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Coin confusion
Rachel looked through troubled eyes at her sister and said, “I wouldn’t have thought Eric would be a thief, ”Her sister Sarah replied, “Whoa, that’s a 1 accusation to make against your best friend! ”
Rachel remembered two days ago when she had brought out her coin collection for Eric to 2 . At the end of that day, Rachel’s mother asked her to do her a favor, so she asked her friend, “Is it okay if I leave you for a few minutes? ”Eric said, “Go ahead. I’ll clean up here, ” 3 at the piles of coins on the floor.
When Rachel returned, it never occurred to her to 4 her coins until two days later that she realized some quarters were 5 .
Sarah said, “Why don’t you just ask him? ”
“Ask him what? Hey, best friend, did you 6 my coin collection? ”Rachel thought for a moment, 7 if that would be a good idea. The theft of her collection left her with a feeling of 8 , “How could I have misjudged my friend’s 9 ? ”
The next day Rachel went to Eric’s house, Eric was acting funny sort of nervous, like he couldn’t be 10 . In fact, Rachel thought Eric acted like someone with a secret. Anger blossomed as Rachel watched Eric pretend to be kind, 11 Eric had obviously stolen from her. Rachel finally could not stand it anymore and stood up. Suddenly, Eric 12 , “I can’t stand it anymore! ”Rachel was astonished at hearing her own 13 burst forth from her friend! Instead of sounding 14 , Eric sounded excited. He pulled something from underneath the chair.
“Go to open it! I was going to wait until your birthday, but I can’t wait. ”Slowly, Rachel lifted the top of the 15 . Laid out in front of her were all of the quarters from her coin collection. Each quarter was in its own 16 in a new collection case. Each quarter shone like it was new.
Rachel felt 17 rush over her neck and ears. She said 18 , “Thank you! This means. . . a great deal to me. ”She was grateful that Eric had cut her 19 before she said something she would 20 . Eric was exactly the type of person she wanted as a friend!
1. A. repeated
B. false
C. baseless
D. serious
2. A. clean
B. store
C. choose
D. see
3. A. working
B. gesturing
C. playing
D. glaring
4. A. seek
B. select
C. check
D. collect
5. A. destroyed
B. messed
C. missing
D. decreasing
6. A. replace
B. steal
C. pick
D. remove
7. A. deciding
B. knowing
C. asking
D. minding
8. A. stupidity
B. abandon
C. failure
D. betrayal
9. A. favour
B. character
C. appearance
D. method
10. A. still
B. confident
C. generous
D. silent
11. A. when
B. so
C. after
D. if
12. A. expressed
B. condemned
C. yelled
D. argued
13. A. purpose
B. choice
C. desire
D. thoughts
14. A. shocked
B. curious
C. guilty
D. cruel
15. A. jar
B. box
C. can
D. bag
16. A. spot
B. form
C. condition
D. style
17. A. air
B. heat
C. wind
D. sweat
18. A. absently
B. unwillingly
C. weakly
D. fearfully
19. A. off
B. down
C. in
D. up
20. A. suspect
B. explode
C. tolerate
D. regret
【拓展训练】
句式仿写。
1. 你可以帮我个忙看半个小时的孩子吗? (favor)
2. 我用热水洗了它, 从未想到去查看一下标签。(occur)
3. 我不能容忍浪费东西。(stand)
4. 母亲进来时, 他假装正在做作业。(pretend)
【文章大意】Rachel把收集的硬币拿给自己最好的朋友Eric看, 后来硬币少了一些。她认为是Eric偷的, 但事实并不是她所想的那样。
1. 【解析】选D。考查对上下文语境的理解。根据“I wouldn’t have thought Eric would be a thief, ”可知她姐姐认为这是对她最好的朋友的一个很严重的指控。serious严重的; repeated重复的; false错误的; baseless没根据的。
2.【解析】选D。考查对上下文语境的理解。她把收集的硬币拿给Eric看。see看; clean打扫; store贮藏; choose选择。
3.【解析】选B。考查对上下文语境的理解。根据Go ahead. I’ll clean up here可知Eric应该指着地板上那堆硬币。gesture做手势, 用动作示意; work工作; play玩耍; glare怒目而视。
4.【解析】选C。考查常识。只有检查才会发现一些硬币不见了。check检查; seek追求; select选拔; collect搜集。
5.【解析】选C。考查对上下文语境的理解。根据上文I wouldn’t have thought Eric would be a thief可知她以为Eric偷了她的一些硬币, 因此用missing。
6.【解析】选B。考查词语复现。根据下文Eric had obviously stolen from her可知。steal偷; replace代替; pick摘; remove拿下, 去除。
7.【解析】选A。考查前后照应。Rachel想了一会儿, 在判断那是不是一个好主意。decide判断; know知道; ask问; mind介意。
8. 【解析】选D。考查常识。根据常识可知最好的朋友偷了她收集的硬币的想法应该给了她一种背叛的感觉。betrayal背叛; stupidity愚蠢; abandon放任; failure失败。
9.【解析】选B。考查常识。朋友偷自己的东西应该是人格问题。character品质; favour恩惠; appearance外貌; method方法。
