Question

Timmy sold magazines. One day he walked up to a          that people rarely visited. Timmy         the door and waited for some time. No one answered. As he was ready to      , the door was slowly opened. An old man showed up. It was Mr. Black. He asked him for his purpose. Before he answered, Timmy happened to see a dog figure on the desk in the house. “Do you      dog figures?” Timmy asked. Mr. Black said yes and explained that he had gathered many at home. Timmy felt       for Mr. Black, as it seemed that he was a very lonely person. “Well, I have a magazine about dogs.” While saying this, Timmy       to find it when Mr. Black said       , “I don’t need any magazines!”

Timmy was so sad that he       not to sell anything that day. He went home and then had a(n)      . He had a little dog figure that he got from an aunt. It did not mean much to him for he had a real live dog and a large family. He wanted to       it to Mr. Black.

     With the dog figure, Timmy went to Mr. Black’s house. Seeing him, Mr. Black said that he didn’t       magazines.

“I just wanted to bring you a gift.” Timmy handed him the figure and Mr. Black’s face lit up. He       of the past experiences. No one had ever given him such a gift and shown him so much kindness. He was touched. He started coming out of the house and greeting people.

1.A. house        B. factory      C. school       D. company

2.A. closed       B. kicked on    C. opened     D. knocked on

3.A. come        B. stop      C. leave       D. shout

4.A. collect       B. sell      C. make       D. repair

5.A. happy       B. calm      C. nervous     D. sorry

6.A. tried       B. pretended    C. continued     D. seemed

7.A. weakly     B. angrily      C. gladly       D. strangely

8.A. refused      B. learned      C. decided     D. realized

9.A. idea         B. message    C. suggestion     D. opinion

10.A. give        B. throw      C. mail       D. leave

11.A. have        B. need      C. accept       D. understand

12.A. wrote       B. thought     C. spoke       D. heard

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.A

10.A

11.B

12.B

【解析】

试题分析：Timmy的工作是卖杂志。一天，Timmy来到了一个很少有人拜访的房子前。得知Mr. Black喜欢收集狗的画像时，Timmy想卖给他一本关于狗的杂志，但却被Mr. Black给拒绝了。善良的Timmy送给了老人一张狗的画像，老人被感动了，他开始走出房门和人们打招呼。

1.on the desk in the house”可知，Timmy走向一栋房屋，故选A。

2.and waited for some time. No one answered”可知，Timmy敲了敲门，但是没有人回应，knock on敲门，故选D。

3.No one answered.”可知，因为没有人回应，Timmy准备离开，故选C。

4.he had gathered many at home”可知，Mr. Black收集了很多，说明Timmy问老人他是不是在收集狗的画像，故选A。

5.he was a very lonely person”可知，Timmy觉得Mr. Black很孤独，因此Timmy很同情Mr. Black，be/feel sorry for sb同情某人，故选D。

6.“Well, I have a magazine about dogs.” While saying this, Timmy to find it这里的意思是Timmy一边说着话一边试着找到那本杂志，故选A。

7.“I don’t need any magazines!””中的any可知，Mr. Black是生气着回答Timmy的，故选B。

8.Timmy was so sad that he not to sell anything that day.伤心的Timmy决定那天不卖东西了，故选C。

9. A主意，想法；B信息；C建议；D观点，意见。根据本段最后一句“He wanted to it to Mr. Black.”可知，Timmy回到家后有了一个想法，即他想把一张小狗的画像送给Mr. Black，故选A。

10.It did not mean much to him...”可知，那张画对Timmy意义不大，他想把它送给Mr. Black，give sth to sb把......给某人，故选A。

11.“I don’t need any magazines!””可知，Mr. Black以为Timmy来是推销杂志的，于是他再次告诉Timmy他不需要杂志，故选B。

12.He of the past experiences.得到礼物的Mr. Black想起了以前的经历，think of想起，hear of听说，故选B。

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