Question

The Best Holiday

I was unbelievably proud of my nine-year-old daughter, Emily. _____ to buy a mountain bike, she’d been saving her pocket money all year, as well as doing small jobs to _____ extra money.

By Thanksgiving, she had collected only $ 49. I said, “You can pick one from my bicycle____.” “Thanks, Daddy. But your bikes are so ______ .” She was right. All my bikes for girls were 1950s models, not the kind a kid today would ____ choose.

As Christmas____ near, Emily and I went bike shopping. As we left one store, she ____a Salvation Army volunteer standing next to a big pot. “Can we give something, Daddy?” she asked. “Sorry, Em, I’m out of _____ .”

Throughout December, Emily ______ to work hard. Then one day, she made a surprising  ________. “You know all the money I’ve been saving?” she said, a little hesitantly. “I’m going to give it all to the poor people.” So one cold morning before Christmas, Emily handed her total savings of $69 to a volunteer who was really very thankful.

____by Emily’s selflessness, I decided to  ______ one my old bicycles to a car dealer who was collecting used bikes for poor children. ____ I selected a shiny model from my collection, however, it seemed as if a ______ bike took on a glow(发光). Should I contribute two? No! One would be enough! But I still couldn’t ____the feeling that I should give another bike. When I later_____the bikes, the car dealer said, “You’re making two kids very happy, sir. Here are your tickets. ____ each bicycle we receive from the kind people, we’re giving away one chance to ____ a girls’ mountain bike.”

Why wasn’t I surprised when that second ticket proved to be the winner? I like to think it was a way of ____ a little girl for a sacrifice beyond her years－ while giving her dad a lesson in the ______.

1.A. Pleased    B. Engaged    C. Determined    D. Used

2.A. earn    B. lend    C. share    D. spend

3.A. path    B. collection    C. store    D. club

4.A. large    B. shiny    C. expensive    D. old

5.A. seldom    B. likely    C. slightly    D. merely

6.A. pulled    B. became    C. went    D. drew

7.A. noticed    B. sensed    C. realized    D. observed

8.A. sight    B. work    C. change    D. mind

9.A. continued    B. started    C. stopped    D. hoped

10.A. lecture    B. announcement    C. resolution    D. difference

11.A. Demanded    B. Shocked    C. Persuaded    D. Moved

12.A. sell    B. mend    C. contribute    D. rent

13.A. As    B. Before    C. Because    D. Though

14.A. distant    B. new    C. second    D. durable

15.A. describe    B. shake    C. explain    D. express

16.A. shared    B. returned    C. chose    D. delivered

17.A. Except    B. To    C. For    D. About

18.A. hire    B. replace    C. recommend    D. win

19.A. rewarding    B. praising    C. sheltering    D. greeting

20.A. project    B. process    C. struggle    D. attempt

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.B

6.D

7.A

8.C

9.A

10.B

11.D

12.C

13.A

14.C

15.B

16.D

17.C

18.D

19.A

20.B

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。作者的女儿非常想买一辆漂亮的女子自行车，所以一直在努力攒钱。但是，最后作者的女儿却把攒的钱捐给了穷人。从女儿身上作者学到了做慈善的意义。最后，作者向贫穷的孩子捐赠了自己收藏的两辆自行车。

1.考查形容词辨析。句意：因为决心买一辆山地自行车，我的女儿一年来一直在攒钱。be pleased to do sth.乐于做某事； be engaged 订婚，忙于；be determined 下决心的；be used to习惯于。根据句意可知C项切题。故选C。

2.考查动词辨析。句意：她也会做些小的工作来挣些小钱。A. earn挣得；B. lend借给；C. share分享；D. spend花费。根据句意A可知项切题。故选A。

3.考查名词辨析。句意：你可以从我收藏的自行车里挑选一辆。A. path小路；B. collection收集；C. store商店；D. club俱乐部。根据句意可知B项切题。故选B。

