【题目】A little holiday magic
Christmas Eve has always been my favorite day of the year. December 24,2010, I decided
to _______a little last-minute shopping before joining my family at my mother's.
I bought a large basket of cheeses and a bottle of wine. On my way down, the elevator(电梯)stopped at the third floor. where everybody but an older couple and me got off--and where a tall, handsome man_______.We started down again; then suddenly the elevator stopped. We were stuck--on Christmas Eve!
_______ there was a phone and the old man called someone in maintenance(维修),who
told us that we had to be in for a 1ong wait.
At that point. We--the older couple, Mr. and Mrs. Philips; John, the handsome man; and I--sat down on the floor and began_______ Christmas memories. An hour passed, then two; we found ourselves so involved in the conversation that we forgot we were stuck. I shared my basket of cheeses and wine with them. I didn't realize at the time we were creating another special Christmas_______.
After five hours, the elevator finally moved .When the doors opened, the worried store manager was surprised to find us in such_______ spirits. Saying our good-byes, the four of us exchanged addresses and promised to send holiday greeting to each other in the years to come.
I got to my mother's for our traditional family Christmas--a bit late,_______ I got there.
Christmas evening I returned to my apartment. Waiting for me was a single red rose and a message: I really miss the cheese basket. Job. At the bottom was his phone number…
John and I were married the following Christmas Eve. And we are _______exchanging
Christmas greetings with Mr. and Mrs. Phillips. And I still wake up every Christmas Eve Morning filled with excitement at the magic of the day.
【1】A. make B. do C. show D. accept
【2】A. got up B. got down C. got off D. got on
【3】A. Sadly B. Proudly C. Luckily D. Strangely
【4】A. sharing B. losing C. comparing D. studying
【5】A. accident B. game C. record D. memory
【6】A. high B. low C. common D. true
【7】A. so B. but C. or D. because
【8】A. even B. already C. still D. yet
【答案】
【1】B
【2】D
【3】C
【4】A
【5】D
【6】A
【7】B
【8】C
【解析】短文大意:本文作者讲述了在平安夜去购物时发生的故事。电梯坏了,困在电梯的人们一起分享奶酪和葡萄酒和圣诞回忆,他们度过了一个有魔法的节日。
【1】句意:2010年12月24日,我决定在和家人一起,去我母亲家之前,做最后一点购物。 A. make动词,制作;B. do动词,做;C. show动词,展示;D. accept动词,接受。固定短语do some shopping,购物;do a little last-minute shopping动词短语,最后的一点购物。故填:B。
【2】句意:在我下去的路上,电梯停在了第三层,除了我和一对老年夫妇,所有人都下了,一个又高又英俊的人走了上来。A. got up起床;B. got down下来;C. got off下车;D. got on上来,上车。根据语义可知,本处指“上电梯”。故填:D。
【3】句意:幸运的是,有个电话, 老人叫人来维修, 告诉我们,我们必须在这里等很长时间。A. Sadly副词,伤心地;B. Proudly副词,骄傲地;C. Luckily副词,幸运地;D. Strangely 副词,奇怪地。出现“事故”,有电话 “是幸运地”。故填:C。
【4】句意:我们—我和这对老夫妇、菲利普夫妇、 约翰那位英俊的人坐在地板上,开始分享圣诞节的回忆。A. sharing动名词,分享;B. losing动名词,失去;C. comparing动名词,比较;D. studying动名词,学习。share memories , “分享回忆”。故填:A。
【5】句意:当时我没有意识到我们在创造着另一个特别的圣诞记忆。A. accident名词,事故; B. game名词,游戏;C. record名词,记录;D. memory名词,记忆。根据前文...I sat down on the floor and began___4___ Christmas memories.可知,此处指“记忆、回忆”。故填:D。
【6】句意:门一打开,忧心忡忡的店长惊讶地发现我们情绪如此高涨。A. high形容词,高的; B. low形容词,低的;C. common形容词,普通的;D. true形容词,真实的。根据前一段可知,困在电梯的人们在一起分享着酒、奶酪,还有圣诞回忆,可知“我们的情绪应是高涨的”。故填:A。
【7】句意:我到达我妈妈家过传统的圣诞节, 有点晚, 但是我到了那里。A. so连词,所以,表示结果;B. but 连词,但是,表示转折;C. or连词,或者,表示选择;D. because连词,因为,表示因果关系。“有点晚”与“到了那里”之间是“转折”关系。 故填:B。
【8】句意:我们还在和菲利普斯夫妇互致圣诞问候。 A. even副词,甚至; B. already副词,已经,用在肯定句中;C. still副词,含有“仍旧”、“还”之意,表示某事仍在继续;D. yet副词,还,用在否定或疑问句句中。本句表示exchanging Christmas greetings这件事还在继续。故填:C。
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