In Canberra, there is a free market called "Trash and Treasure ",   1   anything can be bought and soldThe prices are usually very low. It is held on Sundays. A lot of people go and   2   their luck in this market.

    My home is not far from there. Sometimes I can   3   hear the   4   bargaining with the tradesmen. But I have been there to go shopping only once. I wanted to buy a television set, since I am a   5   TV viewer. But I was not lucky at that time. The first tradesman I saw was selling cassettes and recorders, which were shining under the sun and   6   were quite reasonable. It was difficult not to be temptedI   7   one of the cassettes closely. It   8   looked new and modern. On the box, the words "TDK, made in Japan" had been beautifully   9   . The man said that the cassette was worth $5, but as a special   10   he would let me have it for $3. I shook my head and  11  a finger showing that I was willing to pay one dollar and I would buy five. Signing to me wildly, the man acted as if he found my   12   outrageous (令人不能容忍), but finally reduced the price ___13___ $ 2Lifting my shoulders slightly, I began to walk away. A moment ___14___, he ___15___ me and thrust five cassettes into my hands. Though he kept throwing up his arms in despair, he readily ___16___ the five- dollar note I gave him. I felt especially___17___ with my wonderful bargain-until I reached home. ___18___ hard I tried, it was ___19___ to get any one of them to move in a recorder and to this day they have never recorded a ___20___ word! I’ve never seen that man again!

1Awhich

Bthat

Cin which

Dthere

2Ahave

Btake

Ctry

Dget

3Aeven

Bever

Cas well

Dalso

4Abusinessmen

Bcustomers

Cstrangers

Dpassengers

5Aoften

Bspare

Cconstant

Dprogram

6Athey

Bwhich

Cthe prices

Dthe types

7Ainspected

Bchecked

Cexamined

Dsearched

8Areally

Bcertainly

Centirely

Dcompletely

9Apressed

Bpublished

Crecorded

Dprinted

10Afavor

Bresult

Cprize

Dservice

11Aheld out

Bheld to

Cheld up

Dheld off

12Areason

Boffer

Cidea

Dsign

13Afor

Bat

Cto

Dby

14Aafter

Blater

Cago

Dbefore

15Aran up

Bwas after

Cran after

Dfollowed after

16Aaccepted

Breceived

Cgained

Dreturned

17Aexcited

Bpleased

Cunexpected

Ddisappointed

18AHow

BHowever

CWhatever

DNo matter

19Apossible

Bimpossible

Cdifficult

Deasy

20Asimple

Bone

Csingle

Dnew

 

答案:C;C;A;B;C;C;C;D;D;A;A;B;C;B;C;A;B;B;B;C
提示:

1.     這里是非限制性定語(yǔ)從句,排除that, there,從句里缺少介詞,用in which

2.     try luck碰碰運(yùn)氣

3.     even甚至,ever曾經(jīng),用于完成時(shí),as well和also都是也的意思,與句意不符

4.     bargain with the tradesmen和小販討價(jià)還價(jià),自然是customer顧客

5.     often經(jīng)常,不能做形容詞,spare空閑的,constant堅(jiān)決的,持續(xù)的,program程序,與句意不符

6.     the prices are reasonable價(jià)格合理

7.     examine表示仔細(xì)檢查

8.     really真正的,certainly當(dāng)然的,entirely一概的,completely完全的,

9.     press壓,按,publish出版,record記錄,print印,字應(yīng)該是印上去的

10.   favor幫忙,對(duì)某人特別的優(yōu)惠

11.   hold out伸出,hold to堅(jiān)持,緊握,hold up舉起,支撐,hold off不接近

12.   offer要求,這里指我的出價(jià)

13.   reduce the price to將價(jià)格降到

14.   a moment later過(guò)了一會(huì)兒,其他的句意不符

15.   run up抬高,run after追著,follow本來(lái)就是追趕跟著的意思,不需要加after

16.   accept接受,receive表示收到,不帶主觀意愿

17.   pleased高興的,我討價(jià)還價(jià)成功自然很開(kāi)心

18.   how在這里是多么的意思,不管我多么努力,

19.   從文章中可以看出,作者千辛萬(wàn)苦買來(lái)的磁帶最后放不出一個(gè)字來(lái),所以才叫bad luck,選擇impossible,不可能放出一個(gè)字來(lái)

20.   not a single word這里用single表示強(qiáng)調(diào)

 


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