Question

Jody was a     boy and he was     in keeping worms (虫). He could sell them to farmers. So in winter, he bought many worms. But that winter the cold weather killed all the worms       he didn’t put them in a warm place.

The next spring, Jody     again. He bought more worms. When winter came, he took them inside so they would stay warm. Many farmers bought his worms.

One day when Jody was twelve, he got      . It was from State(州) of New York. The letter said, “Everyone who sells things has to pay taxes (税)!” Jody made only     dollar selling worms. But he still      to pay part of that money to the state. He told many people in his town what had happened. A reporter reported Jody     TV. Many people saw it and they began to     letters to the state. The letters said that the law was unfair. Finally the law was     . Children like Jody can now sell things without paying taxes to the state.

1.A. ten-year-old     B. ten years old      C.  ten-years-old

2.A. interest         B. interested        C. interesting

3.A. so             B. why             C. because

4.A. tried           B. waited           C. failed

5.A. a present        B. a letter           C. an e-mail

6.A. one            B. two             C. some

7.A. hoped          B. want            C. had

8.A. at             B. in               C. on

9.A. write          B. receive          C. call

10.A. copied        B. changed          C. chance

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.B

6.A

7.C

8.C

9.A

10.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了一位男孩通过养虫为生，政府还要叫他缴税，后来人们给政府写信说法律不公平，最后法律被修改的故事。

1.A 考查数词辨析及语境的理解。句意：Jody是个十岁的小男孩。数词用带有连字符的用作定语，根据句意，故选A。

2.B 考查形容词辨析及语境的理解。句意：他对养虫非常感兴趣。此题考查固定短语be interested in对……感兴趣，故选B。

3.C考查连词辨析及语境的理解。句意：但是那年冬天寒冷的天气害死了很多虫子因为他没有把它们放在暖和的地方。此题考查连词，因为前后句是因果关系，故用because，根据句意，故选C。

4.A考查动词短语辨析及语境的理解。句意：第二年春天，Jody再一次尝试。此题考查动词；A.尝试；B.等待；C.失败；根据句意，故选A。

5.B考查名词辨析及语境的理解。句意：在他十二岁的时候的 一天，他收到了一封信。此题考查名词。根据后面信中说，故选B。

6.A 考查数词辨析及语境的理解。句意：他通过卖虫仅挣一美元。此题考查数词。根据句意，故选A。

7.C考查动词辨析及语境的理解。句意：但是他还不得不把那部分钱交给政府。此题考查固定短语have to do sth不得不做某事。根据句意，故选C。

8.C考查介词辨析及语境的理解。句意：记者通过电视给Jody做了报告。此题考查介词，on TV通过电视，根据句意，故选C。

9.A考查动词辨析及语境的理解。句意：许多人看到了开始给政府写信。此题考查固定短语write letters写信。根据句意，故选A。

10.

考点：考查故事类短文。