Once my father and I went to see a circus(馬戲 ). A family was standing in front of us         for tickets.
The family had eight children. Their clothes were not        but they were clean. They were talking about the clowns(小丑) and elephants excitedly.
“I want        tickets,eight for children and two for adults.”said the father to the ticket lady.
The ticket lady told him the        . When he heard that, the man cloudn’t believe his           . He asked again, “How much?”
The ticket lady spoke again. The father looked sad. Clearly, he didn’t have         money.
My dad took a twenty—dollar bill and dropped it on the ground.Then he picked         , and said to the man, “Sir, this fell out of your pocket.”
The man knew what was         on. He looked into my dad’s eyes and took the        . “Thank you,thank you ,sir. This         a lot to me and my family. ”
We didn’t go to the cirus that night,but we didn’t feel sorry for it at all.
小題1:A. waiting      B. looking    C. working
小題2:A. common     B. cheap     C. expensive
小題3:A. ticket        B. ten       C. two
小題4:A. ticket        B. number   C. price
小題5:A. eyes        B. ears       C. nose
小題6:A. enough      B. any       C. little
小題7:A. it up        B. up it      C. them up
小題8:A. walking     B. going     C. looking
小題9:A. book        B. pocket    C. bill
小題10:A. hardly      B. nearly     C. really

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:C
小題5:B
小題6:A
小題7:A
小題8:B
小題9:C
小題10:C

試題分析：這篇短文主要講述了作者有一次和父親去看馬戲表演遇到的經(jīng)歷。一家夫婦倆帶著8個孩子在買票，由于支付不起費用正在為難之際，父親略施小計巧妙地幫助了這一家人，這個經(jīng)歷讓作者感到很欣慰。
小題1:考查動詞以及對語境的理解。waiting for：等待，looking for：尋找，working for：為……效力。根據(jù)語境，一家人在排隊等候買票。故應(yīng)選A。
小題2:考查形容詞及語境的理解。根據(jù)下文but they were clean的描述可知與上文存在語氣的轉(zhuǎn)折，說明他們的衣著昂貴。故選C。
小題3:考查數(shù)詞及語境的理解。聯(lián)系下文eight for children and two for adults.的描述可知，他們需要買10張票。故應(yīng)選B。
小題4:考查名詞及語境的理解。根據(jù)下文He asked again, “How much?”的描述可知，售票的小姐告訴他票價而他沒有聽清。故選C，price：價格.
小題5:考查名詞及語境的推斷。根據(jù)前文When he heard that的描述，他聽到售票小姐的話，幾乎不相信自己的耳朵。故選B，ears：耳朵。
小題6:考查對語境的理解。聯(lián)系上下文，這家子既然來看馬戲演出，肯定是帶錢的，當售票小姐說出價錢后明顯是感覺到錢不夠。故選A，enough：足夠的。
小題7:考查動詞短語及語境的理解。根據(jù)短文My dad took a twenty—dollar bill and dropped it on the ground.的描述可知，作者的父親把一張20美元的錢丟到了地上，而買票的人把它撿了起來。結(jié)合語境，他撿起的是一張鈔票，應(yīng)用代詞it，且應(yīng)置于動詞與副詞之間，故應(yīng)選A。
小題8:考查動詞及語境的理解。根據(jù)語境，買票的人知道發(fā)生了什么事。What’s going on?是固定句型，表示“發(fā)生什么事了？”，故選B。
小題9:考查名詞及對語境理解。聯(lián)系上下文，買票的人知道眼前發(fā)生的一幕，于是他撿起鈔票并表示感謝。故應(yīng)選C，bill：鈔票。
小題10:考查副詞及語境的理解。hardly：幾乎不， nearly：幾乎 ，really：真的。根據(jù)語境，20美元的錢對他和他的家人真的是很多了。故選C。
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