单选题
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

A train{{U}} (41) {{/U}}at a small station. A man looked out of the window and saw a woman. She was{{U}} (42) {{/U}}cakes. People from the train were buying them. The man felt hungry and wanted to buy a cake, {{U}}(43) {{/U}}the woman was standing far{{U}} (44) {{/U}}the window.{{U}} (45) {{/U}}was raining hard, and the man didn't want to go out of the train.
Suddenly he saw a boy.{{U}} (46) {{/U}}boy was walking on the platform (月台) not far from him. "Come near, boy!" the man said, "Do you know{{U}} (47) {{/U}}those cakes cost?"
"Five cents for each," the boy answered.
The man gave the boy ten cents and asked him{{U}} (48) {{/U}}two cakes. "One is for me, and one is for you." the man told him.
{{U}} (49) {{/U}}minutes later (后来,过一会儿); the boy came (来,出现) back. He was eating a cake. He gave the man five cents and said, "There was only{{U}} (50) {{/U}}cake left."

A、

[A] stop
B、

[B] stopped
C、

[C] stops

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】空格的时态应该与整体行文一致。所以选用过去时态。

A、

[A] buying
B、

[B] selling
C、

[C] eating

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】根据后文，这个woman 应该是selling cakes。

A、

[A] because
B、

[B] but
C、

[C] and

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】根据上下文，该句意思是说man 感到饿，想买些cake，但那个 woman 离他太远。所以应该填转折连词but。

A、

[A] behind
B、

[B] to
C、

[C] from

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】固定搭配far from。

A、

[A] It
B、

[B] There
C、

[C] The weather

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】表达天气怎么样应该是it is raining/sunny...选it。

A、

[A] a
B、

[B] An
C、

[C] The

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】前句已经提到该boy了，所以用the 表示特指。

A、

[A] how many
B、

[B] What
C、

[C] how much

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】问价格多少应该用how much。

A、

[A] buy
B、

[B] to buy
C、

[C] buying

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】固定用法ask sb. to do sth.请求某人做某事。

A、

[A] few
B、

[B] a little
C、

[C] A few

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】“过一会儿”的表达是：a few minutes later。

A、

[A] one
B、

[B] that
C、

[C] a

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】根据前文，小孩的意思应该是说cake 只有一个了，选[A] only one。没有only a 这种用法。