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【题目】完形填空（本题有15小题，每小题1分；共计15分）

Several years ago a young teacher took a bus to the school where he worked. When he sat down, he that the driver had given him twenty pence too much change by accident. He thought to himself, “I’d better give the twenty pence back. It would be to keep it. ” Then he thought, “Oh, it, it’s only twenty pence. Who would care about this little amount?And the bus company already gets too much in ticket prices; they will miss it. Accept it as a gift, and keep quiet. These days I have been very because of bad health and I hope the gift can cheer me up.”

When he arrived at his , the teacher paused (暂停) at the door, then he the twenty pence to the driver and said: “Here, you gave me too much .”

The driver smiled and replied: “Don’t you me? I took your science class last year. I am a part-time driver here. I realized I had given you twenty pence too much. Later I thought why not a joke on you. I just wanted to what you would do I gave you too much change.”

When the young teacher the bus, his knees became weak. He had to catch the nearest street lamp pole (杆) for , and looked up to the sky and cried:“Oh, I almost lost my face, and didn’t pass the !”

【1】A. hoped B. discovered C. wished D. said

【2】A. wrong B. true C. easy D. clever

【3】A. believe B. avoid C. throw D. forget

【4】A. never B. ever C. forever D. always

【5】A.unhappy B.free C.strange D.angry

【6】A.home B. school C. stop D. office

【7】A. introduced B. posted C. lent D. returned

【8】A. change B. help C. time D. confidence

【9】A.find B.forget C.remember D. refuse

【10】A.hear B.share C.tell D.play

【11】A.ask B.see C.say D.understand

【12】A. until B. because C. if D. though

【13】A. ran for B. waited for C. got on D. got off

【14】A. pleasure B. support C. fun D. break

【15】A. lesson B. chance C. risk D. test

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【4】A

【5】A

【6】C

【7】D

【8】A

【9】C

【10】D

【11】B

【12】C

【13】D

【14】B

【15】D

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了一位年轻的教师坐公交车去上班，在公交车上他发现司机多找了20便士零钱。但是在下车时，这位年轻老师告诉司机他多找了零钱。原来这个司机是这个老师的学生。这位老师下车后，认为他差点丢了脸。

【1】B考查动词词义辨析及语境的理解。A. hoped希望；B. discovered 发现；C. wished希望；D.said说。句意：当他坐下时，他发现司机意外的多给了他20便士。根据the driver had given him twenty pence too much change by accident.此处用的过去完成时，可知司机多给他20便士，应是在他坐下之前，故此处是发现，而不是希望。故选B。

【2】A考查形容词词义辨析及语境的理解。A. wrong 错的；B. true 正确的；C. easy容易的； D. clever聪明的。句意：留下它是错的。根据I’d better give the twenty pence back.可知应该把这20便士还给司机，因此留下这20便士是错的。故选A。

【3】D考查动词词义辨析及语境的理解。A. believe相信；B. avoid 避免；C. throw扔；D. forget忘记；句意：然后他又认为：“别想这个了，只是20便士。”根据后文的Who would care about this little amount?可知他认为没有人会在乎20便士这么少的钱，因此他认为忘记这事，不想了。故选D。

【4】A考查副词词义辨析及语境的理解。 A. never从不；B. ever曾经； C. forever永远；D. always总是。句意：公交公司已经在票价上赚了很多钱，他们将不会想着这20便士。根据And the bus company already gets too much in ticket prices; 可知他认为公交公司转了很多钱，不会记着这20便士。故选A。

【5】A考查形容词词义辨析及语境的理解。A.unhappy 不高兴的；B.free 自由的；C.strange 奇怪的；D.angry生气的。句意：这些日子我因为身体不好，非常不高兴。根据because of bad health可知我身体不好，因此我心情不好，不高兴。故选A。

【6】C考查名词词义辨析及语境的理解。A.home 家；B. school学校；C. stop 车站；D. office办公室。句意：当他到达车站，那位教师在门口暂停了一下。结合上文可知这位教师在坐公交车，因此此处应是在车站停下来，故选C。

【7】D考查动词词义辨析及语境的理解。A. introduced 介绍； B. posted 邮寄；C. lent 借出； D. returned归还。句意：然后他归还了那20便士给司机。根据“Here, you gave me too much .”可知这位教师把多出的20便士还给了司机。故选D。

【8】A考查名词词义辨析及语境的理解。A. change零钱；B. help帮助；C. time时间；D. confidence信心。句意：你我给我太多的零钱。根据前文的he that the driver had given him twenty pence too much change by accident.可知司机多给了这位老师20便士零钱，故此处归还这些零钱。故选A。

【9】C考查动词词义辨析及语境的理解。A.find 找到；B.forget 忘记；C.remember记住；D. refuse拒绝。句意：难道你不记得我吗？根据后文的I took your science class last year.可知这个司机认识这位老师，故此处这位老师应记得这个司机。故选C。

【10】D考查动词词义辨析及语境的理解。 A.hear听见；B.share 分享；C.tell 告诉；D.play玩耍。句意：后来我想我为什么不给你开个玩笑呢？play a joke on sb“给某人开玩笑”，故此处用动词play。故选D。

【11】B考查动词词义辨析及语境的理解。A.ask 问；B.see 看见；C.say 说；D.understand理解。句意：我只是想看看你会怎么做。根据前文的I realized I had given you twenty pence too much.可知这个司机知道多给他零钱，他故意开玩笑，想看看接下来这位老师会怎么做，故用动词see。故选B。

【12】C考查连词词义辨析及语境的理解。A. until直到；B. because因为；C. if 如果；D. though尽管。句意：我只是想看看如果我多给你零钱，你会怎么做。此处表示假设，故用连词if。故选C。

【13】D考查动词短语词义辨析及语境的理解。A. ran for竞选；B. waited for 等待；C. got on上车；D. got off下车。句意：当这位年轻的教师下了车，他的膝盖虚弱。根据前文的When he arrived at his , the teacher paused (暂停) at the door可知此处他到达车站，因此他要下车。故选D。

【14】B考查名词词义辨析及语境的理解。A. pleasure 快乐；B. support 支持；C. fun乐趣；D. break 打破，折断。句意：他不得不抓住最近的电线杆支撑一下。根据catch the nearest street lamp pole可知此处抓住电线杆的目的是为了支撑住自己，故选B。

【15】D考查名词词义辨析及语境的理解。A. lesson课；B. chance机会；C. risk冒险；D. test测试。句意：我几乎丢了脸，没有通过考验！故选D。