Question

“Daily Star, sir” called Jason, carrying some newspapers under his arm. The little boy had been running up and down the street, but there were still twenty_______left. His voice was almost gone and his heart was heavy. The shops would soon close, and all the people would go home. He would have to go home too, carrying the papers_______money. He had hoped to sell more papers tonight to make more money to buy a_______for his mother and some seeds for his bird. That was why he had bought the papers with all his money. He broke down as he thought of his failure to sell all his papers.

“You don’t know the _______of selling papers. You must shout, “Hot news! Bomb bursting（炸弹爆炸）!” another newsboy Chad told Jason. “_______it’s not in the paper at all,” replied Jason. “Just run away quickly_______they have time to see, and you’ll sell out and get your money,”Chad said.

It was a new _______to Jason. He thought of his bird with no seeds and the cake he wanted to buy for his mother, but was_______that he would not tell a lie. Though he was _______ a poor newsboy, he had been________ some good things.

The next afternoon Jason went to the office for his papers________. Several boys were crowding around Chad, who declared(宣称) with a________smile that he sold six dozen the day before. He added that Jason________money because he would not tell a lie. The boys ________at Jason. “You wouldn’t tell a lie yesterday, my boy?” A gentleman at the office came up and patted Jason’s shoulder fondly.”You’re just the boy I am looking for.” A week later Jason started his new________. He lost sale of twenty papers because he would not tell a lie, but got a well-paid job because he told the truth.

1.A. shops    B. coins    C. people    D. papers

2.A. instead of    B. in return for    C. in honor of    D. in exchange for

3.A. cup    B. card    C. dress    D. cake

4.A. difficulty    B. process    C. goal    D. secret

5.A. And    B. But    C. For    D. So

6.A. before    B. since    C. though    D. unless

7.A. threat    B. idea    C. policy    D. task

8.A. concerned    B. amazed    C. excited    D. determined

9.A. still    B. already    C. just    D. also

10.A. taught    B. handed    C. awarded    D. allowed

11.A. at once    B. by chance    C. as usual    D. on purpose

12.A. proud    B. gentle    C. warm    D. polite

13.A. borrowed    B. lost    C. made    D. saved

14.A. laughed    B. shouted    C. nodded    D. started

15.A. duty    B. business    C. job    D. method

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.D

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.A

11.C

12.A

13.B

14.A

15.C

【解析】

本文属于记叙文，讲述Jason为了给母亲买生日蛋糕因而去卖报纸，因为不愿撒谎，卖的不好，被人嘲笑，最终因而诚实而被给予了一个更好的职位。

1.考查名词词义辨析。句意：这个小男孩沿着大街来回跑动，但是依旧还有20份报纸剩余。A. shops商店；B. coins硬币；C. people 人们；D. papers报纸。根据文章开头“‘Daily Star, sir’ called Jason, carrying some newspapers under his arm”，可知Jason是卖报纸的，本处指的是还剩20张报纸没卖出去。正确答案应为D。

2.考查介词短语词义辨析。句意：他也必须要回家了，带着这些报纸而不是钱回家。A. instead of 替代；B. in return for作为回报；C. in honor of纪念；D. in exchange for交换。根据前文可知，小男孩还有20份报纸没有卖掉，不能换成钱，故选A。

3.考查名词词义辨析。句意：他原本希望能够卖更多的报纸来挣更多的钱，为了给他母亲买蛋糕，给鸟儿买粮食。A. cup杯子；B. card卡片；C. dress衣服；D. cake蛋糕。根据后文He thought of his bird with no seeds and the cake he wanted to buy for his mother可知，小男孩想给母亲买蛋糕，故选D。

4.考查名词词义辨析。句意：你不知道卖报纸的诀窍，必须大声叫喊。A. difficulty困难；B. process过程；C. goal目标；D. secret秘密。根据后文可知，chad给小男孩讲述卖报纸的窍门，故选D。

5.考查连词。句意：但是这些信息报纸里面没有啊，Jason回答道。根据前文可知，Chad卖报纸的秘密就是故意制造大新闻，刺激人们买报纸，但是Jason不同意他的观点，故选B。

6.考查连词词义辨析。句意：在他们看报纸之前就跑掉，这样你就可以很快卖完报纸，换成钱了。A. before在…之前；B. since自从；C. though尽管；D. unless除非。根据语境，“在人们来得及看之前就跑掉”，应用before。正确答案应为A。

7.考查名词词义辨析。句意：这是一个新的主意。A. threat威胁；B. idea想法；C. policy政策；D. task任务。根据语境，别的报童在传授卖报的秘诀，因而本处“对于Jason来说，这是个新鲜的主意”，故选B.

8.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他想起了鸟儿没有食物，还要给妈妈买蛋糕，但是仍决定不撒谎。A. concerned担心的；B. amazed惊讶的；C. excited兴奋的；D. determined坚决的。根据本句but可知，虽然小男孩很想挣更多的钱，但是仍然不愿撒谎，故选D。

9.考查副词词义辨析。句意：尽管他只是一个贫穷的孩子，但是也被灌输了一些好的东西。A. still仍然；B. already已经；C. just仅仅；D. also也。根据本文可知，小男孩需要钱，因此很穷，故选C。

10.考查动词词义辨析。句意：尽管他只是一个贫穷的孩子，但是也被灌输了一些好的东西。A. taught教；B. handed传递；C. awarded奖励；D. allowed允许。分析本句可知，前后句属于让步关系，又根据本句some good things可知，被灌输了好的品质，故选A。

11.考查副词短语词义辨析。句意：第二天下午他像往常一样去办公室领取报纸。A. at once立刻；B. by chance偶然的；C. as usual像往常一样；D. on purpose故意的。小男孩的卖报纸的，因而需要去拿报纸来卖，故选C。

12.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：几个男孩围着Chad，他戴着自豪地微笑声称前一天报纸卖了六打报纸。A. proud自豪的；B. gentle绅士的；C. warm温暖的；D. polite有礼貌的。根据后文that he sold six dozen the day before可知，Chad卖了很多报纸，很自豪，故选A。

13.考查动词词义辨析。句意：他又补充道，Jason挣不到钱是因为不愿撒谎。A. borrowed借；B. lost丢失；C. made挣；D. saved节约。根据前文可知，Jason卖的报纸不多，因而不能挣钱，故选B。

14.考查动词词义辨析。句意：其他男孩嘲笑Jason。A. laughed嘲笑；B. shouted大声叫喊；C. nodded点头；D. started开始。根据文章可知，其他男孩不认可Jason 的行为，故用短语laugh at嘲笑，故选A。

15.考查名词词义辨析。句意：一周之后，Jason开始他的新工作。A. duty责任；B. business生意；C. job工作；D. method方法。根据前文You’re just the boy I am looking for.可知，这个绅士很看重Jason不撒谎的品质，给了他一份工作，故选C。