七、完形填空。
主题群:做人与做事 子主题:合理消费 语篇类型:记叙文 词数:288 难度:★★★
Every week, Jose goes to the shop with his grandmother. One day, Jose was 1 to find Dodgers' cards at the checkout(收银处). He was a 2 fan and the Dodgers was his favourite baseball team. He wanted to 3 baseball cards to learn more about the team. However, when he asked his grandmother to buy 4, his grandmother said, "No. We can only buy what we need today, Jose."
Then she added, "Needs are things we need. We 5 have them to live. They are necessary (必需的) for life. Wants are things people would like to have but do not need to 6. So you don't need to have baseball cards, Jose." Jose was a little sad.
"Why don't you 7 your pocket money buying them?" his grandmother asked.
Jose felt even sadder and said, "I bought a toy car 8 all my money yesterday."
"We can't have everything we want. We need to choose. That means we have to 9 something we want (but don't need)," his grandmother smiled.
After that, Jose decided to save his money to buy the cards. He drew a chart(图表) on a piece of paper and 10 wrote down the money he received and spent every week.
Weeks later, Jose finally had 11 money to buy the baseball cards. He couldn't wait to go to the 12. He searched for his favourite team's cards, 13 he couldn't find any.
"Lots of fans want to collect Dodgers' cards. They are scarce(缺乏的) this week," the worker said to Jose.
Jose was disappointed. He planned to buy other things, but he changed his 14 in the end. He decided to keep his money for 15 use!
1. A. sad B. excited C. smart D. angry
2. A. basketball B. football C. baseball D. badminton
3. A. collect B. sell C. lend D. return
4. A. he B. she C. it D. them
5. A. must B. should C. could D. may
6. A. play B. send C. live D. develop
7. A. raise B. spend C. use D. take
8. A. on B. at C. with D. in
9. A. make choices B. turn off C. care for D. give up
10. A. carefully B. heavily C. slowly D. proudly
11. A. little B. few C. enough D. many
12. A. team B. shop C. gate D. house
13. A. and B. so C. or D. but
14. A. mind B. order C. dream D. hobby
15. A. free B. later C. early D. busy

1. B 根据 the Dodgers was his favourite baseball team 可知，道奇队是他最喜欢的球队，可推测他发现队卡应该很兴奋。
2. C 根据 the Dodgers was his favourite baseball team 可知，他是棒球迷。
3. A 根据“He wanted to ... baseball cards to learn more about the team. ”可知，他想收集道奇队的卡片。
4. D 根据“He wanted to ... baseball cards to learn more about the team. ”可知，他想买道奇队的卡片，此处用 them 指代 baseball cards。
5. A 根据“They are necessary for life. ”可知，此处应该是指必需的东西。
6. C 根据“Wants are things people would like to have but do not need to ... ”可知，想要的东西不是生存所必需的东西。
7. B 根据 your pocket money buying them 可知，此处用 spend 指花零用钱买卡片。
8. C buy something with money 用钱购买某物。
9. D 根据“We can't have everything we want. ”和“we want (but don't need)”可知，此处指放弃不需要的东西。
10. A 根据“After that, Jose decided to save his money to buy the cards. ”可知，从那以后，他决定存钱买卡片，“认真”记录收支符合语境。
11. C 根据“He couldn't wait to go to the ... ”可知，他有足够的钱买卡片了。
12. B 他迫不及待去商店买道奇队的卡片。
13. D 前后句为转折关系，故用 but。
14. A change one's mind 改变心意。
15. B 他决定先不买东西，把钱留着以后用。

【分析】
做完形填空需先通读全文，把握文章主旨（本文围绕Jose想买棒球卡，奶奶引导区分需求与想要，最终Jose学会合理消费的故事），再结合上下文语境、词汇含义、固定搭配、代词指代等逐一分析选项，最后验证答案是否符合逻辑。
【解析】
1. 根据后文“the Dodgers was his favourite baseball team”可知，Jose发现收银处有道奇队的卡片，应是兴奋的，故选B。
2. 由“the Dodgers was his favourite baseball team”可知，他是棒球迷，故选C。
3. 结合语境，他想收集棒球卡来了解球队，collect意为“收集”，故选A。
4. 此处指代前文的baseball cards，是复数，用them，故选D。
5. 根据“They are necessary for life”可知，需求是生活必需的，must符合语境，故选A。
6. 想要的东西是生活不需要的，live符合“生存”的语境，故选C。
7. “spend + 钱 + doing sth”是固定搭配，意为“花费……做某事”，此处指花零用钱买卡片，故选B。
8. “buy sth with money”是固定搭配，意为“用钱买某物”，故选C。
9. 前文说不能拥有所有想要的，需要选择，即放弃一些想要的（非必需的），give up意为“放弃”，故选D。
10. 他决定存钱买卡片，认真记录收支，carefully符合语境，故选A。
11. 他终于有足够的钱买卡片了，enough修饰不可数名词money，故选C。
12. 他迫不及待去商店买卡片，shop符合语境，故选B。
13. 前后句是转折关系，用but连接，故选D。
14. “change one's mind”是固定搭配，意为“改变心意”，此处指他改变了原本的计划，故选A。
15. 他决定把钱留着以后用，later符合语境，故选B。
【答案】
1.B 2.C 3.A 4.D 5.A 6.C 7.B 8.C 9.D 10.A 11.C 12.B 13.D 14.A 15.B
【知识点】
完形填空解题技巧、词汇辨析、固定搭配
【点评】
本文以记叙文形式讲述了Jose在奶奶引导下理解合理消费的故事，贴近学生生活，题目侧重语境理解与基础词汇运用，有助于学生树立正确消费观念，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6