完型填空（共20题，每小题1．5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
One winter morning I bought a copy of the New York World and turned its pages until I got The Help Wanted Unskilled section．A small advertisement held my 36 ．It read：Easy job．Good wages．No experience 37 ．it sounded like the job I was 38 ．Easy job．Good Wages．Those four words 39 now and then in my brain as I was traveling to the address indicated in the 40 ．Easy job．Good wages．Easy job．Good Wages．Easy．．．
When I got to the place I saw a series of large 41 half filled with water, out of which I noticed 42 the necks of many bottles of various sizes and shapes． 43 these basins there were a number of workers sitting on small wooden benches．All had their 44 in the water of the basin．the left hand holding a 45 and the thumb（拇指）nail of the right hand 46 the labels（标签）on it．
I Sat down On a 47 beside one of the basins and started to work on one bottle．As the minutes went by I noticed that the 48 0f the water started to 49 from my hand to my body．But 50 still, the delicate thumb of my right hand was 51 by the minute into a full-blown tomato-colored finger．A numb（麻木）pain began to be felt 52 from my right thumb．Then I began to feel as if the pain was ing from a finger bigger than all my body．After three hours of this I told the manager I’d 53 ．He figured I had 54 69 cents at 23 cents an hour．
With the money, I left the working place．Easy job．Good wages．．．．came to my brain again．Looking at my hands, I 55 myself, Can easy job get good wages?
【小题1】A．eyes B．attention C．decision D．breath【小题2】A．necessary B．relevant C．practicalD．primitive【小题3】A．running afterB．looking for C．heading forD．looking after【小题4】A．circled B．moved C．flashedD．attacked【小题5】A．letterB．sign C．advertisement D．post【小题6】A．baskets B．bowls C．pots D．basins【小题7】A．hidingB．sticking C．rising D．breaking【小题8】A．InB．Above C．Under D．Around【小题9】A．arms B．hands C．legs D．feet【小题10】A．knife B．snail C．bottle D．brush【小题11】A．painting B．decorating C．refreshing D．scratching【小题12】A．chair B．bench C．bottle D．sofa【小题13】A．smell B．coldness C．color D．steam【小题14】A．spreadB．travel C．recycleD．accelerate【小题15】A．worse B．better C．more D．rather【小题16】A．going B．findingC．growingD．being【小题17】A．now and thenB．here and thereC．one by one D．little by little【小题18】A．adapt B．negotiate C．bargainD．quit【小题19】A．taken B．offeredC．earned D．created【小题20】A．thought B．asked C．found D．hatedB
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(答案→)B
解析：
【小题1】一则广告引起了“我”的注意。
【小题2】这份工作不需要经验。其他选项不符合语境。
【小题3】look for表示“寻找”,即这似乎正是“我”正在找的工作：容易做,高报酬。
run after表示“追求,追踪”；head for表示“动身前往”；look after表示“照顾”。
【小题4】flash表示“闪现,掠过”,即广告中说的这四个词不停地在“我”的头脑中闪现。
【小题5】广告中说的那个地址,本段第二句话有提示。
【小题6】根据8小题后面的basins可知本题答案。
【小题7】sticking表示“竖立着”,即看到水盆里有瓶脖子竖立着。sticking作宾语补足语,被放在了宾语the necks of many bottles of various sizes and shapes的前面。
【小题8】工人们在水盆周围的凳子上坐着干活。
【小题9】由空后的“left hand”“right hand”可知选B。用手在水池中刷瓶子,刮掉上面的标签。
【小题10】根据下面一段第一句话中的bottle可知答案。即左手拿着瓶子,右手刮上面的
标签。
【小题11】scratch表示“刮,擦”,符合语境：刮掉瓶子上面的标签。paint表示“油漆,
粉刷”；decorate表示“装饰”；refresh表示“更新,刷新”,均不符合语境。
【小题12】根据8空所在的句子可知,工人们是坐在盆子周围的凳子上干活的,因此选B。
【小题13】根据文章第一句话可知,故事发生在冬天,因此肯定是很冷的。因此,B项合理。
【小题14】spread表示“蔓延,传播”,即冰冷的感觉从手蔓延到全身。
【小题15】worse still是固定短语,意思是“更糟糕的是”,符合题意。
【小题16】grow与后面的into构成固定搭配,意思是“变成……的样子”。这句话的大意
是：我的手渐渐变成了熟透了的马铃薯的颜色,即冻成了紫红色。
【小题17】little by little意思是“渐渐地”,符合语境：一阵麻木的疼痛渐渐从我右手的拇指传来。now and then意思是“不时地”；here and there意思是“到处”；one by one
意思是“一个接着一个地”。
【小题18】quit表示“放弃；离开；停止”。由于水太冷了,作者的手被冻得受不了,因此
他要求停止工作。下一段第一句有提示。
【小题19】用earned表示“赚得,挣得”。他算出“我”挣了69分钱。
【小题20】看着“我”的手,“我”不禁问自己：“容易干的工作能得到高报酬吗？”