Question

Yesterday evening, when I went to town with my ____, we met a strange old man. It was raining ____ and we had no umbrella. We were trying to get into a taxi when he came up to us. He was carrying a nice ____ and he said he would give it to ____ for only one pound. He said he had ____ his wallet and he needed taxi fare(费用) to go back home. My mother didn’t believe ____ he said at first, and asked him a lot questions. but she finally believed the man and gave him a pound. She was ____ to buy a good umbrella for so little. but the old man didn’t get into a taxi. We followed him and found he went into a pub(酒吧) and bought ____ a glass of whiskey(威士忌) with a pound. ____ he drank it, he put on his hat and took one of the many wet umbrellas there and went off with the new one. Soon after that, he ____ it again.

1.A. sister  B. brother    C. father D. mother

2.A. big     B. hardly     C. heavily  D. small

3.A. hat     B. umbrella C. shirt    D. ball

4.A. us    B. him       C. her     D. you

5.A. lost B. seen      C. found   D. got

6.A. that   B. what       C. when    D. how

7.A. angry B. sad       C. happy    D. kind

8.A. myself  B. herself   C. himself D. yourself

9.A. Because B. After     C. Though  D. If

10.A. sold  B. bought    C. threw    D. lent

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.C

9.B

10.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了作者和母亲在一个大雨天碰到了一个想把雨伞低价出卖的老人，作者和母亲后来发现原来这个老人在酒店拿走别人的雨伞，然后再卖给其他人。

1.1】D考查名词及语境的理解A. sister姐妹；B. brother兄弟；C. father父亲；D. mother母亲。根据后文My mother didn’t believe ____ he said at first,可知作者是和他的妈妈去的镇上。故选D。

2.C考查副词及语境的理解A. big大的，形容词；B. hardly几乎不；C. heavily猛烈地，副词；D. small小的，形容词。当时雨下的很大，我们没有雨伞。副词修饰动词，故选C。

3.B考查名词及语境的理解A. hat帽子；B. umbrella雨伞；C. shirt衬衫；D. ball球。他拿着一把上好的雨伞。根据后文他要卖雨伞，可以判断他带着的就是雨伞，故选B。

4.A考查人称代词及语境的理解A. us我们；B. him 他；C. her她；D. you你，你们。他拿着一把上好的雨伞，他说，他愿意只要一英镑就把雨伞给我们。根据上文he came up to us可知他想把雨伞卖给我们，故选A。

5.A考查动词及语境的理解A. lost丢失；B. seen 看到；C. found 发现；D. got获得。他说，他丢了他的钱包，他需要回家的出租车的钱。根据句意，故选A。

6.B考查疑问词及语境的理解A. that 那个；B/ what什么；C. when何时；D. how怎样。我的妈妈起初不相信他所说的，问了他许多的问题。what代替所说的内容，既起到连接的作用，又在从句中做宾语，结合句意，故选B。

7.C考查形容词及语境的理解A. angry生气的；B. sad 悲伤的；C. happy高兴的；D. kind和蔼的，善良的。她很高兴付了那么一点钱就买了一把好伞。根据买伞的价格，可知妈妈的心情是高兴的，故选C。

8.C考查代词及语境的理解A. myself你自己；B. herself 她自己；C. himself他自己；D. yourself你自己。我们跟着他发现他进了一个酒店，花一英镑为他自己买了一杯威士忌。根据句意可知是老人为自己买了一杯酒，故选C。

9.B考查连词及语境的理解A. Because因为；引导原因状语从句；B. After在……之后，引导时间状语从句；C. Though虽然，引导让步状语从句；D. If如果，引导条件状语从句。在喝完酒后，他戴上帽子，拿起众多湿雨伞中的一把，带着那把新的雨伞离开了。结合句意，故选B.

10.10】A考查动词及语境的理解A. sold卖；B. bought买；C. threw扔；D. lent借给。句意：在那之后不久，他就又把雨伞给卖了。根据故事的情节发展，可知老人把伞又卖掉了。故选A。

【考点定位】故事类短文。