10.【解析】选A。考查前后照应。根据上文Eric was acting funny sort of nervous中的nervous可知Eric好像无法平静下来。still平静的; confident自信的; generous慷慨的; silent沉默的。
11.【解析】选A。考查语法结构。当看到Eric显然是偷了她的硬币却又在假装好心的时候, Rachel很生气。when当……时候, 引导时间状语从句。
12. 【解析】选C。考查对上下文语境的理解。根据Rachel was astonished at hearing her ownburst forth from her friend! 可知Eric突然大喊道: “我再也忍受不了了! ”yell大喊; express表达; condemn宣判; argue争论。
13.【解析】选D。考查词义辨析。Rachel在听到自己的想法被Eric说出来时很惊讶! thoughts想法; purpose目的; choice选择; desire欲望。
14.【解析】选C。考查对上下文语境的理解。Rachel一直认为Eric偷了她的硬币, 所以在她看来, Eric应该羞愧。guilty羞愧的, 内疚的; shocked震惊的; curious好奇的; cruel残忍的。
15.【解析】选B。考查常识。根据常识可知硬币通常装在box里面。
16.【解析】选A。考查词义辨析。spot本意是“地点”, 在这里指每个硬币都在新的收集盒里放在单独的地方。form形式; condition条件; style风格。
17.【解析】选B。考查对上下文语境的理解。当Eric说出真相时, Rachel意识到自己误解了他, 感到很惭愧, 因此感觉自己的脖子和耳朵燥热。
18. 【解析】选C。考查对上下文语境的理解。由于羞愧所以说话应该虚弱。weakly虚弱地; absently心不在焉地; unwillingly不情愿地; fearfully可怕地。
19.【解析】选A。考查固定搭配。根据上文Rachel finally could not stand it anymore and stood up. Suddenly, Eric, “I can’t stand it anymore! ”Rachel was astonished at hearing her ownburst forth from her friend! 可知她很感激在她说出会让自己后悔的话之前Eric打断了她。cut off表示“打断”, 符合语境。
20.【解析】选D。考查对上下文语境的理解和词义辨析。regret后悔; suspect怀疑; explode爆炸; tolerate容忍。
【拓展训练】
1. Could you do me a favor and watch the baby for half an hour?
2. I washed it in hot water—it never occurred to me to check the label.
3. I can’t stand wasting anything.
4. He pretended to be doing his homework when his mother came in.
.I could have easily gone through life without getting to know one of the most romantic feelings—love for a dog.
For at least ten years my 1 had been suggesting that we get a dog. There were several reasons why the 2 came up. We had noticed that on our block, couples with no children as a rule 3 one large or two small dogs. So we got one puppy 4 we too had no children.
He flew into the house with the 5 of a Formula 1 (一级方程式赛车). In several minutes he ran over all the house, 6 from my shoulder onto the bed, and ended up in the 7 , where my wife washed him with 8 care. From that day on, the invisible 9 for the love of the new member of our household began at my home.
He seemed to 10 that at once. Most of the meals that my wife had 11 for him with greater care than those for me—he didn’t 12 look at.
Every evening I went out walking with him. I could not know who was walking with whom 13 one evening when tired from work, I 14 the walk. The dog was very angry and dragged me out.
Last night our dog pulled me by the ear with his teeth, 15 me up in my dream, and dragged me into the kitchen to make me turn off the 16 which had disturbed his sleep. I meekly (乖乖地) 17 that I had forgotten to turn off the light, but that was not 18 . He looked at me like a teacher at a pupil who repeatedly makes 19 .
Now we finally know who’s the 20 at home, and for twenty years we had seriously argued whether it was my wife or I.
1. A. wifeB. sonC. husbandD. daughter
2. A. promiseB. chanceC. ideaD. trouble
3. A. keptB. rose C. carriedD. invited
4. A. ifB. unlessC. sinceD. before
5. A. speedB. shapeC. costD. race
6. A. climbedB. jumpedC. coveredD. stopped
7. A. yardB. streetC. kitchenD. bathroom
8. A. friendlyB. motherlyC. naturalD. personal
9. A. signalB. workC. warD. truth
10. A. doubtB. understandC. deserveD. inspect
11. A. reachedB. searchedC. lookedD. prepared
12. A. evenB. stillC. everD. yet
13. A. whileB. becauseC. untilD. as
14. A. gave inB. gave upC. gave awayD. gave out
15. A. brokeB. wokeC. pickedD. packed
16. A. waterB. heaterC. cookerD. light
17. A. hopedB. consideredC. admittedD. decided
18. A. enoughB. goodC. badD. true
19. A. plansB. mistakesC. facesD. decisions
20. A. bossB. memberC. adultD. child
参考答案148.ACACA BDBCB DACBB DCABA：（一）
A store owner was putting a sign above his door that read “Puppies For Sale”. Signs like that have a way of
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small children, and
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enough, a little boy appeared under the store owner’s sign. “
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are you going to sell the puppies for?” he asked.
