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We put a price of $10 on it，but it didn’t sell.So，after the sale was__10__，my friend put it on the sidewalk with a sign that__11__“FREE，BIKE”.Within five minutes her doorbell rang.A little boy was__12__ there.In poor English he asked whether the bike was__13__free.She said yes and that he could have it for__14__.He smiled，got on the bike and rode away. Later that evening when I told my son how much money he had made at the sale，he was very__15__，shouting happily.He asked about a few of his things，wondering__16__they had been sold.When he asked about the bike，I told him about the little boy and that made him__17__.He was much happier than when I told him how much he had__18__.He was so happy to__19__that someone else would make good__20__of that little bike! 【解题导语】 一辆免费的旧自行车，让两个孩子都很高兴。 1.A.clean B.check C.display D.design 解析：选A。作者的一位朋友主动要给他们卖一些东西，作者正好借此机会清理一下儿子的房间。 2.A.look for B.go through C.show off D.deal with 解析：选D。根据后文可知，作者卖掉了儿子的一些玩具，故选D，表示“处理”。 3.A.refused B.agreed C.wrote D.lied 解析：选B。作者答应所卖玩具的钱都归儿子，故选B，表示“同意”。 4.A.trip B.show C.sale D.decision 解析：选C。这里是指出售东西的前一天晚上，故选C。 5.A.weak B.small新课标第一网] C.new D.thin 解析：选B。卖掉自行车是因为孩子长高了，不适合骑那么“小”的自行车了。 6.A.rode B.found C.watched D.felt 解析：选A。作者的儿子应该是对自行车还有所眷恋，故在拿去卖前，在院子里最后骑了一次。 7.A.doubted B.knew C.told D.thought 解析：选B。这里是指根据作者他们所“知道 ”的，在他们之前这辆自行车至少已经有两个人拥有过。 8.A.time B.chance C.place D.shape 解析：选D。因为自行车已经几次易主，故“外形”已经不是很好了。 9.A.also B.never C.still D.hardly 解析：选C。根据but的语境，可知虽然外形不怎么样，但轮胎仍然很好，故选C。 10.A.ahead B.on C.near D.over 解析：选D。当整个销售活动结束后，作者的朋友把没有卖掉的自行车放在了路边。 11.A.said B.repeated C.copied D.expressed 解析：选A。作者在自行车上放了一个写有“免费自行车”的牌子。这里选say，表示“内容是”。 12.A.jumping B.standing C.walking D.shouting 解析：选B。门开后，那个男孩应该是“站在”门前。 13.A.barely B.usually C.really D.always 解析：选C。小男孩应该是问自行车是不是真的免费。 14.A.something B.anything C.everything D.nothing 解析：选D。作者的朋友回答说是真的，他可以不用给任何东西把自行车取走。 15.A.calm B.scared C.excited D.disappointed 解析：选C。根据shouting happily的语境，可知作者的儿子很兴奋。 16 .A.when B.if C.why D.how 解析：选B。根据wonder的语境，可知作者的儿子想知道那些东西是否已经卖掉了，故选B。 17.A.smile B.worry C.leave D.cry 解析：选A。根据He was much happier的语境，可知作者告诉了儿子关于那个小男孩的事后，作者的儿子笑了。 18.A.enjoyed B.lost C.bought D.made 解析：选D。作者儿子脸上露出了灿烂的笑容，比作者告诉他一共卖了多少钱时还要灿烂很多。这里选D，make money意为“赚钱”。 19.A.hear B.understand C.remember D.think 解析：选A。是作者在告诉儿子相关的情况，故选A，表示儿子“听到”。 20.A.interest B.money C.use D.price 解析：选C。当作者的儿子听说别人将会继续很好地“使用”他那辆旧自行 车时，他感到十分激动。make use of sth.为固定搭配，在这里意为“使用……”。 Ⅴ.阅读理解 Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in Springfield，Massachusetts in 1904.He was famous because of the books he wrote for children.They combine funny words，pictures，and social opinion. Dr.Seuss wrote his first book for children in 1937.It is called And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street.A number of publishers refused to publish it.They said it was too different.A friend finally published it.Soon other successful books followed.Over the years h e wrote more than forty children’s books.They were fun to read.Yet his books sometimes dealt with serious subjects. By the middle 1940s，Dr.Seuss had become one of the bestloved and most successful writers of children’s books.He had a strong desire to help children.In 1954，the Life magazine published a report about school children who could not read.The report said many children’s books were not interesting.Dr.Seuss decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read. In 1957，Dr.Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat.He used less than 225 words to write the book.This was about the number of words a sixyearold should be able to read. The story is about a cat who tries to entertain two children on a rainy day while their mother is away from home.The cat is not like normal cats.It talks.The book was an immediate success.It was an interesting story and was easy to read.Children loved it.Their parents loved it，too.Today many adults say it is still one of the stories they like best. 【解题导语】 本文向我们介绍了美国著名的儿童作家Theodor Seuss Geisel。 1.What’s the best title for this passage? A.Some of Dr.Seuss’ books for children B.What are Dr.Seuss’ books mainly about? C.Dr.Seuss-a famous writer of children’s books D.Why are Dr.Seuss’ books different? 解析：选C。主旨大意题。通读全文，可知文章主要向我们介绍了美国著名的儿童作家Theodor Seuss Geisel，故选C。 2.What do we know about Dr.Seuss’ first book for children? A.It was Dr.Seuss’ worst book. B.It dealt with a very serious subject. C.Neither children nor adults like it. D.Many publishers didn’t take it seriously at first. 解析：选D。推理判断题。根据第二段的A number of publishers refused to publish it.可推断，刚开始，很多出版商都不看好这本书，故选D。 3.How did Dr.Seuss help children according to Paragraph 3? A.By asking others to help them in magazines. B.By writing interesting and simple books. C.By changing his old books into simpler ones. D.By giving them books for free. 解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第三段的Dr.Seuss decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read.可知应选B。 4.We can most probably hear this passage on a radio program called “________”. A.Travel in America B.This is America C.People in America D.American stories 解析：选C。推理判断题。本文主要是介绍美国一个著名儿童作家，故在“美国人物”栏目里最有可能听到这篇 (责任编辑：admin) |