Question

George and Betty didn’t have much money, but they wanted to buy a car. Betty didn’t have a  36  , so she was always finding ways to save money.

She  37   vegetables in her garden so that she wouldn’t have to buy any. She made sandwiches for George to  38   to work so that he wouldn’t have to buy his lunch.

Every day George took the bus to go to work and go home. It was not a long trip  39   the bus was slow because of the traffic.

One day, the traffic was even  40  than usual.

“I could run faster than this bus!” thought George.

The next day   41  work he decided to have a try. He went to the bus stop but didn’t take the bus. He ran along beside it on the sidewalk. He had to run quite fast to  42  the bus.

He arrived home. Betty was  43  to see him panting (喘气). She was worried. “What’s the matter?” she asked.

“I ran along beside the bus,” said George. “I saved two dollars and fifty cents without paying the fare.” He thought it would make Betty   44 , but it didn’t.

“ 45   didn’t you run beside a taxi?” she said. “You would have saved six dollars!”

1.A. work       B. job        C. child             D. house

2.A. grew          B. gave    C. bought        D. knew

3.A. make          B. carry         C. bring            D. take

4.A. or             B. and        C. but               D. so

5.A. larger         B. bigger      C. worse            D. better

6.A. after         B. before      C. finished             D. began

7.A. get out of                   B. get along with 

      C. come up with                  D. catch up with

8.A. excited        B. surprised    C. interested           D. bored

9.A. tired        B. sad          C. clean               D. happy

10.A. When     B. What         C. Why            D. Where

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.C

6.A

7.D

8.B

9.D

10.C

【解析】

1.此题考查名词，根据语境可知Betty没有工作，因此她总是想法设法省钱。

2.此题考查动词，种菜要用动词grow，其过去式是grew。

3.此题考查动词，把某物带到某处要用动词take

4.此题考查连词，表示转折要用but。

5.此题考查形容词，根据语境可知要用比较级，故选C。

6.此题考查介词，下班后应用after。

7.此题考查固定短语，赶上，故用D。

8.此题考查固定结构be surprised to do sth表示惊奇的做某事。

9.此题考查固定结构make sb +adj表示让某人做某事。

10.此题考查固定结构why didn’t do sth表示为什么不做某事。