One summer day when I was in high school, my father sent me to buy some tools for our farm. I loved ___31____ better than driving our family truck to do something. But this time I was not so happy___32___ my father had told me I would have to ask for credit ( 赊账) at the store.
___33_____ is a proud age. The young men at that age want respect (尊重) but not charity. I had seen many times that my friends were ___34____ when they asked for credit. We lived in a poor village,___35_____ was needed seriously I knew clearly how difficult it might be to make the store owner believe me and get the credit.
At Dali’s Brothers store. Buck Davi was talking to a farmer. After I finished ___36_____ the things I wanted, I walked to him. “I need to put these on credit,”I said to him ____37____.
The farmer gave me a ___38_____look. But Buck’s face didn’t change in the slightest. “No problem,” he said in a relaxing voice, “ I believe your daddy will____39____them in time. " Then he turned to the farmer, This boy is Jame William’s son.”
The farmer nodded to me in a friendly way. At that time. I___40_____pride. Jame William’s Son, these three___41____ opened a door to an adult’s respect and trust.
That day I___42____ that a good name was of great importance. My father’s good name had won our neighbors’ respect for our family. A good name, and the responsibility (责任) that came with ____43_____ encouraged us a lot. They made us be___44______ than we might be. We also wanted to be regarded as good people. __45__ acting like good people for a long time, we became good out of good habits.
小题1:A. something B. anything C. nothing
小题2:A. because B. while C. unless
小题3:A. Six B. Sixteen C. Sixty
小题4: A. influenced B. cheered C. refused
小题5:A. health B. money C. freedom
小题6:A. choose B. choosing C. to cheese
小题7:A. carefully B. angrily C. easily
小题8:A. pleasant B. kind C. strange
小题9: A. care for B. pay for C. look for
小题10: A. was full of B. was surprised at C. was famous for
小题11: A. letters B. words C. sentences
小题12:A. discover B. discovered C. have discovered
小题13:A. it B. him C. them
小题14: A. better B. stronger C. cleverer
小题15:A. With B. For C. By
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小题1: C 根据句意可知我最喜欢开我们的卡车去做事了。Nothing为否定的意思。因此选C。
小题1: A 根据句意这时我感到不高兴因为我爸爸已经告诉我必须去赊账，前后表示因果关系，因此选A。
小题1: B 根据文章第一句One summer day when I was in high school可推测读高中的年龄为16岁。
小题1: C influence 意为“影响”，cheer意为“欢呼”，refuse意为“拒绝”。根据句意可知选C。
小题1: B 根据上下文可知钱是非常需要的。因此选B。
小题1: B finish 后接动名词作宾语。Finish doing 意为“结束做某事”。
小题1: A 根据此时作者的心情可知“我小心的对他说”。因此选A。
小题1: C 根据下文“但是布克的脸一点也没有变”，可推测上文“农民给我奇怪的眼神”。
小题1: B care for 意为“关心” pay for意为“付款”， look for 意为“寻找”。根据句意可知“我相信你爸爸将及时付钱的”。可知选B。
小题1: A 根据句意“在那时我充满了骄傲”，充满应该用be full of.
小题1: B 上文为三个单词，因此选B。
小题1: B 根据上下文可知用一般过去时。因此选B。
小题1: A a good name用it 代替。故选A。
小题1: A 根据句意“他们使我们比我们可能的更好。”可知选A。
小题1: C 根据句意“通过长时间像好人一样表现，我们有了良好的习惯”。By 意为“通过”表示方式。