一、完形填空
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I decided to make some money this summer. I took our lawn mower(割草机) and went around our neighbourhood asking if anyone wanted their grass 1.
Our lawn mower was very 2. It wasn't electric or gas-powered. It was called “pushing power” 3 you had to push it to make it move. It was a lot of hard work.
I put a little sign on the mower saying Charlie's Lawn Cutting. After working for a few 4, I soon had regular customers. Within about a month, I had enough money to buy a gas-powered mower. I thought, “Now I can do the work 5 and make more money!”
The first time I brought my new gas-powered lawn mower to cut a neighbour's lawn, the lady came to the door and said, “What is that?” I told her it was my new lawn mower and that it would do a better job than the old one.
She looked disappointed and said, “You 6 that old push mower?” I explained that it was such hard work using a human-powered mower.
The lady said, “You know, one of the 7 I gave you the job was because of that old lawn mower. It doesn't 8 the air and it doesn't make a big noise. I'll let you cut my grass if you use that old mower, but not that gas-powered one.” I was 9. “I'll have to come back later with the old one,” I told her.
I went to the next house and the same thing happened. I took the gas mower back to the 10 that day. Now I use my old push mower and I wear a T-shirt that says: Charlie's Lawn Cutting. No noise, no pollution—just me!
()1. A. watered B. cut C. planted D. grown
()2. A. good B. old C. expensive D. modern
()3. A. though B. if C. while D. because
()4. A. months B. minutes C. weeks D. seconds
()5. A. faster B. later C. harder D. earlier
()6. A. picked up B. searched for C. gave up D. turned off
()7. A. facts B. opinions C. suggestions D. reasons
()8. A. benefit B. pollute C. clean D. change
()9. A. happy B. interested C. worried D. surprised
()10. A. field B. yard C. store D. lawn

完形填空 1~5 B B D C A 6~10 C D B D C
本文讲述了作者查理在夏天决定通过为邻居割草来赚钱的故事。
1. B 根据前文I took our lawn mower可知，查理拿着割草机，应该是去问是否有人想要割草，cut有“切割，修剪”的意思。
2. B 从后文“It wasn't electric or gas-powered. It was called ‘pushing power’”能看出这个割草机很旧了。
3. D 前面说它被叫作pushing power，后面解释说你必须推着它才能让它移动，这里是在解释原因，用because引导原因状语从句。
4. C 根据后文Within about a month可知，应该是工作几个星期后，就有了固定的顾客。
5. A 前文提到查理之前用的是人力推动的割草机，现在买了汽油驱动的割草机，按照常理汽油驱动的割草机工作起来会更快，这样就能赚更多钱了。
6. C 从女士失望的表情以及后面她说的话可以推断出她问的是“你放弃了那个旧的手推式割草机吗？”。
7. D 此处表达的是女士给他这份工作的原因之一。
8. B 根据后文“No noise, no pollution—just me!”可知，旧的割草机不污染空气也不制造很大的噪音。
9. D 女士的要求和说法出乎“我”的意料，所以“我”很惊讶。
10. C 根据句意可知因为新的汽油驱动的割草机不符合顾客要求，所以“我”把它带回商店了。

【分析】
做完形填空时，首先需通读全文把握主旨（本文讲述作者查理用旧手推割草机帮邻居割草赚钱，后买汽油割草机却被顾客要求换回旧割草机，传递环保理念的故事）；其次逐空分析，结合上下文语境、词汇含义、逻辑关系（因果、转折等）筛选选项；最后通读验证答案是否通顺合理。
【解析】
1. B 根据前文“took our lawn mower（割草机）”可知，查理拿着割草机是去询问是否有人需要修剪草坪，cut有“修剪”之意，故选B。
2. B 后文提到割草机非电动或汽油驱动，需人力推动，说明它很旧，故选B。
3. D 前句称割草机为“pushing power”，后句解释需推动才能移动，二者为因果关系，用because引导，故选D。
4. C 后文“Within about a month”提示，工作几周后查理有了固定顾客，故选C。
5. A 汽油驱动割草机比人力的速度更快，因此查理认为能做更多工作赚更多钱，故选A。
6. C 女士表情失望，结合她要求用旧割草机的表述，可知她问查理是否放弃了旧割草机，give up意为“放弃”，故选C。
7. D 此处指女士给查理这份工作的原因之一，reason表示“原因”，故选D。
8. B 后文“No noise, no pollution”提示，旧割草机不污染空气，pollute意为“污染”，故选B。
9. D 女士要求换回旧割草机的说法出乎查理意料，因此他感到惊讶，surprised意为“惊讶的”，故选D。
10. C 因新割草机不符合顾客要求，查理将其带回商店，store意为“商店”，故选C。
【答案】
1.B 2.B 3.D 4.C 5.A 6.C 7.D 8.B 9.D 10.C
【知识点】
完形填空解题技巧、词汇辨析、逻辑关系
【点评】
本文是围绕社区生活主题的记叙文，讲述了作者割草赚钱的经历，传递环保理念。文章语境贴近生活，需结合上下文、词汇含义及逻辑解题，难度适中，能引导学生关注生活中的环保细节。
【难度系数】
0.4