閱读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的A、B、C或者D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
(一)
Mr Smith lives in the small village, but he works in an office in a big city. He goes to work by train every morning and comes ___1___ the same way.
One morning while he was ___2___ his newspaper on the train, a man ___3___ him came up to him. Mr Smith had not met him before. The man said,“ ___4___” to him and then ___5___ to talk to him. The man said, “Your ___6___ isnt interesting, is it? You got on the same train at the same station at the same time ___7___ morning and you always sit in the same seat and read the same newspaper.”
When Mr Smith ___8___ this, he put his newspaper down, turned around and ___9___ to the man angrily, “How do you know all that about me?”
“Because Im ___10___ sitting in the same seat behind you,” the man answered.
( )1. A. family B. house C. village D. home
( )2. A. seeing B. look C. reading D. finding
( )3. A. before B. behind C. beside D. next to
( )4. A. Sorry B. Thanks C. Hello D. Goodbye
( )5. A. refused B. stopped C. ordered D. began
( )6. A. life B. work C. office D. child
( )7. A. one B. every C. this D. yesterday
( )8. A. heard B. listened C. found D. felt
( )9. A. asked B. said C. told D. talked
( )10. A. never B. hardly C. always D. sometimes
(二)
One day, two friends were walking through the desert. ___1___ the journey they had a quarrel, and one friend hit ___2___ one in the face.
The one who was hit was hurt ___3___ he didnt say anything. Instead, he wrote in the sand, “Today my best friend hit me in the face.”
They kept on ___4___ until they found an oasis[綠洲]. They decided to get some water. The one who had been hit fell into the mire[泥潭] and was in danger, but the friend ___5___ him.
When he felt all right, he wrote on a ___6___, “my best friend saved my life.” The one who had hit and saved his best friend asked him, “After I ___7___ you, you wrote in the sand and now you write it on a stone. ___8___?”
The other friend replied, “When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness[宽恕] can blow ___9___ away. But when someone does something ___10___ for us, we must write it in stone where no wind can ever blow it away.”
( )1. A. During B. Before C. For D. After
( )2. A. some B. another C. the other D. each
( )3. A. and B. but C. or D. so
( )4. A. jumping B. running C. singing D. walking
( )5. A. saved B. left C. hurt D. hit
( )6. A. sand B. stone C. tree D. desert
( )7. A. helped B. quarreled with C. hurt D. complained to
( )8. A. How B. Why C. What D. When
( )9. A. them B. it C. this D. these
( )10. A. good B. harmful C. dangerous D. interesting
(三)
A very new, young officer was at a railway station. He was on his way to visit his mother in ___1___ town. He wanted to telephone her to tell her the time of his train ___2___ she could meet him at the ___3___ in her car. He looked at all his pockets, but ___4___ that he did not have the right money for the telephone, so he went on and looked ___5___ for someone to help him. At last an old soldier came by, and the young officer stopped him and said, “Can you change the money ___6___ me?”
“Wait a moment,” the soldier ___7___, and he began to put his hand in his ___8___ “Ill see whether I can help you.”
“Dont you know how to speak to an officer?” the young officer said angrily “Now lets ___9___ again, Can you change the money for me?”
“No, sir,” the old soldier answered ___10___.
( )1. A. other B. the other C. another D. one
( )2. A. so B. so that C. because D. when
( )3. A. place B. station C. street D. stop
( )4. A. knew B. thought C. found D. found out
( )5. A. up B. down C. around D. into
( )6. A. to B. with C. for D. of
( )7. A. answer B. spoke C. told D. smiled
( )8. A. coat B. handbag C. wallet D. pocket
( )9. A. start B. go C. talk D. ask
( )10. A. easily B. fast C. happily D. quickly
參考答案与解析:
(一)
本文是个幽默故事。讲述一个人说另一个人每天早上重复做同一件事,这样生活单调,其实自己也一样。
1. D 表示回家是come home与前面的去上班go to work相对。
2. C 表示看书看报用read。
3. B 由文末Im sitting in the same seat behind you可知。
4. C 从下文可知是向他召呼问好,所以是say “Hello” to him。
5. D 打了召呼后自然就会开始(began) 谈起话来。
6. A 在同一时间、同一个车站、乘同一个火车,这是种单是调泛味的生活 (life)。而不是这工作,也不是办公,更不是指小孩。
7. B 指每天早上都是如此,才会说单调泛味。
8. A 史密斯先生听到(heard) 这些话。listen指有意识在“听”,强调动作,后接宾语时要加to;hear指听的结果“听到”。
9. B say to sb对某人说。虽然后面是一个问句,但表示问某人时ask后不用to,而直接说ask sb。
10. C 因为对史密斯先生如此了解,当然是“总”总在他的后面了。
(二)
1. A 由下文可知他们吵架是在旅途期间。
2. C 表示两者中的另一个用the other。
3. B 前后是转折关系:他虽然受了伤但是他什么也没说。
4. D 他们继续往前面走直到遇到绿洲。
5. A 从后文可知,一个朋友救了另一个朋友。
6. B 下文第8空前面有提示。
7. C 上文第3空前有明显提示。
8. B 上文第3空后有明显提示。
9. B 上文wrote it down有明显提示。
10. A 与伤害人的事相对,当然做的是好事。
(三)
本文讲述的是一个的年轻军官因妄自尊大而适得其反的故事。
1. C 不是特指时的“另一个”用another;而the other特指的两者中的“另一个”。
2. B 表示打电话的目的,引导目的状语从句用so that(为了、以便)。
3. B 是坐火车去,母亲来接当然是在火车站。
4. C 在检查衣袋后“发现”没零钱。find“发现”;find out通过调查、询问等这后“弄明白、搞清楚”。
5. C look around表示“向……的四周看、环顾四周”
6. C 表示“为……”用介词for。
7. A 显然是对那位young officer的回答。
8. D 看是否有零钱当然是将手放在衣服的口袋里。
9. A 根据后文可知是重新开始,所以用start。因前面的lets,不用ask。
10. D quickly指某个动作在很短的时间内就发生了,即“迅速的”;而fast指动作本身很快。