先通讀短文,掌握其大意,然后從A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出一個(gè)可以填入相應(yīng)空白處的最佳答案,并將其標(biāo)號(hào)填入題前括號(hào)內(nèi)。
(一)
Its not polite to arrive at a dinner more than 15 to 20 minutes late. The host or hostess usually waits for all the ___1___ to arrive before serving the meal. If someone is late, the food may be spoiled[變味], and ___2___ may the host or hostess spirits. If you have to be ___3___ call and tell them to start ___4___ you.
Its even worse to be early! The host or hostess will probably not be ___5___. If you are early, drive or walk around the block a few times, or just sit in your car until the right time.
Though its often ___6___ to arrive at a party on time, on the other hand, the host or hostess ___7___ guests to arrive and leave between certain times, so you can ___8___ at any time between the times he or she gives you.
Its nice to bring an empty stomach, but its even nicer to bring ___9___ present. The present should not cost a lot, or you might make the host or hostess ___10___. Flowers, wine, or a box of candy will be fine. ___11___ bring money as a present. In an introduction, the ___12___ of a name is: (1) the given name; (2) the family name. In other ___13___, the given name comes ___14___. Its important not only to learn and remember ___15___, but to repeat them often in conversation. After the introduction, we usually call friends by their ___16___ names. Older people may want you to call them by their titles and family names, such as “Mrs Smith”, “Mr Johnson”, “Dr. Brown”.
A maiden[閨女] name is a ___17___ family name at birth. In the United States and Canada, after a woman ___18___, she takes the family name of her ___19___ in place of her maiden name. It is now becoming common, however, for women to ___20___ their maiden names after they get married.
( )1. A. guests B. visitors C. customs D. passengers
( )2. A. or B. so C. but D. yet
( )3. A. tired B. hungry C. late D. early
( )4. A. without B. for C. with D. after
( )5. A. awake B. ready C. up D. friendly
( )6. A. useless B. impossible C. unable D. important
( )7. A. forces B. invites C. begs D. orders
( )8. A. play B. fly C. arrive D. start
( )9. A. a big B. a small
C. a good D. an expensive
( )10. A. pleased B. satisfied C. interested D. uneasy
( )11. A. Never B. Always C. Do D. Be sure to
( )12. A. spelling B. calling
C. order D. pronunciation
( )13. A. words B. letters C. idioms D. sentences
( )14. A. last B. first
C. finally D. in the middle
( )15. A. expressions B. appearances C. names D. addresses
( )16. A. given B. family C. middle D. pen
( )17. A. gentlemans B. boys C. womans D. mans
( )18. A. works B. marries C. bears D. dies
( )19. A. husband B. mother C. father D. sister
( )20. A. stop B. give up C. keep D. find
(二)
I was 15 when I walked into McCarleys Bookstore in Ashland. As I was looking at ___1___ on the shelves, the man behind the counter, ___2___, asked if Id like ___3___. I needed to start ___4___ for college, so I said yes. I ___5___ after school and during summers for the lowest wages and the job helped pay for my freshman year of college. I would work many other jobs; I made coffee in the Students Union during college, I was a hotel maid and even made maps for the U. S. Forest Service. But selling books was one of the most ___6___. One day a woman asked me for books on cancer. She seemed fearful. I showed her almost ___7___ we had at that time ___8___ and found other books we could order. She left the store less ___9___. Ive always remembered the ___10___ I felt in having helped her.
Years later, as a ___11___ in Los Angeles, I heard about an immigrant child who was born with his fingers connected, webline. His family could not ___12___ a corrective operation, and the boy lived in ___13___, hiding his hand in his pocket.
I ___14___ my boss to let me do the story. After my story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the ___15___ for free.
I visited the boy in the recovery room soon after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his ___16___ hand and say, “Thank you.” I felt a sense of ___17___.
In the past, while I was ___18___, I always sense I was working for the customers, not the store. Today its the same. NBC News pays my salary, ___19___ I feel as if I work for the ___20___, helping them make sense of the world.
