阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出一个最佳选项。
I was a single parent of four small children,working at a minimum—wage job.Money was always 1 I never 2 any in the bank.It was Christmas time,and although there wasn’t money for a lot of gifts,we planned to decorate our home and celebrate with friends.
But the big 3 for the kids was the fun of Christmas shopping at the mall.They talked and 4 for weeks ahead of time,asking each other and their grandparents what they wanted for Christmas.I dreaded it.I had 5 $100 for presents to be shared by all five of us.
The 6 day arrived and we started out early.I 7 the money equally among us and reminded them to 8 gifts about four dollars each.Then everyone scattered for shopping.
Back in the car driving home,everyone was 9 high Christmas spirits,but my younger daughter,Ginger,was unusually 10 .I could 11 through the plastic bag that she had bought candy bars—fifty—cent candy bars! I was so angry.For what did you swap the twenty dollars you 12 from me? I wanted to yell at her,but I didn’t say anything 13 we got home.I 14 her into my bedroom and closed the door,ready to be 15 again when I asked her what she had done with the money.
“I was looking around,thinking of what to buy,and I stopped to 16 the little cards on one of the Salvation Army’s Giving Trees.One of the cards was for a little girl,four years old, and all she wanted for Christmas was 17 with clothes and a hairbrush.So I 18 the card off the tree and bought the doll and hairbrush for her and took it to the Salvation Army booth.’’
“I only had 19 money left to buy candy bars for us,” Ginger continued,” but we have so much and she doesn’t have anything.”
I never felt so 20 as I did that day.
1. A.tight B.adequate C.short D.ample
2. A.withdrew B.deposited C.stored D.hid
3. A.day B.excitement C.time D.wish
4. A.asked B.searched C.planned D.waited
5. A.included B.borrowed C.saved D.charged
6. A.fine B.fair C.funny D.big
7. A.allocated B.contributed C.assigned D.advocated
8. A.look up B.look for C.look through D.look into
9. A.in B.at C.for D.of
10. A.happy B.upset C.noisy D.quiet
11. A.tell B.think C.believe D.consider
12. A.cheated B.grasped C.attained D.stole
13. A.unless B.until C.as D.since
14. A.found B.forced C.seized D.called
15. A.angry B.curious C.excited D.surprised
16. A.watch B.read C.enjoy D.buy
17. A.card B.toy C.gift D.doll
18. A.took B.kept C.turned D.1eft
19. A.little B.no C.enough D.many
20. A.glad B.poor C.rich D.great
1-5、 ABBCC 6-10、 DABAD 11-15、 ACBDA 16-20、 BDACC
A. Profits enlarging B. Technology developing C. Education investing D. Benefits transferring E. Dominance disappearing F. A nation rising |
The following is an imaginary diary entry written by US president. This diary is part of Global Trends 2025, which was written by the US National Intelligence Council
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Global wealth and economic power will shift from West to East.
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The transition from old fuels to new will be slow, as will the development of new technologies that present feasible alternatives to fossil fuels or help eliminate food and water problems. All current technologies are inadequate, and new ones will probably not be commercially possible by 2025