Question

    When  my  dad  was  a  young man,  he  spent  some  time  in  the  north  of  Africa.  While in Africa, my dad took a walk in the  town one day. Dad  entered  (进入) a small shop and saw a toy butterfly there.   “How much is this?” he asked. The man in the shop told him the______. But  dad was not interested in buying it. He just wanted  to know  how much  it was.

Dad  left  and  continued  his  walk ______the  town.  Suddenly,  he  saw  the  man  from  the shop.    “Hey,  sir”,  said  the  man，”I  would  really like  to  sell this  butterfly  to  you.  I can give you a better price, only one dollar.”

Dad ______the man politely(有礼貌地). Soon he was  on another  street  and  to his surprise, the  man  from  the  shop  was  there，  too. ______ he  asked  my  dad  to buy  the  butterfly  and  my dad said no.

Later, Dad  met the man  three  more times.  Finally,  the man said, “It’s the  custom(风俗)

that  one ______sell something  to the  first person  to enter his shop  on a  Friday morning.  You are the first to come  to my  shop  today. ______ you don’t  buy anything  from  me，  it will mean bad luck to me.”

Hearing this, my dad_____ to buy  the butterfly. He  gave the man two dollars, for he had learned something _______of the country’s culture that day.

1.A.color B.price C.name

2.A.through B.from C.opposite

3.A.invited B.asked C.refused

4.A.Hardly B.Again C.Sometimes

5.A.can B.can’t C.must

6.A.So B.If C.Though

7.A.decided B.hated C.waited

8.A.creative B.expensive C.special

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.C

6.B

7.A

8.C

【解析】

这篇短文主要介绍了作者的爸爸在非洲的时候，学到了一个风俗，第一个进店的，要不然，会给店主带来霉运。

1.句意：在商店的那个人告诉他价格。

color颜色；price价格； name名字。根据“How much is this?” he asked.可知，下文是商店的人告诉他价格。根据题意，故选B。

2.句意：爸爸离开了，继续在城里散步。

through通过；from从……；opposite相反。根据“Dad left”可知，爸爸离开了，下文是“他继续沿着城镇散步”。walk through the town表示“穿过城镇”根据题意，故选A。

3.句意：爸爸礼貌地拒绝了那个人。

Invited邀请；asked问； refused拒绝。根据下文“Soon he was on another street and to his surprise, the man from the shop was there， too. ___4___ he asked my dad to buy the butterfly and my dad said no.”可知，爸爸礼貌地决绝了那个人。根据题意，故选C。

4.句意：他又一次让我爸爸买蝴蝶，我爸爸拒绝了。

Hardly几乎不；Again在，又；Sometimes有时。根据上文“Soon he was on another street and to his surprise, the man from the shop was there， too.”可知，那个人追到令一条街让我的爸爸买他的蝴蝶。根据题意，故选B。

5.句意：那个人必须在星期五早上把东西卖给第一个进入他的商店的人。

Can能，会； can’t不能；must必须。根据下文“You are the first to come to my shop today. ___6___ you don’t buy anything from me， it will mean bad luck to me.”可知，此处是“那个人必须把东西卖给第一进他商店的人”，根据题意，故选C。

6.句意：你今天是第一个来我店里的，所以你不买我的东西，这对我来说意味着厄运。

So因此；If如果；Though尽管，虽然。根据上文“You are the first to come to my shop today.”可知下文是因果关系，此处是“因此你不从我这儿买东西，会给我带来霉运。”根据题意，故选B。

7.句意：听到这个，我爸爸决定买蝴蝶。

decided决定；hated讨厌；waited想。根据下文“He gave the man two dollars, for he had learned something ___8___of the country’s culture that day.”可知，上文是“爸爸决定买这只蝴蝶”。短语decide to do sth.决定去做某事。根据题意，故选A。

8.句意：他给了那个人两美元，因为他那天学到了一些国家文化中昂贵的东西。

creative有创造性的；expensive昂贵的； special特殊的。根据“the country’s culture”可知，此处是“作者爸爸学到了中美文化最昂贵的东西”。故选C