Question

When my brother and I were growing up, we mowed (割)yards during the summer to earn pocket change. Dad traded our service to neighbours and    5   a price they could not refuse. We got 10 per yard. I later found out our friends  6   20 or more for the same amount of work.

One day we were 7 our next-door neighbour's yard. She always waited until the grass was knee-high to call us over. 8  we had an old lawnmower. That par?ticularly hot afternoon ， I was finishing up and was tired. I   9   the tall grass as a cold drink to cool down.

I was just about to cut off the lawnmower   10  I saw Dad pointing to one lone piece. I thought about the  11   change I was getting paid for cutting grass so high that it 12  broke the mower. I ignored him and kept walking. Dad called me out, " You  13  a piece. " I frowned, hoping he would let me go home. He kept pointing. So  14  I went back to cut that piece of grass. I said to myself, "That piece doesn't  15  any?one. Why won't he just let it 16 ？

But when I reached adulthood, I understood his 17 ： when you're running a business, the work you do 18  much about you. If you want to be seen as a businessman with 19 ，you must deliver a quality product. That single piece of grass meant the job was not done.

The   20   my father taught me stayed with me: if you say you are going to      21  a job at a certain time, keep your  22  Give your customers the kind of 23  you would like to receive. It shows how sincere you are and how much  24    you take in your work.

5.    A.  kept B. calculated

C.   lowered D. offered

6.    A.  charged   B. paid

C.  afforded  D. spent

7.    A.  cleaning  B. exploring

C.  cutting     D. searching

8.    A.  To be honest   B.  Worse still

C. Believe it or not          D.  Above all

9.    A.  pictured   B, watered

C.  planted    D.  enj oyed

 

10.   A.    after B.    before

C.    when       D.    while

11.   A.    total B.    exact

C.    loose       D.    poor

12.   A.   hardly   B. almost

C.   never        D. merely

13.   A.  lost  B. left

C.  missed     D. forgot

14.   A.   angry    B. happy

C.  astonished       D. stubborn

15.   A.  attract     B. hurt

C.  attack      D. comfort

16.   A.  come       B. live

C.  go           D. pass

17.   A.   action    B.   instruction,

C.  feeling     D. message

18.   A.   says       B. expresses

C.  explains   D. knows

19.   A.   fortune  B. pleasure

C.   content  D. honesty

20.   A.  lesson      B. experience

C.   skill       D. business

21.   A.  quil  H. find

C.   create    D. perform

22.   A.   word     B. secret

C.  mind       D. watch

23.   A.  dignity    B. service

C.   reward   D. praise

24.   A.   trouble  B. surprise

C.   pride     D. responsibility

Answer 1

【文章大窻】本文是一篇夾敘夾議的文章，主要通過講述作者幫鄰居割草掙得零花錢的故事啟迪我們，做事情要一諾千金，要做就做好.

D keep保持；calculate計(jì)算；lower降低；offer提供。固定搭配offer a price，意為"報(bào)價(jià)"，與語境"Dad traded our service to neighbours…"呼應(yīng)，故選D項(xiàng)。

A charge收費(fèi)，充電，掌管；pay付錢；afford買得起；spend 花費(fèi)，度過。根據(jù)上文"…a price they could not re化se."并結(jié)合固定搭配charge sb some money for sth可知，此處表示收費(fèi)，故選A項(xiàng)。

C clean弄干凈；explore探索；cut切，砍；search搜索。根據(jù)上文"…we mowed (割)yards during the summer to earn pocket change."提示可知，此處表示割或砍，故選C項(xiàng)。

B to be honest坦白來講；worse still更糟的是；believe it or not信不信由你；above all最重要的是。根據(jù)語境"She al-ways waited until the grass was knee-high to call us over."和"-..we had an old lawnmower."提示可知，上下句表示邏輯上的遞進(jìn)關(guān)系，即"更糟的是"，故選B項(xiàng)。

