Question

One day I was talking to a stranger on the bus; he told me he had a good in Chicago and he wondered if I to know him.For a moment, I thought he might be ,but I could tell from the expression on his face that he was .I felt like saying that it was ridiculous to think that all the millions of people in Chicago I could possibly have ever bumped into his friend. But, , I just smiled and reminded him that Chicago was a very city.He nodded, and I thought he was going to be content to the subject and talk about something else.But he was silent for a few minutes, and then began to tell me all about his friend.

His friend's main in life seemed to be tennis, and he had his own tennis court.A lot of people have swimming pools, yet only two people have private tennis court and his friend in Chicago was one of .I told him that I knew several people like that, my brother, a doctor in California. He __ that maybe there were more private courts in the country he realized, Then he asked me where my brother in California. When I said Sacramento, he said that was a coincidence his Chicago friend spent the summer in Sacramento last year and he lived next door to a who had a tennis court in his backyard. I said that really was a coincidence (巧合) because my next-door neighbour had gone to Sacramento last summer and had the house next to my brother's house.

“Would your friend’s name happen to be Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He and said,“Yes. Would your brother's name happen to be Dr Rey Hunter?” It was my to laugh.“Yes,” I replied.

1.A.friend B. brother C.neighbour D.teacher

2.A.managed B.tried C.happened D.wanted

3.A.expecting B.lying C.talking D.joking

4.A.funny B.serious C.careful D.disappointed

5.A.against B.far from C.beyond D.out of

6.A.instead B.actually C.indeed D.exactly

7.A.clean B.messy C.large D.small

8.A.begin B.reject C.refuse D.drop

9.A.problem B.choice C.interest D.work

10.A.just B.even C.ever D.surely

11.A.them B.those C.that D.whom

12.A.regarding B.including C.concerning D.considering

13.A.admitted B.argued C.advised D.announced

14.A.as B.that C.than D.when

15.A.traveled B.studied C.lived D.worked

16.A.if B.because C.then D.though

17.A.friend B.doctor C.neighbour D.player

18.A.hired B.visited C.designed D.sold

19.A.smiled B.nodded C.cried D.laughed

20.A.chance B.turn C.time D.pleasure

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.D

6.A

7.C

8.D

9.C

10.B

11.A

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.C

16.B

17.B

18.A

19.D

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：某天作者在公交车上与一个陌生人交谈，他问作者是否认识他的一个芝加哥的朋友。作者觉得这个问题很可笑，因为芝加哥是一个很大的城市。没想到陌生人还是继续他的话题。没想到继续聊下去之后，他们发现了许多巧合。作者竟然知道了陌生人的朋友的名字，而陌生人也知道了他哥哥的名字。

1. could possibly have ever bumped into his friend.可知此处陌生人与作者说的是他有一个朋友在芝加哥。故选A。

2. to do sth.设法做某事；try to do sth.尝试做某事；happen to do sth.碰巧做某事；want to do sth.想要做某事。根据语境可知，陌生人问作者是否碰巧认识他的朋友。故选C。

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5. of从（数量）中，符合上下文联系。故选D。

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由前文的ridiculous可知作者觉得陌生人的说法很可笑，自然的反应应该是嘲笑他，而空处后是作者对他笑了笑。所以空处应为instead，代替，而不是。故选A。

7.A.clean干净的；B.messy混乱的；C.large大的；D.small 小的。此处作者告诉陌生人，芝加哥是一个非常大的城市。故选C。

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12.A.regarding 关于；B.including包括；C.concerning关于；D.considering鉴于，考虑到。此处作者说，我知道好几个像这样的人，包括我的哥哥。故选B。

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15. 考查动词辨析。A.traveled旅行；B.studied学习；C.lived居住；D.worked工作。此处陌生人问我哥哥住在加利福尼亚哪儿。故选C。

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