题文
George and Betty didn’t have much money, but they wanted to buy a car. Betty didn’t have a 36 , so she was always finding ways to save money.
She 37 vegetables in her garden so that she wouldn’t have to buy any. She made sandwiches for George to 38 to work so that he wouldn’t have to buy his lunch.
Every day George took the bus to go to work and go home. It was not a long trip 39 the bus was slow because of the traffic.
One day, the traffic was even 40 than usual.
“I could run faster than this bus!” thought George.
The next day 41 work he decided to have a try. He went to the bus stop but didn’t take the bus. He ran along beside it on the sidewalk. He had to run quite fast to 42 the bus.
He arrived home. Betty was 43 to see him panting (喘气). She was worried. “What’s the matter?” she asked.
“I ran along beside the bus,” said George. “I saved two dollars and fifty cents without paying the fare.” He thought it would make Betty 44 , but it didn’t.
“ 45 didn’t you run beside a taxi?” she said. “You would have saved six dollars!”
小题1:A．work B．job C．child D．house小题2:A．grew B．gave C．bought D．knew小题3:A．make B．carry C．bring D．take小题4:A．or B．and C．but D．so小题5:A．larger B．biggerC．worse D．better小题6:A．after B．beforeC．finished D．began小题7:A．get out ofB．get along withC．come up withD．catch up with小题8:A．excited B．surprised C．interestedD．bored小题9:A．tired B．sad C．clean D．happy小题10:A．When B．What C．Why D．Where
题型：未知 难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:C
小题6:A
小题7:D
小题8:B
小题9:D
小题10:C
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解析
小题1:此题考查名词，根据语境可知Betty没有工作，因此她总是想法设法省钱。
小题2:此题考查动词，种菜要用动词grow，其过去式是grew。
小题3:此题考查动词，把某物带到某处要用动词take
小题4:此题考查连词，表示转折要用but。
小题5:此题考查形容词，根据语境可知要用比较级，故选C。
小题6:此题考查介词，下班后应用after。
小题7:此题考查固定短语，赶上，故用D。
小题8:此题考查固定结构be surprised to do sth表示惊奇的做某事。
小题9:此题考查固定结构make sb +adj表示让某人做某事。
小题10:此题考查固定结构why didn’t do sth表示为什么不做某事。
考点
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人物传记类阅读
人物传记类阅读：
本类型选材主要是名人轶事。
人物传记的叙述线索也常常以时间为序。内容一般不是一个人的生活流水账，而是选取主人公一些重要的人生阶段或生活片段来展开叙述。
阅读时要把握主人公在此阶段发生的事对他本身或他人有什么重要的意义和影响。
