小学+初中+高中+努力=大学 put around 意为“传播”。
38.答案A
【解析】由本句中I was ready可以推断出：我母亲认为当我准备好的时候，我才会学，此处只有when符合语境。故选A项。
39.答案C。
【解析】由本句中But及never可知，这里强调的是：我学习汉字的时间从来没有来过。故选C项。
40.答案C。
【解析】由本句中的confused可知，当叔叔跟我讲汉语的时候，我困惑了，不明白了。因此我只能用我的眼睛盯着我的叔叔看。A项意为“瞄准”；B项意为“开玩笑”；C项意为“点头”；D项意为“注视，瞪着眼睛看”。只有D项符合语境，其余三项不符合，排除
41.答案B。
【解析】A项意为“关心”；B项意为“嘲笑”；C项意为“与……争论”；D项意为“问候，问安”。由本句中You can’t even buy a fish in Chinatown可以推断出，叔叔是在嘲笑我。故选B项
42. 答案A。
【解析】由本句中I’ll get some___ with or without Chinese.及联系下段可知，我想证明给我的叔叔看，我现在就能去唐人街买到鱼。right now意为“现在，立即”，符合语境。故选A项
43. 答案B。
【解析】由下段中母亲说话的内容可知：我希望征得母亲让我去卖鱼。A项意为“决定”；B项意为“许可”；C项意为“信息”；D项意为“准备”。由语境可知，应为母亲的许可比较合适，其余三项与语境不符，排除。
44. 答案A。
【解析】由上句母亲话中的Xin Xian Yu及我没有学习汉语可以推断出：我为了防止忘掉要买的东西的名字，而不断重复着母亲的话。故选A项。
45. 答案B。
【解析】A项意为“农场”；B项意为“货摊”；C项意为“池塘”；D项意为“集市，市场”分析句子结构可知：我发现鱼摊被很多顾客围着。故选B项
46. 答案D。 小学+初中+高中+努力=大学
小学+初中+高中+努力=大学
【解析】由第二段中You can’t even buy a fish in Chinatown及本句中turned to serve the next customer可知，这个卖鱼人没有在意我说的话，即无视，不理睬。只有D项符合句意 47. 答案C
【解析】本句中The laugh of the people behind increased表明我身后的人因为失去耐心而开始。
笑起来。with impatience意为“因为不耐烦”。故选C项。 48. 答案A。
【解析】由本段的第三句中turned to serve the next customer及本句中the breath of the dragon on my back grew stronger可知，当我再一次问的时候，我生气了。second表示“在一”的意思。故选A项
49. 答案A。
【解析】由本句中my blood boiling可知，我被激怒了，因此我强迫自己大声喊出我要买的东西。B、C、D三项不符合作者当时的心情，故排除。
50. 答案D。
【解析】由上句中The crowd erupted into laughter可知，因为我说错了汉语而引来了大家的哄堂大笑，这让我十分难堪，故我的脸变红了。因此答案为D。
51. 答案C。
【解析】上段中母亲让我买Xin Xian Yu及由本句中expect for the $20 bill可知，我没有买到鱼，而是空着手回家的。故选C项
52. 答案B。
【解析】由本段中They’re Chinese. I’m Chinese可知，同为中国人，我应该感到自在、自如才对。这与后面的Instead , I was the joke……形成对比。故选B项。
53. 答案D。
【解析】A项意为“交易，买卖”；B项意为“行动，所做之事”；C项意为“挑战”；D项意为“发生的事（常指小事）”。由本句中I laugh at可知，作者时常以自己买鱼的那件小事自嘲。故答案为D项
54. 答案C。
【解析】分析句意可知，这里作者以买鱼这件小事自嘲，当然自嘲的对象是作者本人。因此C项符合语境。 小学+初中+高中+努力=大学
小学+初中+高中+努力=大学
55. 答案B。
【解析】分析句子结构可知，该空应与fading away意思相近。A项意为“被扔掉”；B项意为“被丢失”；C项意为“被分开”；D项意为“被反映的”。因此B项符合语境和句意
完形填空填空练习
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。
James’s New Bicycle
James shook his money box again. Nothing! He carefully _1__ the coins that lay on the bed. $24.52 was all that he had. The bicycle he wanted was at least $90! __2_ on earth was he going to get the __3_ of the money?
He knew that his friends all had bicycles. It was _4__ to hang around with people when you were the only one without wheels. He thought about what he could do. There was no __5_ asking his parents, for he knew they had no money to 6 _.
There was only one way to get money, and that was to __7__ it. He would have to find a job. __8_ who would hire him and what could he do? He decided to ask Mr. Clay for advice, who usually had _9_ on most things.
“Well, you can start right here,” said Mr. Clay. “My windows need cleaning and my car needs washing.”
That was the __10__ of James’s odd-job（零工） business. For three months he worked every day after finishing his homework. He was amazed by the __11__ of jobs that people found for him to do. He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards, and mended books. He lost count of the __12_ of cars he washed and windows he cleaned, but the __13__ increased and he knew that he would soon have __14__ for the bicycle he longed for.
The day __15__ came when James counted his money and found $94.32. He __16_ no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted. He rode __17__ home, looking forward to showing his new bicycle to his friends. It had been hard __18_ for the money, but James knew that he valued his bicycle far more _19__ he had bought it with his own money. He had _20__what he thought was impossible, and that was worth even more than the bicycle. 小学+初中+高中+努力=大学
小学+初中+高中+努力=大学
( ) 1. A. cleaned B. covered C. counted D. checked ( ) 2. A. How B. Why C. Who D. What ( ) 3. A. amount B. part C. sum D. rest ( ) 4. A. brave B. hard C. smart D. unfair ( ) 5. A. point B. reason C. result D. right ( ) 6. A. split B. spend C. spare D. save ( ) 7. A. borrow B. earn C. raise D. collect ( ) 8. A. Or B. So C. For D. But
( ) 9. A. decisions B. experience C. opinions D. knowledge ( ) 10. A. beginning B. introduction C. requirement D. opening ( ) 11. A. similarity B. quality C. suitability D. variety ( ) 12. A. brand B. number C. size D. type ( ) 13. A. effort B. pressure C. money D. trouble ( ) 14. A. all B. enough C. much D. some
( ) 15. A. finally B. instantly C. normally D. regularly ( ) 16. A. gave B. left C. took D. wasted ( ) 17. A. patiently B. proudly C. silently D. tiredly ( ) 18. A. applying B. asking C. looking D. working ( ) 19. A. since B. if C. than D. though ( ) 20. A. deserved B. benefited C. achieved D. learned
36.C。 为了买自行车，作者在数自己的钱。count数符合题意。 37.A. 表示方式，他到底怎么样才能得到购买自行车的其余的钱呢？ 38.D。 作者已经有了24.52美元，在这里用rest指购买自行车的其余的钱。 39.B。 作者的朋友都有自行车，这样的话他和他们一起出去的话就会觉得很难。 40.A。 句型：there be no point in doing sth,做什么是没有意义的。
41.C. 作者知道自己的父母抽不出任何钱让他去买自行车。spare sb. sth,给某人抽出某种
42.B。 作者认识到实现自己梦想的唯一方式是自己挣钱。earn挣钱；collect收集，筹集；raise筹集。所以正确答案为B东西，该物多为时间或金钱。
43.D。 上下文是转折关系，虽然他知道要自己挣钱，但是谁会雇佣他呢？ 小学+初中+高中+努力=大学