Joe wanted a computer. He asked his 1 for the money and they said he must get it himself. But how did he get it? He 2 about this when he walked home. Not many people wanted to ask children to work for them. Maybe he could take away snow for the neighbors （邻居）。 But this was not 3 . He had to wait a long time for that. He couldn’t cut grass for their gardens 4 he had no tools （工具） to do the work with.
Then he saw one of his classmates, Dick, delivering （送） 5 . I could do that, he thought. Maybe I could even get the computer 6 away. I could pay 7 it a little each week. He ran to 8 up with Dick. Joe asked him a lot of questions. He learned that it was 9 to get twenty-five dollars each week. He learned that the job （工作） took 10 three hours each night. Dick 11 him the phone number of the newspaper manager （经理）。
Joe almost flew home. After he had told his mother 12 he thought, she 13 .“I think it is a 14 idea,” she said, “I’ll call the newspaper…”
“Wait, Mum,” Joe said, “I’ll call. After that, I’m going to be a businessman now.”
Joe’s mother smiled 15 .
1. A. teachers B. parents C. classmates D. friends
2. A. said B. told C. thought D. spoke
3. A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter
4. A. because B. when C. while D. after
5. A. newspaper B. bikes C. computers D. tools
6. A. now B. right C. just D. only
7. A. on B. to C. of D. for
8. A. take B. catch C. carry D. get
9. A. friendly B. kind C. possible D. wrong
10. A. at B. about C. before D. after
11. A. taught B. gave C. made D. asked
12. A. that B. when C. what D. where
13. A. smiled B. shouted C. cried D. worried
14. A. big B. large C. great D. bad
15. A. sadly B. happily C. politely D. angrily
名师点评
这篇记叙文讲述了一个母亲巧妙引导孩子依靠自身努力达成目标的故事。Joe向父母要钱买电脑，在父母没有同意并且要求他自己想办法的情况下，他绞尽脑汁，终于想出送报纸挣钱的方法。阅读这篇文章要注意体会Joe的父母教育孩子的这种做法的真正目的，把握上下文提供的信息和词义的差异是解题的关键所在。
答案简析
1. B。根据文章可知，Joe是向他的父母要钱买电脑。
2. C。他在路上边走边想这个问题，。think about sth.是固定搭配，意思是“考虑……”。
3. D。由文意可知：要过很长时间（a long time）以后才能为邻居扫雪挣钱，所以可以推断此时不是冬天（winter）。
4. A。没有工具是他不能为邻居割草的原因，这里为因果关系，所以选because。
5. A。第14题后内容有提示。
6. B。right away意为“立刻，立即”。Joe认为他甚至可以通过每周分期付款的方式“立刻”得到电脑。
7. D。pay for sth. 为固定词组，意为“付……款”。
8. B。catch up with 为固定词组，意为“追上，赶上”。
9. C。it was possible to do sth. 意为“做……是有可能的”。
10. B。每晚“大约”花费三小时，用about。
11. B。因为Dick已经送报纸了，他熟悉报社经理的电话号码，所以他把电话号码“给”了Joe，故选gave。
12. C。这里应选一个连接代词引导宾语从句，同时在从句中作宾语，故选择what。
13. A。根据下文妈妈的言谈可见她很满意，故选择smiled。
14. C。母亲肯定了这是一个好主意，说明这是一个great idea。
15. B。母亲在听到Joe要自己打电话后，非常满意，“开心地”笑了，故选happily。