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(2021·濟(jì)南五校聯(lián)考)The Glover kids in Newburgh, New York, want to make a little extra money by themselves before school opens. So, earlier this week, they set up a lemonade stand on the side of the road. 1 was good during the rush hour, at which point some police officers pulled up, and 2 Whitney Glover, mother of the young enterprisers, that some 3 person had called to make complaints about the kids' selling lemonade.
Now, in most stories, that's when the police 4 the stand, telling the kids to take a food handling course, and get a 5 from the related department...Then the children go home completely 6 , for their enterprise is broken. But not in this 7 . The police officers said the kids weren't doing anything wrong, 8 creating a bit of a traffic jam, and their motivation should be 9 .The kids also promised to make 10 to their schedule to avoid traffic problems. After 11 for a photo with the kids, they left. Whitney posted the picture on social media with explanatory words.
The 12 story has created a great deal of local 13 and the lemonade business is now booming. Dozens of customers have 14 for lemonade. “Every single time you buy a glass, children look amazed by the 15 of time and efforts to coins in their hands,” Whitney said.
[語(yǔ)篇解讀] 本文是一篇記敘文。一群孩子擺攤賣檸檬水,有人舉報(bào),警察去了以后并沒(méi)有責(zé)令孩子們撤掉攤位或者處罰他們,而是鼓勵(lì)了他們。
1. A.Progress B.Business
C.Budget D.Purpose
解析:結(jié)合語(yǔ)境可知,在上下班高峰期生意(Business)不錯(cuò)。
答案:B
2. A.demanded B.proposed
C.warned D.informed
解析:根據(jù)下文中的“that some 3 person had called to make complaints about the kids' selling lemonade”可知,警察通知(informed)孩子們的母親,有人投訴孩子們的攤位。
答案:D
3. A.bitter B.generous
C.anxious D.responsible
解析:根據(jù)下文中的“make complaints about the kids' selling lemonade”“creating a bit of a traffic jam”可知,打電話投訴的人對(duì)孩子們?cè)谏舷掳喔叻迤跀[攤感到憤憤不平。bitter在此處表示“憤憤不平的”。
答案:A
4. A.take over B.leave out
C.shut down D.drive away
解析:結(jié)合語(yǔ)境以及下文的“Then the children go home...their enterprise is broken.”可知,通常在這時(shí),警察會(huì)讓孩子們的攤位停止?fàn)I業(yè) (shut down)。take over“接管”;leave out“遺漏,不包括”;drive away“趕跑(某人)”。
答案:C
5. A.course B.permit
C.fund D.record
解析:根據(jù)空后的“from the related department”可知,此處表示告訴孩子們從有關(guān)部門取得一張?jiān)S可證(permit)。
答案:B
6. A.surprised B.frightened
C.depressed D.confused
解析:根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知,(如果)孩子們的生意被迫停業(yè),他們會(huì)很沮喪地回家。depressed“沮喪的”。
答案:C
7. A.context B.case
C.reason D.respect
解析:根據(jù)下文“The police officers said the kids weren't doing anything wrong”可推知,警察并沒(méi)有讓孩子們停止?fàn)I業(yè),所以此處表示上文提到的事在這種情況(case)下并沒(méi)有發(fā)生。
答案:B
8. A.other than B.instead of
C.as for D.due to
解析:除了(other than)造成一點(diǎn)交通擁擠之外,孩子們并沒(méi)有做錯(cuò)什么,而且他們的積極性應(yīng)該受到贊揚(yáng)(celebrated)。
答案:A
9. A.managed B.prevented
C.celebrated D.reflected
解析:參見上題解析。celebrate在此處表示“贊揚(yáng),贊美,歌頌”。manage“管理”;prevent“阻止”;reflect“反映”。
答案:C
10. A.contributions B.differences
C.objections D.adjustments
解析:結(jié)合上文提到的交通擁堵和空后的“their schedule to avoid traffic problems”可知,孩子們承諾會(huì)對(duì)營(yíng)業(yè)時(shí)間作出調(diào)整(adjustments)以避免造成交通問(wèn)題。
答案:D
11. A.posing B.accounting
C.preparing D.searching
解析:根據(jù)下文中的“posted the picture on social media”可知,此處表示警察擺姿勢(shì)(posing)和孩子們合影。pose“(為畫像、攝影)擺好姿勢(shì)”。
答案:A
12. A.refreshing B.moving
C.amusing D.convincing
解析:根據(jù)上文信息可知,這件事跟通常的情況不同,所以說(shuō)這是一個(gè)令人耳目一新的(refreshing)故事。
答案:A
13. A.apology B.change
C.support D.discussion
解析:根據(jù)下文中的“the lemonade business is now booming”可知,孩子們得到了當(dāng)?shù)厝说拇罅χС?span lang="EN-US">(support)。
答案:C
14. A.stood out B.stood by
C.stopped out D.stopped by
解析:人們紛紛順路過(guò)來(lái)買檸檬水。stand out“出色,杰出,更為重要”;stand by“袖手旁觀”;stop out“夜里很晚不回家”;stop by“順便拜訪,順路探望”。
答案:D
15. A.transformation B.devotion
C.attachment D.supplement
解析:結(jié)合語(yǔ)境可知,此處表示孩子們看到自己的時(shí)間和努力轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)槭种械挠矌藕荏@喜。transformation“轉(zhuǎn)變”。
答案:A