Question

James’s New Bicycle   ks5u

James shook his money box again. Nothing! He carefully __36__ the coins that lay on the bed. $24.52 was all that he had. The bicycle he wanted was at least $90! __37__ on earth was he going to get the __38__ of the money?   ks5u

He knew that his friends all had bicycles. It was __39__ to hang around with people when you were the only one without wheels. He thought about what he could do. There was no __40__ asking his parents, for he knew they had no money to __41__.   ks5u

There was only one way to get money, and that was to __42__ it. He would have to find a job. __43__ who would hire him and what could he do? He decided to ask Mr. Clay for advice, who usually had __44__ on most things.   ks5u

“Well, you can start right here,” said Mr. Clay. “My windows need cleaning and my car needs washing.”   ks5u

That was the __45__ of James’s odd-job（零工） business. For three months he worked every day after finishing his homework. He was amazed by the __46__ of jobs that people found for him to do. He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards, and mended books. He lost count of the __47__ of cars he washed and windows he cleaned, but the __48__ increased and he knew that he would soon have __49__ for the bicycle he longed for.   ks5u

The day __50__ came when James counted his money and found $94.32. He __51__ no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted. He rode __52__ home, looking forward to showing his new bicycle to his friends. It had been hard __53__ for the money, but James knew that he valued his bicycle far more __54__ he had bought it with his own money. He had __55__what he thought was impossible, and that was worth even more than the bicycle.   ks5u

36. A. cleaned	B. covered	C. counted	D. checked ks5u
37. A. How	B. Why	C. Who	D. What ks5u
38. A. amount	B. part	C. sum	D. rest ks5u
39. A. brave	B. hard	C. smart	D. unfair ks5u
40. A. point	B. reason	C. result	D. right ks5u
41. A. split	B. spend	C. spare	D. save ks5u
42. A. borrow	B. earn	C. raise	D. collect ks5u
43. A. Or	B. So	C. For	D. But ks5u
44. A. decisions	B. experience	C. opinions	D. knowledge ks5u
45. A. beginning	B. introduction	C. requirement	D. opening ks5u
46. A. similarity	B. quality	C. suitability	D. variety ks5u
47. A. brand	B. number	C. size	D. type ks5u
48. A. effort	B. pressure	C. money	D. trouble ks5u
49. A. all	B. enough	C. much	D. some ks5u
50. A. finally	B. instantly	C. normally	D. regularly ks5u
51. A. gave	B. left	C. took	D. wasted ks5u
52. A. patiently	B. proudly	C. silently	D. tiredly ks5u
53. A. applying	B. asking	C. looking	D. working ks5u
54. A. since	B. if	C. than	D. though ks5u
55. A. deserved	B. benefited	C. achieved	D. learned ks5u

Answer 1

  36 C。   ks5u

解析： 為了買自行車，作者在數(shù)自己的錢。count數(shù)符合題意。   ks5u

  37A.   ks5u

解析： 表示方式，他到底怎么樣才能得到購買自行車的其余的錢呢？   ks5u

  38D。   ks5u

解析： 作者已經(jīng)有了24.52美元，在這里用rest指購買自行車的其余的錢。   ks5u

 39  B。   ks5u

解析： 作者的朋友都有自行車，這樣的話他和他們一起出去的話就會覺得很難。   ks5u

 40 A。   ks5u

解析： 句型：there be no point in doing sth,做什么是沒有意義的。   ks5u

 41  C.   ks5u

解析： 作者知道自己的父母抽不出任何錢讓他去買自行車。spare sb. sth,給某人抽出某種東西，該物多為時間或金錢。   ks5u

 42  B。   ks5u

解析： 作者認識到實現(xiàn)自己夢想的唯一方式是自己掙錢。earn掙錢；collect收集，籌集；raise籌集。所以正確答案為B。   ks5u

  43D。   ks5u

解析： 上下文是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，雖然他知道要自己掙錢，但是誰會雇傭他呢？   ks5u

  44C。   ks5u

解析： Mr. Clay對大多數(shù)事情都有自己的見解。opinions見解。   ks5u

  45A。   ks5u

解析： 那是James零工的開始，beginning 開始。   ks5u

 46  D。   ks5u

解析： 為了湊夠買自行車的錢，他做了各種各樣的零工。variety種類，符合題意。   ks5u

  47B。   ks5u

解析： 為了購買自行車，他為別人刷了很多車，他自己都已經(jīng)記不清刷過的車的數(shù)量了。  

 48  C。   ks5u

解析： 隨著自己做零工的增加，錢也越來越多，C項符合題意。   ks5u

 49  B。   ks5u

解析： 他知道自己不久就會有足夠多的錢去買自己夢想中的自行車了。   ks5u

  50A。   ks5u

解析： 能夠買起自行車的那一天終于到來了，finally終于符合句意。   ks5u

  51D。   ks5u

解析： 當他數(shù)過自己的錢后，他立刻去買自行車了，沒有浪費一分鐘的時間。   ks5u

  52B。   ks5u

解析： 經(jīng)過自己的努力，他終于實現(xiàn)了自己的愿望，所以當然是自豪地proudly。   ks5u

  53D。   ks5u

解析： 為掙錢而工作當然是辛苦的，   ks5u

 54  A。   ks5u

解析： 該句話的意思是：James知道他的自行車意義重大，因為他是用自己的錢購買的。  

55   C。   ks5u

解析： 他通過自己的努力實現(xiàn)了自己的夢想。achieve實現(xiàn)，符合句意。   ks5u