先通讀短文，掌握其大意，然后從A、B、C、D四個選項中選出一個可以填入相應(yīng)空白處的最佳答案，并將其標號填入題前括號內(nèi)。

（一）

“My names Jim Shelley and Im an addict…”

With these words I began to ___1___ the problem， the problem of my telephone addiction. I used to call people ___2___， from the moment I woke up to the time I went to sleep. I ___3___ to be phoned， I wanted to phone. Just one more call.

It started socially—a few calls each day. It seemed ___4___， just a quick chat. Gradually though， the ___5___ got worse. Soon it was ___6___ use， until， finally， addiction. And it began to affect[影響] my ___7___. During the day I would disappear for ___8___ call. If I couldnt make a call， I spent the whole time waiting for the phone to ring. Getting more and more ___9___， in the end， I would ring someone， then someone else， ___10___ myself just one more call.

I was phoning people and ___11___ messages to make sure ___12___ calls would see me through the day. I used to arrive at friends homes and before the door was closed， go straight for the phone with the ___13___ “Is it OK if I just use the phone …？” At work， I became ___14___ when my fellow workers tried to ___15___ me from using the phone. And one day I hit my boss（with the phone ）. Finally， the police caught me ___16___ a phone box that had taken my last one pound coin， and I was ___17___ to see a psychiatrist[心理醫(yī)生].

I havent ___18___ a phone in the house for three weeks now， and its several days ___19___ I used a phone box. I try not to watch TV because there are ___20___ people on it making phone calls. My name is Jim Shelley and I am an addict.

（ ）1. A. face B. find C. accept D. notice

（ ）2. A. now and then B. all the time? ? C. at home? D. at work

（ ）3. A. tried? B. asked? ? ? C. waited? ? ? ? D. invited

（ ）4. A. polite? B. important C. fine? ? ? ? ? ? D. special

（ ）5. A. condition B. situation? ? C. result? ? ? ? D. effect

（ ）6. A. frequent? B. regular? C. unusual? ? ? D. particular

（ ）7. A. friends? ? B. study? ? ? C. family? ? ? ? D. work

（ ）8. A. a quick? ? B. a secret? ? C. an expected? D. an extra

（ ）9. A. hopeful? ? B. delighted? ? C. frightened? ? D. anxious

（ ）10. A. forcing? B. telling? ? ? C. giving? ? ? ? D. limiting

（ ）11. A. leaving? ? B. taking? ? C. passing? ? D. recording

（ ）12. A. long? ? ? B. immediate C. enough? ? ? ? D. surprising

（ ）13. A. saying? ? ? B. demands? ? ? ?C. wish? ? ? ? ? ? ? D. words

（ ）14. A. careful B. mad? ? ? ? ? C. determined? ? ? D. helpless

（ ）15. A. save? ? ? ? B. reduce? ? ? ? C. protect? ? ? ? ? D. stop

（ ）16. A. destroying B. using? ? ? ? ? ?C. stealing? ? ? ? ? D. emptying

（ ）17. A. offered? B. guided? ? ? C. ordered? ? ? D. reminded

（ ）18. A. missed? ? B. had? ? ? ? C. received? ? D. fixed

（ ）19. A. as? ? ? ? B. when? ? C. if? ? ? ? D. since

（ ）20. A. always? B. just? ? ? ? ? ? C. more? ? ? ? D. different

（二）

Mrs White was a wealthy lady. She lived ___1___ in a large comfortable house where her children and grandchildren came to visit her frequently. ___2___， she was unhappy. She spent a lot of time thinking about her old age and about her ___3___ husband. Her children worried about her and asked Dr. Green to see her.

Mrs Green was an ___4___ doctor. She knew old people became set in their ways and didnt like to be told what to do. She decided to get to ___5___ Mrs White before she said anything. During the ___6___， Dr. Green asked Mrs White to give her a tour of the house. Mrs White was ___7___ of her house and happily agreed. As they ___8___ from room to room， Dr. Green ___9___ that there were a lot of violets[紫羅蘭] in every window. She asked， “Why do you have so many violets？” Mrs White ___10___， “I love these flowers and they grow so fast that I have ___11___.” When the tour of the house was ___12___， Dr. Green said， “I have one suggestion to ___13___.

Whenever you hear a friend or a neighbour that is ill in bed or getting ___14___， give them one of your violets.” Mrs White said nothing about the doctors ___15___ and for a few months after the visit， she didnt ___16___ any of her violets. Then one day she was ___17___ to the wedding of her neighbours daughter. She put a ribbon[絲帶] on one of her potted plants and took it to the party. ___18___ one of her friends was sick so she took a violet plant to him in hospital. ___19___ she began to give more and more of her potted violets to her neighbours. Over the years she gave away so many that she became ___20___ as the violet lady.

