初中英语 阅读理解（99）

初中英语：阅读理解 (99)There was once a millionaire who loved money than anything else in the world. He didnt know exactly how much he had, so he took on a little girl to _1_ all his money for him.It _2_ the little girl six days to count all the money. When she told the millionaire that he had forty-two _3_ dollars, he was _4_ with joy and asked, “ How much _5_ do you want?” He thought that _6_ she was only a child, he could _7_ her into taking a very small amount of money.The girl said, “well, I worked for six days, so I think you _8_ pay me for six days. Give me two pennies for the first day. Each day after that, just give me the amount you give me the day before, multiplied by itself.The _9_ thought that in this _10_ he would only have to give her a _11_ dollars. What a _12_ little girl! So immediately, he _13_ his lawyer sign up the contract, fearing that she would change her _14_ .On the first day the millionaire paid her two pennies, and on the second day, two pennies times two pennies, or four pennies.Each day after that, he gave her _15_ number of pennies he had given her the day before, multiplied by itself. And by the sixth day, the foolish millionaire had to give the clever little girl all his money.1. A. bringB. countC. sendD. hide2. A. hadB. neededC. gotD. took3. A. millionB. dozenC. thousandD. hundred4. A. prideB. wildC. surprisedD. moved5. A. dollarsB. numberC. timeD. pay6. A. as ifB. thoughC. ifD. because7. A. warnB. adviseC. cheatD. set8. A. could B. wouldC. shouldD. might9. A. girlB. millionaireC. twoD. people10. A. measureB. wayC. pointD. means11. A. fewB. littleC. lessD. much12. A. nice B. cleverC. fineD. foolish13. A. orderedB. askedC. hadD. persuaded14. A. mindB. heartC. wordD. plan15. A. goodB. greatC. aD. the名师点评一个富翁雇了一个小女孩为他数钱，她用了六天才把钱数完。付工钱时，富翁想欺骗她，但聪明的小女孩用了一个简单的办法得到了富翁所有的钱。答案简析1B。由于不知道自己到底有多少钱，所以找个人帮他“数”钱。 D项意为“隐藏”。2D。根据it takes sb. some time to do sth.结构判断答案用D。3A。因为他是一个百万富翁。4B。be wild with joy意为“欣喜若狂”，表示the man当时的心情。5D。pay在此指“需要支付的钱”，也就是“工钱”。由于前面是how much，所以不能用dollars。6D。从下文可知，此处表示原因。7C。由the man 的心理及前面的only a child推知，此时想“欺骗”那个女孩。8C。should表示“应该”。9B。此处指“富翁”。10B。in this way为固定短语。11A。只有few可以修饰dollars。12D。从下文中可以看出小女孩其实很聪明，但是富翁却以为她“愚蠢”。13C。have sb. do sth.意为“让某人做某事”。其余三词后面的动词不定式都要加to。14A。change ones mind意为“改变主意”。15D。the number of表示“的数目”，而a number of表示“许多”。3