【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 選出一個可以填入空白處的最佳選項。 It39。s fun to receive presents. It also feels good to give to others. So what39。s the best way to budget （預算） your money and shop 1 ? Susan Beacham of Money Savvy Generation, a US pany that teaches money management skills to kids, 2 some advice. My first tip is to make a list, says Beacham. She suggests that kids talk with their families about to 3 they should give gifts and how much they should spend. Take the 4 with you to the store. Make sure that you do the maths, says Beacham. If you39。ve just spent $30 （184 yuan） 5 someone you were going to spend $25 on, you39。re going to have to spend $5 less on somebody else. The 6 to budgeting is staying within the boundaries （范圍） you39。ve set for yourself. What to do if you just can39。t 7 buying things once you39。re in a mall? The answer is pretty easy – bring only a small amount of money with you. 8 you see an expensive item that you really want to buy, wait a few days and see if you39。re still 9 it. Chances are, you won39。t even remember it. Do you have enough money? If not, make 10 . And don39。t forget – not everyone needs a storebought gift. Some of the best presents are free.1. A. badlyB. easilyC. hardlyD. wisely2. A. takesB. followsC. learnsD. has3. A. whomB. whenC. whatD. which4. A. bookB. mapC. listD. wallet5. A. toB. onC. withD. at6. A. keyB. wayC. answerD. solution7. A. stopB. waitC. rememberD. stand8. A. AsB. IfC. SoD. But9. A. thinking overB. thinking aboutC. thinking upD. thinking for10. A. mistakesB. decisionsC. changesD. suggestions【答案】 （1）D；（2）D；（3）A；（4）C；（5）B；（6）A；（7）A；（8）B；（9）B；（10）C； 【解析】【分析】短文大意：本文介紹了Susan教孩子們管理錢和省錢買禮物的方法。首先是要列出要買的東西和對應的人名的清單，做好預算，預算的關鍵是保持在你為自己設定的范圍之內(nèi)。如果一進商場就不停地買東西，那就帶少量的錢去商店。如果看到一件你真正想買的昂貴的東西，等幾天，看看你是否還在考慮它？如果沒有足夠的錢，就做出改變。別忘了——不是每個人都需要商店買的禮物，一些最好的禮物是免費的。 （1）考查副詞及語境理解。句意：那么，怎樣才能合理預算開支，明智購物呢？A. badly嚴重地、惡劣地；B. easily容易地；C. hardly幾乎不；D. wisely明智地、聰明地。根據(jù) So what39。s the best way to budget （預算） your money 怎樣才能合理預算開支，可知是明智購物呢？故選D。 （2）考查動詞及語境理解。句意：Susan Beacham是一家美國公司，專門為孩子們教授理財技巧，她對此有一些建議。A. takes拿、??；B. follows跟隨；C. learns學習；D. has有。根據(jù)下文My first tip is to make a list, says ，這里的主語是Susan Beacham，第三人稱單數(shù)，所以有，用has，故選D。 （3）考查關系代詞及語境理解。句意：她建議孩子們和他們的家人談談他們應該給誰送禮物，以及他們應該花多少錢。A. whom誰；B. when什么時候；C. what什么；D. which哪一個。根據(jù) they should give gifts 可知此處缺少間接賓語sb,give sb. ，雙賓語結構，指的是給誰送禮物，故選A。 （4）考查名詞及語境理解。句意：帶著購物清單去商店。A. book書；B. map地圖；C. list清單；D. wallet錢包。根據(jù)上文My first tip is to make a list，可知此處為帶著購物清單去商店。故選C。 （5）考查介詞及語境理解。句意：如果你剛剛花了30美元（184元）給某人。A. to到；B. on在……上面；C. with和……一起；D. at在。spend some time/money on sth/……上花費時間（金錢）。故選B。 （6）考查名詞及語境理解。句意：預算的關鍵是保持在你為自己設定的范圍之內(nèi)。A. key關鍵、密鑰；B. way方式、方法；C. answer回答、答復；D. solution解答。根據(jù)后面的to budgeting is staying within the boundaries you39。ve set for 。故選A。 （7）考查動詞及語境理解。句意：如果你在商場買東西停不下來怎么辦？A. stop停止；B. wait等待；C. remember記得；D. stand站立。根據(jù)下文The answer is pretty easy – bring only a small amount of money with ？stop doing ，故選A。 （8）考查連詞辨析。句意：如果你看到一件你很想買的昂貴物品。A. As由于；B. If如果；C. So因此；D. But但是。根據(jù) 8 you see an expensive item that you really want to buy, wait a few days and see if you39。re still 9 所以此處是if引導的條件狀語從句，故選B。 （9）考查動詞短語及語境理解。句意：等幾天，看看你是否還在回想這件事。9. A. thinking over仔細考慮、重新考慮；B. thinking about考慮、回想起；C. thinking up想出、發(fā)明；D. thinking for認為。根據(jù)下文Chances are, you won39。t even remember ，看看你是否還在回想這件事。故選B。 （10）考查名詞及語境理解。句意：你有足夠的錢嗎？如果沒有，就做出改變。A. mistakes錯誤；B. decisions決定；C. changes改變；D. suggestions建議。根據(jù)上文Do you have enough money?以及下文And don39。t forget – not everyone needs a storebought gift. Some of the best presents are ，就做出改變。故選C。 【點評】此題考查完形填空。 通讀完形填空的短文時，跳過空格快速閱讀，了解全篇的主要內(nèi)容。 文章體裁通常分為四種：論述文、記敘文、說明文和應用文。 不同的體裁可能使用不同的語氣和說法，也就需要選用不同的選項了。 擇優(yōu)法是把各選項代入短文中，選出在詞義上符合要求，且在語法上又沒有語病的答案。 利用上下文的提示，用學過的知識和已有的生活經(jīng)驗，掃清部分詞匯理解上的障礙。 注意詞語和前后詞匯的搭配， 注意分析前后句或上下文的邏輯關系。6．閱讀下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選擇最佳選項。 Painting from Memory I was born in Damyang, a beautiful place known for its bamboo forests in Korea. I spent much time in the forests painting pictures of the 1 . Painting is one of my talents. I lived there until last year when my family moved to New York. My mother, a scientist, was asked to e work here. There are no bamboo forests, I said, there is nothing to 2 in NewYork. Don39。t worry, you will find many things to see and paint there, my mother said. I still felt 3 . But I will miss home, I said. Then you can paint pictures of your favorite places. They will make you feel at home even in New York, she said. So when we moved, I brought my forest paintings with me. New York was not easy at first. I missed home a lot. Yet when I looked at my paintings of bamboo, I felt much better. I soon 4 friends at school too. They also like painting, and we now paint in a group after school. Last month, we had a new neighbor, Varvara, an old lady who moved from Russia, to be closer to her daughter. She was sad to leave her home. My mother and I often visited her. She told us her unbearable homesick and everything about her hometown Vyborg. I could 5 her home in my head. Varvara missed her home so much that she became ill. I worried about her and I wanted to do something for her. I had ever been in her 6 before. At least, I had my forest paintings of home. However, she didn39。t even have that. Unless … A few days later, I met Varvara on the stairs. She looked better but still sad. I gave her my gift: a painting of Vyborg. I had painted it from her 7 . She began to cry as she saw the painting. At first, I was worried that she didn39。t like it. Later, she told me that those were tears of joy. I knew just how she 8 wherever you go, hometown is always with you.1. A. treesB. houseC. flowersD. b