4.考查形容词辨析。句意：但是你的自行车太老了。从后句 All my bikes for girls were 1950s models可知作者收藏的自行车太旧。A. large大的；B. shiny闪亮的；C. expensive贵的；D. old旧的。根据句意可知D项切题。故选D。

5.考查副词辨析。句意：现在的孩子很可能不会选择这种类型。A. seldom极少；B. likely 很可能；C. slightly稍微；D. merely仅，只。根据句意可知B项切题。故选B。

6.考查动词辨析。句意：随着圣诞节的临近。本题考查固定短语draw near，意为“（节日）临近”。故选D。

7.考查动词辨析。句意：当我们离开一家商店的时候，注意到一位救世军自愿者站在一个大箱子旁。A. noticed注意到；B. sensed感知到；C. realized 意识到；D. observed观察。根据句意可知A项切题。故选A。

8.考查名词辨析。句意：很抱歉，我没有零钱。A. sight视力；B. work工作；C. change 零钱D. mind主意，想法。此处 out of 意为“短缺，用完”。根据句意可知项切题。故选C。

9.考查动词辨析。句意：整个十二月，艾米丽继续努力工作。A. continued继续；B. started开始C. stopped停止；D. hoped希望。根据句意可知A项切题。故选A。

10.考查名词辨析。句意：她令人惊奇的宣布，她要把自己攒的钱捐给穷人。A. lecture讲座；B. announcement 通告，宣布；C. resolution决心D. difference不同。根据句意可知B项切题。故选B。

11.考查动词辨析。句意：被女儿的无私所感动，我决定把我收集的一辆自行车捐给一位为贫穷孩子收集二手自行车的汽车商。A. Demanded要求；B. Shocked震惊；C. Persuaded劝说；D. Moved感动。根据句意可知项切题。故选D。

12.考查动词辨析。句意参考上题。A. sell卖；B. mend修理；C. contribute捐献；D. rent出租。contribute to捐献。根据句意可知C项切题。故选C。

13.考查连词辨析。句意：然而，当我在从我的藏品中挑选一辆新的自行车的时候，似乎又有一辆车子闪闪发光。A. As当…时候；B. Before在…之前；C. Because因为；D. Though尽管。根据句意可知A项切题。故选A。

14.考查形容词辨析。句意参考上题。A. distant远处的；B. new新的；C. second第二个D. durable耐用的。不定冠词与序数词连用表“再一，又一”。根据句意可知C项切题。故选C。

15.考查动词辨析。句意：一辆自行车足够了！但是我无法摆脱在给一辆的感觉。A. describe描写；B. shake抖动，摆脱；C. explain解释；D. express表达。根据句意可知B项切题。故选B。

16.考查动词辨析。句意：当我之后把自行车送过去的时候，那个汽车商说：你正使两个孩子变得幸福呢。A. shared分享；B. returned返回；C. chose选择；D. delivered递送。根据句意可知D项切题。故选D。

17.考查介词辨析。句意：对于从慈善人士那获得的每一辆自行车，我们会向他赠送一次赢得一辆女子自行车的机会。A. Except除了；B. To向，去；C. For对于；D. About关于。根据句意可知C项切题。故选C。

18.考查动词辨析。句意参考上题。A. hire租用；B. replace 代替；C. recommend推荐；D. win 赢得。且后句Why wasn’t I surprised when that second ticket proved to be the winner?也给出了提示。故选D。

19.考查动词辨析。句意：我认为这是对一个做出超出自己年龄阶段的牺牲的小女孩的回报。A. rewarding回报；B. praising 表扬；C. sheltering庇护；D. greeting问候。根据句意可知A项切题。故选A。

20.考查名词辨析。句意：而在这一个过程中，这个小女孩却给她的爸爸好好上了一课。A. project工程；B. process过程；C. struggle奋斗；D. attempt尝试。根据句意可知B项切题。故选B。