Question

A few days ago I was sitting in a Thai restaurant enjoying a meal when I got on a phone call from a friend I hadn’t spoken to for a long time. In my enthusiasm and___ I talked slightly louder than usual voice and in Spanish, my mother tongue.

A few minutes into the___, the lady sitting at the table beside mine got up, seemingly___, and asked the restaurant staff to relocate her to a table as far away as possible from the man who wouldn’t _ __his phone.

I sank in my seat out of ___. I ended the call soon afterwards and felt the urge to go over and ___. Before getting up I looked around to see where she was and she was, ___, at the table furthest away from me.

I noticed that the lady was___ and staring out of the window. I ___ a tinge(气息) of sadness——perhaps a desire for aloneness and peace. But I had___ destroyed it minutes earlier.

Right then I ___ my plans for a conventional apologetic gesture. Seeing the Smile Cards in my wallet I took one out. On signing my restaurant bill I asked my server to ___charge the lady’s meal to my credit card and hand her the Smile Card instead of her bill.

Did she take it the wrong way, I ___? Did she get confused? Did she refuse the anonymous___? And so on. I just waited and felt nervous to learn the ___.To my pleasant surprise, things___ to be the best possible way.

The waiter approached me in a stream of ___, telling me, “In many times she had ___there before, but we had never seen the old lady smile as she did upon ___the Smile Card and the $0check. She thanked me even though I ___ that someone else did the job.”

1.A. anger B. sorrow C. nervousness D. excitement

2.A. call B. restaurant C. discussion D. interview

3.A. informed B. cheered C. offended D. separated

4.A. get off B. get on C. get through D. get over

5.A. enthusiasm B. embarrassment C. disappointment D. satisfaction

6.A. donate B. cooperate C. apologize D. exchange

7.A. instead B. indeed C. again D. also

8.A. moved B. thankful C. proud D. alone

9.A. arranged B. ignored C. broke D. detected

10.A. obviously B. naturally C. pleasantly D. purposefully

11.A. prepared B. abandoned C. suggested D. enjoyed

12.A. partly B. eventually C. secretly D. formally

13.A. wondered B. discouraged C. expected D. continued

14.A. service B. point C. advice D. offer

15.A. approach B. outcome C. difference D. reason

16.A. turned out B. put out C. took out D. made out

17.A. pity B. doubt C. joy D. sorrow

18.A. quarreled B. worked C. smiled D. dined

19.A. selling B. receiving C. making D. wrapping

20.A. explained B. suspected C. argued D. complained

Answer 1

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.B

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.D

10.A

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.D

15.B

16.A

17.C

18.D

19.B

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：文章主要讲述了作者几天前在餐厅用餐发生的事情。作者当时由于接到了很久未联系的朋友的电话而声音略大，使得坐在附近的一位女士要求调换座位远离作者。作者这才觉得自己打扰了他人。最后作者通过匿名付账以及送微笑卡的方式向对方道歉。

1.D 考查名词。A. anger 生气；B. sorrow 悲痛、悔恨；C. nervousness 紧张；D. excitement 兴奋。根据and之前的enthusiasm可知，作者此时很热情，根据情理推断选择D，表示作者此时心情很激动才导致说话声音有点高。

2.A 考查名词。A. call 电话；B. restaurant 餐馆；C. discussion 讨论；D. interview采访。根据第一句when I got on a phone call from a friend可知，作者此时在接电话。故选择A。

3.C 考查动词。A. informed 通知；B. cheered 欢呼；C. offended 冒犯、触怒；D. separated 分隔。根据下文可知这位女士要求坐到远离作者的位置，故此时由于作者大声打电话，这位女士感到不快。故选择C，这位女士似乎感到被冒犯了。

4.A 考查动词短语。A. get off 逃脱、出发、下车、远离；B. get on 相处、开始做、上车；C. get through 完成、接通电话；D. get over 克服、度过。根据上文可知这位女士由于作者接电话时声音高而要求坐到远离作者的位置，故她认为作者无法不碰手机。选择A，表示远离。

