Question

Once my father and I went to see a circus(马戏 ). A family was standing in front of us        for tickets.

   The family had eight children. Their clothes were not      but they were clean. They were talking about the clowns(小丑) and elephants excitedly.

   “I want      tickets,eight for children and two for adults.”said the father to the ticket lady.

The ticket lady told him the        . When he heard that, the man cloudn’t believe his          . He asked again, “How much?”

The ticket lady spoke again. The father looked sad. Clearly, he didn’t have        money.

My dad took a twenty—dollar bill and dropped it on the ground.Then he picked        , and said to the man, “Sir, this fell out of your pocket.”

The man knew what was        on. He looked into my dad’s eyes and took the      . “Thank you,thank you ,sir. This        a lot to me and my family. ”

  We didn’t go to the cirus that night,but we didn’t feel sorry for it at all.

1.A. waiting      B. looking    C. working

2.A. common     B. cheap     C. expensive

3.A. ticket        B. ten       C. two

4.A. ticket        B. number   C. price

5.A. eyes        B. ears       C. nose

6.A. enough      B. any       C. little

7.A. it up        B. up it      C. them up

8.A. walking     B. going      C. looking

9.A. book        B. pocket    C. bill

10.A. hardly      B. nearly     C. really

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.C

5.B

6.A

7.A

8.B

9.C

10.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了作者有一次和父亲去看马戏表演遇到的经历。一家夫妇俩带着8个孩子在买票，由于支付不起费用正在为难之际，父亲略施小计巧妙地帮助了这一家人，这个经历让作者感到很欣慰。

1.动词以及对语境的理解。waiting for：等待，looking for：寻找，working for：为……效力。根据语境，一家人在排队等候买票。故应选A。

2.语境的理解。根据下文but they were clean的描述可知与上文存在语气的转折，说明他们的衣着昂贵。故选C。

3.语境的理解。联系下文eight for children and two for adults.的描述可知，他们需要买10张票。故应选B。

4.考查名词及语境的理解。根据下文He asked again, “How much?”的描述可知，售票的小姐告诉他票价而他没有听清。故选C，price：价格.

5.考查名词及语境的推断。根据前文When he heard that的描述，他听到售票小姐的话，几乎不相信自己的耳朵。故选B，ears：耳朵。

6.语境的理解。联系上下文，这家子既然来看马戏演出，肯定是带钱的，当售票小姐说出价钱后明显是感觉到钱不够。故选A，enough：足够的。

7.语境的理解。根据短文My dad took a twenty—dollar bill and dropped it on the ground.的描述可知，作者的父亲把一张20美元的钱丢到了地上，而买票的人把它捡了起来。结合语境，他捡起的是一张钞票，应用代词it，且应置于动词与副词之间，故应选A。

8.语境的理解。根据语境，买票的人知道发生了什么事。What’s going on?是固定句型，表示“发生什么事了？”，故选B。

9.语境理解。联系上下文，买票的人知道眼前发生的一幕，于是他捡起钞票并表示感谢。故应选C，bill：钞票。

10.理解。hardly：几乎不， nearly：几乎 ，really：真的。根据语境，20美元的钱对他和他的家人真的是很多了。故选C。

考点：故事类短文。