Question

【題目】Fixing Things

“I didn’t mean to break it!” Jackson shouted to his older brother.

“That was my favorite______!” Carl said.

Jackson walked out of his brother’s room with his head down. Jackson had______stepped on his brother’s watch and had broken the glass. It was Jackson’s mistake for leaving the watch on his bedroom floor. Jackson overly wanted to get the watch fixed for his brother, but he didn’t have any______.

On his way to school the next morning, Jackson noticed an advertisement on a billboard that ______ , “Now hiring(聘用)paper boys.” Jackson wrote down the______, and after school he called the phone number he had written down. The man on the phone said they were in urgent need of paperboys and asked if he could start the next day. Jackson eagerly said yes.

The next day after school, Jackson started his new job as a paperboy. Delivering newspapers was hard work, but after only two weeks, he had enough money to fix his brother’s watch. When Carl wasn’t______, Jackson went into his room very quietly and got the watch and took it to a repairman.

In just two days, the watch was as______as new. Jackson walked into Carl’s room and said, “I have something to show you, Carl.”

“What is it? Did you break something else?” Carl asked.

Jackson held out his hand and watched Carl’s face______up.

“Is this why you got a job, Jackson? Thank you so much!” Carl said as he put his watch on.

Jackson just smiled, glad that he was able to get his brother's watch fixed.

【1】A.watchB.bookC.phoneD.umbrella

【2】A.hopefullyB.accidentallyC.quicklyD.immediately

【3】A.energyB.timeC.moneyD.patience

【4】A.servedB.repliedC.requiredD.stated

【5】A.informationB.conversationC.descriptionD.explanation

【6】A.talkingB.workingC.lookingD.smiling

【7】A.cleanB.slowC.quickD.good

【8】A.raiseB.lightC.clearD.warm

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【4】D

【5】A

【6】C

【7】D

【8】B

【解析】

本文是一篇記敘文，講述了杰克遜不小心踩壞了哥哥卡爾最愛的手表，于是他做了一份兼職，賺到了修表的錢，最后把修好的表還給了哥哥，兩人也和好了。

【1】句意：那是我最喜歡的表！

watch表；book書；phone電話；umbrella傘。根據(jù)后文“Jackson had accidentally stepped on his brother’s watch and had broken the glass”，可知是踩到了表，此處是在說表，故選A。

【2】句意：杰克遜意外踩在了哥哥的表上，踩碎了玻璃。

hopefully懷有希望地；accidentally意外地；quickly快速地；immediately立刻。根據(jù)前文“Jackson walked out of his brother’s room with his head down”，可知他是因?yàn)榈皖^而不小心、意外踩壞的表，故選B。

【3】句意：杰克遜非常想給哥哥把表修好，但是他沒有錢。

energy能量；time時(shí)間；money錢；patience耐心。根據(jù)后文他去找工作賺錢，可知此處是沒錢，故選C。

【4】句意：第二天早晨他去學(xué)校路上，杰克遜看見公告板上有一個(gè)廣告寫著：“聘用送報(bào)員”。

served服務(wù)；replied回復(fù)；required要求；stated陳述。此處表示廣告上的內(nèi)容，應(yīng)該用state，故選D。

【5】句意：杰克遜記下了信息，放學(xué)后他撥打了他記下的號(hào)碼。

information信息；conversation對(duì)話；description描述；explanation解釋。根據(jù)后文“he called the phone number he had written down”，可知是記下了廣告的信息，故選A。

【6】句意：趁卡爾沒看見，杰克遜靜靜地進(jìn)入他的房間拿到了表，拿去給了修表匠。

talking談話；working工作；looking看；smiling微笑。根據(jù)后文“Jackson went into his room very quietly”，可知是趁卡爾沒看見悄悄進(jìn)的房間，故選C。

【7】句意：就兩天時(shí)間，這表就和新的一樣好了。

clean干凈的；slow慢的；quick快的；good好的。根據(jù)前文“took it to a repairman”，可知此處是修好了，故選D。

【8】句意：杰克遜伸出手，看見卡爾的臉色變好了。

raise抬起；light點(diǎn)亮，臉色放光；clear清理；warm溫暖。根據(jù)下文“Thank you so much”，可知他很高興，故選B。