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terest means that the interest payments get bigger and bigger the 5 you take to pay back the loan. To repay the loan, you will need to give me $11 after one month. If you wait two months to pay me back, your 6 will grow from $10 to $11. So I39。ll be charging you interest on $11. Then I will add that interest to the $11 you already owe me, for a 7 of $. That39。s what you39。ll owe after two months. Sure. I get it, I said. Though truthfully, I was getting 8 . Kathleen lent me the money, and I bought the toy. My birthday came a month later, and my mom gave me $10. 9 , that was just the amount I needed to buy another toy I wanted 10 . I put off paying my sister for a month. After another month, I 11 about the loan. Several months later, on Christmas morning, my sister and I each found a $02 bill in our stockings. I was just putting it into my pocket 12 Kathleen tapped me on the shoulder. Sorry, kiddo. That39。s mine. I39。m 13 on your debt. Huh? Then I remembered the loan. Hey! How can it be that much? I 14 borrowed $10. True, she said, but interest has been pounding for eight months. Now you 15 me $. She paused, then added. You can pay me the $. I 16 to believe that a $10 loan could more than double so quickly. Much to my 17 , my sister got her pencil and tablet and showed me exactly how it all added up. My head 18 as I tried to keep track of Kathleen39。s 19 , but this time, I got the basic idea of pound interest. I 20 the hard way that borrowing money can be double trouble in no time.1. A. blamingB. beggingC. searchingD. preparing2. A. payB. sendC. lendD. hand3. A. monthB. yearC. weekD. day4. A. littleB. sameC. enoughD. extra5. A. shorterB. longerC. moreD. less6. A. cashB. savingC. noteD. debt7. A. totalB. costC. numberD. bill8. A. encouragedB. shockedC. confusedD. satisfied9. A. GraduallyB. ObviouslyC. UnfortunatelyD. Hopefully10. A. seriouslyB. anxiouslyC. secretlyD. desperately11. A. forgotB. knewC. talkedD. cared12. A. afterB. untilC. whileD. when13. A. carryingB. collectingC. relyingD. focusing14. A. normallyB. nearlyC. onlyD. really15. A. oweB. offerC. takeD. give16. A. decidedB. refusedC. pretendedD. managed17. A. reliefB. delightC. annoyanceD. regret18. A. turnedB. noddedC. stuckD. hurt19. A. calculationsB. excusesC. directionsD. discoveries20. A. exploredB. learnedC. explainedD. questioned【答案】 (1)B;(2)C;(3)A;(4)D;(5)B;(6)D;(7)A;(8)C;(9)C;(10)D;(11)A;(12)D;(13)B;(14)C;(15)A;(16)B;(17)C;(18)D;(19)A;(20)B; 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文,作者講述了自己八歲時(shí)一次借錢的經(jīng)歷。本來作者只借了姐姐10美元。經(jīng)過這次經(jīng)歷,作者明白了借錢可能會給自己帶來雙重麻煩這個(gè)道理。 (1)考查動詞。A. blaming“責(zé)備”;B. begging“懇求”;C. searching“搜索,搜尋”;D. preparing“準(zhǔn)備”。我需要錢,去懇求姐姐借錢。故選B。 (2)考查動詞。A. pay“付錢”;B. send“送,派”;C. lend“借給”;D. hand“遞”。姐姐同意借給我錢。選C。 (3)考查名詞。A. month“月”;B. year“年”;C. week“周”;D. day“日”。根據(jù)第三段中的To repay the loan, you will need to give me $11 after one month可知,姐姐答應(yīng)借給我錢,但是要作者每個(gè)月付10%的利息。選A。 (4)考查形容詞。