Question

【题目】Mr Phillips was getting ready to leave his office. He remembered that his wife had asked him to buy some bananas. There was an old lady selling bananas at a fruit stall (摊位) _____ the street. Mr Phillips had never seen this stall before, so he went to check it out.

He asked her how much her bananas _____. She said $8 per kilogram. He _____ to bargain. “The store _____ I usually buy bananas only asks $5 per kg. Can you sell them to me _____ the same price?” he asked. The old lady was reluctant (不情愿的) but _____ agreed to sell them for $6 per kg. _____, Mr Phillips wasn’t satisfied and decided to buy them at the fruit store _____.

He went inside, _____ a bunch of bananas and went to the cashier (收银员). He saw that the price was $10 per kg. He tried to bargain again, but the ______ said, “Sorry sir, we do not bargain here.” Mr Phillips felt ______ and went back to the old lady. She recognized (认出) him and told him, “Sir, I can’t ______ you that price anymore.”

Mr Phillips told her, “Don’t worry about it. I will pay you $10 per kg! Please give me 2 kg.” The old lady was happy and said, “I can’t take $10 but I will take $7 per kg. I appreciate your ______.”

Later, Mr Phillips recommended (推荐) the old lady’s fruit stall ______ his coworkers (同事). And with support from Mr Phillips and many other shoppers, she was able to make a ______ living.

【1】A. in front ofB. behindC. acrossD. before

【2】A. paidB. costC. spentD. took

【3】A. triedB. pretendedC. worriedD. meant

【4】A. whichB. thatC. whereD. whose

【5】A. asB. forC. ofD. against

【6】A. firstlyB. luckilyC. hopefullyD. finally

【7】A. ButB. HoweverC. SoD. Because

【8】A. insteadB. yetC. alreadyD. ever

【9】A. put downB. took offC. picked upD. gave away

【10】A. ladyB. bossC. customerD. cashier

【11】A. goodB. badC. excitedD. sorry

【12】A. leaveB. passC. provideD. offer

【13】A. happinessB. sadnessC. kindnessD. unkindness

【14】A. toB. forC. withD. at

【15】A. poorerB. friendlierC. worseD. better

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【5】A

【6】D

【7】B

【8】A

【9】C

【10】D

【11】B

【12】D

【13】C

【14】A

【15】D

【解析】

短文大意：本文是一篇小故事，讲述了史密斯先生买香蕉讨价还价的故事。

【1】句意：街对面有个卖香蕉的老太太。考查介词（短语）辨析。A. in front of在…前面；B. behind在…的后面；C. across在对面/从一边到另一边；D. before在…面前。根据句意语境，可知是街道的对面，故选C。

【2】句意：他问她香蕉多少钱。考查动词辨析。A. paid 支付，主语需是人；B. cost价值，主语需是物；C. spent花费，主语需是人；D. took花费，多用it做形式主语。本句是宾语从句，从句主语bananas（香蕉）是物，根据句意语境，可知选B。

【3】句意：他试图讨价还价。考查动词辨析。A. tried尝试；B. pretended假装；C. worried担心；D. meant意思是。try to do尝试做某事；根据句意语境，可知BCD三项意思都不合句意，故选A。

【4】句意：我经常买香蕉的那家商店每公斤只卖5美元。考查定语从句引导词辨析。which指物；that指人或物；where指地点；whose表物主。本句空白处在定语从句中做状语，需用关系副词引导，ABD三项都是关系代词，可排除。根据句意结构和语境，可知选C。

【5】句意：你能以同样的价格卖给我吗?考查介词辨析。at the price of 以......的价格，价格用at表示，是固定用法；at the same price以同样的价格，根据句意语境，可知选A。

【6】句意：老太太很不情愿，但最后还是同意以每公斤6美元的价格出售。考查副词辨析。A. firstly首先；B. luckily 幸运地；C. hopefully有希望地；D. finally最后。but表转折，根据句意语境，可知前面三项意思都与句意不合，故选D。

【7】句意：然而，菲利普斯先生并不满意，决定到水果店去买。考查连词辨析。but但是，表转折，需用在句子开头；however然而，表转折，单独置于句首；so所以，表结果；because因为，表原因。本句和前一句是转折关系，空格后有逗号，需用however连接；根据句意结构，可知选B。

【8】句意：然而，菲利普斯先生并不满意，决定到水果店去买。考查副词辨析。instead 相反；yet仍然；already已经；ever曾经。根据上文However, Mr. Phillips wasn’t satisfied，可知instead符合句意，故选A。

【9】句意：他走进去，拿起一串香蕉，走到收银台。考查动词短语辨析。A. put down放下；B. took off拿掉；C. picked up拿起；D. gave away赠送。根据and went to the cashier，可知ABD三项意思都不合句意，故选C。

【10】句意：但收银员说:“对不起，先生，我们这里不还价。”考查名词辨析。根据上文picked up a bunch of bananas and went to the cashier，可知选D。

【11】句意：菲利普斯先生感到很难过，回到老太太身边。考查形容词辨析。good好的；bad不好的/令人不快的；excited兴奋的；sorry抱歉的。根据句意语境，可知菲利普斯先生感到不高兴，故选B。

【12】句意：先生，我不能再给你那个价格了。考查动词辨析。leave遗弃；pass经过；provide供应；offer提供/报价。that price那个价格，根据句意语境，可知offer符合句意，故选D。

【13】句意：我感谢你的好意。考查名词辨析。A. happiness幸福；B. sadness悲伤；C. kindness善良；D. unkindness刻薄。根据前文She said $8 per kilogram.，结合句意语境，可知“我”出价10美元让老人感觉“我”是个大善人，故选C。

【14】句意：后来，菲利普斯先生向他的同事推荐了老太太的水果摊。考查介词辨析。to给，表对象。for为了，表目的；with和，表伴随；at在，后接钟点时间。 recommend sth. to sb. 向某人推荐某物。根据句意语境，可知选A。

【15】句意：在菲利普斯先生和许多其他购物者的支持下，她过上了更好的生活。考查形容词比较级辨析。A. poorer 更贫穷的；B. friendlier更友好的；C. worse更坏的；D. better更好的。根据上文with support from Mr Phillips and many other shoppers,，可知前面三项意思都与句意不合，故选D。

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