Question

    "Please take my penny(便士)," said Maggie to old Man, the fisherman, who sat on a bench repairing his nets. Her mother drew her back,  _______ , "Maggie, he is not a beggar(乞丐)!" But Maggie paid no  _______ . "Please take it," she said again. Old Man smiled, and took it. "Thank you, little miss," he said, "It is kindly meant."

After that, Maggie went to the beach to ________  shells on her own. She never thought how fast the hours were passing until being ________ , she sat down on a rock beside a little pool. Soon she was scared by a noise near her. Dan's large dog Rover jumped down from a rock, barked _________and began to pull her coat. "Rover wishes me to ________ , I see," she said, and she rose from the rock and wanted to go home. However, that was not so easy as she had expected. She found the places she had gone down very difficult to ________ , and as the tide(潮水)had been coming in for some time. She found some of the stones wet and ________ .

Rover jumped upon a big stone and raised his loud bark. Luckily, the fisherman heard the loud barking. He got to the boat, and rowed fast to the bay(海湾)and took them safely to land!

Maggie hugged the old man and said, "Thank you so much." "It was the _________ that did it, little miss," the old man said. "I saw Rover looking at you when you put it so kind-like into my hand—just as if he would have said, 'Rover will be your friend now, little girl.' And I think he was ________ you all the day, for he never came near me after that."

Some years later, Rover came to Maggie's home with a little note, in which was written—"Will Maggie help Rover?—his master is dead."

1.A.screaming B.shouting C.whispering D.crying

2.A.price B.attention C.care D.money

3.A.gather B.sell C.buy D.watch

4.A.surprised B.awful C.worried D.tired

5.A.gently B.weakly C.loudly D.happily

6.A.stay B.leave C.swim D.run

7.A.fall down B.climb up C.jump down D.look up

8.A.soft B.hard C.smooth D.comfortable

9.A.penny B.rock C.wave D.shells

10.A.talking about B.looking after C.taking pity on D.complaining about

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

5.C

6.B

7.B

8.C

9.A

10.B

【解析】

文章大意：文章主要讲的是一个叫Maggie的女孩给了一个渔夫一个便士，渔夫感激地收下她的善意，渔夫的狗一直跟着Maggie照顾她，后来Maggie遇上危险渔夫救了她的经历。

1.句意：她的妈妈拉她离开并且低声说：“他不是乞丐”。

screaming尖叫；shouting大喊；whispering低语；crying哭，根据前文“Her mother drew her back”“她的妈妈拉她离开”可知，应该是低声说，故选C。

2.句意：但是Maggie没有注意到。

price价格；attention注意；care关注；money钱，根据后文“Please take it," she said again”“收下它吧，她又说了一遍”以及固定搭配pay no attention意为“没注意”，故选B。

3.句意：在那之后，Maggie独自去海滩收集贝壳。

gather收集；sell卖；buy买；watch观看，根据前文的“went to the beach”“去海滩”以及后面的“shells”“贝壳”可知，应该是收集贝壳，故选A。

4.句意：她从来没想过时间过得有多快，直到累了，她才在一个小水池旁的岩石上坐下。

surprised惊讶的；awful可怕的；worried担忧的；tired累的，根据后文“she sat down on a rock beside a little pool”“她在一个小水池旁的岩石上坐下”可知，应该是累的，故选D。

5.句意：Dan的大狗从岩石上跳下来，大声吠叫，开始拉她的外套。

gently温柔地；weakly虚弱地；loudly大声地；happily开心地，根据后文“Rover jumped upon a big stone and raised his loud bark”“Rover跳到一块大石头上，大声叫了起来”可知，应该是大声吠叫，故选C。

6.句意：Rover希望我离开。

stay待；leave离开；swim游泳；run跑，根据后文“she rose from the rock and wanted to go home”“她从岩石上起来并且想回家了”可知，应该是希望我离开，故选B。

7.句意：她发现她下去的地方很难爬上去。

fall down摔倒；climb up爬上去；jump down跳下；look up向上看，根据前文“She found the places she had gone down”“她发现她下去的地方”可知，应该是很难爬上去，故选B。

8.句意：她发现一些石头又湿又滑。

soft柔软的；hard坚硬的；smooth光滑的；comfortable舒服的，根据前文“She found the places she had gone down very difficult to climb up”“她发现她下去的地方很难爬上去”可知，应该是石头又湿又滑，故选C。

9.句意：是那一个便士救了你，小女士。

penny便士；rock岩石；wave波浪；shells贝壳，根据上文中“Please take my penny”“请收下我的便士”可知，应该是便士，故选A。

10.句意：我想他整天都在照顾你。

talking about谈论；looking after照顾；taking pity on可怜；complaining about抱怨，根据前文“Rover will be your friend now”“Rover现在是你的朋友”可知，应该是照顾，故选B。