Jack is a little schoolboy. He lives in a small town in England. His father works in a factory in London. One day his mother 1 him to post a letter to his father.
Jack walked down the street. He didn’t see a letter box on the street. But he really 2 a basket with a sign on it. The sign said, “PUT LITTER IN THIS BASKET”. “I can read,” thought Jack, but he couldn’t 3 the word “letter” right.
Jack dropped the letter in the basket. Then he ran 4 to tell his mother about the basket.
“Oh, no, child!” said his mother, “You put the letter in a basket. That litter basket is 5 old paper and other useless things.”
“Oh,”said Jack,“does the 6 on the basket mean that?”
“Yes, it does,”said his mother,“The word is‘litter’not‘letter’. Now get the letter and post it.”
When Jack got there, a man was putting the old 7 in a truck.
“Stop!”shouted Jack, and he began to tell the man about the letter.
The man helped him to look for the letter. After a while they 8 it.
Then Jack put the 9 in the letter box. He said,“ 10 don’t they tell us all the words when we first go to school? Then things like that can’t happen.”
【小题1】A．saidB．toldC．spokeD．talked【小题2】A．sawB．tookC．broughtD．watched【小题3】A．readB．lookC．spellD．give【小题4】A．awayB．outC．inD．from,【小题5】A．toB．onC．withD．for【小题6】A．letterB．wordC．sentenceD．sound【小题7】A．litterB．basketC．boxD．paper【小题8】A．heardB．finishedC．workedD．got【小题9】A．paperB．basketC．singD．letter【小题10】A．HowB．WhatC．WhyD．WhenB
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(答案→)B
解析：
【小题1】词义辨析。A. 说B.告诉C. 说某种语言D. 谈话。故选B，最符合语境。一天他母亲告诉他寄一封信给他的父亲。
【小题2】结合上文He didn’t see a letter box on the street.及下文The sign said,可知他看到了一个有标记的篮筐，故选A。
【小题3】根据上文I can read,” thought Jack, but he couldn’t可知他不会读这个单词，故选A。
【小题4】上文叙述的是他来寄信，故现在应该离开，选A，离去。
【小题5】介词辨析，to表示动作的方向，目的；on表示在……上面；with表示用某种工具，伴随状况等；for表示动作原因目的等。根据题意，那个废物筐是用来收集旧报纸和其它没有的东西的。选D。
【小题6】通过前文可知篮子上写的是句子，故选C。
【小题7】上文提到这个废物筐是用来收旧报纸的，故选D，旧报纸。
【小题8】根据上文他们开始寻找这封信，通过下文可知他们找到了这封信，故选D，得到。
【小题9】上文提到这是一封信，故选D。
【小题10】根据上下文可知要表达的句意为，当我们刚上学时，为什么他们不告诉我们所有的单词？那么这样的事情就不可能发生了。故选C。