A 12-year-old boy saw something in a shop

题目内容：

A 12-year-old boy saw something in a shop window that set his heart racing. But the 1– five dollars was far beyond Reuben Earle’s money. Five dollars would 2almost a week’s food for his family.

But hearing the sound of hammering (捶打的声音) from a side street, Reuben had a(n) 3. He ran towards the sound and discovered he could 4the hessian sacks (麻袋) which were thrown away and sell them for five cents a piece.

Every day 5 , Reuben walked down the town, collecting 6 . On the day the school closed for the summer, no student was more 7than Reuben, for he had more time for his “work”. Then one day the time had 8.

Reuben ran down Water Street to the 9 . “Please, Mister. I have to sell the sacks now.” The man took the sacks, 10into his pocket and placed four coins in Reuben’s hand. Reuben said a thank you and 11home. On arriving home, Reuben uncovered the tin can 12he kept the money. He poured the coins out and began to count. He had 13 .

Then he headed for the shop. “I have the money,” he told the owner 14 . The man went to the window and 15Reuben’s treasure. He wiped the dust off, carefully wrapped (包裹) it in brown paper and 16it to Reuben.

Racing home, Reuben shouted, “Here, Mom! Here!” He placed a small 17in her hands. She unwrapped it carefully. A jewel box 18. Dora lifted the lid (盖子), tears beginning to fill her eyes. Dora had 19received such a gift; she had no jewelry 20her wedding ring. Speechless, she smiled and gathered her son into her arms.

小题1:

A．price

B．cost

C．worth

D．value小题2:

A．buy

B．offer

C．enjoy

D．expect小题3:

A．question

B．try

C．idea

D．schedule小题4:

A．sell

B．collect

C．fetch

D．bury小题5:

A．before dinner

B．in class

C．at church

D．after school小题6:

A．the money

B．the sacks

C．the paper

D．the tin cans小题7:

A．pleased

B．surprised

C．worried

D．tired小题8:

A．passed

B．ended

C．come

D．wasted小题9:

A．hotel

B．school

C．bank

D．store小题10:

A．hid

B．reached

C．stole

D．put小题11:

A．stayed

B．walked

C．got

D．ran小题12:

A．when

B．which

C．while

D．where小题13:

A．none

B．enough

C．little

D．much小题14:

A．calmly

B．honestly

C．proudly

D．angrily小题15:

A．took out

B．gave out

C．set out

D．left out小题16:

A．lent

B．threw

C．handed

D．took小题17:

A．box

B．ring

C．book

D．letter小题18:

A．opened

B．dropped

C．appeared

D．broke小题19:

A．often

B．never

C．just

D．ever小题20:

A．including

B．with

C．as well as

D．except for

最佳答案：

小题1:A

小题2:A

小题3:C

小题4:B

小题5:D

小题6:B

小题7:A

小题8:C

小题9:D

小题10:B

小题11:D

小题12:D

小题13:B

小题14:C

小题15:A

小题16:C

小题17:A

小题18:C

小题19:B

小题20:D

答案解析：

这篇文章讲述了一个男孩为了给妈妈买个礼物，利用放学时间去收麻袋卖，最终攒够了钱，给妈妈买了礼物。

小题1:考查名词：A. price 价格B. cost成本C. worth价值D. value价值，从后面的five dollars可知是价格，选A。

小题2:考查动词：句意：5美元可以为他家庭买一星期的食物。选A。

小题3:考查名词：A. question问题B. try尝试C. idea主意，D. schedule安排表，have an idea有了主意。选C。

小题4:考查动词：A. sell卖B. collect收集C. fetch去取D. bury埋葬，句意：他可以收集被扔了的麻袋并每个可以卖5分。选B。

小题5:考查介词短语，应该是放学后，去收集麻袋。选D

小题6:考查上下文串联，从第二段的the hessian sacks (麻袋) 可知选B

小题7:考查形容词：从下文的for he had more time for his “work”.可知男孩是高兴。选A

小题8:考查动词：句意：那个时间到了。选C

小题9:考查上下文串联：从下面的一句话：“Please, Mister. I have to sell the sacks now.”可知男孩是去了商店。选D

小题10:考查动词：A. hid躲藏B. reached伸手C. stole偷D. put放置，reach into是伸手到…里面。选B。

小题11:考查动词：从上下文情境，男孩是跑回家了。选D

小题12:考查定语从句，先行词是the tin can ，定语从句中不缺主宾表，缺地点状语，用where，选D

小题13:考查形容词：从下文的内容可知他的钱够了。选B

小题14:考查副词：A. calmly平静的B. honestly诚实地C. proudly骄傲地D. angrily生气地，根据情境，应该选C

小题15:考查词组：A. took out拿出，B. gave out散发C. set out出发D. left out遗漏，从橱窗里拿出。选A

小题16:考查词组：hand sth to sb把…递给…,选C

小题17:考查上下文串联，后面的A jewel box，可知是A

小题18:考查动词：A. opened打开B. dropped落下C. appeared出现D. broke打破，打开包裹，应该是珠宝盒出现了。选C

小题19:考查副词：从后面的she had no jewelry 可知填B。

小题20:考查介词：A. including包含B. with带着C. as well as不但…而且D. except for除了，句意：除了结婚戒指她没有珠宝。选D

点评：本大题主要还是考查了词汇的辨析与运用，但更加注重综合语言能力的运用，需要根据故事情节，了解词汇用法的同时，结合语境，做出准确的判断。

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。