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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(答案→)C
解析：
【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。