完形填空When I was eight, I wanted a toy and needed $10 to buy it. But, as usual, I was broken. I decide
英语试题 07-27
完形填空(共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
When I was eight, I wanted a toy and needed $10 to buy it. But, as usual, I was broken. I decided to ask my 11-year-old sister, Kathleen, for a loan. I went to her room, ___36___ her for the cash. Laughing, she agreed to lend me the money, but ___37___, “I will charge you 10 percent compound interest every ___38___ until you pay me back.”
“Compound interest-what’s that?” I asked.
“Well, interest is what you call the ___39___ money borrowers have to pay back on a loan,” she explained. “Compound interest means that the interest payments get bigger and bigger the ___40___ it takes you to pay back the loan. To repay the loan, you will need to give me $11 after one month. If you wait two months to pay me back, your ___41___ will grow from $10 to $11. So I’ll be charging you interest on $11. Then I will add that interest to the $11 you already owe me, for a ___42___ of $12.10. That’s what you’ll owe after two months. “
“Sure. I get it,” I said. Though truthfully, I was getting ___43___.
Kathleen lent me the money, and I bought the toy. My birthday came a month later, and my mom gave me $10. ___44___, that was just the amount I needed to buy another toy I wanted ____45____. I ____46____ paying my sister for a month. After another month, I forgot about the loan.
Several months later, on Christmas morning, my sister and I each found a $20 bill in our stockings. I was just putting it into my pocket ____47____ Kathleen tapped me on the shoulder.
“Sorry, kiddo. That’s mine. I’m ____48____ your debt.”
“Huh?” Then I ____49____ the loan. “Hey! How can it be that much? I only borrowed $10.”
“True,” she said, “but interest has been compounding for eight months. Now you owe me $21.43.” She paused, and then, smiling triumphantly, said, “You can pay me the $1.43.”
I ____50____ to believe that a $10 loan could more than double so quickly. Much to my ____51____, my sister got her pencil and tablet and showed me exactly how it all ____52____.
My head ____53____ as I tried to keep track of Kathleen’s calculations, but this time, I got the basic ____54____of compound interest. I learned from this ____55____experience that borrowing money could be “double trouble” in no time.
36. A. begging B. blaming C. searching D. preparing
37. A. suggested B. swore C. explained D. added
38. A. month B. year C. week D. day
39. A. little B. extra C. enough D. same
40. A. shorter B. more C. longer D. less
41. A. cash B. debt C. note D. saving
42. A. total B. cost C. number D. bill
43. A. encouraged B. shocked C. satisfied D. confused
44. A. Gradually B. Obviously C. Hopefully D. Unfortunately
45. A. seriously B. desperately C. secretly D. willingly
46. A. decided on B. put off C. gave away D. cared about
47. A. after B. until C. while D. when
48 A. carrying B. relying C. collecting D. focusing
49. A. neglected B. complained C. stated D. remembered
50. A. decided B. pretended C. refused D. managed
51. A. relief B. delight C. annoyance D. regret
52. A. added up B. showed up C. turned up D. sped up
53. A. turned B. hurt C. stuck D. nodded
54. A. idea B. lesson C. benefit D. discovery
55. A. unfair B. worthless C. painful D. decisive
【答案】
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
When I was eight, I wanted a toy and needed $10 to buy it. But, as usual, I was broken. I decided to ask my 11-year-old sister, Kathleen, for a loan. I went to her room, ___36___ her for the cash. Laughing, she agreed to lend me the money, but ___37___, “I will charge you 10 percent compound interest every ___38___ until you pay me back.”
“Compound interest-what’s that?” I asked.
“Well, interest is what you call the ___39___ money borrowers have to pay back on a loan,” she explained. “Compound interest means that the interest payments get bigger and bigger the ___40___ it takes you to pay back the loan. To repay the loan, you will need to give me $11 after one month. If you wait two months to pay me back, your ___41___ will grow from $10 to $11. So I’ll be charging you interest on $11. Then I will add that interest to the $11 you already owe me, for a ___42___ of $12.10. That’s what you’ll owe after two months. “
“Sure. I get it,” I said. Though truthfully, I was getting ___43___.
Kathleen lent me the money, and I bought the toy. My birthday came a month later, and my mom gave me $10. ___44___, that was just the amount I needed to buy another toy I wanted ____45____. I ____46____ paying my sister for a month. After another month, I forgot about the loan.
Several months later, on Christmas morning, my sister and I each found a $20 bill in our stockings. I was just putting it into my pocket ____47____ Kathleen tapped me on the shoulder.
“Sorry, kiddo. That’s mine. I’m ____48____ your debt.”
“Huh?” Then I ____49____ the loan. “Hey! How can it be that much? I only borrowed $10.”
“True,” she said, “but interest has been compounding for eight months. Now you owe me $21.43.” She paused, and then, smiling triumphantly, said, “You can pay me the $1.43.”
I ____50____ to believe that a $10 loan could more than double so quickly. Much to my ____51____, my sister got her pencil and tablet and showed me exactly how it all ____52____.
My head ____53____ as I tried to keep track of Kathleen’s calculations, but this time, I got the basic ____54____of compound interest. I learned from this ____55____experience that borrowing money could be “double trouble” in no time.
36. A. begging B. blaming C. searching D. preparing
37. A. suggested B. swore C. explained D. added
38. A. month B. year C. week D. day
39. A. little B. extra C. enough D. same
40. A. shorter B. more C. longer D. less
41. A. cash B. debt C. note D. saving
42. A. total B. cost C. number D. bill
43. A. encouraged B. shocked C. satisfied D. confused
44. A. Gradually B. Obviously C. Hopefully D. Unfortunately
45. A. seriously B. desperately C. secretly D. willingly
46. A. decided on B. put off C. gave away D. cared about
47. A. after B. until C. while D. when
48 A. carrying B. relying C. collecting D. focusing
49. A. neglected B. complained C. stated D. remembered
50. A. decided B. pretended C. refused D. managed
51. A. relief B. delight C. annoyance D. regret
52. A. added up B. showed up C. turned up D. sped up
53. A. turned B. hurt C. stuck D. nodded
54. A. idea B. lesson C. benefit D. discovery
55. A. unfair B. worthless C. painful D. decisive
【答案】
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