Question

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

nuisance (烦心事) 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（养老金）, 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】

试题分析：文章大意：本文讲述了一位老人为了居住一个安宁的环境，运用计谋让附近小男孩不再在夜晚打板球。

1.考查冠词。这里是特指的心烦事，故用定冠词the。Mumbai不得不忍受一些男孩在夜晚打板球的心烦事。

2.2】考查形容词最高级。这里用形容词的最高级形式。句意：他解释说这些日子最快乐的时光。

3.3】考查形容词。thrill为动词，这里要转换为形容词。句意：男孩子们很激动。

4.4】考查介词。这里考查固定短语搭配：at the end of在…….末。句意：在一个周末，他们敲开了老人的门。

5.5】考查代词。这里用代词it代指上文所指的报酬。句意：要求他支付报酬，他给了。

6.6】考查名词。这里将动词转换为名词。句意：第二周，当他们要求支付的时候。

7.7】考查不定式。only to do表示“意想不到的结果”。句意：结果只给了10卢比。

8.8】考查连词。这里前后句之间为转折关系，故用转折连词but。句意：男孩们很失望，但他们没有在乎多少。

9.9】考查连词。as 在这里引导一个方式状语从句，意思是：按照先前承诺的那样。

10.0】考查介词。这里for表示“为了”。句意：只为了这5卢比，你希望我们玩一个星期7天。

考点：考查记叙文阅读