单选题 In the New York street a small truck hit a big tree. The truck was full of glasses and they were all (41) now. The driver came out of the truck and looked at the broken glasses. He was very (42) . And people in the street were (43) for him.
Then an old man walked to the driver, looked at him for a few (44) and said, "My poor boy, I think you must (45) a lot for it."
"Yes, "was the bad answer.
"Well, "said the old man," hold out your (46) . Here's some money for you, and I hope all the people around here will give you (47) ,too. "With these words, he walked away.
The driver held out his hat and over a hundred people came and put their money in it. At last the driver (48) a bag and put all the (49) in. Then he looked at the people and said, "Thank you very much. I'm working for that old man and all these (50) are made in his factory. /

单选题 [A] broke [B] broken [C] right

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 根据题意，卡车上的玻璃杯都被打破了，应为broken。

单选题 [A] sad [B] happy [C] afraid

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] sad意为“伤心”，happy意为“高兴”，afraid意为“害怕”。卡车上的玻璃杯都碎了，司机当然很“伤心”。

单选题 [A] happy [B] sorry [C] pleased

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] sorry在这里做表语，意为“惋惜，同情”。

单选题 [A] days [B] hours [C] minutes

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 显然，那个老人不可能在那里看几天 (days)、几个小时(hours)，只可能是几分钟(minutes)。

单选题 [A] get [B] cost [C] pay

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 注意这句话后面的介词for。pay...for...意为“为某事或某物付出代价”。

单选题 [A] hands [B] bag [C] hat

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 注意此处对应第五段第一句The driver held out his hat and...。

单选题 [A] a helping hand [B] glasses [C] a truck

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 这位老人给了司机一些钱后说：“我希望这周围的人也会给你一些帮助。”give sb. a helping hand意为“向某人伸出援助之手”。

单选题 [A] took back [B] took out [C] took away

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] take back意为“收回，收留”，take out意为“拿出”，take away意为“拿走”。这句话的意思应为“他拿出一个袋子”。

单选题 [A] glasses [B] hands [C] money

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 根据上下文的意思，显然，他是把所有的钱都放进袋子里。

单选题 [A] hats [B] trucks [C] glasses

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 文中最后说到，那个司机是为那位老人工作的，所有的玻璃杯都是从他的工厂里制造出来的。