Question

 The story is told of an unemployed young graduate who checked his pocket. All he had left was a few dollar bills 1        less than ten dollars. He was 2     as he could find no work and no one was there to help him. He decided to 3      it To buy food,then wait on his end-result.

  He bought food and as he sat down to 4     ，an old man and two children came along. The old man asked him to help them with 5        as they had not eat?en for almost a week.

  The young graduate looked at the children―they were so 6        that he could see their bones coming through their skin. With the last bit of pity he had,he 7        them all the food. The old man and children prayed that God would bless the young graduate and then gave him a ( n) 8     old coin.

  The old man and children sat down to eat and with no 9        , no job and no food,the young graduate went back under the bridge to 10      . As he was about to fall asleep he saw an old newspaper on the ground. He 11        it up and saw an advertisement inviting people with 12     coins to come to a particular store. He de?cided to go there with the dirty old coin.

On arriving at the 13     ,he gave the boss the dirty old coin. The boss screamed loudly and 14      a big book and showed the young graduate a photograph. This same old 15        was worth $ 67,000. The young graduate was extremely 16     as the boss gave him a check for the full amount. He immediately 17        it at the bank and went in 18     of the old man and little children to thank them.

By the time he got to the place where he 19        them eating, they had gone_? who left him a note, 20      ， "You gave us your alland we have rewarded you back with the coin.”

1. A. putting up with   B. adding up to

   C. taking charge of   D. helping himself to

2. A. angry   B. tough   C. upset   D. nervous

3. A. kill   B. ignore   C. spend   D. use

4. A. eat   B. drink   C. play   D. enjoy

5. A. kindness   B. food   C. money   D. heart

6. A. hungry   B. thin

   C. strange   D. innocent

7. A. shared   B. lost   C. moved   D. gave

8. A. dirty   B. ugly   C. useless   D. magic

9. A. desire   B. money   C. hope   D. help 

10. A. exist in   B. live in

   C. lie down   D. consist with 

11. A. showed   B. turned   C. took   D. picked 

12.A. old   B. nice   C. loose   D. silly 

13.  A. school   B. store   C. company   D. bank 

14.A. put out   B. showed off   C. brought out   D. fought for 

15.A. vase   B. photo   C. book   D. coin 

16 A. moved   B. rich

   C. happy   D. skeptical 

17. A. retired   B. rescued   C. scanned   D. cashed 

18.A. search   B. control   C. case   D. charge 

19. A. saved   B. left

   C. helped   D. watched 

20.A. scaring   B. describing   C. reading   D. inventing

Answer 1

[文章大意]一位失業(yè)的年輕人用僅有的錢買了一些食物，剛要吃時，卻又被一位老人和兩個瘦弱的孩子要去了。但是，老人給了他一枚古幣，這枚古幣竟然價值6. 7萬美元。

1. B由上下文的"a few dollar bills"和"less than ten dollars"可知，所有的錢加起來不到十美元。

add up to合計達;put up with忍受;take charge of負責;help oneself to自便，自取。故選B項。

2. C由下文的"...as he could find no work... " 口丫知，他感到十分苦惱 (upset) 。故選C項。

tough困難的，堅強的； nervous緊張的。

3. D由下文的"He bought food…"可知，他決定用這些錢買食物。

use使用;spend"花費",構成spend ...(in) doing sth結構;kill殺死，消磨(時間) ；gnore忽視。故選D項。

4. A根據年輕人此時的狀況(用僅剩下來的錢買了食物并聽天由命) 可推測出，買完食物后，應是坐下來吃。故選A項。

5. B由下文的"…as they had not eaten for almost a week."可知，老人向年輕人要食物。故選B項。

6. B由下文的"...he could see their bones coming through their skin."可知，這兩個孩子特別瘦。故選B項。

7. D

8. A由第四段的最后一句"He decided to go there with the dirty old coin."可知選A項。

9. B由第一段中的"…as he could find no work…"可知，年輕人沒有工作；由第一段的第二句可知，年輕人僅有不到十美元，由第二段的首句可知，他用錢買了食物；再由第三段的內容可知，食物又給了別人。故可知，年輕人沒錢、沒工作、沒有食物。故選B項。 

10. C根據下文的"As he was about to fall asleep -”可知，年輕人回到橋下躺下。故選C項。

lie down躺下。exist in存在于;live in居住;consist with符合，與一致。 

11. D由上文可知，報紙在地上。而由下文的"…and saw an advertisement…"可知，年輕人把報紙撿了起來。pick up撿起。 

12. A根據下文的"He decided to go there with the dirty old coin."可知是古老的硬幣。故選A項。

13. B由上文的"...to come to a particular store. " 知該題選B項。 

14. C由下文的"…and showed the young graduate a pho-tograph."可知，老板拿出一本書并向年輕人展示一張照片。故選C項。bring out拿出;put out撲滅;show off 炫耀;fight for為……而戰(zhàn)。 

15. D 

16. C從第一段的內容可知，年輕人沒有工作，也沒有錢和食物，因此感到苦惱。而此時這枚古幣換來了 6. 7萬美元，可想而知他非常高興。故選C項。moved感動的; skeptical懷疑的。 

17. D由上文的"…the boss gave him a check for the full amount…"可知，老板給了他一張全額支票，所以他去銀行兌現。cash把……兌現。故選D項。 

18. A由最后一段中的"By the time he got to the place..." 可知，年輕人是去找老人和小孩。in search of尋找。故選A項。 

19. B 

20. C