（ ）1. A. alone B. together C. happily D. lively

（ ）2. A. Still? ? B. Besides? ? C. Though D. However

（ ）3. A. living B. dead? ? ? ? ? C. latter? ? ? D. nice

（ ）4. A. green? ? B. advanced? ? C. experienced? D. famous

（ ）5. A. see? ? B. watch? ? ? ? C. know? ? ? ? D. realize

（ ）6. A. visit? ? B. treatment C. talking? ? D. party

（ ）7. A. tired? ? B. full? ? ? ? ? ? C. proud? ? D. afraid

（ ）8. A. saw? ? B. ran? ? ? ? C. rode? ? D. walked

（ ）9. A. bought? B. sold? ? ? ? C. smelled? ? D. noticed

（ ）10. A. insisted? ? B. suggested? ? C. required? ? D. replied

（ ）11. A. less and less B. more and more

C. more or less? ? ? ? ? D. over and over

（ ）12. A. open? ? B. over? ? ? ? ? C. up? ? ? ? ? D. ready

（ ）13. A. give? ? ? B. follow? ? ? ? C. make? ? ? D. take

（ ）14. A. ill? ? ? B. changed? ? ? C. separated? D. married

（ ）15. A. medicine B. order? ? ? ? ? ? C. advice? ? ? D. request

（ ）16. A. give away B. throw away? ? C. put away? D. blow away

（ ）17. A. forced? ? B. invited? ? ? ? ? C. taken? ? ? D. shown

（ ）18. A. Therefore? B. However? ? ? C. Later? ? D. Sooner

（ ）19. A. Luckily? ? B. Happily? ? ? ? ? C. Hurriedly D. Gradually

（ ）20. A. proud? B. known? ? ? ? ? C. eager? ? ? ? D. expert

參考答案與解析

（一）

“我”曾打電話成癮。一開始打電話還是正常交往，一天幾個電話，可后來情形漸漸變得越來越糟，直至有“癮”——從早到晚打個不停。打電話影響了“我”的工作，后來在工作中也打電話，當同事勸“我”不要再打電話時“我”會發(fā)瘋，有一次甚至用電話機打了老板。后來在電話亭打電話因用完了硬幣而破壞電話設(shè)施被警方抓起來，最后被強制看心理醫(yī)生。

1. A。文章第 1 句話和最后一句話公開承認 Im an addict 表明“我”已開始正視自己打電話成癮的問題，動詞face符合語境。該題選擇D（notice）的同學較多，但它僅僅表明“注意到”，對問題的認識程度與態(tài)度不及face深刻，故排除。

2. B。從第 1 句話及全文內(nèi)容可知“我”打電話成癮，且下文有 from the moment I woke up to the time I went to sleep，由此可見，此處用 all the time 才合乎成癮的實際。而 now and then 為“時而”，不算“成癮”。

3. C。打電話無非分為兩種，一是打，二是接聽。后面說 I wanted to phone，那么這句話就該是“等著接聽別人打來的電話”了，即 I waited to be phoned。

4. C。從 It started socially… 來看，本段講述的是成癮的開始。一開始幾個電話，只是 just a quick chat，這似乎很好，故用 fine。

5. B。前面說剛開始打電話只是社交上的行為，一天幾個電話往往比較快，對人對己沒有影響。后面的 Gradually though提示，以后的情形與剛開始時形成對比，漸漸變得糟了，即此處說的是“情形”。從語境來看，這里說的是總的情況，而非指身體等某一部分的具體情況，故排除condition。

6. A。這是說打電話成癮的一個過渡：a few calls each day—soon it was ___6___ use， until， finally， addiction，那么中間的環(huán)節(jié)就應(yīng)該為“經(jīng)常”打，即 frequent use。該題誤選 unusual較多，該詞只是說明使用“不正?！?，不一定是電話打得多;而 frequent 意為“頻繁的，經(jīng)常的”，更能體現(xiàn)打電話多。

