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Joe wanted a computer. He asked his 1 for the money and they said he must get it himself. But how did he get it? He 2 about this when he walked home. Not many people wanted to ask children to work for them. Maybe he could take away snow for the neighbors (邻居). But this was not 3 . He had to wait a long time for that. He couldn’t cut grass for their gardens 4 he had no tools (工具) to do the work with. do that, he thought. Maybe I could even get the computer 6 away. I could pay 7 it a little each week. He ran to 8 up with Dick. Joe asked him a lot of questions. He learned that it was 9 to get twenty-five dollars each week. He learned that the job (工作) took 10 three hours each night. Dick 11 him the phone number of the newspaper manager (经理). she 13 .“I think it is a 14 idea,” she said, “I’ll call the newspaper….” now.” 27
A lady once wrote a long story. She sent it to a famous editor. After __1__ weeks the editor __2__ the story to her. The lady was __3__. She worte back to the editor: story is not good? You did not read it. __5__ I sent you the story, I pasted together pages 18, 19 and 20. This was a __6__ to see whether you would read the story. When the story came back yesterday, the pages were __7__ pasted together. Is this the __8__ you read all the stories that are sent to you?” to discover that it is bad.” 28
These days it is found that school students hardly have any sports.
Is it because they have no 1 in sports? It may not be true. They
often say they have 2 more important things to do.
What are these important things? Exams! They have to 3__ themselves ready for all kinds of exams and tests in school. So many
of them almost 4 bookworms(书呆子). In the past in the summer
holidays, they could do 5 they liked, but now they have to 6__
all their time preparing. So 7 have kept them away from going in
for sports.
Because of the pressure(压力) from 8 parents and teachers, they 9 to work harder and spend most of their time 10__ books.
As for the students themselves, they don’t want to 11 the lessons
because they want to further their studies. So it is necessary to give
__12 of their spare time to their studies and 13 up their school
sports.
It’s true a good education cannot go without physical training, the __14 _ is true, a quick mind hardly goes along with a 15 body.
Without a strong body, you can never do anything well, how can
you make great success in life?
1. A. interests B. interested C. interesting D. interest 2. A. another B. other C. much D. some 3. A. make B. have C. get D. let 4. A. turn B. grow C. look D. become 5. A. anything B. something C. everything D. nothing 6. A. give B. spend C. take D. cost 7. A. teachers B. parents C. studies D. holidays 8. A. his B. one’s C. their D. other’s 9. A. try B. hope C. have D. enjoy 10. A. in B. at C. to D. on 11. A. miss B. lose C. leave D. fail 12. A. few B. any C. all D. none 13. A. give B. take C. put D. send 14. A. thing B. same C. word D. kind 15. A. strong B. heavy C. weak D. ill 名师点评 这篇短文反映了当今教育弊端:学校、家长给学生加班加点,孩子们缺少睡眠、缺少体育锻炼,影响身心健康。结合实际,能顺利完成短文。 答案简析 1. D。空格前的no表示后跟名词, interest表示“兴趣”为不可数名词,have no interest in 表示“对……不感兴趣”。 2. C。比较级前可用much, 表示比较的程度。 3. C。与后面的 ready for 搭配的动词是get。 4. D。四个选项的动词除了look(看起来)外,都表示变化, turn常用于颜色,后跟形容词; grow常用于状态,后跟形容词;只有become后可跟名词。 5. C。与现在的死啃书本相对而言,过去学生可做everything they liked。 6. B。与后面动词 preparing 搭配的动词是spend,牢记 spend…doing sth.句型。 7. C。使学生不能从事运动的是studies。 8. C。此处所指学生们的家长和老师,用复数的物主代词。 9. C。学生处在各种压力之下,表示客观逼迫用 “have to”。 10. D。在……上花时间可表达为“spend…on sth.” 。 11. D。根据空格后的 “because they want to further their studies”,说明学生不愿意学习不及格。 12. C。上文表示学生要将全部时间用于学习。 13. A。句意和空格后的 up搭配,选用 “give”,是放弃的意思。 14. B。与上句相对应,意思一致。 15. C。句意表示“同样如此,身体虚弱就不会思维敏捷”。 29
I walked along the sea for about an hour until I began to feel hungry. It was seven. By that time, I was not far from a favourite restaurant of mine, where I often went to eat two or three times a week. I knew the owner well. my meal. While I was waiting, I looked 1 to see if I knew anyone in the restaurant. Then I saw a man sitting at a corner table near the door keeping looking in my direction (方向), as if he knew me. I certainly didn’t know him, for I never forgot a 2 . The man had a newspaper __3 in front of him. But I could see that he was keeping an 4 on me. When the waiter brought my soup, the man was 5 puzzled (迷惑) by the familiar (熟悉) way that the waiter and I called each other. He became even more puzzled as 6 went on. He could see that I was well 7 in the restaurant. At last he got up and went into the kitchen. After a few minutes he came out again, 8 for his meal and left. and asked him 9 the man had wanted. The owner told me he was a detective(侦探). “Really?” I was 10 . “He was certainly 11 in me. But why?” I asked. “He followed you here because he thought you were a man he was looking 12 ,” the owner said. “When he came into the kitchen, he showed me a 13 of the wanted man . He certainly looked like you! Of course, since we 14 you here, I told him that he had made a mistake.” It’s 15 I came to a restaurant where I am known, or I might have been arrested! 30 Miss Richards was a teacher at a school for boys and girls. She __1 chemistry and physics from the lowest to the highest classes in the __2 . Sometimes the new classes 3 rapidly, but sometimes they were very 4 , and then Miss Richards had to 5 things many times. __6_ when Miss Richards suddenly asked, "What is water? Who knows? 7__ up?" sad (难过), but then one boy 8 his hand. not one of the brightest children in the class, so she was 9 that he could answer. it, Miss. Then it turns black," the boy replied with great confidence (信心).
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