( )1. A. maps B. titles C. articles D. reports
( )2. A. the reader B. the college student
C. the shop owner? ? ? D. the customer
( )3. A. a book B. a job C. some tea D. any help
( )4. A. planning B. saving C. preparing D. studying
( )5. A. read B. studied C. cooked D. worked
( )6. A. boring B. surprising C. satisfying D. disappointing
( )7. A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything
( )3. A. mind B. idea C. opinion D. head
( )4. A. get B. set C. searched D. went
( )5. A. operate B. run C. start D. work
( )6. A. riding B. driving C. thinking D. keeping
( )7. A. strong B. practical C. ideal D. obvious
( )8. A. afford B. pay C. allow D. stand
( )9. A. talk B. expression C. face D. response
( )10. A. truck B. telescope C. chance D. bargain
( )11. A. one B. something C. everythin D. nothing
( )12. A. heating B. loving C. nursing D. finding
( )13. A. pleased B. good C. exper D. angry
( )14. A. say B. believe C. care D. learn
( )15. A. went of B. woke up C. rang up D. found out
( )16. A. worried B. instructed C. warned D. defeated
( )17. A. opened B. wrapped C. left D. faded
( )18. A. recovered B. refused C. reopened D. removed
( )19. A. won B. done C. beaten D. failed
( )20. A. ever B. already C. still D. even
參考答案與解析
(一)
【答案與解析】
1. A。guests 意為“客人”,與前面的the host(男主人)和hostess(女主人)相對(duì)應(yīng)。
2. B。此句用so表示重復(fù)前面句子的意思,但兩句的主語不同。句意為:食物可能變味,主人的興致(spirits)也可能變味。
3. C。由上文提到不能遲到,此句表示:如果不得不遲到的話,就得先打電話告訴他們開始。
4. A。without 在此表示:沒有你在場(chǎng)。
5. B。朋友聚餐一般都約定了時(shí)間。如果去早了,主人還沒有作好準(zhǔn)備。
6. D。由上文提到聚餐既不能遲到,也不能早到,此句可斷定:準(zhǔn)時(shí)到達(dá)是重要的。
7. B。由四個(gè)動(dòng)詞的意義結(jié)合上下文可知:只有選 invites 才正確。
8. D。start 意為“出發(fā)”,指在主人約定的到達(dá)和離開的時(shí)間之間任何時(shí)間出發(fā)都可以。
9. B。由下文提到的flowers,wine,a box of candy等可知:給主人送?。╯mall)禮物較好。
10. D。由or可知:如果送花錢太多的禮物,主人只會(huì)感覺不安。
11. A。前面提到送小禮物好,送花錢太多的禮物,主人只會(huì)感覺不安,那么用錢作禮物就會(huì)使主人感到更加不安,所以千萬別送錢。
12. C。由下文可知:在作介紹時(shí),要注意名字的順序(order)
13. A。后面是對(duì)前面的話進(jìn)行進(jìn)一步地解釋,故選words ,in other words意為“換句話說”。
14. B。first name或given name 指(歐美人的)名字。family name意為“姓”。
15. C。上文談到的名字,所以此句意為:不僅要了解和記住名字(names),而且在談話時(shí)還要經(jīng)常提到這些名字。
16. A。在下句提到,老年人想要你稱呼他們的頭銜(title)和姓(family name),那么在一般朋友之間則可直呼其名(given name)。
17. C。/ 18. A。/ 19. A。在西方一些國家,未婚女子的姓用女人出生時(shí)的姓即womans family name,結(jié)婚(marries),就得將自己的family name改為她丈夫(husband)的姓。
20. C。前面提到女人結(jié)婚后,其姓改為她丈夫的。此句提到現(xiàn)在情況正在變化:女人結(jié)婚后仍然保持(keep)少女時(shí)的姓(maiden name)。選keep切合句意,其他動(dòng)詞均不符。
(二)
本文敘述作者讀大學(xué)時(shí)在外做兼職時(shí)所經(jīng)歷的一些事情以及對(duì)現(xiàn)在工作的影響。
1. B。當(dāng)你到書店的書架前,你首先看到的是書的“名稱/題目”。
2. C。柜臺(tái)后面一般是售貨員或店老板,因?yàn)檫x項(xiàng)中沒有售貨員,因此答案是“店老板”。
3. B。根據(jù)下文作者的回答可知老板問作者是否想找“一份工作”。
4. B。因?yàn)樯洗髮W(xué)需要錢,所以需要“積攢,節(jié)省”。
5. D。根據(jù)上文“找工作”可得出答案。
6. C。根據(jù)下文,尤其是 I felt in having helped her 這句話可以猜出答案。
7. D。根據(jù)下文和本句中的副詞 almost(我?guī)缀醢褧昀锼械臅冀o她看了)可得出答案。
8. D。文章開頭第一句就交代了“書店”,上下文都可以證實(shí)。
