Question

【题目】阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Having returned from her round trip, the angry woman stood outside the ticket office of the station. “The railway owes (欠债) me $12,” she said to Harry Jenks, the young man working at the 1. “You sold me a ticket 2 May 22nd, but there was no ship from Jersey that night. So my daughter and I had to stay in a hotel. It 3 me $12.”
Harry was 4. He remembered selling the woman a return ticket. “Come into the office, Madam,” he said politely. “I'll just 5 the Jersey timetable for May 22nd. The woman and her little girl followed him 6. She was 7 right, as Harry soon discovered, there was no 8 on May 22nd. How could he have 9 such a careless mistake? He shouldn't have sold her a ticket for that day. Wondering 10 to do, he smiled at the child. “You look sunburned,” he said to her. “Did you have a nice holiday in Jersey?”
“Yes,” she answered, shyly. “The beach was 11. And I can swim too!” “That's fine,” said Harry. “My little girl can't 12 a bit yet. Of course, she's only three…”
“I'm four,” the child said proudly. “I'll be four and a half.”
Harry 13 the mother. “I remember your 14, Madam.” he said. “But you didn't get 15 for your daughter, did you?” “Er, well,” the woman looked at the child. “I mean, she hasn't started school yet. She's only four.”
“A four-year-old child 16 have a ticket, Madam. A child's return ticket to Jersey costs…, let me see… $13. So 17 the railway pays your hotel, you will 18 $1. The law is the law, but since the 19 was mine…”
The woman stood up, 20 the child's hand and left the office.
（1）A.train B.ship C.office D.hotel
（2）A.in B.for C.at D.before
（3）A.paid B.spent C.cost D.saved
（4）A.worried B.pleased C.disappointed D.interested
（5）A.look B.watch C.test D.check
（6）A.into B.out C.outside D.inside
（7）A.quite B.all C.not D.never
（8）A.plane B.sailing C.train D.bus
（9）A.broken B.made C.given D.thought
（10）A.how B.why C.what D.which
（11）A.lovely B.beautifully C.wonderfully D.terrible
（12）A.walk B.ride C.swim D.run
（13）A.listened to B.asked for C.got to D.turned to
（14）A.money B.ticket C.ship D.daughter
（15）A.one B.it C.them D.ones
（16）A.can B.may C.need D.must
（17）A.since B.if C.unless D.until
（18）A.owe B.have C.get D.spend
（19）A.money B.debt(债务) C.fault D.ticket
（20）A.raised B.picked C.took D.brought

Answer 1

【答案】（1）、C
（2）、B
（3）、C
（4）、A
（5）、D
（6）、D
（7）、A
（8）、B
（9）、B
（10）、C
（11）、A
（12）、C
（13）、D
（14）、B
（15）、A
（16）、D
（17）、B
（18）、A
（19）、C
（20）、C

【解析】本文讲述的是一位母亲想借售票员的失误而报销旅馆费用的故事。这位女乘客带女儿到 Jersey 旅游，并在那里住了一夜。她想借售票员误卖给她的一张船票而让他归还 12 英镑钱。不过，售票员在了解到这位旅客带女儿(4 岁)旅游而没有买票时算了一笔账，结果这位乘客没有拿到钱而走了。

⑴考查名词。A. train火车；B. ship轮船；C. office办公室；D. hotel宾馆。根据前面的outside the ticket office of the station可知，这个年轻人在办公室工作，所以答案是C。

⑵考查介词。句意：你卖给我的票是五月二十二日的。此处表示目的，所以答案是B。

⑶考查动词。A. paid付款；B. spent花费，度过；C. cost花费，使付出；D. saved节约，挽救。它花费我12美元。物作主语，不能选B项，所以答案是C。

⑷考查形容词。A. worried担忧的；B. pleased感到高兴的；C. disappointed感到失望的；D. interested感兴趣的。Harry听说卖错了票，当然是对这件事担忧。所以答案是A。

⑸考查动词。A. look看；B. watch观看；C. test测试；D. check检查，核对。年轻人要核对一下五月二十二日的时间表。所以答案是D。

⑹考查副词。根据45空前的“Come into the office, Madam,”可知，这位女士和她的小女儿跟着他进了办公室。所以答案是D。

⑺考查副词。A. quite相当，十分；B. all全部；C. not不；D. never从来没有。根据下文such a careless mistake?可知，这位女士说的相当正确。所以答案是A。

⑻考查名词。A. plane飞机；B. sailing航行；C. train 火车；D. bus公共汽车。根据第一段中的ship可知，Harry发现5月22日没有sailing，故选B。

⑼考查动词。A. broken损坏；B. made制造；C. given给；D. thought想，认为。固定词组：make a mistake犯错误，所以答案是B。

⑽考查连词。句意：他本不应该卖给她一张那天的票。他想知道接下来要做什么，他冲着孩子微笑。所以答案是C。

⑾考查形容词。A. lovely优美的，可爱的；B. beautifully美丽地；C. wonderfully精彩地；D. terrible可怕的。海滩是优美的，我也能游泳。所以答案是A。

⑿考查动词。A. walk散步；B. ride骑；C. swim游泳；D. run跑。根据上句的And I can swim too!，可知在说“我的小女儿不会游泳，她只有三岁”。所以答案是C。

⒀考查动词词组。A. listened to听；B. asked for要求；C. got to到达；D. turned to转向。Harry转向这位妈妈。所以答案是D。

⒁考查名词。A. money金钱；B. ticket票；C. ship轮船；D. daughter女儿。我记得你买了一张票，但你没有为你女儿买。所以答案是B。

⒂考查代词。句意：但你没有为你女儿买一张。所以答案是A。

⒃考查情态动词。一个四岁的孩子一定要买一张票。所以答案是D。

⒄考查连词。A. since自从；B. if如果；C. unless除非；D. until直到。所以如果车站上付给你宾馆的钱，你将欠一美元。所以答案是B。

⒅考查动词。A. owe 欠，应给予；B. have有；C. get得到；D. spend花费。所以如果车站上付给你宾馆的钱，你将欠一美元。也就是让她女儿补票。所以答案是A。

⒆考查名词。A. money金钱；B. debt 债务；C. fault过错；D. ticket票。法律就是法律。但是因为错误是我的……所以答案是C。

⒇考查动词。A. raised举起，养育；B. picked捡，摘；C. took拿，取；D. brought带来。这位女士站起来，拉着孩子，走了。所以答案是C。