Question

【題目】Cam once owned a special one-dollar bill, which had a lot of famous stars’ names on it. He treasured it very much and carried it with him all the time. Even when his family was short of food, he still ________it. That was his bottom dollar.

One morning, Cam saw a young man sitting in an old yellow car in the parking lot. Cam waved to him and drove away. In the evening, he noticed the car parked in the same place, which lasted for a couple of days.

What was he doing, sitting in his car for three days in the terrible cold?

Cam discovered the ________the next morning. This time as he walked ________ the car, the man rolled his window down. “He introduced himself and said he had been in his car for days with no money or ________.” Cam recalled(回憶), “Then, very slowly, he asked if he could ________ a dollar for a meal. I didn’t have a dollar to lend him; I hardly had gas to get home. I explained my ________ and walked to my car, wishing I could help him; but I have no money at all.”

Suddenly, Cam remembered his valuable dollar. He stood there for a minute or two, pulled his ________ out and studied the only one-dollar bill. Then he walked back to the man and gave him his bottom dollar. “Somebody has ________ all over this.” The man said, but he didn’t notice that the writing was a lot of famous stars’ names. He ________the bill.

Cam never saw the man in the yellow car again. But it doesn’t matter whether the young man was a beggar(乞丐) or an angel, Cam was tested that cold morning and he ________. He was proud of what he did though he lost his deeply-loved dollar.

【1】A. spent B. earned C. kept D. returned

【2】A. answer B. car C. bill D. question

【3】A. away B. off C. into D. near

【4】A. clothes B. food C. goal D. happiness

【5】A. lend B. borrow C. pay D. charge

【6】A. job B. plan C. problem D. situation

【7】A. license B. pocket C. wallet D. seat

【8】A. drawn B. painted C. typed D. written

【9】A. refused B. received C. got D. took

【10】A. failed B. lost C. ignored D. passed

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】D

【4】B

【5】B

【6】D

【7】C

【8】D

【9】D

【10】D

【解析】短文大意：Cam曾經(jīng)擁有一張?zhí)厥獾囊幻涝�鈔票，上面有很多著名的星星的名字。他非常珍視它，一直隨身攜帶著它。一次在停車場遇到一個(gè)同樣身無分文的青年時(shí)，他慷慨解囊，把這張鈔票給了那個(gè)年輕人。以后Cam再也沒看見那個(gè)人，不管那個(gè)年輕人是乞丐還是天使，Cam在寒冷的早晨經(jīng)受住了考驗(yàn)。他為自己的所作所為感到驕傲。

【1】句意：即使他的家人缺少食物時(shí)，他仍然保留著這張鈔票。A. spent花費(fèi)；B. earned掙錢；C. kept保留；D. returned歸還。根據(jù)后面的句子“That was his bottom dollar.”（袋里最后一塊錢，僅存的本錢）可知，他沒有花這張?zhí)厥獾拟n票，故答案為C。

【2】句意：第二天早上Cam發(fā)現(xiàn)了那輛車。A. answer答案；B. car小汽車；C. bill賬單；D. question問題。根據(jù)下文中的句子“This time as he walked ____3__ the car,”可知，Cam又看見了那輛車，故答案為B。

【3】句意：當(dāng)他走到汽車旁邊時(shí)，那個(gè)人把車窗搖下來。A. away離開，遠(yuǎn)離；B. off 離開，距離；C. into進(jìn)入；D. near附近。根據(jù)下文內(nèi)容“那人搖下車窗，向Cam作自我介紹”可知，Cam來到了車的旁邊，故答案為D。

【4】句意：他自我介紹說，他已經(jīng)在車?yán)锎袅藥滋炝�，沒有錢和食物。A. clothes衣服；B. food 食物；C. goal目標(biāo)；D. happiness幸福。根據(jù)下文中的句子“Then, very slowly, he asked if he could ____5____ a dollar for a meal.”可知，車?yán)锏哪莻�(gè)青年人身無分文，也沒有吃的，故答案為B。

【5】句意：他問他是否能借一美元錢買一頓飯。A. lend借出；B. borrow借入；C. pay付款；D. charge控訴。根據(jù)下句“I didn’t have a dollar to lend him”可知，那個(gè)青年人是想向Cam借錢，應(yīng)該是借入錢，故答案為B。

【6】句意：我解釋了自己的情況。A. job工作； B. plan計(jì)劃；C. problem問題；D. situation情況。結(jié)合上下文理解，Cam解釋了他自己的情況，告訴年輕人無法借錢給他。故答案為D。

【7】句意：他拉開錢包，仔細(xì)看看那張鈔票。A. license執(zhí)照；B. pocket口袋；C. wallet錢包；D. seat座位。錢是放在錢包里的，故答案為C。

【8】句意：有人在上面寫了字。A. drawn畫畫；B. painted 印刷；C. typed打字；D. written寫。前文提到過那張一美元的鈔票上寫有許多明星的名字，故答案為D。

【9】句意：他接受了這張鈔票。A. refused拒絕；B. received收到；C. got得到；D. took拿，接受。前文提到那個(gè)青年人向Cam借錢，當(dāng)Cam經(jīng)過思想斗爭把那張非常特別的錢送給那個(gè)人時(shí)，那個(gè)青年人拿到了錢，故答案為D。

【10】句意：Cam 在那個(gè)寒冷的早晨接受并通過了考驗(yàn)。A. failed失敗；B. lost丟失；C. ignored忽略；D. passed通過。根據(jù)最后一句話“He was proud of what he did though he lost his deeply-loved dollar.” 他為自己的所作所為感到驕傲，盡管他失去了他深愛的美元。可知，Cam通過了良心的考驗(yàn)，答案為D。