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【題目】Kevin and his friend Mike loved to play soccer and they often met at the old bench after school, They couldn’t ___________ a real soccer ball, but Mike had made a ball out of old socks and plastic tape. It was not beautiful, but it worked well. Mike was not a good player, yet the two friends kicked and ran until the sun turned the sky pale ___________ .

One afternoon, the home-made ball was spinning across the grass when it was ___________stopped by someone. It was Steven, a strong soccer player.

“Look at you two with your ___________ ball and old trainers,” Steven laughed and said.

The next day was Kevin’s birthday, and his uncle bought him a pair of new trainers and a new soccer ball.

That afternoon, Steven ___________ Kevin to play soccer. Kevin did not want Mike to go with them. Mike’s trainers were old and he had little ___________ for soccer. When the game was over, Kevin walked past the old bench where Mike was sitting. He walked on and did not look ___________ .

One afternoon as Kevin walked past the old bench, he saw something ___________ under it. He looked closer and found that it was the home-made ball. Kevin felt sad. As his sadness turned to ___________ , he kicked his new soccer ball into the air. Up it flew, higher and higher, until it was a small dot(點)in the sky. Kevin walked to the bench and picked up the home-made ball.

Holding it in his hands, he sat down on the old bench and ____________ .

【1】A. offer B. collect C. afford D. borrow

【2】A. blue B. orange C. white D. green

【3】A. suddenly B. slowly C. finally D. easily

【4】A. cute B. stupid C. ideal D. tiny

【5】A. refused B. allowed C. invited D. ordered

【6】A. money B. time C. interest D. talent

【7】A. up B. back C. out D. down

【8】A. lying B. bumping C. tying D. spinning

【9】A. happiness B. strength C. pride D. anger

【10】A. laughed B. complained C. waited D. watched

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】B

【5】C

【6】D

【7】B

【8】A

【9】D

【10】C

【解析】短文大意：凱文和他的朋友邁克喜歡踢足球，但是他們沒有錢買一個真正的足球，邁克就用舊襪子和塑料帶自制了一個足球。他們樂此不疲，經(jīng)常玩到天黑，為此還受到了一個叫史蒂文的男孩的嘲笑。后來凱文過生日時收到了叔叔送給他的一個新足球和一雙新運動鞋。當(dāng)史蒂文邀請凱文去踢足球時，凱文不想讓邁克和他們一起去。最后當(dāng)凱文在長凳下看到邁克自制的那個足球時，對自己拋棄朋友的行為感到非常后悔。

【1】句意：他們買不起真正的足球，但邁克用舊襪子和塑料帶做了一個球。A. offer提供；B. collect 收集；C. afford提供，買得起；D. borrow借入。結(jié)合句意可知，答案為C。

【2】句意：然而這兩個朋友邊踢邊跑，直到太陽把天空變成了淺桔紅色。A. blue藍色；B. orange 橙色，桔紅色；C. white白色；D. green綠色。這里是指西邊的太陽快要落山時天空的顏色，故答案為B。

【3】句意：一天下午，這個自制的足球正在草地上滾動，突然被一個人攔住了。A. suddenly突然地；B. slowly慢慢地；C. finally 最后；D. easily容易地。結(jié)合語境可知，兩個人正在草地上踢足球，突然球被Steven攔住停了下來，答案為A。

【4】句意：看你們兩個令人討厭的的足球和舊的運動鞋。A. cute漂亮的；B. stupid愚蠢的，乏味的；C. ideal完美的，理想的；D. tiny極小的。stupid在非正式語體中，用在表示事物的名詞前，也可作“令人討厭的”解，用于表示輕蔑或氣惱，在句中只用作定語。故答案為B。

【5】句意：那天下午，史蒂文邀請凱文去踢足球。A. refused拒絕；B. allowed允許；C. invited邀請；D. ordered命令。invited sb. to do sth.邀請某人做某事，結(jié)合句意可知，答案為C。

【6】句意：邁克的運動鞋很舊，他沒有什么足球天賦。A. money錢；B. time時間；C. interest 興趣；D. talent天賦。根據(jù)前面的句子“Mike was not a good player,”可知，凱文說邁克沒有什么足球天賦，故答案為D。

【7】句意：他繼續(xù)往前走，沒有回頭看。A. up向上；B. back向后地；C. out外面的；D. down向下。look back回頭看，根據(jù)“He walked on”判斷，凱文沒有回頭看邁克一眼，繼續(xù)往前走，答案為B。

【8】句意：一天下午，當(dāng)凱文走過那張舊長凳的時候，他看見下面有東西。A. lying躺，坐落在；B. bumping顛簸，碰撞；C. tying系，打結(jié)；D. spinning旋轉(zhuǎn)。結(jié)合句意可知，答案為A。

【9】句意：當(dāng)他的悲傷變成憤怒時，他把他的新足球踢向空中。A. happiness幸福；B. strength力量；C. pride驕傲；D. anger憤怒。根據(jù)后面的句子“he kicked his new soccer ball into the air.”判斷，凱文的情緒由傷心變成了憤怒，他是在生自己的氣，不該拋棄自己的朋友，故答案為D。

【10】句意：他把球抱在手里，坐在長凳上等著。A. laughed笑；B. complained 抱怨；C. waited 等待；D. watched觀看。根據(jù)前面的內(nèi)容可以判斷出凱文對自己拋棄朋友的行為感到后悔，the old bench曾經(jīng)是他們相約踢足球的地方，他坐在那里是要等自己的朋友邁克，故答案為C。