阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 James’s New Bicycle James shook his money box again. Nothing! He carefully __36__ the coins that lay on the bed. $24.52 was all that he had. The bicycle he wanted was at least $90! __37__ on earth was he going to get the __38__ of the money? He knew that his friends all had bicycles. It was __39__ to hang around with people when you were the only one without wheels. He thought about what he could do. There was no __40__ asking his parents, for he knew they had no money to __41__. There was only one way to get money, and that was to __42__ it. He would have to find a job. __43__ who would hire him and what could he do? He decided to ask Mr. Clay for advice, who usually had __44__ on most things. “Well, you can start right here,”said Mr. Clay. “My windows need cleaning and my car needs washing.” That was the __45__ of James’s odd-job(零工) business. For three months he worked every day after finishing his homework. He was amazed by the __46__ of jobs that people found for him to do. He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards, and mended books. He lost count of the __47__ of cars he washed and windows he cleaned, but the __48__ increased and he knew that he would soon have __49__ for the bicycle he longed for. The day __50__ came when James counted his money and found $94.32. He __51__ no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted. He rode __52__ home, looking forward to showing his new bicycle to his friends. It had been hard __53__ for the money, but James knew that he valued his bicycle far more __54__ he had bought it with his own money. He had __55__what he thought was impossible, and that was worth even more than the bicycle.
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小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:B
小题5:A
小题6:C
小题7:B
小题8:D
小题9:C
小题10:A
小题11:D
小题12:B
小题13:C
小题14:B
小题15:A
小题16:D
小题17:B
小题18:D
小题19:A
小题20:C
小题1:从整体内容看James为了买自己渴望已久的自行车，父母没钱，自己攒的钱不够，然后靠打零工挣钱，最后买了自行车。此处的---the coins，应该是数钱，下文最后一段50空后由出现了它和count的搭配，故选C。
小题2:从上文创设的语境来看，此处应该是他将怎样/如何弄到其他的钱，选A符合。
小题3:按照上文内容他已经有了$24.52，但自行车的价格是at least $90，因此此处应该是其他的，其余的意思，故选D.
小题4:上句意思是其他人都有了自行车，在和有自行车的人一起闲逛时自己是不幸的。D项unfair“不公平”不和句意；B项hard“不幸”的意思吻合语境，故选B。
小题5:从下句for he knew they had no money来看，他的父母没钱，找他们要就毫无意义。此处B理由；C结果；D权力；A point “意义、用处”，用在there is no point in doing sth.句型里边，表示在做某事方面毫无意义，故选A
小题6:A split劈开、裂开；均分；B spend花费; D save 节省；C spare 均出，匀出；符合句意，选C。
小题7:前面提到，自己没有攒够买自行车的钱，父母也不能给钱，兼顾下文内容唯一得到钱的办法应该是自己去赚钱，earn赚得，挣到的意思，故选B.
小题8:从下句---who would hire him and what could he do?可以看出此处表转折，意思为但是----；故选D。
小题9:由前面的关键词for advice，who引导的定语从句介绍说明Mr. Clay的情况，及下句“Well, you can start right here,”课推知此处为“主张、建议”的意思，故选C。
小题10:由上句的关键词start，此处的James’s odd-job(零工) business，推知是“开始的”意思，故选A。
小题11:由46空下行可知他做了各种各样的零工，此处similarity类似；quality质量；suitability合适均不和句意；而D variety”各种、各样”符合句意，故选D。
小题12:此处关键词count 应该与数目搭配表示他数不清------；brand 品种，商标；size 尺寸，大小；type类型，型号均不能喝count搭配；number数目符合，故选B。
小题13:按照生活常识此处应该是钱的增加。故选C。
小题14:上句意思是钱在增加，此处显然是他知道挣得的钱快够了，enough“足够的”符号句意。
小题15:既然是The day----came when James counted his money and found $94.32.，显然此处应该是那一天的最后来临，表示他盼望的急切心情，finally最后，终于符合语境。故选A
小题16:此处语境应该是他迫切的等到了这一天，当然不会浪费时间，而赶快去买自行车，故选D符合语境和James的心情。
小题17:用自己打零工攒的钱买来的自行车，骑着回家，由“showing his new bicycle---”可以看出他当然自豪啦，故选B符合语境。
小题18:此处讲他买自行车的钱来之不易，按照整体内容来看是打零工赚来的，所以D符合句意。
小题19:由he valued his bicycle far more.可以看出他珍惜他的自行车是因为用自己的钱买的。只有A since“既然，由于”有此意，故选A。
小题20:此处应该是“完成、取得、达到（目的）”之意。deserve值得；benefit受益；learn学会，学习均不和句意，只有achieve符合，故选C. 达到（目的）的意思。