待售的小狗

The store owner smiled and whistled and out of the kennel(狗窩)came Lady， who ran down the aisle(側(cè)廊)of his store followed by five teeny tiny balls of fur. One puppy(狗崽)was lagging(踉蹌而行)___1___ behind. Immediately the little boy___ 2___ the lagging limping(跛行)puppy and said， “What’s wrong with that little dog?”

The store owner___3___that the veterinarian(獸醫(yī))had examined the little puppy and had ___4 ___ it didn’t have a hip socket(膝蓋骨). It would always limp. It would always be lame. The little boy became___5___. “That’s the little puppy that I want to buy.”

The store owner said，“ ___ 6___， you don’t want to buy that little dog. If you ___7___want him， I’ll just___8 ___him to you.”

The little boy got quite___9___ . He looked___10 ___ into the store owner’s eyes， pointing his ___11___ and said，“I don’t want you to give him to me. That little dog is ___12___every bit as ___13___ as all the other dogs and I’ll___ 14___full price. In fact I’ll give you $2.37 now， and 50 cents a month until I have him ___15___for.”

The store owner countered， “You really don’t want to buy this little dog. He is never going to be able to jump and___16___ with you like the other puppies.”

To his surprise， the little boy___ 17___down and rolled up his pant leg(褲腿)to reveal(show) a badly twisted， crippled(致殘的)left leg___ 18___ by a big metal brace(金屬架). He looked up at the store owner and ___19___replied， “Well， I don’t

run so well myself， and the little puppy will need someone who ___ 20___ !”

1. A. considerablyB. thoughtfullyC. quicklyD. firmly

2. A. singled outB. pointed outC. called outD. made out

3. A. agreedB. explainedC. judgedD. recalled

4. A. curedB. treatedC. discoveredD. exposed

5. A. disappointedB. excitedC. curiousD. anxious

6. A. OKB. All rightC. YesD. No

7. A. hardlyB. unwillinglyC. reallyD. wonderfully

8. A. sellB. sendC. supplyD. give

9. A. satisfiedB. destroyedC. easyD. upset

10. A. downB. straightC. aroundD. sadly

11. A. fingerB. moneyC. noseD. dog

12. A. costB. worthC. valuedD. trading

13. A. wellB. manyC. highD. much

14. A. haveB. takeC. payD. promise

15. A. paidB. caredC. leaveD. hope

16. A. walkB. rollC. playD. live

17. A. reachedB. wentC. tookD. brought

18. A. tiedB. producedC. joinedD. supported

19. A. hurriedlyB. pleasantlyC. softlyD. loudly

20. A. keepsB. understandsC. is disabledD. is unmarried

答案及解析

1. considerably因?yàn)樾」孵诵校颂幒x為“可想而知”它會(huì)落后于同伴。

2. singled out根據(jù)下文語(yǔ)境，意為“挑/選出”，其他不合此意。

3. explained回答上面問(wèn)題，當(dāng)然是“解釋?zhuān)f(shuō)明”，其他不符合語(yǔ)境。

4. discovered實(shí)質(zhì)上，醫(yī)生的診斷就是“發(fā)現(xiàn)，揭示”問(wèn)題。

5. excited根據(jù)下文文意，男孩很同情這只有殘疾的小狗，此時(shí)他當(dāng)然很“動(dòng)情”。

6. No答語(yǔ)一致原則，其他語(yǔ)義矛盾。

7. really根據(jù)上下文判斷，其他不合文意或者不貼切。

8. give此處口語(yǔ)用詞，意為“贈(zèng)送”，其他語(yǔ)義不符。

9. upset男孩遭到勸阻，大感意外而心里不好受。

10. straight語(yǔ)境性用詞。

11. finger“指問(wèn)”當(dāng)然用“手指”指著問(wèn)。其他不符合搭配。

12. worth固定表達(dá)。其他不合句式結(jié)構(gòu)，文意相左。

13. much句意與習(xí)語(yǔ)使然。

14. pay句意與搭配需要。

15. paid句意與句式結(jié)構(gòu)需要。

16. play常識(shí)與邏輯使然，其他不合事理或者不合邏輯。

17. reached這兒指“彎腰，低下身子”，其他不合語(yǔ)境。

18. supported金屬架當(dāng)然起“支撐”作用，其他沒(méi)道理。

19. softly此時(shí)男孩自露真情，感慨系之，說(shuō)話(huà)當(dāng)然“輕聲細(xì)語(yǔ)”。

20. understands真正的“同情”是“理解”，其他不合文意或者不能揭示本質(zhì)含義。

編輯/梁宇清