阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Karie checked the words again on her spelling test. ________ she got all the words correct, she would win her class’s Spelling Challenge and a new dictionary!
________ more words to go. N-i-c-e-l-y, Q-u-i-c-k-l-y, H-o-n-e-s-t-y. Wait! She had spelled “honesty”, not “honestly”! She erased (擦除) the “t-y” and wrote “l-y” ________ handing in her paper.
“I’ll correct these during your lunch break.” Ms. McCormack said.
After lunch, Karie hurried into the classroom. She felt _______ in her seat when Ms. McCormack walked to the front of the room.
“Congratulations, Karie! You did it!” She announced.
The whole class jumped for ________!
“Is everything OK?”Mom asked as Karie rushed through the front door after school.
“Everything’s ________!”Karie shouted, showing Mom her spelling test and prize.
“Good job! Put the test on the fridge so that Dad can see it when he gets home.”
“And Casper, too!” Karie lifted up her ________. “Can you spell nicely, Casper? And quickly and honesly, and...”
Karie ________ to the floor. Honesly?
H-O-N-E-S-L-Y! She forgot a “T”!
Karie put her cat down and went to her room. “It wasn’t my ________ that Ms. McCormack had given me the prize. Shouldn’t she have been more ________ when checking this test?” Karie thought and picked up her pencil. If she put the missing “t” back in _______, no one would know. But is that right?
Early next morning, Karie ________ into Ms.McCormack’s office. Her hands trembled (颤抖) as she gave her teacher the spelling paper and the dictionary ________. “I can’t keep the prize. I mis-spelled honestly and you didn’t catch it.”
“I see.” Ms. McCormack picked up her pen. She wrote “honest” before handing the ________ back to Karie.
“I get to keep this prize to ________? Honestly?”
“For honestly, no.” Ms. McCormack smiled. “But for your honesty, yes!”
16. A.Unless | B.Until | C.If | D.Since |
17. 18. A.before | B.after | C.against | D.without |
19. A.angry | B.sleepy | C.uneasy | D.relaxed |
20. A.silence | B.fear | C.warmth | D.joy |
21. A.terrible | B.perfect | C.peaceful | D.wrong |
22. 23. A.wrote down | B.cut down | C.turned down | D.fell down |
24. A.job | B.duty | C.fault | D.pleasure |
25. A.confident | B.careful | C.lonely | D.friendly |
26. A.secretly | B.politely | C.heavily | D.gladly |
27. A.broke | B.danced | C.stepped | D.climbed |
28. A.excitedly | B.slowly | C.suddenly | D.loudly |
29. A.test | B.pen | C.bag | D.dictionary |
30. A.myself | B.herself | C.himself | D.itself |