Question

Reuben, a 12-year-old boy, saw something in a shop window. But the price—five dollars—was far beyond his means. He couldn’t ask his parents the money. His father made a living through in Bay Roberts. His mother, Dora, tried hard to feed and clothe their five children.

Hesitating(猶豫) for a few minutes, he opened the and talked to the shopkeeper. “…I don’t have the money right now. Can you please it for me?” “I’ll try,” the shopkeeper smiled.

Reuben respectfully touched his worn cap and walked out. Hearing the sound of hammering from a side street, he suddenly had a(an) . He ran towards the sound and stopped at a construction site(建筑工地).Reuben knew he could collect the discarded nails(被丟棄的釘子) and sell them to the factory for five cents .

He looked for nails until sunset. Then he ran to the factory and sold them. Reuben tightly clutched(握緊) the five-cent pieces and ran home. He found a rusty iron can and dropped his inside. Then he rushed into the barn(谷倉) near his house and hid it. It was dinner time when Reuben got home. His father sat at the big kitchen table, working on a fishnet. Dora was at the kitchen stove, ready to serve as Reuben took his place at the table. Looking at his mother, Reuben smiled.

Every day after school, Reuben searched the town, trying to finish his task. Finally, the time had come! He ran into the barn, opened the can, poured the coins out and began to count.

He still needed 20 cents! He had to sell four nails the day ended. Rushing to the town, Reuben searched every corner. It was getting dark when Reuben arrived at the factory. The man at the factory was about to .

“Please, mister. I have to sell these nails now—please.”

“Why do you need this money so ?”

“It’s a secret.”

The man took the nails, reached into his pocket and put four coins in Reuben’s hand.

Clutching the can tightly, Reuben for the shop.

“I have the ” he solemnly told the owner.

Back home, his mother was cleaning the kitchen. “Here, Mum! Here!” Reuben shouted as he ran to her. He a small box in her roughened hand. She opened it carefully. A blue-velvet jewel box appeared. Dora lifted the lid(蓋子). Tears began to blur(模糊) her vision. In gold lettering on a small, almond-shaped brooch(胸針) was the word Mother.

It was Mother’s Day, 1946.

1. A. aboutB. forC. ofD. with

2. A. farmingB. drivingC. fishingD. cleaning

3. A. doorB. shopC. windowD. box

4. A. buy B. watchC. makeD. keep

5. A. taskB. goalC. planD. idea

6. A. eachB. anyC. eitherD. all

7. A. nailsB. cansC. coinsD. dollars

8. A. breakfastB. tableC. lunchD. dinner

9. A. publicB. secretC. excitingD. surprising

10.A. beforeB. afterC. whenD. while

11.A. call upB. lock upC. clear upD. turn up

12.A. hurriedlyB. hardlyC. badlyD. immediately

13.A. wentB. lookedC. paidD. left

14.A. pocketB. moneyC. lidD. time

15.A. movedB. pulledC. placedD. took

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.D

6.A

7.C

8.D

9.B

10.A

11.B

12.A

13.D

14.B

15.C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文講述的是Reuben想在母親節(jié)給媽媽買一件禮物-胸針，但他沒有足夠的錢。于是他懇求店主先替他留著。然后每天放學(xué)后，他到建筑工地撿廢棄的釘子，然后賣到一家工廠以此攢錢。但他還差20美分，他努力尋找廢棄的釘子，終于在很晚的時候撿到了足夠的釘子并換到了足夠的錢。在母親節(jié)這天，Reuben終于給媽媽買到了禮物，達成了愿望。

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2.務(wù)農(nóng)B. driving開車C. fishing打漁D. cleaning清掃。根據(jù)下文His father sat at the big kitchen table, working on a fishnet.可知他的父親打漁為生。故選C。

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11.召集；打電話，B. lock up鎖門，C. clear up 清除干凈，D. turn up開大點。由上文天黑了可知那個人是要鎖門下班。故選B。

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考點：日常生活類短文。