A picture想象；water澆水；plant種植；enjoy享受。根據(jù)上文"That particularly hot afternoon, I was finishing up and was tired."提示可知，作者當(dāng)時剛割完草，又累又熱，只能靠想象來涼快一下了，故選A項(xiàng)。

C after在...之后；before在....之前；when當(dāng)....時

候；while在……期間，盡管，然而。固定搭配be about to do sth when...意為"正要做某事突然……"，符合語境，故選C項(xiàng)。

D total總共的；exact確切的；loose松散的；poor貧窮的。根據(jù)上文"I later found out our friends ― 20 or more for the same amount of work."提示可知，作者得到的報(bào)酬比較低， 故選D項(xiàng)。

B hardly幾乎不；almost幾乎，差不多；never從不；merely 僅僅。根據(jù)語境grass so high可推知，那么高的草差點(diǎn)兒把割草機(jī)給毀了 ，故選B項(xiàng)。

C lose失去；leave離開，留下；miss錯過，想念；forget忘記。根據(jù)上文"…I saw Dad pointing to one lone piece."提示可知，作者還落下了一片草沒有割，故選C項(xiàng)。

A angry生氣的；happy高興的；astonished吃驚的；stubborn 掘強(qiáng)的。根據(jù)上文"I frowned, hoping he would let me go home. He kept pointing."提示可推知，作者生氣了 ，故選A項(xiàng)。

B attract吸引；hurt傷害；attack攻擊；comfort安慰。根據(jù)上文"I frowned, hoping he would let me go home."可推知， 作者去把爸爸指出的那片草割掉并不情愿，故此處表示抱怨，即不割也不會有什么太大的壞處。故選B項(xiàng)。

C come來；live生活；go去；pass通過，傳遞。固定搭配let sth go意為"放手"，符合語境。故選C項(xiàng)。

D action行動；instruction指導(dǎo)；feeling感覺；message消息，啟示。根據(jù)語境可知，此處表示作者領(lǐng)悟了當(dāng)年父親要求作者那么做所傳遞的信息，故選D項(xiàng)。

A say講，說明；express表達(dá)；explain解釋；know知道，根據(jù)語境可推知，此處表示一個人的所作所為證明了其品性， 故選A項(xiàng).

D fortune幸運(yùn)，財(cái)富；pleasure愉快；content內(nèi)容；honesty 誠實(shí)。根據(jù)語境"—you must deliver a quality product."和下文"It shows how sincere you are…"提示可知，此處表示做一個誠實(shí)的生意人，不弄虛作假，偷工減料，與作者童年割草的事情相呼應(yīng)，故選D項(xiàng)。

A lesson教訓(xùn)，課程；experience經(jīng)歷，經(jīng)驗(yàn)；skill技能；bus?iness 生意。 固定搭配teach sb a lesson意為"給某人一個教訓(xùn)"，符合語境。故選A項(xiàng)。

D quit停止；find發(fā)現(xiàn)；create創(chuàng)造；perform表演，做，工作'進(jìn)行。根據(jù)上文"丁hat single piece of grass meant the job was not done."提示可知，此處表示做工作，故選D項(xiàng)。

A word單詞，消息，諾言；secret秘密；mind理智；watch手表。固定搭配keep one's word意為"信守諾言"，符合語境。故選A項(xiàng)。

B dignity尊嚴(yán)；service服務(wù)；reward獎賞；praise表揚(yáng)。根據(jù)上文推知，作者要做一項(xiàng)工作，并結(jié)合語境your customers 可知，此處表示為顧客提供服務(wù)，故選B項(xiàng)。

C trouble麻煩；surprise吃驚；pride驕傲；responsibility責(zé)任。根據(jù)固定搭配take pride in ，并與語境"It shows how sincere you are…"呼應(yīng)可知，此處表示"自豪，驕傲"。故選C 項(xiàng)。