"Daily Star, sir" called Jason, carrying some newspapers under his arm. The little boy had been running up and down the street,

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问题     "Daily Star, sir" called Jason, carrying some newspapers under his arm. The little boy had been running up and down the street, but there were still twenty【C1】______left. His voice was almost gone and his heart was【C2】______. The shops would soon close, and all the people would go home. He would have to go home too, carrying the papers in exchange for money. He had hoped to sell more papers tonight to make more money to buy a【C3】______for his mother and some seeds for his bird. That was why he had bought the papers with all his money. He broke down as he thought of his failure to sell all his papers.
    "You don’t know the【C4】______of selling papers. You must shout, ’Hot news! Bomb bursting! ’" another newsboy Chad told Jason.【C5】______it’s not in the paper at all," replied Jason. "Just run away quickly【C6】______they have time to see, and you’ll【C7】______out and get your money," Chad said.
    It was a new idea to Jason. He thought of his bird with no【C8】______and the cake he wanted to buy for his mother, but was determined that he would not tell a lie. Though he was【C9】______a poor newsboy, he had been【C10】______some good things.
    The next afternoon Jason went to the office for his papers【C11】______. Several boys were crowding around Chad, who declared with a【C12】______smile that he sold six dozen the day before. He added that Jason【C13】______money because he would not tell a lie. The boy【C14】______at Jason. "You wouldn’ t tell a lie yesterday, my boy?" A gentleman at the office came up and patted Jason’s shoulder modestly.
    "You’ re just the boy I am looking for." A week later Jason started his new【C15】______. He lost sale of twenty papers because he would not tell a lie, but got a well-paid job because he told the truth.
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选项 A、at once
B、by chance
C、as usual
D、on purpose

答案C

解析 考查介词短语辨析。句意为“第二天下午,Jason像往常一样去邮局取报纸”。at once“立即”,by chance“偶然”,as usual“像往常一样”,on purpose“故意地”。故选C。
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