Question

Back in my country, when I was a child, I used to go to “market day” with my mother. One day each week, farmers used to ___1___ their fruit and vegetables into the city. They ___2___ one street to all cars, and the farmers set up tables for their ___3___. This outdoor market was a great place to ___4___. Everything was fresher than produce in grocery stores because the farmers brought it in ___5___ after the harvest. My mother and I always got there early in the morning to get the ___6___ produce.

The outdoor market was a wonderful adventure for a small child, ___7___ was like a festival — full of colors and ___8___. There are red tomatoes, yellow lemons, green lettuce, peppers, grapes, onions. The farmers did their own ___9___. They all shouted loudly for ___10___ to buy their produce. “Come and buy my beautiful oranges! They’re juicy and delicious and full of vitamins to ___11___ your children healthy and strong!”

Everyone used to ___12___ with the farmers over the ___13___ of their produce. It was like a wonderful drama in a theatre; the buyers and sellers were the “___14___” in this drama. My mother was an ___15___ at this. First, she picked the freshest, most attractive tomatoes, for example. Then she asked the price. The seller told her.

“What?” she said. She looked very surprised. “ So ___16___?”

The seller looked terribly ___17___. “My dear lady!” he replied. “I’m a poor, ___18___ farmer. These are the cheapest tomatoes on the market!”

They always argued for several minutes before agreeing ___19___ a price. My mother took her tomatoes and left. Both buyer and seller were ___20___. The drama was over.

1. A. carry      B. take　　　 C. bring         D. fetch

2. A. opened　       B. closed　　 C. started　　 D. stopped

3. A. produce　     B. goods　　　     C. food　　   D. product

4. A. buy B. sell　　　　     C. bargain　　      D. shop

5. A. hurriedly       B. immediately      C. directly      D. straightly

6. A. best　　 B. finest　　  C. freshest      D. cheapest

7. A. who　    B. that　　　　     C. which　　 D. what

8. A. voices    B. noises　　 C. sounds　    D. accent

9. A. shopping       B. business　　     C. shouting　　     D. advertising

10. A. customers    B. producers　       C. themselves　     D. sellers

11. A. keep　　     B. let      C. except D. make

12. A. argue    B. talk　　　 C. discuss　　       D. speak

13. A. order    B. price　　　      C. quality　    D. form

14. A. viewers B. listeners　  C. actors  D. directors

15. A. actress　      B. inventor　  C. advancer　 D. expert

16. A. wonderful    B. exciting　　      C. cheap　　　     D. expensive

17. A. injured　     B. hurt　　    C. damaged　 D. wounded

18. A. excellent      B. fair　　　 C. honest　　 D. easy

19. A. with     B. to　　　    C. in　　　　       D. on

20. A. disappointed B. encouraged C. satisfied     D. tired

Answer 1

1-5CBADB 6-10CCCDA 11-15DABCD 16-20DBCDC

解析:

1. C。take 意為“拿走、帶去”；carry 意為“攜帶、搬運”。fetch 意為“去取來”。前面三詞與句意不符。而bring“帶來、帶來”，表示農(nóng)民把他們生產(chǎn)的水果和蔬菜帶到城市里來。

2. B。close 意為“關(guān)、封閉”。此句表示：這些農(nóng)民封閉一條街，不許車輛通行，作為交易市場。

3. A。produce 意為“農(nóng)產(chǎn)品(尤指水果、蔬菜等)”。

4. D。shop 意為“買東西” (from www.nmet168.com)。

5. B。immediately意為“立即、直接地”。此句表示：農(nóng)民收獲后立即就把農(nóng)產(chǎn)品拿到市場去賣，因此他們的東西比雜貨店的要新鮮。

6. C。freshest 意為“最新鮮的”。與上句中的fresher對應(yīng)，一大早的水果、蔬菜是最新鮮的。

7. C。which引導(dǎo)非限制性定語從句，修飾前面的名詞the outdoor market，說明露天市場像節(jié)日一樣。

8. C。sound可指任何可以聽到的“聲音”。與下文的叫賣聲、討價還價聲相一致。

9. D。advertising 意為“廣告(總稱)”。由上句可知：這些農(nóng)民高聲叫喊是為他們的產(chǎn)品做廣告。

10. A。customer意為“顧客”。農(nóng)民高聲叫賣是為了招來顧客買他們的產(chǎn)品。

11. D。make 意為“使”。句意為：這些橘子果汁豐富、味道好、富含維生素，能使你們的孩子健康強壯。

12. A。argue意為“爭吵”。買東西的常常為了降低價格而與農(nóng)民討價還價，發(fā)生爭吵是常有的事。

13. B。price 意為“價格”，后面也提到價格問題(from www.nmet168.com)。

14. C。actor 意為“演員”。作者把市場交易比作一場戲，那么所有的買東西的人和賣東西的人都是演員。因為他們都充當(dāng)這曲戲中的一個角色。

15. D。expert意為“專家、能手”。指作者的母親是買東西的能手，會挑選東西，會討價還價。

16. D。expensive意為“價高的、昂貴的”。在討價還價中，買東西的人總是會說“價格太高、太貴”之的類話。

17. B。hurt意為“使痛心”。hurt可指肉體或精神上的傷害。這里指買東西的出價太低而痛心，不指肉體的傷害或損傷，因而其他動詞不宜用(from www.nmet168.com)。

18. C。honest意為“誠實的、老實的”。意即：老實人要的老實價，與后面的these are the cheapest tomatoes on the market 相一致。

19. D。agree on sth表示經(jīng)過討論或協(xié)商后達成一致。這里表示經(jīng)過一番討價還價之后，最終把價格確定下來。

20. C。satisfied意為“滿意的”。只有當(dāng)價格在買賣雙方都認為合理時，交易才能實現(xiàn)，這時買賣雙方才感到滿意。