Question

An old man who lived in a small street in the city of Mumbai had to put up with 1.

nuisance (煩心事) of having boys play cricket（板球）outside his house at night.

One evening when the boys were particularly noisy, he went out to talk to them. He explained that the 2. (happy) time these days was when he could see or hear boys playing his favorite game, cricket. He said he would give them 25 rupees each week to play in the street at night.

The boys 3. (thrill). They were being paid to do something they enjoyed! 4. the end of the first week they knocked at the old man's door and asked him to pay for 5. ，and so he did.

The second week when they asked for 6.(pay), he said he had run out of money and sent them away with only 15 rupees. The third week the man said he had not received his pension（養(yǎng)老金）, only 7. (give) them only 10 rupees. The boys were very disappointed,

8. there was not much they could do about it .The fourth week the man said he could not afford to pay them 25 rupees 9. he had promised，but would give them 5 rupees each week without fail.

This was too much for the boys. “You expect us to play seven days a week 10. a merely 5 rupees!” they yelled. “Go to blazes.” They stormed away and never played on the street again.

 

Answer 1

1.the

2.happiest

3.were thrilled

4.At

5.it

6.payment

7.to give

8.but

9.as

10.for

【解析】

試題分析：文章大意：本文講述了一位老人為了居住一個安寧的環(huán)境，運用計謀讓附近小男孩不再在夜晚打板球。

1.考查冠詞。這里是特指的心煩事，故用定冠詞the。Mumbai不得不忍受一些男孩在夜晚打板球的心煩事。

2.2】考查形容詞最高級。這里用形容詞的最高級形式。句意：他解釋說這些日子最快樂的時光。

3.3】考查形容詞。thrill為動詞，這里要轉換為形容詞。句意：男孩子們很激動。

4.4】考查介詞。這里考查固定短語搭配：at the end of在…….末。句意：在一個周末，他們敲開了老人的門。

5.5】考查代詞。這里用代詞it代指上文所指的報酬。句意：要求他支付報酬，他給了。

6.6】考查名詞。這里將動詞轉換為名詞。句意：第二周，當他們要求支付的時候。

7.7】考查不定式。only to do表示“意想不到的結果”。句意：結果只給了10盧比。

8.8】考查連詞。這里前后句之間為轉折關系，故用轉折連詞but。句意：男孩們很失望，但他們沒有在乎多少。

9.9】考查連詞。as 在這里引導一個方式狀語從句，意思是：按照先前承諾的那樣。

10.0】考查介詞。這里for表示“為了”。句意：只為了這5盧比，你希望我們玩一個星期7天。

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