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【題目】缺詞填空

Tom was a poor boy. He made a l【1】 by cleaning leather shoes for others in the street. Tom was also a s 【2】 boy. One day, a rich man named Miser a【3】 in front of Tom. He watched his dirty shoes for a while, and then, looked at Tom. Tom knew this kind of people well. They love money but hate to spend it. Tom said," Let me b【4】your shoes, sir. Only two pence(使士), sir. " Mr Miser s 【5】 his head and walked away. Tom thought for a second and then called out," I'd like to clean it for nothing. "This time Mr Miser agreed. And soon one of his shoes was shining brightly. When the rich man put his other shoe on the stool(凳子) , Tom said he wouldn't clean it for him u【6】 he was paid two pence for his work. Mr Miser was very angry. He r【7】 to pay anything and went away. But to his s【8】, the well-cleaned shoe was so bright that it made the other one look even d【9】. Mr Miser looked round. People in the street were l 【10】 at him. Finally the rich man agreed and gave Tom two pence. In a very short time his two shoes shone brightly.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】living

【2】smart

【3】appeared

【4】brush

【5】shook

【6】unless/until

【7】refused

【8】surprise

【9】dirtier

【10】looking/laughing

【解析】

短文大意：本文講述了一個聰明的小男孩，成功地讓一個吝嗇鬼付錢擦鞋的故事。

【1】句意：他靠給街上的其他人擦皮鞋為生。make a living謀生；根據(jù)句意語境和首字母提示，可知填living。

【2】句意：湯姆也是個聰明的男孩。boy男孩，名詞需用形容詞修飾；根據(jù)句意語境和首字母提示，可知填smart。

【3】句意：。一天，一個叫吝嗇鬼的富翁出現(xiàn)在湯姆面前。named Miser做主語a rich man的定語，句子缺謂語動詞，根據(jù)句意時態(tài)和首字母提示，可知填appeared。

【4】句意：讓我給你擦鞋，先生。let使/讓，使役動詞，let sb. do sth.讓某人做某事；brush shoes擦鞋，根據(jù)句意語境和首字母提示，可知填brush。

【5】句意：Mr Miser搖搖頭走開了。shake one’s head搖頭；and連接并列結(jié)構(gòu)，根據(jù)句意語境和首字母提示，可知填shook。

【6】句意：湯姆說他不會為他擦鞋，除非他付兩便士。本句是條件狀語從句，需用unless連接；根據(jù)句意結(jié)構(gòu)和首字母提示，可知填unless/until。

【7】句意：他拒絕付錢就走了。refuse to do拒絕做某事；根據(jù)下文went away可知沒有付錢，結(jié)合首字母提示，可知填refused。

【8】句意：但令他驚訝的是，這只干凈的鞋子是如此的明亮，使得另一只看起來更臟了。to one’s surprise令人吃驚的是；根據(jù)句意語境和首字母提示，可知填surprise。

【9】句意：但令他驚訝的是，這只干凈的鞋子是如此的明亮，使得另一只看起來更臟了。even更加，修飾比較級；根據(jù)句意語境和首字母提示，可知填dirtier。

【10】句意：街上的人都在嘲笑他。laugh at嘲笑；were + doing表示過去進行時結(jié)構(gòu)，根據(jù)句意語境和首字母提示，可知填looking/laughing。