Question

We come by business naturally in our family.Each of the seven children in our family worked in our father’s store.As we worked and watched，we ____ that work was about more than ____ and making a sale.

One lesson stands out in my mind.It was shortly before Christmas.I was in eighth grade and was working evenings，straightening the toy section.A little boy，five or six years old，came in.He was wearing a brown torn coat with ____ sleeves.His shoes were scuffed(磨损) and his one shoelace was torn.The little boy looked poor to me—too poor to ____ to buy anything.He looked around the toy section，picked up this item and that，and ____ put them back in their place.

Dad came down the stairs and walked over to the boy.His steel blue eyes ____ and the dimple(酒窝) in his cheek stood out as he ____ the boy what he could do for him.The boy said he was looking for a Christmas ___ for his brother.I was impressed that Dad treated him with the same ____ as any adult.Dad told him to take his ___ and look around.He did.

After about 20 minutes，the little boy picked up a toy plane，walked up to my dad and said, “How much for this，Mister？”

“How much you ____？” Dad asked.

The little boy held out his hand and ___ it.His hand was creased(起皱) with ____ lines of dirt from holding his ____ too tightly.In his hand lay only 27 cents.The ____ on the toy plane he’d ____ was $3.98.

“That’ll just ___ it，” Dad said as he made the sale.Dad’s reply still ____ in my ears.When the little boy walked out of the store，I didn’t notice the worn coat or the ____ torn shoelace.What I saw was a happy child with a ____.

1.A.showed  B．heard

C．learned  D．guessed

2.A.survival  B．pleasure

C．trouble  D．expectation

3.A.short  B．dirty

C．tight D．colorful

4.A.intend  B．attempt

C．afford  D．decide

5.A.suddenly  B．differently

C．happily  D．carefully

6.A.closed  B．smiled

C．shone  D．focused

7.A.asked  B．told

C．showed  D．called

8.A.tree  B．card

C．present  D．cake

9.A.friendship  B．respect

C．support  D．favor

10.A.effort  B．word

C．time  D．courage

11.A.paid  B．earned

C．lost  D．got

12.A.cleaned  B．opened

C．gave  D．turned

13.A.lonB．thin

C．wet D．flat

14.A.toy B．pocket

C．hand D．money

15.A.price  B．number

C．quality  D．value

16.A.carried out  B．picked out

C．put out  D．pulled out

17.A.change  B．cover

C．need  D．take

18.A.rings  B．stays

C．runs  D．pauses

19.A.clean  B．normal

C．single D．double

20.A.choice  B．hope

C．package  D．treasure

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.D

6.B

7.A

8.C

9.B

10.C

11.D

12.B

13.C

14.D

15.A

16.B

17.B

18.A

19.C

20.D

【解析】

1.

解析 作者的感悟“...work was about more than ____ and making a sale.”是在父亲店里工作学习到的。

2.2】 A

解析 对于多数人来说，工作是为了保障生活，而类似于下文的事例让作者明白，他在父亲店里的工作不只是为了生存和卖东西，还可以给别人带去快乐。

3.3】 B

解析 根据下文“His shoes were scuffed(磨损) and his one shoelace was torn.The little boy looked poor...”可知，此处是描述小男孩衣衫褴褛，因此dirty符合语境。

4.4】 C

解析 小男孩看起来非常穷，买不起任何一件物品。afford买得起，承担得起，符合句意。

5.5】 D

解析 由句意可知，小男孩看看这个看看那个，然后小心地把物品放回原位，carefully强调小男孩对物品的爱惜。

6.6】 B

解析 根据下文“...the dimple(酒窝) in his cheek stood out...”可知，smile符合语境。

7.7】 A

解析 根据下文“The boy said he was looking for...”可知，父亲询问小男孩有什么可以为他做的。

8.8】 C

解析 根据下一段“...the little boy picked up a toy plane...”可知，小男孩想为他弟弟买一个圣诞礼物。

9.9】 B

解析 根据下文内容可知，父亲并没有轻视这个贫穷的小男孩，以对待成人那样尊重的态度对待他。

10.0】 C

解析 根据下一段After about 20 minutes可知，父亲让小男孩不要着急慢慢挑。take one’s time从容进行，不着急。

11.1】 D

解析 根据下文小男孩向作者的父亲展示自己带的钱可知，父亲问小男孩有多少钱，get符合语境。

12.2】 B

解析 小男孩伸出手并且把手张开，作者和父亲才能看到他手里的钱。

13.3】 C

解析 小男孩因为把钱攥得太紧以致出汗，和手上的泥土混合，使得手心看起来像起了一道道的皱痕，因此wet符合语境。

14.4】 D

解析 根据下文“In his hand lay only 27 cents.”可知，小男孩手里攥的是钱。

15.5】 A

解析 根据后面的$3.98可知此处说的是玩具飞机的价钱。

16.6】 B

解析 这个玩具飞机是小男孩经过20多分钟精心挑选出来的，因此pick out精心挑选，符合语境。

17.7】 B

解析 根据下文“Dad said as he made the sale.”可知，尽管小男孩的钱很少，父亲仍然把玩具飞机卖给了他，所以此处父亲是告诉小男孩他的钱正好够支付这个玩具飞机的，cover够付，符合语境。

18.8】 A

解析 小男孩的钱很少，但是父亲却说够支付玩具，使得小男孩能够为他的弟弟购买圣诞礼物，心满意足地离开商店。父亲的举动使作者很受震撼，所以他的话经常在作者耳边回响，因此ring符合语境。ring in one’s ears在耳边回响。

19.9】C

解析 根据第二段中的“...his one shoelace was torn.”可知选single。

20.20】 D

解析 小男孩为弟弟选购礼物的心愿达成，非常高兴，这个礼物对他来说非常重要，就像一个珍宝，因此treasure符合语境。