The store owner replied, “Anywhere from $30
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$ 50.”
The little boy
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in his pocket and pulled out some
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. “I have $ 2.37,” he said. “
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I please look at them?”
The store owner
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and whistled and out of the kennel (狗窝) came a lady, who ran down the aisle (过道) of his store
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by five puppies. One puppy was
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. Immediately the little boy singled out the puppy and said, “What’s
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with that little dog?”
The store owner explained that the veterinarian (兽医) had
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the little puppy and had discovered that it didn’t have a hip socket. It would always walk slowly and with difficulty. It would always be lame. The little boy became
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“That’s the little puppy that I want to buy.”
The store owner said, “No, you don’t want to buy that little dog. If you really want him, I’ll just give him to you.”
The little boy got quite upset. He looked
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into the store owner’s eyes, pointing his finger and said, “I don’t want you to give him to me. That little dog is worth every bit as much as all the other dogs and I’ll pay
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price. In fact I’ll give you $2.37 now, and 50 cents a month
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I have him paid for.”
The store owner answered, “You really don’t want to buy this little dog. He is
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going to be able to jump and play with you like the other puppies.”
To his surprise, the little boy reached
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and rolled up his pant leg to show a badly twisted, crippled (残疾的) left leg
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by a big metal brace (支架). He looked up at the store owner and softly replied, “Well, I don’t run so well myself, and the little puppy will need someone who
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!”
1. A. absorbing B. attracting
C. bargaining
D. greeting
2. A. sure
B. luckily
C. surprisingly
D. interestingly
3. A. What
B. How come
C. When
D. How much
4. A. on
B. at
C. to
D. between
5. A. put
B. arrived
C. reached
D. filled
6. A. coin
B. note
C. value
D. change
7. A. Can
B. Shall
C. Will
D. Must
8. A. performed B. smiled
C. disagreed
D. announced
9. A. applied
B. guided
C. followed
D. linked
10. A. falling behind B. setting foot
C. lending a hand
D. putting forward
11. A. the price
B. the matter
C. the weight
D. the name
12. A. tested
B. studied
C. examined
D. experimented
13. A. excited
B. shocked
C. worried
D. disappointed
14. A. straight
B. deeply
C. closely
D. totally
15. A. half
B. lower
C. higher
D. full
16. A. unless
B. after
C. until
D. once
17. A. always
B. often
C. no
D. never
18. A. up
B. down
C. out
D. over
19. A. supported B. assisted
C. adjusted
D. surrounded
20. A. encourages B. cooperates
C. understands
D. recognizes
答案与解析：
1. B
商店老板这样做的目的就是吸引孩子前来购买。
2. A
sure enough意为“果然如此”，表示事情的发展与预料的相符。
3. D
从下文的回答可知，此处小男孩是在询问小狗的价格。
4. C
from … to …是固定搭配，此处指的是小狗的价格从30美元到50美元不等。
5. C
该句句意为“小男孩把手伸进口袋里，拿出一些零钱。”reach in把手伸进。
6. D
coin硬币；note纸币，钞票；value价值；change零钱。
7. A
该句句意为“我能看看它们吗？”can在此处意为“能够”。
8. B
从下文内容可知，商店老板同意了小男孩的请求，他微笑着并吹响了口哨。
9. C
五只小狗跟随在狗妈妈的身后。
10. A
从下文内容可知，这只小狗有残疾，所以落在了最后。
11. B
小男孩问“这只小狗怎么了？”what’s the matter with sth./sb.是一个固定句型，用来询问毛病或问题所在。
12. C
兽医已经给这只小狗检查过身体了。examine检查；test测验；study研究；experiment做实验。
13. A
从下面小男孩所说的话可知，小男孩很兴奋。
14. A
小男孩直视着商店老板的眼睛，look straight into sb.’s eyes直视某人的眼睛。
15. D
从上下文内容可知，小男孩认为这只残疾的小狗与其他健康的小狗一样有价值，小男孩不会白要，他会以全价买下来。
16. C
小男孩手头没有足够的钱，他要慢慢地付清；until引导时间状语从句，意为“直到”。
17. D
该句句意为“他永远不能蹦跳，不能像其他小狗一样陪你玩耍。”
18. B
从下文内容可知，小男孩把手伸向下面。
19. A
因为小男孩的左腿有残疾，所以靠一个金属架支撑着。
20. C
该句句意为“我自己也不能跑的很好，这只小狗需要一个理解他的人。