Question

Mr and Mrs Jones’ house was full of suitcases, packages and packed-up boxes. The two of them were 1　　 with pencils and paper, 2　 their luggage, when there was a 3　 at the door. Mr Jones went to 4　 it and saw a well—dressed middle—aged lady outside. The lady said that she lived in the house 5　 theirs, and that she had come to 6　 them to their new home.

　 The Jones invited here in, after 7　 for the state of the house.

　 “Oh, 8　 ,” she answered. “ Do you know in some parts of this 9　 neighbours , are not all 10　 ? There are some streets where people do not 11　 their neighbours , 12　 their next—door ones. 13　 in this street everybody id friends with 14　 else. We are one big, happy family. I’m 15　 that you will be 16　 here.”

　 The well—dressed lady got a 17　 when she came to visit the house the 18　 time, because she found a quite 19　 man and woman in it. Mr and Mrs Jones had not had the 20　 to tell her that they were not the new owners of the house, who were to move in the next day , but the old ones. Who has lived beside her for two years without ever having visited her or even noticing her existence. (生存).

1.　 A. free　 B. busy　 C. satisfied　 D. familiar

2.　 A. checking　 B. examining　 C. testing　 D. enjoying

3.　 A. sound　 B. ring　 C. friend　 D. message

4.　 A. answer　 B. serve　 C. see　 D. guess

5.　 A. above　 B. of　 C. under　 D. beside

6.　　 A. welcome　 B. lead　 C. take　 D. invite

7.　 A. explaining　 B. apologizing　 C. showing　 D. asking

8.　 A. excuse me　 B. here you are C. never mind　 D. thank you

9.　　 A. house　 B. street　 C. town　 D. time

10.　 A. busy　 B. lonely　 C. safe　 D. friendly

11.　 A. know　　 B. understand　 C. welcome　 D. respect

12. A. merely B. even　 C. mostly　 D. neither

13.　 A. And　 B. But　 C. Otherwise　 D. While

14.　 A. anybody　 B. nobody　 C. somebody　 D. none

15.　 A. uncertain B. glad　 C. sure　 D. afraid

16.　 A. happy　 B. lonely　 C. popular　 D. friendly

17.　 A. surprise　 B. fright　 C. pleasure D. worry

18.　 A. first　 B. exact　 C. next　 D. same

19.　 A. famous　 B. different　 C. young　 D. old

20.　 A. time　 B. chance　 C. courage　 D. interest

 

Answer 1

1．B 此处为固定拓展。Be busy with sth. 意思为“忙于某事”，此处be busy with pencils and paper 意思为“忙着用铅笔在纸上记。”“忙着干某事”英语为be busy doing sth. 。

　 2．A 由下文“搬家”和同义词的区别而定。prepare “准备，预备”不合题意；examine发现“毛病、问题”；test测试”，重在质量、水平等是否过关；check “检查,核对” ，是最佳答案。

3．B ring在此是名词，意思为“门铃声”。

4．A 由前文“有人按门铃”判断。answer a / the ring 相当于answer the / a door ，意思为“应声开门”。

5．D 下文提示。

6．A 根据下文判断，中年妇女误以the Jones 为刚刚搬来，以老住户的身份来表示欢迎。

7． B 由特定语境判断，搬家时屋子里比较乱，向客人“道歉”合情合理。

8． C 这是“道歉”的常用语。

9． C 由前面的some parts 和下文的some streets 推断，只有town 才合逻辑。

10． D 由下文的“邻居之间互相不认识”得知。

11． A 。

12． B 根据文意判断。

13． B 根据下文的逻辑关系而定。

14． A 由下文“邻居亲如一家”断定。anybody 用于肯定句，意思为“任何人”。

15． C 。

16． A 均由上下文而定。

17． A 由下文“房子换了新主人”判断。fright “害怕”不合题意。

18． C the next time 意思为“下一次”。

19． B 根据正篇故事的情节判断，这是房子的新主人。

20． C 依据特定的语境判断，the Jones 见中年妇女热情很高，不忍心扫对方的兴，也不使自己难堪，故最佳答案应是没有“勇气”把真相说出，并非没有机会（chance ），（time ）兴趣修饰前面的the new owners 。