A. little“不多的,小的”;B. same“同樣的”;C. enough“足夠的”;D. extra“額外的”。利息是借錢人在歸還貸款時(shí)額外付的錢。故選D。 (5)考查形容詞。A. shorter“更短的”;B. longer“更長的”;C. more“更多的”;D. less“更少的”。歸還貸款需要的時(shí)間越長,所需支付的利息就越多。選B。 (6)考查名詞。A. cash“現(xiàn)金”;B. saving“積蓄”;C. note“鈔票”;D. debt“債務(wù)”。姐姐告訴我:如果你等兩個(gè)月歸還我的錢,那么,你的債務(wù)將從10美元增加到11美元。選 D。 (7)考查名詞。A. total“總數(shù)”;B. cost“花費(fèi),成本”;C. number“數(shù)目”;D. bill“賬單”。如果作者兩個(gè)月才歸還姐姐的錢的話,那么,利滾利。選A。 (8)考查形容詞。A. encouraged“受到鼓勵(lì)的”;B. shocked“震驚的”;C. confused“困惑的”;D. satisfied“滿意的”。根據(jù)though可知,我告訴姐姐我明白了。但是,說實(shí)話,我很困惑。故選C。 (9)考查副詞。A. Gradually“逐漸地”;B. Obviously“明顯地”;C. Unfortunately“不幸地”;D. Hopefully“充滿希望地”。我生日那天,媽媽給了我10美元,不幸地是,那筆錢恰恰就是我買另一個(gè)玩具所需要的錢。選C。 (10)考查副詞。A. seriously“嚴(yán)肅地,認(rèn)真地”;B. anxiously“焦慮地”;C. secretly“秘密地”;D. desperately“極度地”。作者特別想要再買一個(gè)禮物。選D。 (11)考查動詞。A. forgot“忘記”;B. knew“認(rèn)識,知道”;C. talked“交談”;D. cared“在意”。根據(jù)下文中‘Huh?’Then I remembered the loan可知,又過了一個(gè)月,作者忘記了自己借的錢,到了圣誕節(jié)經(jīng)姐姐提醒才想起來。選A。 (12)考查連詞。A. after“在……之后”;B. until“直到……”;C. while“當(dāng)……時(shí)候”;D. when“當(dāng)……時(shí)候”。作者正要把20美元放到自己的口袋里,這時(shí)候姐姐拍了拍他的肩膀。be doing…when…固定句式,正要做某事這時(shí)突然……。選D。 (13)考查動詞。A. carrying“攜帶,運(yùn)送”;B. collecting“收取”;C. relying“依靠”;D. focusing“(使)集中”。姐姐告訴作者:我要收債了。選B。 (14)考查副詞。A. normally“正常地”;B. nearly“幾乎”;C. only“僅僅”;D. really“確實(shí)”。作者經(jīng)過姐姐提醒,記起了自己的債務(wù)。但是他認(rèn)為自己沒借那么多錢,他只借了10美元。選C。 (15)考查動詞。A. owe“欠”;B. offer“(主動)提供”;C. take“帶走”;D. give“給”。姐姐告訴作者,過了八個(gè)月。選A。 (16)考查動詞。A. decided“決定”;B. refused“拒絕”;C. pretended“假裝”;D. managed“設(shè)法做到”。作者不相信10美元的借款會這么快就會加倍。選B。 (17)考查名詞。A. relief“緩解”;B. delight“高興”;C. annoyance“惱怒”;D. regret“后悔,遺憾”。令作者感到生氣的是,姐姐拿來鉛筆和便簽簿,向作者展示這個(gè)錢數(shù)是怎么來的。選C。 (18)考查動詞。A. turned“轉(zhuǎn)動”;B. nodded“點(diǎn)頭”;C. stuck“粘貼,粘”;D. hurt“疼痛”。當(dāng)作者努力地想弄清楚姐姐的計(jì)算時(shí),作者很頭疼。選D。 (19)考查名詞。A. calculations“計(jì)算”;B. excuses“借口,理由”;C. directions“方向”;D. discoveries“發(fā)現(xiàn)”。根據(jù)上文my sister got her pencil and tablet and showed me exactly how it all added up可知,姐姐給作者計(jì)算這個(gè)錢數(shù)是怎么來的。故選A。 (20)考查動詞。A. explored“探索”;B. learned“學(xué)會”;C. explained“解釋”;D. questioned“詢問,質(zhì)疑”。作者通過這次經(jīng)歷學(xué)會了借錢可能會給自己帶來雙重麻煩這個(gè)道理。選B。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及動詞,名詞,形容詞,副詞,連詞,固定短語等多個(gè)知識點(diǎn)的考查,是一篇故事類閱讀,要求考生在理解細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上,進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系,進(jìn)行分析推理,從而選出正確答案。6.閱讀下文,從各題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中,選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。 As the saying goes, roses given, fragrance in hand. I am always in the 1 of giving money to every beggar or homeless person I pass by. My friends say it is not good to 2 . We may e across beggars or homeless people begging every day and all beggars have their ability to survive. It 3 them that I never listen. On a 4 day, my friend and I were walking to the bus stop 5 I passed a beggar lady. I had seen her several times before and had always given her a few 6 . That day, I gave her 2 Euros. I was waiting for the bus and reading a