Question

Christmas is over. And I got my wanted radio-controlled truck. But you would not believe the ___1___ and work that went into getting this holy toy.

For over a month I stared at ___2___ magazines I received from my friend until I had made up my ___3___: I wanted a Pumpkin truck. I ___4___ to work immediately, dropping hints to my father about it.

My first job was to tell him about how the steering(操縱桿) on my old car didn’t ___5___, but he just blamed the problems on my bad ___6___.

My next plan would have to be more ___7___. “Look at this, Dad, the truck with controller and battery pack—all for only US$250!” You can’t ___8___ to miss out on this bargain!”

His ___9___ was that he certainly could afford to miss this ___10___ and for US$250 you could buy ___11___ educational like a telescope. “A telescope? To look at the moon? I’ll look at it when I’m 97 years old and living in a ___12___ home! This is my youth! I am supposed to run about.”

I went to my room, ___13___ at how mean(吝嗇的) my father was. It was obvious that he didn’t ___14___ that I would die if I did not get the Pumpkin radio-controlled truck.

When I ___15___ on Christmas morning I wasn’t excited. I had been ___16___. I opened all my presents until there was just one big package ___17___. “The telescope,” I thought. I ___18___ the packaging and looked at the top of the box—it was a Pumpkin truck. I had ___19___! I loved my parents! I felt like I could do anything! I could ___20___ get an A+ in English class.

1. A. pain           B. attempt           C. joy              D. shyness

2. A. housing        B. fishing            C. car             D. fashion

3. A. mind            B. idea             C. opinion           D. head

4. A. get            B. set               C. searched        D. went

5. A. operate         B. run              C. start            D. work

6. A. riding           B. driving            C. thinking          D. keeping

7. A. strong          B. practical          C. ideal            D. obvious

8. A. afford           B. pay              C. allow          D. stand

9. A. talk           B. expression          C. face            D. response

10. A. truck          B. telescope         C. chance               D. bargain

11. A. one             B. something          C. everything      D. nothing

12. A. heating        B. loving             C. nursing          D. finding

13. A. pleased       B. good               C. expert         D. angry

14. A. say             B. believe            C. care            D. learn

15. A. went off        B. woke up         C. rang up          D. found out

16. A. worried       B. instructed           C. warned          D. defeated

17. A. opened        B. wrapped         C. left             D. faded

18. A. recovered       B. refused           C. reopened        D. removed

19. A. won           B. done               C. beaten         D. failed

20. A. ever            B. already            C. still             D. even

Answer 1

1--  20      ACABD   BDADD   BCDCB   DCDAD  

解析:

1. A。前面說“我得到了渴望已久的電動車”，而這里but轉折，表示的是“你很難相信為了得到這個神圣的禮物我所經受的痛苦和付出的努力”。

2. C。從上下文來看，“我”很早就關注著車，并通過看介紹有關車的雜志來了解信息。

3. A。根據上下文可知，此處說的是“我”終于下定決心買輛電動車。make up one’s mind 為固定短語，意為“下決心”。

4. B。前面說“下決心買電動車”，此處說的是作出決定后就立即開始行動了。set to work 意為“開始行動起來”，下文具體寫了所做的工作。

5. D。此處說的是“我”展開的第一項工作，那就是告訴爸爸說“我的那輛舊車的操縱桿失靈了”。Work 是動詞，意為“工作，有效”，在這里說的是“操縱桿不靈了”。

6. B。從上下文來看，“我”的第一次工作沒有成效，反而被爸爸指責為“我”不會操作。bad driving 意為“不會操作，錯誤操作”。

7. D。前面“我”是找了舊車操縱桿失靈這樣一個借口，從后面的內容特別是引號內的話語可以看出，“我”的下一個計劃就更明確、直白了。

8. A。這是“我”力勸爸爸買電動車的話。從 …with controller and battery pack—all for only US$250 及后面的 …miss out on this bargain 等可推測，此處應選用 afford。can / be able to afford… 是常見搭配，意為“省出或找到足夠的時間或金錢去(做某事)；……得起”。

9. D。從 …and for US$250 you could buy… 等來看，爸爸的反應確實是不想買電動車。

10. D。根據上文的 You couldn’t ___ to miss out on this bargain 等可推測此處應填 bargain。

11. B。這里說的是爸爸的觀點。與其買電動車，倒不如買一架像望遠鏡一樣具有教育意義的東西。something like 意為“像……樣的東西”。

12 C 從 when I’m 97 years old 及后面的 This is my youth 等來推測，此處說的是“要看月亮，那就等到 97 歲時住在養老院里看好了”。這是作者對爸爸提議買望遠鏡的一句氣話。

13. D。從前面多次提到買車被爸爸拒絕，后面又有 …how mean my father was 及后面的 …he didn’t ___14___ that I would die… 等來推測，此處說的是“我”對爸爸的吝嗇很“惱怒”。

14. C。前面說“我”很惱怒，再結合后面的 …that I would die if I did not get the Pumpkin radio-controlled truck 等推測，“我”覺得爸爸才不“在乎”呢！

15. B。根據on Christmas morning，可知講的是“我”在圣誕節的早晨醒來后查看禮物時發生的故事。

16. D。按照常例，西方兒童在圣誕節早晨收到禮物是激動和興奮的，可此刻“我”卻興奮不起來，因為“我”要車的幻想破滅了。此處用 defeat正好符合“我”當時的心理。

17. C。從前面的 I opened all my presents until there was just one big package… 等可推測，此處說的是“直到還剩下最后一個包裹”。

18. D。從上下文來看，此時只剩下這最后一個包裹，于是“我”就打開包裝，這與后面的看到里面的東西相符合。

19. A。與上面的 I had been defeated 相對，此處描寫的是當我得到盼望已久的車時高興的心情，“我”終于“贏”了。

20. D。前面一直在責怪爸爸不給“我”買車，當得到車后，“我”高興得覺得能做任何事情，后面進一步說“我甚至能在英語課上得 A+”