Question

   One day Mark Twain was asked whether he cold remember the first money he made.

He thought for a while and then 1__     , “ Yes. It was at school. The pupils in those days never 2__     the things of the school. They often broke the windows and glasses. There was a  3__     that any boy who broke the glass would be 4 __     in front of the whole school,or have to pay five dollars. ”

“ One afternoon I was playing football,when  5__     my ball hit the window. I ran over and found  6__     glass broke into pieces. I could do 7__     but tell my father I had made the mistake,and that I should pay the money  or be beaten before  the  whole school. He agreed to give  me the money 8 __     I  could hand it over  to  the head teacher. But 9__     giving me the money,he took me upstairs and gave me a good beating. ”

“But having had one beating and got used to it,I decided I would accept another beating at school and 10__     the five dollars. So that’s what I did. That was the first money I ever made. ”

(   ) 1. A. promised     B. answered

C. explained     D. agreed

(   ) 2. A. took care of     B. did harm to

C. threw away     D. picked up

(   ) 3. A. test     B. fact

C. rule     D. goal

(   ) 4. A. praised     B. welcomed

C. bitten     D. beaten

(   ) 5. A. suddenly     B. carelessly

C. luckily     D. carefully

(   ) 6. A. it     B. its

C. which     D. whose

(   ) 7. A. nothing     B. something

C. everything     D. anything

(   ) 8. A. even though     B. rather than

C. ever since     D. so that

 (   ) 9. A. instead of     B. thanks to

C. before     D. without

(   ) 10. A. accept     B. refuse

C. keep     D. return

Answer 1

l.B有人问问题，所以马克.吐温回答，故选B。

2. A根据下文学生经常破坏窗户和玻璃，所以他们并不爱护学校的公物，故选A。

3.C根据下文如有人弄坏了学校的玻璃，就将在全体师生面前挨打，或者被罚款5美元，这是学校的规定，故选C。

4. D beat“打” 

5. A句意为“一天下午我正在踢球,突然间我的球击中了窗户。”

6.B上文提到球击中了窗户，此处指的是这扇窗户的玻璃成片 

7. A nothing but“ 只有”。

8. D rather than“ 宁愿......而不愿”。

9.C before “在……以前”。

10. C keep“保存，留下”。