7. D。從下文來看，從早到晚打電話，根本沒有時間工作，故說打電話成癮影響到自己的工作比較合乎情景。至于 friends在下段中才提及，且只是“我”打電話中的一部分人，不合文理。

8. A。在白天“我”會遛出去匆匆打個電話。從后面的 I spent the whole time waiting for the phone to ring 來看，不能是 an expected call。

9. D。前面說遛出去匆匆打電話，若打不了電話就等，然后就是 I would ring someone， then someone else由此判斷，此時若沒有電話就“焦慮不安”。

10. B。此處說的是在給別人打電話時邊打電話邊告訴自己再打最后一個電話。tell oneself sth 意為“告訴自己”。

11. A。從后面的 to make sure __12__ calls would see me此處說的是為能讓自己有電話接，“我”邊打電話邊留言給別人。leave a message 意為“留言”。

12. C。從短文內(nèi)容來看，“我”陶醉在撥打和接聽電話中，關(guān)心的是天天能有“足夠”的電話來找我。此處 see me through the day是解題的關(guān)鍵，是指他人主動打來的電話。

13. D。從后面的引語 Is it OK if I just use the phone 來看，這里說的是徑直走向電話時說的話語。

14. B。/15. D。由下文發(fā)生的“我”把電話砸向老板來看，“我”當時打電話已成癮，難以自控，當同事勸“我”不要在工作期間打電話時，“我”became mad。

15. D。從下文“我”打老板來看，在工作期間為不影響工作應(yīng)禁止打電話，由此可推測此處應(yīng)是在工作時工友們勸我不要打電話“我”就發(fā)瘋。

16. A。上文說當時“我”打電話已成癮，不讓打電話就發(fā)瘋及用電話打老板等來看，“我”打電話已不能自拔。再結(jié)合 the police caught me… 不難看出此處是因硬幣用完打不通電話而破壞電話設(shè)施被逮捕。

17. C?！拔摇庇质谴蚶习澹质瞧茐碾娫捲O(shè)施，此時又被警察抓了，故“我”被命令去看心理醫(yī)生。

18. B。前面說“我”被命令去看心理醫(yī)生，故推測“我”正在接受治療，進而推測在接受治療期間，房間“沒有”電話。

19. D。前面說在“我”房間里已有 3 個星期沒有電話了，這里說的是“自從上次用過電話至今有好些天沒有再打了”。該題可從語法上直接選出since。

20. A。本段講述的是現(xiàn)在的情況?！拔摇辈豢措娨暎驗殡娨暲锟倳腥舜螂娫?。此處用 always 表示看電視會因里面打電話的人而誘導“癮”病發(fā)作。

（二）

獨居在一所豪華的宅子里，但是過得不愉快。兒女看在心里，于是就請了一位有經(jīng)驗的大夫幫助。聰明的大夫提出看看房子，并提議Mrs White把家中養(yǎng)的紫羅蘭送給鄰居或病人……慢慢地她果然在送花中找到了樂趣，并有了 the violet lady 的美譽。

1. A。從后面的 where her children and grandchildren came to visit her frequently 來看，她是獨自一人住。

2. D。前面說她住的房子很寬敞、很舒適，后面說 she was unhappy，因此可知此處用 However 表示轉(zhuǎn)折。

3. B。從語境來看，她丈夫已去世，她現(xiàn)在獨居，故她常常考慮年老問題及自己已去世的丈夫。

4. C。從后面的 She knew old people became set in their ways and didnt like to be told what to do 及下文她成功地讓 Mrs White 高興起來等來看，Mrs Green 是個很有經(jīng)驗的大夫。

5. C。前面說 Mrs Green 很有經(jīng)驗，這是有經(jīng)驗的具體體現(xiàn)。她決定在說點什么前先了解一下 Mrs White，以便對癥下藥。get to know sb 意為“開始認識某人，了解某人”。

6. A。此處談?wù)摰氖?Mrs Green 初次見到 Mrs White 的情景，這是她初次拜訪 Mrs White。

7. C。Mrs Green 提出看看 Mrs White 的房子，她高興地答應(yīng)了，由此可推測 Mrs White 對自己的房子應(yīng)是很驕傲的。第1段中也交代了她的房子很寬敞舒適。

8. D。從語境看，此處寫的是 Mrs Green 在 Mrs White 家里參觀的場景，故用 walk 才符合在家里轉(zhuǎn)轉(zhuǎn)看看的實際。

9. D。Mrs Green 提出要在房子里轉(zhuǎn)轉(zhuǎn)看看時，事先并不知道 Mrs White 家養(yǎng)了那么多紫羅蘭。當她們轉(zhuǎn)悠時，Mrs Green突然“注意”到了紫羅蘭。

10. D。這是 Mrs White 對 Mrs Green 所提出問題的回答，故此處用reply。

11. B。從 I love these flowers and they grow so fast 及下文來看，Mrs White家的紫羅蘭“越來越多”。

12. B。從語境可知，這是看完房子后 Mrs Green 給 Mrs White 提出的建議。be over 意為“結(jié)束”。

13. C。這里指 Mrs Green 根據(jù) Mrs White 的具體情況提出一條建議。make a suggestion為固定搭配，意為“提建議”。

14 D 從送鮮花來看，四個選項中只有 get married 符合送花的實際。至于 A（ill）因文中已涉及到了，故此處應(yīng)排除。

15. C。從上文的 I have one suggestion to ___13___ 來看，此處應(yīng)填advice。在此advice與suggestion 是同義詞。

16. A。Mrs Green 曾建議 Mrs Green 把紫羅蘭花送給一些朋友。從上下文來看，自從 Mrs Green拜訪她之后，她有幾個月的時間都沒有贈送任何紫羅蘭。give away 意為“捐贈，贈送”。

17. B。從下文她帶著纏著絲帶的鮮花去參加婚禮及語境來看，此處說的是她被邀請參加鄰居女兒的婚禮。

18. C。前面敘述的是 Mrs White首次帶著鮮花參加一個鄰居女兒的婚禮，這里說的是后來又有一次她帶著鮮花去看望因病住院的朋友。later意為“以后，后來”，這是相對上次她參加婚禮而言的。

19. D。前面說有幾個月她并沒有按大夫說的那樣做，之后列舉了兩次送花的事，由此可推測她接受大夫送鮮花的建議有個過程，是漸漸地進行的，故用gradually（漸漸地）。

20. B。幾年來她堅持把鮮花送出，于是就有人稱她為 the violet lady，即她以 the violet lady 而出名。Be/become known as… 可看作短語，意為“以……而出名”。