Before Father’s Day, I found my father was unhappy because he was out of work. I decided to cheer him up by buying him a special Father’s Day gift.

One day after school I  13  to the Agins which was known for fashions and styles. I told Agins that I was looking for a Father’s Day present. 

“ Do you think he’d like a  14  ?” she asked. “I think he might.” I told her.

She   15   a Swiss watch and I told her that he would like it.

“ How much money do you have?” she asked.

“   16   dollars.” I replied.

“You’re so lucky!” she told me. “It’s only $11. You still have $1 for the   17   .” She packed the watch and I thanked for my business, and I rode off home with the gift under my arm.

When my father opened the gift, he asked   18   . “Where did you get it?”

“I bought it at the Agins. I cost me $11.” I said. My father was shocked into silence. 

Many years later, I did learn that the watch was worth several hundred dollars,    19   I appreciated(赞赏) how wonderful Agins had been to me. I always felt   20   that I never had chance to thank her.

“What really amazes me to this day…my daughter.” My father said, “Letting you have the watch for 11 dollars was   21   enough. But the fact that she let you leave the store with a dollar for the card was a touch(触动) of    22 . I’ll never forget it.”

1.

A drove

B took

C rode

D started

解析：选C。选C。考查动词在语境中的辨析。根据17题后“I rode off home with the gift under my arm.”,可知作者是骑车去的手表店，故选C。

2.

A watch

B bike

C purse

D card

解析：选A。选A。考查名词在语境中的辨析。根据下文15题后“ a Swiss watch”可知，这里是手表。

3.

A wore out

B put out

C tried out

D took out

解析：选D。选D。考查动词短语在语境中的辨析。wear out 用坏，穿破，耗尽；put out 熄灭，伸出，出版；try out实验，考验；take out取出，去掉，出发。句意：“她拿出了一块瑞士手表，然后我告诉她父亲会喜欢这块表的。”根据句意，故选D。

4.

A Thirteen

B Twelve

C Eleven

D One

解析：选B。选B。考查数词在语境中的辨析。根据下文“You’re so lucky!” “It’s only $11. You still have $1 for the …”可知，这块表价值11美元，买完后作者还可以剩1美元。故总共有12美元。

5.

A card

B store

C gift

D style

解析：选A。选A。考查名词在语境中的辨析。根据文章最后一句“she let you leave the store with a dollar for the card was a touch…”可知，店员留了一美元让作者去买卡片。故选A。

6.

A sadly

B amazedly

C excitedly

D angrily

解析：选B。选B。考查副词在语境中的辨析。根据下文“My father was shocked into silence”我的父亲大吃一惊，说不出话来。故父亲打开礼物应该是吃惊的表情，故选amazedly。

7.

A or

B but

C and

D so

解析：选D。选D。考查连词在语境中的辨析。根据句意：“很多年后，我才知道这块手表价值好几百美元，因此我很感激Agins为我做的。”故选D。

8.

A regretful

B thankful

C careful

D useful

解析：选A。选A。考查形容词在语境中的辨析。根据本句含义“我总是感到遗憾，因为我没有机会 去感谢她。”，选regretful “遗憾的”。thankful “感激的”；careful“仔细的”；useful“有用的”。

9.

A believable

B able

C unbelievable

D unable

解析：选C。选C。考查形容词在语境中的辨析。根据句意：“让你用11美元买得了这块手表让人难以置信。”故选C。

10.

A help

B regret

C cry

D kindness

解析：选D。选D。考查名词在语境中的辨析。这是对文章的一个总结。综合全文，作者用仅有的12美元给父亲买了一块价值好几百的手表，店员居然还给作者留了一美元去给父亲买卡片。这是一件多么有好、善良的行为，故选kindness。