五、完形填空。
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[2025常州市溧阳市期末改编]Little Mary sees her mum spend money on daily needs. She sees her dad buy new tools(工具). She thinks it's 1. "Money is just some paper," Mary thinks. "Why do my parents get the things from others after they 2 the paper?"
Then she has an idea. She 3 her big box of crayons. She colours some paper and cuts out pieces in the 4 of the 100-dollar bill(钞票). She takes her "money" to the 5 shop to buy a doll. The shopkeeper(店主) is very 6 and says, "Sorry, my girl. That's not real money. You can't use the paper to 7 things."
Mary asks her dad about money. He answers, "Money is a 8 type of paper. You have to work to get money. That is the only 9 you can use to buy other things in life."
"Can I work and get some money?" Mary asks. "Yes," says her dad. "Wash the car for me, and I will pay you 10 your work."
Mary keeps 11 the car from eight to ten in the morning. Then she gets six dollars for that. She 12 happily to the shop and buys the doll. "The work is so 13, but spending the money is so easy," Mary thinks. Now, she knows 14 her dad and mum work every day for money. She decides(决定) to spend money in a 15 way in the future.
1. A. great fun B. hard work
C. good advice D. a new idea
2. A. lend B. sell C. give D. throw
3. A. takes away B. takes out
C. gets up D. wakes up
4. A. size B. colour C. material D. date
5. A. fruit B. flower C. shoe D. toy
6. A. surprised B. happy C. sad D. hungry
7. A. sell B. save C. buy D. eat
8. A. beautiful B. special C. bright D. useless
9. A. desk B. book C. pen D. paper
10. A. on B. for C. in D. with
11. A. cooking B. driving C. washing D. choosing
12. A. goes back B. goes home
C. gives back D. gets up
13. A. wonderful B. expensive C. interesting D. tiring
14. A. what B. why C. where D. which
15. A. cool B. crazy C. wise D. polite

1. A 她认为这很有趣。
2. C 根据“Why do my parents get the things from others after they ... the paper?”可知,给钱就能买东西。
3. B 根据“She ... her big box of crayons.”可知,她拿出了自己的大蜡笔盒。
4. A 根据“She colours some paper and cuts out pieces ... of the 100-dollar bill.”可知,她剪出钞票的尺寸。
5. D 根据“She takes her ‘money’ to the ... shop to buy a doll.”可知,玩偶是属于玩具店的。
6. A 根据“The shopkeeper is very ...”可知,店主看到剪出来的钱,应该是惊讶的。
7. C 店主说不能用纸买东西。
8. B 根据“That is the only ... you can use to buy other things in life.”可知,钱是特殊的纸。
9. D 那是唯一的你在生活中能够用来买其他东西的纸。
10. B 根据“and I will pay you ... your work”可知,pay sb. for sth. 意为“为某事/某物付钱给某人”。
11. C 根据上文的 Wash the car 可得到答案。
12. A 她返回商店去买东西。
13. D 根据“The work is so ...”可知,工作是累人的。
14. B 根据“she knows ... her dad and mum work every day for money”可知,空处引导宾语从句,why 表示原因。
15. C 根据“She decides to spend money in a ... way in the future.”可知,经历打工赚钱之后,应学会明智地花钱。

【分析】
先通读全文把握主旨：本文为记叙文，讲述小女孩Mary最初认为钱只是普通的纸，觉得父母用钱买东西很有趣，便自制假钱去玩具店买玩偶被拒，后经爸爸讲解明白钱的意义，通过洗车打工赚钱后，理解了父母赚钱的不易，决定未来明智花钱。解题时需结合上下文语境、词义辨析、固定搭配及语法知识，逐一分析每个空的选项，选出符合文意的答案。
【解析】
1. 结合语境，Mary觉得父母用钱买东西这件事很有趣，故选A。
2. 句意是父母给了钱就能从别人那里得到东西，故选C。
3. 她拿出自己的蜡笔盒，故选B。
4. 她剪出100美元钞票的尺寸，故选A。
5. 买玩偶需去玩具店，故选D。
6. 店主看到自制的假钱感到惊讶，故选A。
7. 店主表示不能用纸买东西，故选C。
8. 爸爸说明钱是特殊的纸，故选B。
9. 钱是用来买东西的纸，故选D。
10. 固定搭配pay sb. for sth.（为某事/某物付钱给某人），故选B。
11. 结合上文“Wash the car”可知是洗车，故选C。
12. 她返回商店买玩偶，故选A。
13. 打工洗车的工作是累人的，故选D。
14. 此处引导宾语从句，表原因，意为“为什么”，故选B。
15. 经历后决定明智地花钱，故选C。
【答案】
1.A 2.C 3.B 4.A 5.D 6.A 7.C 8.B 9.D 10.B 11.C 12.A 13.D 14.B 15.C
【知识点】
完形填空解题技巧、词汇词义辨析、固定搭配
【点评】
本文以贴近学生生活的事例传递理财意识，引导学生理解父母辛劳、学会合理消费，既考查语境理解与词汇运用能力，又渗透情感教育，是优质的完形填空语篇。
【难度系数】
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