2 . The room in the workhouse where the boys were fed was a large stone hall. At one end the master, in his cook’s uniform, and two women served the food. This ________ a bowl of thin soup three times a day, with a piece of bread on Sundays. The boys ate ________ and were always hungry. The bowls never needed ________. The boys polished them with their spoons until they ________. After three months of this slow starvation, one of the boys told the others that so hungry was he ________ one night he might eat the ________ sleeping next to him. He had a wild ________ eye, and the other boys ________ him. After a long ________, they decided that one of them should ask for more food after supper that evening, and Oliver was ________.
The evening arrived: the soup was served, and the bowls were ________ again in a few seconds. Oliver went up to the master, with his bowl in his hand. He felt very ________, but also ________ with hunger.
“Please, sir, I want some more.”
The master was a fat, healthy man, but he turned very pale. He looked at the little boy in front of him with ________. Nobody else spoke.
“What?” he asked at last, in a ________ voice.
“Please, sir,” replied Oliver, “I want some more.”
The master ________ him with the serving spoon, then seized Oliver’s arms and ________ for the beadle (执事). The beadle came quickly, heard the terrible news, and immediately ran to tell the board.
“He asked for more?” Mr. Limbkins, the fattest board member, asked in ________. “Is this really true?”
_____, Oliver was led away to be locked up, and a(n) ________ of five pounds was offered to anybody who would take him away and use him for work.
( Adapted from Oliver Twist《雾都孤儿》)
1. A.belonged to | B.turned to | C.accounted for | D.consisted of |
2. A.nothing | B.everything | C.anything | D.something |
3. A.washing | B.cleaning | C.buying | D.changing |
4. A.finished | B.starved | C.shone | D.slept |
5. A.that | B.until | C.when | D.before |
6. A.boy | B.master | C.bowls | D.spoons |
7. A.big | B.bad | C.angry | D.hungry |
8. A.hated | B.feared | C.believed | D.trusted |
9. A.quarrel | B.bargain | C.argument | D.discussion |
10. A.elected | B.chosen | C.determined | D.recognized |
11. A.full | B.empty | C.broken | D.available |
12. A.shy | B.brave | C.worried | D.frightened |
13. A.pleased | B.hopeful | C.desperate | D.exhausted |
14. A.amusement | B.amazement | C.intention | D.appreciation |
15. A.calm | B.clear | C.faint | D.cautious |
16. A.hit | B.treated | C.greeted | D.warned |
17. A.begged | B.sent | C.shouted | D.asked |
18. A.horror | B.sadness | C.curiosity | D.frustration |
19. A.Besides | B.Therefore | C.However | D.Eventually |
20. A.award | B.praise | C.reward | D.punishment |