Question

【题目】Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词，首字母已给)：

Early on Saturday morning. Many of the world are still in bed, enjoying another hours or two of sleep. But a few of Americans are up and r【1】to go. They plan to be the first to arrive at the yard-sales. What are these yard-sale shoppers looking for? Secondhand things, of course. Yard-sale shoppers aren’t the only people who like used goods. From Australia to the USA, westerners love to buy other people’s things. E【2】 the rich people look for an antique (古玩) among used goods. Some people buy used goods to save money, others do that to c【3】 antiques.

How old is old?

For those in Asia. 5, 000-year-old antiques sit in museums. Western antiques are not so old. But American goods even more than twenty years old have value. An ice-cream maker from the 1920s could be $50.S【4】 from World War I could sell for $4,000 or more.

Some people own old things because they want to make money from them. They go to classes and read books to learn which goods will have more value or are liked by collectors. Others simply buy old things they think interesting. Those who do not want to make money from the old goods say, “Don't buy it u【5】 it's useful.”

Where to find them?

Secondhand goods can be found in a variety of places. Saturday morning yard sales are the r【6】 places for those who start to take up the hobby. The flea(跳蚤)market is another place. You won't find fleas, but you may find a wide variety of old things.

Shopping at a flea market for the first time is not easy. You have to look t【7】 things patiently and carefully to find something you really want.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】ready

【2】Even

【3】collect

【4】Something

【5】unless

【6】right

【7】through

【解析】

文章讲述美国人在庭院销售购买二手货的不同目的。

【1】句意：但一些美国人已经起床准备好出发了。

be ready to do sth.准备好做某事，固定短语。故填ready。

【2】句意：甚至有钱人也会在旧货中寻找古董。

even甚至，表示递进关系，符合句意。故填Even。

【3】句意：有些人买旧货是为了收藏古董。

此处不定式to do sth.表目的；collect收藏，动词；collect antiques收藏古董。故填collect。

【4】句意：一战时期的东西可以卖到4000美元甚至更多。

分析句子结构，此句缺少主语。something某物，不定代词作主语。故填Something。

【5】句意：除非有用，否则不要买。

分析句子结构，空格处应是连词；unless除非，如果不，是连词，符合句意。故填unless。

【6】句意：星期六早上的庭院销售是那些开始有这个爱好的人的好去处。

“places地方”是名词，故空格处应是形容词作定语；结合首字母提示，right合适的，恰当的，是形容词，符合句意。故填right。

【7】句意：你必须耐心仔细地看一遍，才能找到你真正想要的东西。

look through浏览，查看，固定短语。故填through。