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【題目】Dad was always full of advice.When my brother and I were growing up,we can grass in neighbors’ __ during the summer to earn pocket money.Dad offered our service to neighbors at a __ they could not refuse.My brother and I got ten dollars per yard.I later found out our friends were __ 20 or more for the same work.

Every time we worked,Dad stood watching our work in the heat __ relaxing at home with drink.One afternoon we were cutting our neighbor’s yard.He always waited until the grass was knee-high to __ us.What made matters __ was that we had an old grass mower(割草機(jī)) that kept shutting off as we worked.This afternoon,I was __ tired and sweaty.I was thinking of a tall glass of icy drink to cool myself down when Dad called out,“You missed a small piece.”We had to go back to cut that piece of grass __ we didn’t want to.

People in the town started to notice the good work we did and we soon collected more ___.Many years have passed,but the lesson my dad taught me stayed with me.If you say you are going to perform a job at a certain time,keep your word.Give your customers the kind of service you would like to ____.It shows how sincere you are and how much pride you take in your work.

【1】A. houses B. yards C. buildings D. walls

【2】A. price B. time C. lesson D. discussion

【3】A. paying for B. waiting for C. asking for D. caring for

【4】A. according to B. because of C. in need of D. instead of

【5】A. get on with B. get away from C. send out D. send for

【6】A. better B. luckier C. worse D. longer

【7】A. hardly B. completely C. almost D. half

【8】A. although B. unless C. until D. if

【9】A. neighbors B. business C. lessons D. grass

【10】A. mention B. receive C. control D. return

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】D

【5】B

【6】C

【7】B

【8】A

【9】B

【10】B

【解析】試題分析：本文是一篇記敘文，講述了夏天父親是如何指導(dǎo)“我們”在鄰居的院子里種草賺取零花錢的故事，從中體會到遵守承諾的重要性，表達(dá)了對父親的感激之情。

【1】句意：夏天我們可以在鄰居的院子里種草以賺取零花錢�？疾槊�詞辨析題。根據(jù)下文One afternoon we were cutting our neighbor’s yard.，可知是在庭院里，故選B。

【2】句意：爸爸以不可拒絕的價格向鄰居提供服務(wù)。考查名詞辨析題。A. price價格；B. time時間；C. lesson課；D. discussion討論。at a price以相當(dāng)高的價格；根據(jù)下文My brother and I got ten dollars per yard.，結(jié)合句意語境，可知選A。

【3】句意：我后來發(fā)現(xiàn)對于相同的工作我們的朋友要求20個或更多�？疾閯釉~短語辨析題。A. paying for支付；B. waiting for等待；C. asking for要求；D. caring for關(guān)心。根據(jù)句意語境，可知選C。

【4】句意：每次我們工作的時候，爸爸都站在熱中看我們的工作，而不是在家里放松喝酒�？疾檫B詞短語辨析題。A. according to根據(jù)，表原因；B. because of因為，表原因；C. in need of需要；D. instead of（是…）而不是…，表轉(zhuǎn)折。本句是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，需用instead of連接，根據(jù)句意語境，可知選D。

【5】句意：他總是等到草到膝蓋高才離開我們�？疾閯釉~短語辨析題。A. get on with繼續(xù)（干某事）/和…友好相處；B. get away from逃離/離開；C. send out發(fā)送/發(fā)出；D. send for申請/訂購。until直到才，引導(dǎo)時間狀語從句；根據(jù)句意語境，可知ACD三項意思都與句意不合，故選B。

【6】句意：更糟的是，我們有一臺舊割草機(jī)在工作時一直關(guān)閉�？疾楸容^級辨析題。A. better更好；B. luckier更幸運(yùn)；C. worse更糟；D. longer更長。an old grass mower that kept shutting off一直不正常工作的舊割草機(jī)；根據(jù)句意語境，可知情況糟糕，故選C。

【7】句意：今天下午，我累得渾身出汗�？疾楦痹~辨析題。A. hardly幾乎不，表否定；B. completely完全地；C. almost幾乎；D. half部份地。tired and sweaty勞累出汗，需用副詞修飾，根據(jù)句意語境，可知ACD三個選項意思都與句意不符，故選B。

【8】句意：盡管我們不想割草，但我們不得不回去割草�？疾檫B詞辨析題。A. although盡管，表讓步；B. unless除非，表條件；C. until直到才，表時間；D. if如果，表條件。本句是讓步關(guān)系，需用although連接，根據(jù)句意語境，可知選A。

【9】句意：鎮(zhèn)上的人們開始注意到我們做的好工作，我們很快就有了更多的生意�？疾槊�詞辨析題。A. neighbors鄰居；B. business交易/生意；C. lessons課；D. grass草。根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，“我們”出力，鄰居出錢，這本身就是“交易”，聯(lián)系前文Dad offered our service to neighbors at a price they could not refuse.，可知選B。

【10】句意：給你的客戶提供你想要的服務(wù)�？疾閯釉~辨析題。A. mention提到；B. receive收到；C. control控制；D. return返回。本句意思是說，你想別人怎樣對你，你也怎樣對別人；根據(jù)句意語境，可知選B。