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Henry was a boy of nine. He was born in a         family. His father was often ill and couldn’t go to work. Only his mother worked in a factory. She worked hard and hoped to give her four children and husband         food and clothes. But she failed. Her family was sometimes hungry. Of course, she couldn’t send Henry to school. She was         it but she didn’t know what to do. The boy was very clever and taught himself to read，write and         at home in the evening. And in the daytime he was polishing（擦）shoes in the street, so he could make some         for his family.
One afternoon the boy saw a young man’s shoes were        , so he said to him, “ Let me polish your shoes.”
“No, thank you,” the young man said and walked away.
“You may pay me only one dollar, sir,” the boy shouted         him. But the young man said no again. Then the boy thought for a while and told him that he would polish his shoes for nothing. The young man         to this, and soon one of his shoes was shining brightly. The man showed         shoe to the boy, but the boy said no to polish it if he wasn’t paid two dollars for his work. .The young man refused（拒绝）to         anything on it and went away.
But his shoes were so different that he had to stop. He turned back and gave the boy two dollars. In a very short time the shoe was as bright as the other one.

小题1:

A．happy

B．lucky

C．rich

D．poor

小题2:

A．much

B．little

C．enough

D．many

小题3:

A．afraid of

B．sorry for

C．useful to

D．friendly to

小题4:

A．play

B．swim

C．count

D．sleep

小题5:

A．books

B．clothes

C．shoes

D．money

小题6:

A．dirty

B．clean

C．old

D．new

小题7:

A．under

B．above

C．in front of

D．behind

小题8:

A．liked

B．agreed

C．worried

D．surprised

小题9:

A．other

B．others

C．the other

D．the others

小题10:

A．spend

B．cost

C．pay

D．take

Answer 1

小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:D
小题6:A
小题7:D
小题8:D
小题9:C
小题10:A

小题1:考查形容词及语境的理解。从下文可知，他出世在一个贫穷的家庭。此处应是poor贫穷的。
小题2:考查形容词及语境的理解。She worked hard and hoped to give her four children and husband enough  food and clothes.句子意思，她努力工作并且希望给四个孩子和她的丈夫足够的食物。enough足够的。故选A。
小题3:考查名词及语境的理解。她为此感 到非常对不起孩子，但是她不知道做什么。Be sorry for 因…而感到对不起。故选B。
小题4:考查动词及语境的理解。句子意思， 他晚上自学读书，写字，算数。count算数。可知故选C。
小题5:考查名词及语境的理解。他能够为他的家庭赚钱。make money 赚钱。故选A。
小题6:考查形容词及语境的理解。句子意思，一天下午他看到一个年轻人的鞋是脏的。 故选B。
小题7:考查介词及语境的理解。 句意为：男孩在他后面喊，你可以仅付给我一美元。behind在…后面。故选D。
小题8:考查形容词及语境的理解。 句意为：这个年轻人听到后感到很惊讶。故选B。
小题9:考查代词及语境的理解。指两个中的另一个，用the other. 故选C。
小题10:考查固定短语及语境的理解。spend…on…在…花费…。故选A。