Back in my country, when I was a child, I used to go to “market day” with my mother. One day each week, farmers used to ___1___ their fruit and vegetables into the city. They ___2___ one street to all cars, and the farmers set up tables for their ___3___. This outdoor market was a great place to ___4___. Everything was fresher than produce in grocery stores because the farmers brought it in ___5___ after the harvest. My mother and I always got there early in the morning to get the ___6___ produce.
The outdoor market was a wonderful adventure for a small child, ___7___ was like a festival — full of colors and ___8___. There are red tomatoes, yellow lemons, green lettuce, peppers, grapes, onions. The farmers did their own ___9___. They all shouted loudly for ___10___ to buy their produce. “Come and buy my beautiful oranges! They’re juicy and delicious and full of vitamins to ___11___ your children healthy and strong!”
Everyone used to ___12___ with the farmers over the ___13___ of their produce. It was like a wonderful drama in a theatre; the buyers and sellers were the “___14___” in this drama. My mother was an ___15___ at this. First, she picked the freshest, most attractive tomatoes, for example. Then she asked the price. The seller told her.
“What?” she said. She looked very surprised. “ So ___16___?”
The seller looked terribly ___17___. “My dear lady!” he replied. “I’m a poor, ___18___ farmer. These are the cheapest tomatoes on the market!”
They always argued for several minutes before agreeing ___19___ a price. My mother took her tomatoes and left. Both buyer and seller were ___20___. The drama was over.
1. A. carry      B. take　　　 C. bring         D. fetch
2. A. opened　       B. closed　　 C. started　　 D. stopped
3. A. produce　     B. goods　　　     C. food　　   D. product
4. A. buy B. sell　　　　     C. bargain　　      D. shop
5. A. hurriedly       B. immediately      C. directly      D. straightly
6. A. best　　 B. finest　　  C. freshest      D. cheapest
7. A. who　    B. that　　　　     C. which　　 D. what
8. A. voices    B. noises　　 C. sounds　    D. accent
9. A. shopping       B. business　　     C. shouting　　     D. advertising
10. A. customers    B. producers　       C. themselves　     D. sellers
11. A. keep　　     B. let      C. except D. make
12. A. argue    B. talk　　　 C. discuss　　       D. speak
13. A. order    B. price　　　      C. quality　    D. form
14. A. viewers B. listeners　  C. actors  D. directors
15. A. actress　      B. inventor　  C. advancer　 D. expert
16. A. wonderful    B. exciting　　      C. cheap　　　     D. expensive
17. A. injured　     B. hurt　　    C. damaged　 D. wounded
18. A. excellent      B. fair　　　 C. honest　　 D. easy
19. A. with     B. to　　　    C. in　　　　       D. on
20. A. disappointed B. encouraged C. satisfied     D. tired
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1. C。take 意為“拿走、帶去”；carry 意為“攜帶、搬運”。fetch 意為“去取來”。前面三詞與句意不符。而bring“帶來、帶來”，表示農(nóng)民把他們生產(chǎn)的水果和蔬菜帶到城市里來。
2. B。close 意為“關(guān)、封閉”。此句表示：這些農(nóng)民封閉一條街，不許車輛通行，作為交易市場。
3. A。produce 意為“農(nóng)產(chǎn)品(尤指水果、蔬菜等)”。
4. D。shop 意為“買東西” (from www.nmet168.com)。
5. B。immediately意為“立即、直接地”。此句表示：農(nóng)民收獲后立即就把農(nóng)產(chǎn)品拿到市場去賣，因此他們的東西比雜貨店的要新鮮。
6. C。freshest 意為“最新鮮的”。與上句中的fresher對應(yīng)，一大早的水果、蔬菜是最新鮮的。
7. C。which引導非限制性定語從句，修飾前面的名詞the outdoor market，說明露天市場像節(jié)日一樣。
8. C。sound可指任何可以聽到的“聲音”。與下文的叫賣聲、討價還價聲相一致。
9. D。advertising 意為“廣告(總稱)”。由上句可知：這些農(nóng)民高聲叫喊是為他們的產(chǎn)品做廣告。
10. A。customer意為“顧客”。農(nóng)民高聲叫賣是為了招來顧客買他們的產(chǎn)品。
11. D。make 意為“使”。句意為：這些橘子果汁豐富、味道好、富含維生素，能使你們的孩子健康強壯。
12. A。argue意為“爭吵”。買東西的常常為了降低價格而與農(nóng)民討價還價，發(fā)生爭吵是常有的事。
13. B。price 意為“價格”，后面也提到價格問題(from www.nmet168.com)。
14. C。actor 意為“演員”。作者把市場交易比作一場戲，那么所有的買東西的人和賣東西的人都是演員。因為他們都充當這曲戲中的一個角色。
15. D。expert意為“專家、能手”。指作者的母親是買東西的能手，會挑選東西，會討價還價。
16. D。expensive意為“價高的、昂貴的”。在討價還價中，買東西的人總是會說“價格太高、太貴”之的類話。
17. B。hurt意為“使痛心”。hurt可指肉體或精神上的傷害。這里指買東西的出價太低而痛心，不指肉體的傷害或損傷，因而其他動詞不宜用(from www.nmet168.com)。
18. C。honest意為“誠實的、老實的”。意即：老實人要的老實價，與后面的these are the cheapest tomatoes on the market 相一致。
19. D。agree on sth表示經(jīng)過討論或協(xié)商后達成一致。這里表示經(jīng)過一番討價還價之后，最終把價格確定下來。
20. C。satisfied意為“滿意的”。只有當價格在買賣雙方都認為合理時，交易才能實現(xiàn)，這時買賣雙方才感到滿意。
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Reaching for a cell phone when it's going off, you're nine times more likely to get into an accident than normally driving," The insurance industry recently held a safety event near Washington for teen drivers．
At first, nineteen-year-old Kevin Schumann easily avoided large, inflatable dolls thrown in front of the car to represent children．He also avoided orange cones representing the edge of the road．Then, as part of the test, he started texting. He hit several cones and at least one doll．
Debbie Pickford from the Allstate Insurance Company said, "Teens are especially at risk from distracted driving—and not just because they lack experience on the roads．What we know from research on teen brain development, is that teens don't really have fully developed brains until they are twenty-five years old. You put those two things together and you get a much, much higher risk.”
小題1:According to the passage, _____is the most likely to lead to a traffic accident while you are driving．
A．texting on the mobile phoneB．reaching for a cell phone．
C．talking on the mobile phoneD．bringing along a cell phone
小題2:A safety event held by insurance industry was meant to _   _.
A．a(chǎn)ttract more teenagers to take part in it
B．draw enough attention to teenagers' distracted driving
C．make more teenagers practice avoiding large barriers
D．encourage more teenagers to pay for insurance protection
小題3:The passage is probably followed by a concluding paragraph about ____．
A．much higher riskB．teen brain developmen
C．experience on the roadsD．measures to be taken t
小題4:Of all the following, which is the best title for the passage?
A．Car Crashes —the Top Killer.
B．Distracted Driving —Let's Avoid!
C．Drunken Driving — Dangerous Enough！
D．Tips on Driving While Calling

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