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【題目】Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格內(nèi)填入適當(dāng)?shù)脑~，使其內(nèi)容通順。每空格限填一詞，首字母已給)：

Early on Saturday morning. Many of the world are still in bed, enjoying another hours or two of sleep. But a few of Americans are up and r【1】to go. They plan to be the first to arrive at the yard-sales. What are these yard-sale shoppers looking for? Secondhand things, of course. Yard-sale shoppers aren’t the only people who like used goods. From Australia to the USA, westerners love to buy other people’s things. E【2】 the rich people look for an antique (古玩) among used goods. Some people buy used goods to save money, others do that to c【3】 antiques.

How old is old?

For those in Asia. 5, 000-year-old antiques sit in museums. Western antiques are not so old. But American goods even more than twenty years old have value. An ice-cream maker from the 1920s could be $50.S【4】 from World War I could sell for $4,000 or more.

Some people own old things because they want to make money from them. They go to classes and read books to learn which goods will have more value or are liked by collectors. Others simply buy old things they think interesting. Those who do not want to make money from the old goods say, “Don't buy it u【5】 it's useful.”

Where to find them?

Secondhand goods can be found in a variety of places. Saturday morning yard sales are the r【6】 places for those who start to take up the hobby. The flea(跳蚤)market is another place. You won't find fleas, but you may find a wide variety of old things.

Shopping at a flea market for the first time is not easy. You have to look t【7】 things patiently and carefully to find something you really want.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】ready

【2】Even

【3】collect

【4】Something

【5】unless

【6】right

【7】through

【解析】

文章講述美國人在庭院銷售購買二手貨的不同目的。

【1】句意：但一些美國人已經(jīng)起床準(zhǔn)備好出發(fā)了。

be ready to do sth.準(zhǔn)備好做某事，固定短語。故填ready。

【2】句意：甚至有錢人也會(huì)在舊貨中尋找古董。

even甚至，表示遞進(jìn)關(guān)系，符合句意。故填Even。

【3】句意：有些人買舊貨是為了收藏古董。

此處不定式to do sth.表目的；collect收藏，動(dòng)詞；collect antiques收藏古董。故填collect。

【4】句意：一戰(zhàn)時(shí)期的東西可以賣到4000美元甚至更多。

分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)，此句缺少主語。something某物，不定代詞作主語。故填Something。

【5】句意：除非有用，否則不要買。

分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)，空格處應(yīng)是連詞；unless除非，如果不，是連詞，符合句意。故填unless。

【6】句意：星期六早上的庭院銷售是那些開始有這個(gè)愛好的人的好去處。

“places地方”是名詞，故空格處應(yīng)是形容詞作定語；結(jié)合首字母提示，right合適的，恰當(dāng)?shù)�，是形容詞，符合句意。故填right。

【7】句意：你必須耐心仔細(xì)地看一遍，才能找到你真正想要的東西。

look through瀏覽，查看，固定短語。故填through。