5.B 考查名词。A. enthusiasm 热情；B. embarrassment 尴尬；C. disappointment 失望；D. satisfaction 满意。根据上文可知这位女士认为作者冒犯了她，故要求坐到远离作者的位置上去。根据常理，作者此时听到这样的话应该感到尴尬，不好意思。故选择B。

6.C 考查动词。A. donate 捐赠；B. cooperate 合作；C. apologize 道歉；D. exchange 交换。根据常理，作者冒犯了别人，感到不好意思，应该去道歉。故选择C。

7.B 考查副词。A. instead 代替；B. indeed 确实、的确；C. again 又一次；D. also 也。根据上文的asked the restaurant staff to relocate her to a table as far away as possible from the man可知这位女士要求远离作者，而此时作者发现她坐在最远离自己的地方，故选择B，表的确如此。

8.D 考查形容词。A. moved 感动的；B. thankful 感激的；C. proud 自豪的；D. alone 独自一人的。根据下文的perhaps a desire for aloneness and peace可知，选择D，表示独自一人。

9.D 考查动词。A. arranged 安排；B. ignored 忽视；C. broke 打破；D. detected 发现、洞察。根据下文的a tinge of sadness，可知选择D最为恰当，表示作者觉察到了一种悲伤的气息。

10.A 考查副词。A. obviously 明显地；B. naturally 自然地；C. pleasantly 愉悦地；D. purposefully 故意地。通过上文可知，作者接电话时打扰了这位女士，而这位女士正希望得到平静。故选择A，意为作者明显打扰了这份平静。

11.B 考查动词。A. prepared 准备；B. abandoned 放弃、遗弃；C. suggested 建议、暗示；D. enjoyed 享受。根据下文的a conventional apologetic gesture可知，作者计划进行传统的道歉。但是下文说作者并未这样做，故选择B，指放弃这一计划。

12.C 考查副词。A. partly 部分地；B. eventually 最终地；C. secretly 秘密地；D. formally 正式地。根据下文的Did she refuse the anonymous_34__?可知这是匿名的。故选择C，解释为秘密地为这位女士结账。

13.A 考查动词。A. wondered 想知道；B. discouraged 打消、使沮丧；C. expected 期待；D. continued 继续。通过上下文一系列的问号可知，这是作者内心所想的，故选择A。

14.D 考查名词。A. service 服务；B. point 要点；C. advice 建议；D. offer 提供、给予。对于这位女士而言，这是别人提供给她的。故选择D。

15.B 考查名词。A. approach 途径、方法、接近；B. outcome 结果；C. difference 区别、区分；D. reason 理由。通过上文可知，作者悄悄地为那位女士结账还赠送了一张微笑卡以表示自己的歉意。而此时作者在这儿焦急地等待，其实是想知道事情的结果是什么。故选择B。

16.A 考查动词短语。A. turned out 证明是、结果是；B. put out 扑灭；C. took out 取出、拿出；D. made out 理解、辨认出。根据下文的to be选择A，构成短语 turn out to be，意为证明是、结果是。

17.C 考查名词。A. pity 同情、遗憾；B. doubt 怀疑；C. joy 高兴、愉快；D. sorrow 后悔。根据下文的we had never seen the old lady smile as she did可知，服务员从未看到女士像这样笑，故此时服务员也很开心，选择C。

18.D 考查动词。A. quarreled 吵架；B. worked 工作；C. smiled 微笑；D. dined 吃饭。通过常识可知，在餐馆应该是进餐，故选择D。

19.B 考查动词。A. selling 卖；B. receiving 收到；C. making 制作；D. wrapping 包装。根据上文可知，这个卡片是作者送给这位女士的，故对于这位女士而言，应该是收到卡片。所以选择B。

20.考查动词。A. explained 解释；B. suspected 怀疑；C. argued 争论；D. complained 抱怨。根据句意：她感谢了我即使我…其他人为她做了这些，选项A最为合适，指服务员向这位女士解释是其他人为她做的。故选择A。