B. in line 排队； C. in place适当的； D. in control控制；句意：根据In front of us“在我们前面”可知在杂货店买东西时，排队付钱。故选B。

【2】A考查副词及语境的理解。 A. almost 几乎；B. hardly 几乎不； C. seldom很少； D. never从不。句意：她礼貌询问的方式几乎伤了母亲的心。结合上下文，女儿很礼貌的询问母亲是否能买自己喜欢的东西，但是母亲没有钱给她买，因此面对这么有礼貌的孩子，却满足不了她的愿望，所以母亲的心几乎碎了。故选A。

【3】D考查动词及语境的理解。 A. buy 买；B. pay 支付； C. provide 提供；D. raise筹集，养育。句意：他为了买一辆自行车，在我们家的花园里用耙子搂树叶来筹集钱。根据to buy a bike可知此处指的是为了买自行车，筹集钱。故选D。

【4】A考查名词及语境的理解。A. store商店； B. house 房子； C. mall 购物商场； D. centre中心。句意：当他看到这个母亲和女儿要离开商店时。根据Yesterday my son and I went to the grocery store.可知他们在杂货店里，故此处女孩要离开这个商店。故选A。

【5】B考查名词及语境的理解。A. money钱； B. box 盒子； C. leaves 树叶；D. bike自行车。句意：他跑在那个女孩和她母亲的后面，把那个盒子给了她们。根据bought a box of Smarties with his money.可知他买了一盒聪明豆，故此处把这盒东西给了她们。故选B。

【6】B考查形容词及语境的理解。A. happy 高兴的；B. smart 聪明的；C. sweet甜蜜的； D. lovely可爱的。句意：每个孩子应该有一包聪明豆，因为他们能让你聪明。因为Smarties的意思是聪明豆，因此孩子认为他们可以使人聪明。可知故选B。

【7】C考查连词及语境的理解。 A. and 而且；B. as 当……时候；C. that那个；D. but但是。句意：我如此激动以至于给我的儿子买了一包聪明豆。根据短语so+形容词/副词+that+从句，“如此……以至于……”，故此处为that。故选C。

【8】A考查动词及语境的理解。A. replied 回答； B. told 告诉； C. lied 撒谎，躺； D. talked讨论。句意：他很快回答，“但是你为人们做好事，你从来没有因为这个得到任何东西。”此处作者的儿子对作者的表扬进行的答复，故选A。

【9】C考查动词及语境的理解。A. answer to 回答； B. apply to 应用于； C. expect to 期望； D. turn to转向。句意：当你为某人做了好事时，你不应该期望得到任何东西。结合上下文，儿子认为作者做好事没有得到回报，故此处作者解释做好事不要期望得到回报。故选C。

【10】C考查形容词及语境的理解。A. hopeful 有希望的； B. wonderful 精彩的； C. thankful 感谢的，感激的；D. helpful有帮助的。句意：但是当你得到一些东西时，你应该非常感激的。因为得到东西，因此要表示感激。故选C。