Question

Mr. Johnson lives outside the town. He works in a post office. His wife is often ill and six children __26____ at school. He works hard but he is often short of __27____. In the end of every month his family are always__28____.

One afternoon, on his way home, it suddenly began to __29____. When he got home, he was wet through. He hurried to go __30____ after supper and his wife washed the clothes and shoes for him. __31____ she went to bed, she brought the clothes into the room but __32____ the shoes. The next morning Mr. Johnson couldn’t find his shoes. His wife found a pair of __33____ shoes under the bed for him. Then he went to __34____ and told the policeman about it.

“I __35____ ten dollars for my shoes, sir,” said the man. “Look! I have to __36____ such a pair of worn-out shoes!”

Several days later the police __37____ a thief and found the shoes. They were as worn-out as the __38____ which Mr. Johnson was wearing.

“You’ve fooled us, Mr. Johnson,” said a policeman. “The shopkeeper told me a pair of new shoes like them __39____ only seven dollars!”

“You’re right, ,sir,” said Mr. Johnson. “I’ve __40____ them for five years and I had them mended six times. And I paid three dollars to the shoemaker for mending them!”

1.	A．play B．study C．work D．live

 

2.	A．water B．food C．clothes D．money

 

3.	A．full B．afraid C．hungry D．angry

 

4.	A．rain B．snow C．blow D．shine

 

5.	A．to work B．to sleep C．to bed D．swimming

 

6.	A．After B．Before C．While D．Because

 

7.	A．remembered B．threw C．dropped D．forgot

 

8.	A．broken B．new C．nice D．cheap

 

9.	A．bus stop B．bus station C．post office D．police station

 

10.	A．borrowed B．paid C．lent D．lost

 

11.	A．look for B．find C．wear D．dress

 

12.	A．caught B．stopped C．saw D．killed

 

13.	A．one B．ones C．old D．new

 

14.	A．cost B．sold C．took D．spent

 

15.	A．bought B．given C．had D．liked

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.C

6.B

7.D

8.A

9.D

10.B

11.C

12.A

13.B

14.A

15.C

【解析】

1.根據文章內容Mr. Johnson lives outside the town. He works in a post office.可知答案為B

2.根據下文的內容可知答案為D，表示缺少錢的意思。

3.缺少錢，一般會處于饑餓的狀態，故選答案為C

4.根據下文的內容he was wet through.說明，在路上應該遇到下雨了，故選答案為A

5.go to bed，表示去上床睡覺的意思，符合上下文語境，故選答案為C

6.根據上下文的內容可知答案為B，表示在睡覺之前的意思。

7.根據轉折詞but，可以推斷出是忘記了將鞋拿進來，故選答案為D

8.根據上文的敘述，妻子將丈夫的鞋沒有帶回家，因而找不到，就只有穿破鞋了，故選A

9.根據后文的內容told the policeman about it.可知答案為D

10.主語為人+pay的適當形式+for +sth，故選答案為B

11.根據上下文的內容來填寫適當的內容，為不得不穿···，故選答案為C

12.catch為抓住的意思，故選答案為A

13.根據文章內容Several days later the police __37____ a thief and found the shoes可知答案為B

14.主語為物時，某物值多少錢，故選答案為A

15.根據后文時間狀語內容for five years，可知該句子使用現在完成時，故選答案為C。