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【题目】The Grass Cutting Days

Every time we headed out to cut grass, Dad was there to watch. I used to______why he came with us. He stood watching us in the sticky Florida heat when he could have been inside_______with air conditioning and an icy drink.

One day we were cutting our next-door neighbor's yard. She always waited until the grass was knee-high to call us over. To make matters worse, we had an old lawn mower that kept breaking down as we tried to cut ______ her backyard jungle. This particular afternoon, I was finishing up and was tired and sweaty. I ______ the tall glass of cold juice I would drink in a minute to cool down.

I was just about to turn off the lawn mower ______ I saw Dad pointing to one single blade of grass (一片草). I thought about the small amount of money I was getting ______ for cutting grass so high that it almost broke the mower. I ignored him and kept walking. Dad called me out and yelled, “You missed a blade.”

I frowned (皱眉)，hoping he would let me go home. He kept pointing. Though ______ and discouraged, I still went back to cut that blade of grass. I thought to myself, “That one blade isn't ______ anyone. Why won't he just let it go?”

But when I reached adulthood, I understood his ______ : When you're running a business, the work you do says a great deal about you. If you want to be seen as an honest businessman, you must deliver a quality product. That single blade of grass ______ the job was not done.

Other neighbors took ______ of the good work we did and we soon gained more ______. We started out with one customer, but by the end of the summer we had five, which was all we cared to handle because we wanted time to enjoy our summer break from school.

The lesson my dad taught me stayed with me: Be ______ , If you say you are going to perform a job at a certain time, ______ your word. Give your customers the kind of ______ you would like to receive. It shows how sincere you are and how much pride you take in your work.

【1】A. wonder B. understand C. know D. expect

【2】A. hiding B. relaxing C. playing D. talking

【3】A. in B. back C. up D. through

【4】A. pictured B. decided C. required D. invented

【5】A. until B. before C. when D. while

【6】A. involved B. caught C. changed D. paid

【7】A. tired B. ashamed C. touched D. shocked

【8】A. surprising B. frightening C. hurting D. embarrassing

【9】A. punishment B. message C. cruelty D. expression

【10】A. seemed B. realized C. meant D. found

【11】A. care B. notice C. place D. control

【12】A. business B. workers C. experience D. prizes

【13】A. patient B. powerful C. prepared D. professional

【14】A. break B. give C. save D. keep

【15】A. advice B. service C. attention D. warmth

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 A

【2】 B

【3】 D

【4】 A

【5】 C

【6】 D

【7】 A

【8】 C

【9】 B

【10】 C

【11】 B

【12】 A

【13】 D

【14】 D

【15】 B

【解析】

这是一篇记述文。文章讲述了作者在暑假给别人修剪草坪挣零花钱时，父亲对自己的教育．从这件事中我们知道了做任何事都要有专业素养，这是一个道德规范问题．

【1】考查动词词义辨析。A. wonder想知道；B. understand理解；C. know 知道；D. expect期望。结合下文可知，作者很想知道父亲为什么总是大热天站在那看着自己给别人割草坪，故选A。

【2】考查动词词义辨析。A. hiding躲藏；B. relaxing 放轻松；C. playing 玩；D. talking 交谈。结合上文可知，此处是指作者认为父亲本可以坐在空调屋里喝着冷饮放轻松，故选B。

【3】考查介词词义辨析。A. in 在….里面；B. back后面；C. up向上；D. through通过，穿过。结合上下文语境可知，邻居的草坪的草很高，此处是指作者要在这些高草中来回穿过，故选D。

【4】考查动词词义辨析。A. pictured 想象；B. decided 决定；C. required要求；D. invented发明。结合上文语境，天气很热，作者汗流浃背，又很累，由此可知，作者在想象着很快自己就可以喝杯凉果汁。故选A。

【5】考查连词词义辨析。A. until直到….才；B. before在….之前；C. when 当…..时候；D. while当….时候。句意：我刚要关上割草机的时候，突然看到爸爸指着一片草地。be about to do…..when….是固定句型，意思是：当正要去做一件事的时候，另一件事情突然发生了。while没有此用法，故选C。

【6】考查动词词义辨析。A. involved涉及；B. caught 抓住；C. changed改变；D. paid支付。结合上下文语境可知，此处是指作者割草劳动别人付给的工钱，故选D。

【7】考查形容词词义辨析。A. tired疲劳的；B. ashamed羞愧的；C. touched感动的；D. shocked震惊的。结合上文可知，作者感到又累又热，故选A。

【8】考查动词词义辨析。A. surprising吃惊；B. frightening害怕；C. hurting 伤害；D. embarrassing使尴尬。结合语境可知，作者对父亲非得让他把那片草割干净很不理解，此处是指作者认为那片草不割也不会伤害谁，不影响什么，故选C。

【9】考查名词词义辨析。A. punishment惩罚；B. message信息，启示；C. cruelty残酷；D. expression表达。句意：但是，当我成年以后，我明白了他的启示。根据下文可知，作者后来明白了父亲让自己那么做的原因，父亲的寓意何在。故选B。

【10】考查动词词义辨析。A. seemed似乎…；B. realized意识到；C. meant意味着；D. found发现。结合上文作者的感悟可知，此处是指那片没有割的草坪就意味着没有完成工作。故选C。

【11】考查名词词义辨析。A. care 关心；B. notice注意；C. place 地方；D. control控制。根据下文，很多人因为作者割草认真来找他割草坪可知，此处是指其他邻居看到了他们做的工作很棒，take notice of注意到，故选B。

【12】考查名词词义辨析。A. business生意；B. workers工人；C. experience经验；D. prizes奖品。结合上文大家都知道了我们做事认真可知，此处是指很多人来找我们给他们割草坪，即获得了更多生意，故选A。

【13】考查形容词词义辨析。A. patient有耐心的；B. powerful 强大的；C. prepared准备好的；D. professional专业的。结合上文作者的感悟可知，此处是指：做工作要专业，守信用，故选D。

【14】考查动词词义辨析。A. break 打破；B. give给；C. save节约；D. keep保持。结合上下文语境可知，如果你说你要在某个时间完成一项工作，那么你就得信守诺言，keep one’s word遵守诺言，故选D。

【15】考查名词词义辨析。A. advice建议；B. service服务；C. attention注意力；D. warmth温暖。根据下文作者说“它显示出你有多真诚，对你的工作有多自豪。”可知，此处作者要表达要给你的顾客你想要的那种服务，故选B。