Question

【題目】 My friend Alan did not have a rich family. He did not have much money. Sometimes Alan even had to accept money and gifts from his family and friends. But do not get me _______ . He was not the kind of person who never ______ the money he should. He was always very ______ with the money he spent.

A few years ago, he won the lottery and got a huge amount of money. He was very excited. It changed his life. The ______ thing he did was to buy a very expensive new car. Then he started spending money on unnecessary things or the things that he normally would not buy. It seemed that he had money to ______. He had more money than he needed and it was burning a hole in his pocket. He wasted his money______.

When we get together for a ______ at a restaurant, he would always pay the bill. He told me the money made him feel very happy.

But, Alan soon ______ out of all his money. He was as poor as a church mouse again.His last dollar was spent and he had no money left.

I admit I do feel ______ for my friend. He had enough money to live like a king._______ , he is back to living a hard life. He was wise about small things, but not about important things.

【1】A. guiltyB. wrongC. confidentD. surprised

【2】A. tookB. hadC. broughtD. paid

【3】A. nervousB. carefulC. anxiousD. excited

【4】A. finalB. perfectC. recentD. first

【5】A. riskB. showC. burnD. play

【6】A. quietlyB. secretlyC. quicklyD. possibly

【7】A. journeyB. mealC. restD. meeting

【8】A. ranB. cameC. wentD. walked

【9】A. educationalB. sorryC. embarrassedD. realistic

【10】A. ExactlyB. EasilyC. InsteadD. Really

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】B

【4】D

【5】C

【6】C

【7】B

【8】A

【9】B

【10】C

【解析】

這篇短文介紹了作者的朋友艾倫在中獎(jiǎng)之前生活拮據(jù)，有時(shí)不得不接受接來(lái)自家人或朋友贈(zèng)送的禮物或金錢(qián)。但是中獎(jiǎng)之后，他卻把錢(qián)毫無(wú)節(jié)制的花光。沒(méi)有像以前一樣有計(jì)算的花錢(qián)。又過(guò)上了一貧如洗的生活。

【1】句意：但不要誤解我的意思。本題考查形容詞辨析及語(yǔ)境理解。guilty內(nèi)疚的；有罪的wrong 不正確的，不好的；confident確信的，深信的；surprised 驚奇的，驚訝的。根據(jù)下文He was not the kind of person who never 43 the money he should.他不是那種不付他應(yīng)該付錢(qián)的那種人。推測(cè)不要誤解我的意思，故選B

【2】句意：他不是那種不付他應(yīng)該付錢(qián)的那種人。本題考查動(dòng)詞辨析及語(yǔ)境理解。took 拿走； had有； brought 帶來(lái)；paid付款，pay the money付款，固定搭配。故選D。

【3】句意：他花錢(qián)總是很小心。本題考查形容詞辨析及語(yǔ)境理解。nervous 緊張的； careful小心的，仔細(xì)的； anxious焦急的，渴望的；excited令人興奮的； 根據(jù)上下文語(yǔ)境應(yīng)該是他總是小心的計(jì)算著花他的錢(qián)。故選B

【4】句意：他做的第一件事就是買了一輛很貴的新車。本題考查形容詞辨析及語(yǔ)境理解。final最后的，最終的；perfect完美的；正確的，recent 最近的；新近的，first首先。根據(jù)上下文語(yǔ)境和生活經(jīng)驗(yàn)，他中獎(jiǎng)之后的首先是買一輛很貴的小汽車。故選D

【5】句意：似乎他的錢(qián)多得花不完。本題考查動(dòng)詞辨析及語(yǔ)境理解。risk冒…的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)；show展示；burn燒著；play演奏，播放。根據(jù)下文it was burning a hole in his pocket.他花錢(qián)沒(méi)有節(jié)制。可知此處應(yīng)填burn，故選C

【6】句意：他把錢(qián)浪費(fèi)的很快。本題考查副詞辨析及語(yǔ)境理解。quietly安靜地；secretly 秘密地；quickly迅速地；possibly盡可能。上文他好毫節(jié)制的花錢(qián)可推測(cè)出他浪費(fèi)錢(qián)很快。故選C。

【7】句意：當(dāng)我們?cè)诓宛^吃飯的時(shí)候，他都會(huì)買單。本題考查名詞辨析及語(yǔ)境理解。journey旅行；meal餐，飯，進(jìn)餐；rest 休息； meeting會(huì)議。根據(jù)下文at a restaurant 在餐館，應(yīng)是吃飯，故選B

【8】句意：但是艾倫很快花光所有的錢(qián)。本題考查動(dòng)詞搭配及語(yǔ)境理解。run out of 意為“用完”，主語(yǔ)只能是人，come out of...意為由...出來(lái)，go out of意為走出去。通過(guò)下文 He was as poor as a church mouse again.他有一貧如洗。推斷上文他很快用完他所有的錢(qián)。故選A。

【9】句意：我承認(rèn)我確實(shí)為我的朋友感到難過(guò)。本題考查形容詞辨析及語(yǔ)境理解。educational有教育意義的；sorry 遺憾的，感到傷心的； embarrassed 尷尬的，窘迫的；realistic現(xiàn)實(shí)的。根據(jù)上下文語(yǔ)境，應(yīng)該是我對(duì)我的朋友感到傷心，遺憾。故選B

【10】句意：相反，他又回到了艱難的生活。本題考查副詞辨析及語(yǔ)境理解。Exactly 確切地；Easily 容易地；Instead 代替，反而；Really真實(shí)地。上文他有很多的錢(qián)生活的像一個(gè)國(guó)王He had enough money to live like a king.下文他又過(guò)上了艱苦的生活，he is back to living a hard life.上下文意思相反，而且有逗號(hào)隔開(kāi)。故選C。