Question

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。

Tom was a businessman and he suffered many failures in his career, which made him a depressed（沮丧的）man, he often complained that others had been playing tricks on him. One day he told his wife he was so with the city that he had to leave.

So his family moved to city. In the evening of a weekend, Tom and his wife were busy up their new home the light suddenly went out. So they had to ___ work. Tom was regretful to have forgotten to bring along candles and had to wait in a low mood. Just then he heard slight, hesitant knocks on his door that sounded clear in the night.

“Who’s it?” he wondered, since Tom had no in the new city. And this was the moment he especially disliked being disturbed. , he went reluctantly(不情愿地) to the door and opened it impatiently. At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have ? I’m your neighbor.” “No,” answered Tom in anger and shut the door violently. “What a nuisance（讨厌的人）!” he complained over it with his wife. “No sooner had we settled down the neighbor came to things.” After a while, the door was knocked . He opened it and found the same girl outside. But this time she was holding two candles, saying, “My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles. She me here to give you these .” Tom was very __ by what he saw. When he became fully aware, he said, “Thank you and your . God bless you!”

At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his in life. It was his and harshness(刻薄)with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was nobody else but himself, for he had fallen for his unsympathetic .

1.A. inspiredB. satisfiedC. encouraged D.disappointed

2.A. the otherB. other C. another D. every

3.A. lookingB. cleaningC. turningD. ending

4.A. whereB. thatC. whyD. when

5.A. continueB. quitC. startD. change

6.A. helplesslyB. happilyC. patiently D. hopefully

7.A. noisyB. quietC. darkD. crowded

8.A. friendB. consultantC. strangerD. adolescent

9.A. SoB. HoweverC. ThoughD. In case

10.A. lightsB. tricksC. candlesD. failures

11.A. whenB. thatC. thanD. while

12.A. borrowB. sellC. purchaseD. lend

13.A. suddenlyB. tooC. constantlyD. again

14.A. suggestedB. sentC. forbadeD. forced

15.A. frightenedB. surprisedC. puzzledD. pleased

16.A. brotherB. motherC. fatherD. grandma

17.A. dissatisfactionB. successC. failureD. determination

18.A. apologyB. responsibilityC. coldnessD. concept

19.A. in particularB. in allC. in generalD. in reality

20.A. brainB. thoughtC. ideaD. mind

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.B

8.A

9.B

10.C

11.C

12.A

13.D

14.B

15.B

16.D

17.C

18.C

19.D

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：Tom的生活和事业一直不顺利，一个小女孩的出现，让他意识到人生中欺骗他的人不是别人正是自己。

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考点：考查故事类完型填空