Question

One summer day my father sent me to buy wire for our farm. At 16，I liked ____ better than driving our truck，____ this time I was not happy. My father had told me I’d have to ask for credit(賒賬) at the store.

Sixteen is a ____age，when a young man wants respect，not charity. It was 1976，and the ugly ___ of racial discrimination was ____ a fact of life. I’d seen my friends ask for credit and then stand，head down，while the store owner ___ whether they were “good for it.” I knew black youths just like me who were ___ like thieves by the store clerk each time they went into a grocery.

My family was ___.We paid our debts. But before harvest，cash was short. Would the store owner ____ us?

At Davis’s store，Buck Davis stood behind the cash desk，talking to a farmer. I nodded ____ I passed him on my way to the hardware shelves. When I brought my ____ to the cash desk，I said ____，“I need to put this on credit.”

The farmer gave me an amused，distrustful ___.But Buck’s face didn’t change. “Sure，” he said ___.“Your daddy is ___ good for it.” He ___ to the other man. “This here is one of James Williams’s sons.”

The farmer nodded in a neighborly __.I was filled with pride. James Williams’s son. Those three words had opened a door to an adult’s respect and trust.

That day I discovered that the good name my parents had ____ brought our whole family the respect of our neighbors. Everyone knew what to ___ from a Williams: a decent person who kept his word and respected himself ____ much to do wrong.

1.A. somethingB．nothingC．anythingD．everything

2.A. andB．soC．butD．for

3.A. pridefulB．wonderfulC．respectfulD．colorful

4.A. intentionB．shadowC．habitD．faith

5.A. thusB．justC．stillD．ever

6.A. guessedB．suspectedC．questionedD．figured

7.A. watchedB．caughtC．dismissedD．accused

8.A. generousB．honestC．friendlyD．modest

9.A. blameB．excuseC．chargeD．trust

10.A. untilB．asC．onceD．since

11.A. purchasesB．salesC．ordersD．favorites

12.A. casuallyB．confidentlyC．cheerfullyD．carefully

13.A. lookB．stareC．responseD．comment

14.A. patientlyB．eagerlyC．easilyD．proudly

15.A. generallyB．neverC．sometimesD．always

16.A. pointedB．repliedC．turnedD．introduced

17.A. senseB．wayC．degreeD．mood

18.A. earnedB．deservedC．givenD．used

19.A .receiveB．expectC．collectD．require

20.A. veryB．soC．howD．too

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.C

6.C

7.A

8.B

9.D

10.B

11.A

12.D

13.A

14.C

15.D

16.C

17.B

18.A

19.B

20.D

【解析】

試題分析：文章大意：本文講述了16歲時(shí)那年，“我”遵父親之命到商店買電線時(shí)所親身體驗(yàn)的一件事情。作為黑人的我深深地感到社會(huì)上存在著種族歧視現(xiàn)象，因?yàn)槲以�目睹我的朋友在賒賬時(shí)受到老板的冷眼相待，但幸運(yùn)的是，老板卻爽快地答應(yīng)了，因?yàn)槲沂?/span>James Williams的兒子。那件事使我明白了：正是父母的誠(chéng)實(shí)、正直才贏得了老板和鄰居們的尊敬。 

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考點(diǎn)：考察人生感悟類短文