When I was about 13, my father would take me on short outings on Saturdays. On the way ho

When I was about 13, my father would take me on short outings on Saturdays. On the way home, Dad stopped at the Dairy Queen for lO-cent ice creams. I couldn't it, but I could pray from the we started heading home to that comer where we would either go straight for the ice cream or and go home empty-handed. That corner either mouth-watering excitement or .On one special day, we were heading home, and again I was praying for the sound of his offer ,It ,”Would you like an ice cream today?” That sounds great, Dad!” But then he said,” How would you like to today?”
Twenty cents! My mind reeled(震惊),I could afford it,I got a weekly allowance of 25cents ,plus some for odd jobs. But it wsa my money ,ice cream wasn’t a good use of it ,In a fit of ,I said ,”well ,in that case,I guess I’ll ,”My father just said,” Okay, Son,”
But sa we headed home ,I realized how wrong I was and begged him to .But he just said,” That’s okay ,we don’t really need one.” I felt for my selfishness and ungratefully see. He didn’t mind, or act disappointed.
I that generosity(慷慨) goes two ways and gratefulness sometimes costs more than” thank you”. On that day gratefulness would have cost 20 cents and it would have been the ice cream I’d ever had.
I’ll tell you one more thing. We another trip the next week. As we the center. I said,” Dad, would you like an ice cream today? My treat.”
【小题1】A．frequentlyB．neverC．hardlyD．strangely【小题2】A．mentionB．expectC．waitD．get【小题3】A．monthB．dayC．weekendD．moment【小题4】A．finishB．driveC．turnD．return【小题5】A．indicatedB．suggestedC．instructedD．meant【小题6】A．angerB．shameC．disappointmentD．happiness【小题7】A．funnyB．surprisingC．interestingD．beautiful【小题8】A.spoke B,went C.came D.flew
【小题9】A．treatB．serveC．buyD．provide【小题10】A．limitedB．extraC．littleD．easy【小题11】A．afterB．whileC．althoughD．when【小题12】A．sadnessB．regretC．curiosityD．selfishness【小题13】A．passB．acceptC．payD．eat【小题14】A．keep upB．turn backC．stop byD．give in【小题15】A．awfulB．unsatisfied C．frightenedD．crazy【小题16】A．neverB．knewC．evenD．somehow【小题17】A．lernedB．knewC．acknowledgedD．fund【小题18】A．dearestB．worstC．cheapestD．best【小题19】A．made outB．prepared forC．went onD．took up【小题20】A．crossedB．approachedC．leftD．sawA

(答案→)A 解析：文章讲述了作者和父亲经常在回家的路上买冰淇淋的故事。有一次爸爸想让儿子买冰淇淋，但儿子舍不得买就拒绝了，爸爸没在意但儿子很后悔，在下一次的旅行时儿子下定决心要给父亲买冰淇淋。【小题1】根据文章中上句中的often和第二段开头一句中的again可以判断出我们经常停下来买冰淇淋，. A.frequently经常地，频繁地 B.never 从来不 C.hardly几乎不 D.strangely奇怪地，所以A正确。【小题2】根据文章句意可知，我作为孩子渴望得到冰淇淋.A.mention 提到 B.expect期待 C.wait等待 D.get 得到，根据句意所以B正确。【小题3】根据上下文可以知道，从我们开始往家赶的那一刻，我就开始祈祷希望能够得到，所以D正确。【小题4】根据上文either go straight for the ice cream和下文and go home empty-handed.可知，我们或者之间去买冰淇淋，或者空手而回，A. finish完成 B. drive开车 C .turn 转弯，掉头 D. return回来，所以C正确。【小题5】根据上下文和常识可以知道，在这里我可以得到美味的冰淇淋，所以这个拐角意味着快乐或失望，A. indicated 表明 B. suggested 建议，表明 C .instructed 介绍 D. meant意味着，所以D正确。【小题6】 根据mouth-watering excitement和文章意思：得到冰淇淋我会快乐，否则我会失望，A. anger生气 B .shame羞愧 C. disappointment失望 D. happiness快乐，所以C正确【小题7】根据文章意思，我希望听到父亲主动提出买冰淇淋，对于一个孩子来说，这样的声音是美好的.A. funny滑稽的 B. surprising令人惊讶的 C .interesting有趣的 D. beautiful美好的，所以D正确【小题8】.根据上下文可以知道我期盼的声音终于来了，A. spoke 说B, went 去 C. came 来 D .flew 飞，所以C正确【小题9】根据文章结尾出的treat，父亲这次让我出钱请客，.A. treat 请客B. serve 为 。。。服务C. buy 买 D. provide提供 ,所以A正确。【小题10】根据文章意思和plus可知，我每周除了得到25美分，而且干零活得到额外的钱，A.limited有限的 B.extra 额外的 C.little几乎没有 D.easy容易的，所以B正确。【小题11】根据文章意思，虽然我有足够的钱，当当让我买冰淇淋时我有点舍不得，.A.after在。。之后 B.while当。。。的时候（只表时间段） C.although尽管，虽然 D.when当。。。时候（既表时间点又可以表时间段），在本句中表时间点，所以D正确。【小题12】根据上下文可知，我是出于自私而放弃了请客吃冰淇淋的念头.A.sadness 伤心B.regret 遗憾 C.curiosity 好奇心 D.selfishness自私，所以D正确。【小题13】根据文章意思，我既然不愿意请客吃冰淇淋，就只好放弃了，.A.pass 过，免掉 B .accept接受 C.pay付钱 D.eat 吃，所以A正确。【小题14】上文提到realize how wrong I was ,所以后悔我的自私，从而央求父亲调转车头A.keep up 坚持 B.turn back掉头 C.stop by 顺便 D.give in 屈服，让步，所以B正确。【小题15】根据上文父亲对我的回答可知，他实际上委婉地拒绝了我的恳请，所以我感到懊恼A.awful 懊恼 B.unsatisfied不满意C.frightened感到害怕的 D.crazy疯狂的，所以A正确。【小题16】.根据文章意思父亲对我的行为并不介意，甚至没有失望，A.never 从来不 B.knew 知道 C.even甚至 D.somehow不知道怎么地，所以C正确。【小题17】根据文章意思，我通过此事意识到慷慨是双向的A.lerned了解 B.knew知道 C.acknowledged承认 D.fund 找到，所以A正确。【小题18】根据文章意思，我在想：如果我当时请客吃了冰淇淋，将是我对父亲多年来的回报，也是我所吃到的最好的冰淇淋，A.dearest最亲的 B.worst 最差的 C.cheapes最便宜的D.best最后的，所以D正确。【小题19】我们下周将去旅行，根据后面关键词trip，A.made out 辨认 B.prepared for为。。做准备 C.went on D.took up开始从事，went on 和trip构成固定短：go on a trip ,所以C正确。【小题20】根据上下文可知，我已经做错了一次，当再次出游时，到拐角处我就主动提出请客，.A.crossed 横越 B.approached 临近，接近 C.left 离开 D.saw看见，根据宾语是corner，是快到即接近角落时，所以B正确。

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