Martin is an American boy. He is eight years old. His parents 41 _ five years ago and he is now living with his grandmother in New York.
One morning, Jimmy , one of his classmates, came to his home with an exercises book in his hand. Jimmy lives in a house not far from Martin's. They often go to school together.
Would you help me with this maths problem? Jimmy said as soon as he came into the room. It's too hard for me and I can't work it out.
Let me try, Martin said. I 42 it isn't too hard for me.
Martin tried his best but he couldn't work it out, 43 .
If we had a small puter, all the problems would be 44 for us to doJimmy said.
A small puter . . . , Martin thought for a minute, then he said, I've got an idea. We can 45 one in a shop.
A puter is very 46 , and we don’t have enough money.
That's OK, said Martin. We can ask the new president (总统) 47 some money. He said he would help anyone in trouble. I' m sure he will help us. He is very rich, you know.
So they decided to write a letter to the new president. Soon the letter was finished and they hurried to the post office.
In front of the post office stood a small box. They 48 the letter into the box carefully and went home happily.
The next morning, they 49 the post office on their way to school. They found 50 , the box was not a post box but trash-box (果皮箱).
【小题1】A．have died B．had diedC．diedD．have been death【小题2】A．sureB．thinkC．hopeD．wish【小题3】A．neitherB．eitherC．tooD．also【小题4】A．easy enoughB．enough easyC．difficult enoughD．enough difficult【小题5】A．borrowB．lendC．bringD．buy【小题6】A．expensiveB．cheapC．importantD．useful【小题7】A．toB．forC．aboutD．on【小题8】A．placeB．tookC．droppedD．bring【小题9】A．passedB．pastC．pastedD．passing【小题10】A．with their surpriseB．in their surprise
C．to their surpriseD．of their surpriseC
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(答案→)C
解析：
【小题1】此题考查动词，根据下文提示和奶奶一起生活说明父母去世了，根据时间状语可知用一般过去时。
【小题2】此题考查动词，根据语境可知他希望不会太难，故用hope。
【小题3】此题考查副词，表示也在否定句中要用either。
【小题4】此题考查形容词，根据语境可知若有电脑所有的问题都会很容易。Enough修饰形容词要放在形容词的后面。
【小题5】此题考查动词，根据语境可知他们想到商店去买电脑，故用buy，
【小题6】此题考查形容词，根据下文and we don’t have enough money.可知说明电脑很昂贵。
【小题7】此题考查动词短语ask … for… 表示向某人寻求…
【小题8】此题考查动词短语dropped into表示投入。
【小题9】此题考查动词pass表示经过。
【小题10】此题考查固定短语to one’s surprise表示惊奇的发现。