9. A。根據(jù)上文作者的熱情服務(wù)把書店幾乎所有的書都拿給她看,以及下文作者對(duì)自己工作的滿意心情可以判斷,那位婦女走時(shí)是帶著“不太著急的”心情離開的。
10. A。從上文的敘述和下文的 I felt in having helped her 可知作者因幫助了這樣一位婦女而感到很“自豪”。
11. D。根據(jù)下文的 NBC News 得出答案是電視臺(tái)記者。
12. C。因?yàn)槭且泼?,因此判斷他家里“付不起”矯正的手術(shù)費(fèi)。
13. A。因?yàn)槭质菤埣?,再根?jù)后面“把手藏在口袋里”判斷答案為“害羞”。
14. C。根據(jù)下文“我寫的故事被播出了”可知我“說服”了老板讓我寫這個(gè)故事。
15. D。從上文提到“矯正手術(shù)”得出答案。
16. A。從上文,手術(shù)后在醫(yī)院康復(fù)期間,作者看望了那個(gè)小孩,他做的第一件事就是舉起他那動(dòng)手術(shù)“修復(fù)過”的手。
17. A??吹侥莻€(gè)小孩舉起他的手,我有一種“高興”的感覺。
18. D。從文章的第一句話可得出答案。
19. C。從句子的前后意思可知表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。
20. B。因?yàn)樽髡攥F(xiàn)在是一位電視工作者,所做的工作是為“看電視的觀眾”而做的。
(三)
本文講述的是“我”想得到一輛渴望已久的電動(dòng)玩具車的故事。在圣誕節(jié)前,“我”費(fèi)勁心思纏著爸爸要電動(dòng)車,做了各種工作但還是被爸爸拒絕了。不過,在那年的圣誕節(jié)早晨查看圣誕禮物時(shí),“我”卻發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個(gè)大包裹,打開后發(fā)現(xiàn)那里面竟是我一直想要的電動(dòng)車。
1. A。前面說“我得到了渴望已久的電動(dòng)車”,而這里用 but 轉(zhuǎn)折,表示的是“你很難相信為了得到這個(gè)神圣的禮物我所經(jīng)受的痛苦和付出的努力”。
2. C。從上下文來看,“我”很早就關(guān)注著車,并通過看介紹有關(guān)車的雜志來了解信息。
3. A。根據(jù)上下文可知,此處說的是“我”終于下定決心買輛電動(dòng)車。make up ones mind 為固定短語,意為“下決心”。
4. B。前面說“下決心買電動(dòng)車”,此處說的是作出決定后就立即開始行動(dòng)了。set to work 意為“開始行動(dòng)起來”,下文具體寫了所做的工作。
5. D。此處說的是“我”展開的第一項(xiàng)工作,那就是告訴爸爸說“我的那輛舊車的操縱桿失靈了”。Work 是動(dòng)詞,意為“工作,有效”,在這里說的是“操縱桿不靈了”。
6. B。從上下文來看,“我”的第一次工作沒有成效,反而被爸爸指責(zé)為“我”不會(huì)操作。bad driving 意為“不會(huì)操作,錯(cuò)誤操作”。
7. D。前面“我”是找了舊車操縱桿失靈這樣一個(gè)借口,從后面的內(nèi)容特別是引號(hào)內(nèi)的話語可以看出,“我”的下一個(gè)計(jì)劃就更明確、直白了。
8. A。這是“我”力勸爸爸買電動(dòng)車的話。從 …with controller and battery pack—all for only US$250 及后面的 …miss out on this bargain 等可推測(cè),此處應(yīng)選用 afford。can / be able to afford… 是常見搭配,意為“省出或找到足夠的時(shí)間或金錢去(做某事);……得起”。
9. D。從 …and for US$250 you could buy… 等來看,爸爸的反應(yīng)確實(shí)是不想買電動(dòng)車。
10. D。根據(jù)上文的 You couldnt ___ to miss out on this bargain 等可推測(cè)此處應(yīng)填 bargain。
11. B。這里說的是爸爸的觀點(diǎn)。與其買電動(dòng)車,倒不如買一架像望遠(yuǎn)鏡一樣具有教育意義的東西。something like 意為“像……樣的東西”。
12 C 從 when Im 97 years old 及后面的 This is my youth 等來推測(cè),此處說的是“要看月亮,那就等到 97 歲時(shí)住在養(yǎng)老院里看好了”。這是作者對(duì)爸爸提議買望遠(yuǎn)鏡的一句氣話。
13. D。從前面多次提到買車被爸爸拒絕,后面又有 …h(huán)ow mean my father was 及后面的 …h(huán)e didnt ___14___ that I would die… 等來推測(cè),此處說的是“我”對(duì)爸爸的吝嗇很“惱怒”。
14. C。前面說“我”很惱怒,再結(jié)合后面的 …that I would die if I did not get the Pumpkin radio-controlled truck 等推測(cè),“我”覺得爸爸才不“在乎”呢!
15. B。根據(jù)時(shí)間狀語 on Christmas morning,可知講的是“我”在圣誕節(jié)的早晨醒來后查看禮物時(shí)發(fā)生的故事。
16. D。按照常例,西方兒童在圣誕節(jié)早晨收到禮物是激動(dòng)和興奮的,可此刻“我”卻興奮不起來,因?yàn)椤拔摇币嚨幕孟肫茰缌?。此處?defeat正好符合“我”當(dāng)時(shí)的心理。
17. C。從前面的 I opened all my presents until there was just one big package… 等可推測(cè),此處說的是“直到還剩下最后一個(gè)包裹”。
18. D。從上下文來看,此時(shí)只剩下這最后一個(gè)包裹,于是“我”就打開包裝,這與后面的看到里面的東西相符合。
19. A。與上面的 I had been defeated 相對(duì),此處描寫的是當(dāng)我得到盼望已久的車時(shí)高興的心情,“我”終于“贏”了。
20. D。前面一直在責(zé)怪爸爸不給“我”買車,當(dāng)?shù)玫杰嚭?,“我”高興得覺得能做任何事情,后面進(jìn)一步說“我甚至能在英語課上得 A+”。