Question

完形填空。

George and Betty didn’t have much money, but they wanted to buy a car. Betty didn’t have a ________  , so she was always finding ways to save money.

She ________ vegetables in her garden so that she wouldn’t have to buy any. She made sandwiches for George to ________ to work so that he wouldn’t have to buy his lunch. Every day George took the bus to go to work and go home. It was not a long trip  ________ the bus was slow because of the traffic. One day, the traffic was  even ________ than usual. “I could run faster than this bus!” thought George.

The next day ________ work he decided to have a try. He went to the bus stop but didn’t take the bus. He ran along beside it on the sidewalk. He had to run quite fast to ________ the bus. He arrived home. Betty was ________to see him panting (喘气). She was worried. “What’s the matter?” she asked. “I ran along beside the bus,” said George. “I saved two dollars and fifty cents without paying the fare.” He thought it would make Betty ________ , but it didn’t. “________  didn’t you run beside a taxi?” she said. “You would have saved six dollars!”

1.A. work          B. job             C. child           D. house

2.A. grew           B. gave           C. bought          D. knew

3.A. make         B. carry          C. bring           D. take

4.A. or            B. and             C. but            D. so

5.A. larger        B. bigger        C. worse           D. better

6.A. after          B. before          C. finished      D. began

7.A. get out of     B. get along with  C. come up with  D. catch up with

8.A. excited       B. surprised     C. interested      D. bored

9.A. tired         B. sad            C. clean          D. happy

10.A. When        B. What           C. Why             D. Where

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.C

6.A

7.D

8.B

9.D

10.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章讲的是George和Betty没有很多钱，所以他们生活很节俭。有一次George在公共汽车旁边跑着回家，对妻子说节省了2美元50美分。他的妻子反而生气他没有跟着出租车旁边跑回家，那样就可以节省6美元。

1.B考查名词与语境理解。A. Work工作；B. Job工作；C. child 孩子；D. House房子。句意：Betty 没有工作，所以总是想办法节省钱。根据语境可知Betty没有工作，因此她总是想法设法省钱。Work是不可数名词，此空应用可数名词job，故选B。

2.A考查动词与语境理解A. Grew生长，种植； B. Gave给； C. Bought买；D. Knew知道。句意：她在花园里种了一些蔬菜为的是她不必去买一些。种菜要用动词grow，其过去式是grew。故选A。

3.D考查动词与语境理解A. Make制作；B. Carry抬；C. Bring带来；D. Take带走。句意：她制作三明治让乔治带着去上班为的是他不必午饭再买一些。根据句意及语境把某物带到某处要用动词take，故选D。

4.C考查连词与语境理解A. Or或者；B. and 和；C. but 但是；D. So因此。句意：路途不远但因为交通公共汽车很慢。根据句意及语境表示转折要用but。故选C。

5.C考查比较级与语境理解A. larger 更大的；B. Bigger更大的；C. worse 更糟的； D. Better更好的。句意：一天交通比平时更糟糕。根据句意及语境是情况更糟，故选C。

6.A考查连词与语境理解A. After在……之后； B. Before在……之前； C. Finished完成； D. Began开始。句意：第二天下班后他决定做一次尝试。下班后应用after。故选A。

7.D考查动词词组与语境理解A. get out of拿出来；B. get along with 想处； C. come up with想出； D. catch up with赶上。句意：他不得不跑得相当快来赶上公共汽车。根据句意及语境此题应选D。

8.B考查形容词与语境理解A. Excited激动的；B. Surprised惊讶的； C. Interested感兴趣的； D. Bored无聊的。句意： Betty看到他喘气很惊讶。此题考查固定结构be surprised to do sth表示惊奇的做某事。故选B。

9.D考查形容词与语境理解A. Tired疲劳的；B. sad 悲伤的；C. Clean干净的； D. Happy高兴的。句意：他认为这会使Betty高兴。此题考查固定结构make sb +adj表示让某人怎么样。根据语境应选D。

10.……时候；B. What什么； C. Why 为什么；D. Where哪里。句意：为什么你不在出租车旁边跑？此题考查固定结构why didn’t do sth表示为什么不做某事。故选C。

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