Jody was ten years old when he decided he needed a job. He thought it might be  to keep worms(蟲). He could sell them to farmers. So in    , he bought many worms. But that winter the cold weather killed all the worms because he had not put them in a     place.
The next spring Jody     again. He bought more worms. When winter came, he took them inside so they would stay warm. Many farmers bought his worms.
One day when Jody was twelve, he got   It was from State of New York. The letter said, “Everyone who   things has to pay taxes (稅)!” Jody made only one dollar selling worms. But he still      to pay part of that money to the state. He told many people in his town what had  . A reporter     Jody on TV. Many people saw it and they began to write letters to the state. The letters said that the law was unfair. Finally the law was       . Children like Jody can now sell things without paying taxes to the state.
【小題1】A. boring                B. lucky                C. interesting
【小題2】A. autumn               B. spring                 C. winter
【小題3】A. warm                   B. clean                 C. nice
【小題4】A. tried                   B. waited               C. failed
【小題5】A. a present             B. a letter                C. an e-mail
【小題6】A. buys                    B. sells                     C. feeds
【小題7】A. hoped                 B. wanted                    C. had
【小題8】A. happened             B. appeared               C. followed
【小題9】A. saw                    B. played with              C. reported
【小題10】A. passed               B. changed                   C. moved


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

解析試題分析:短文描述了一名美國的男孩喬迪。在他十歲的時候,他飼養(yǎng)了一些蟲子,經(jīng)歷了第一年的失敗,但是第二年他成功了,并且賣給了農(nóng)民。同時他也收到了政府發(fā)來收稅的信,人們知道這件事之后,向政府提出建議,最后法律進行了改變。
【小題1】考查形容詞及語境的理解。A. boring無聊的;B. lucky幸運的;C. interesting有趣的。聯(lián)系句意:當喬迪決定他要有一份工作的時候,他才10歲。他認為飼養(yǎng)蟲子可能是有趣的。他能賣它們給農(nóng)民。表示事物有趣的,用interesting.故選C。
【小題2】考查名詞及語境的理解。A. autumn秋季;B. spring春季;C. winter冬季。聯(lián)系句意:因此在春天的時候,他買了許多蟲子。但是,那年的冬天,他沒有一個溫暖的地方去放蟲子,所以,冷空氣殺死了所有的蟲子。聯(lián)系下文:他第二年春天又買了許多蟲子,因此本題的時間為春季。故選B。
【小題3】考查形容詞及語境的理解。A. warm溫暖的;B. clean干凈的;C. nice好的。聯(lián)系句意:因此在春天的時候,他買了許多蟲子。但是,那年的冬天,他沒有一個溫暖的地方去放蟲子,所以,冷空氣殺死了所的有蟲子。結合實際冬天冷,蟲子死了,原因是沒有將他們放在一個溫暖的地方。故選A。
【小題4】考查動詞及語境的理解。A. tried盡力;B. waited等;C. failed失敗。聯(lián)系上下文:第二個春天,喬迪又嘗試了一次,他買了更多的蟲子。這一次他終于成功了。聯(lián)系實際為嘗試之意。故選A。
【小題5】考查詞義及語境的理解。A. a present一個禮物;B. a letter一封信;C. an e-mail一封電子郵件。分析句意:當喬迪十二歲時的一天,他收到了一封來自紐約州的信。這封信上說:“每個人賣了東西都要交稅!泵鞔_收到的是一封信。故選B。
【小題6】考查動詞及語境的理解。A. buys買;B. sells出售;C. feeds喂。分析句意:當喬迪十二歲時的一天,他收到了一封來自紐約州的信。這封信上說:“每個人賣了東西都要交稅。”考查定語從句,修飾先行詞everyone,每個人要交稅,什么樣的人呢?是賣東西的人,都要交稅,故選B。
【小題7】考查動詞及語境的理解。A. hoped希望;B. wanted 想要;C. had有。聯(lián)系句意:喬迪只收入了一美元。但是,他不得不向本州交稅。他向城里的許多人講述了發(fā)生的事。一名記者在電視上報道了喬迪的事情。分析考查情態(tài)動詞不得不have to.故選C。
【小題8】考查動詞及語境的理解。A. happened發(fā)生;B. appeared出現(xiàn);C. followed跟隨。聯(lián)系句意:喬迪只收入了一美元。但是,他不得不向本州交稅。他向城里的許多人講述了發(fā)生的事。一名記者在電視上報道了喬迪的事情。分析:表示發(fā)生的內容,發(fā)生happen.故選A。
【小題9】考查動詞及語境的理解。A. saw看;B. played with與……玩;C. reported報道。聯(lián)系句意:喬迪只收入了一美元。但是,他不得不向本州交稅。他向城里的許多人講述了發(fā)生的事。一名記者在電視上報道了喬迪的事情。分析:記者一定是報道了這件事,報道report.故選C。
【小題10】考查動詞及語境的理解。A. passed通過;B. changed改變;C. moved移動。聯(lián)系下文:人們看到了這份報道,向政府提建議。最后,法律被改了。向喬迪這樣的孩子們賣東西不用交稅了?疾楸粍诱Z態(tài)的用法,改變changed.故選B。
考點:社會現(xiàn)象類短文閱讀。

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