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。

Eightyyearold retired tailor，James McKay，spent Saturday night in jail after ____ thirtyyearold Keith Smith over the head ____ his walking stick. McKay's wife，Laurene told us that while McKay is usually a ____ person，he had been ____ to this act of violence by getting wet just once too often.

Smith lives above the McKays and it appears that not only is he a keen gardener，he is also a ____ collector. Unfortunately for him，the water he sent over his balcony every day ended up on the McKays'，or too often，on the McKays ____.

“For the last fortnight，since Smith moved into the flat above us，we have hardly dared to go to our ____，”said Laurene. She added that it wasn't so much the water falling onto their balcony from Smith watering his plant ____bothered them，it was more the way he cleaned his fish tanks.“We'd be ____ there happily reading our newspapers，when ____ so much water would come from above that we'd be as wet as if we'd ____ with our clothes on！Neither could we get rid of the ____ of fish！”

And on Saturday evening it was just too ____.“It was James's birthday，”explained Laurene，“and I'd made him a birthday cake. The candles were a great sight as you can imagine，but James didn't get to blow them out.”____，Smith emptied one of his larger tanks over his balcony and both the McKays and the cake were wet ____.Rarely had Laurene seen McKay move so fast.“I couldn't ____ him. He was up there in a flash. It was the fastest I'd seen him move since 1964.”

Smith is not going to take things further with the police. He has also promised to change his ____ from now on. And what of James McKay？____ he left the police station，a large crowd of supporters sang him.“Happy Birthday.”“____ the most exciting birthday ____！” said the cheerful old man.“The best since my adolescence I'd say！”

【1】A. hitting B．tapping

C．pushing D．touching

【2】A. by B．with

C．through D．via

【3】A. quiet B．sensitive

C．stubborn D．peaceful

【4】A. accustomed B．driven

C．taken D．attracted

【5】A. fish B．seed

C．plant D．newspaper

【6】A. themselves B．itself

C．herself D．himself

【7】A. bathroom B．balcony

C．bedroom D．kitchen

【8】A. which B．what

C．that D．whether

【9】A. sitting B．exercising

C．sleeping D．eating

【10】A. regularly B．suddenly

C．precisely D．unconsciously

【11】A. swum B．watered

C．showered D．drowned

【12】A.taste B．smell

C．feeling D．sense

【13】A. little B．soon

C．late D．much

【14】A. Otherwise B．Besides

C．Instead D．Consequently

【15】A. over B．across

C．through D．down

【16】A. stop B．blame

C．ignore D．stand

【17】A. views B．attitudes

C．minds D．ways

【18】A. While B．Since

C．Until D．As

【19】A. Sincerely B．Impossibly

C．Previously D．Definitely

【20】A. before B．already

C．ever D．since

Answer 1

【答案】【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【4】B

【5】A

【6】A

【7】B

【8】C

【9】A

【10】B

【11】C

【12】B

【13】D

【14】C

【15】C

【16】A

【17】D

【18】D

【19】D

【20】C

【解析】语篇解读：一位八十岁的退休老人在他过生日那天因用拐杖打一个三十岁男子的头部而被判入狱，起因是他无法忍受对方长期以来因侍弄植物和养鱼而每天把水淋到他家的阳台上，甚至淋透了夫妇俩人的衣服。事后，一大群支持者为他庆祝生日，老人感到无比幸福。

【1】 八十岁的James McKay在监狱中度过了星期六的夜晚，由此可知他“打”了三十岁的Keith Smith的头。

【2】 这位老人“用”拐棍打了对方的头。此处表示的是用某种工具，所以用with。

【3】 James McKay平常是一个非常“安静的”人，做出这种举动实属忍无可忍。

【4】 他经常被弄湿，再也无法忍受，才有了上述暴力行为。此处drive意为“驱使”。

【5】 根据第三段中的内容可知Keith Smith不仅是一个痴迷的园艺家，还喜欢养“鱼”。

【6】 每天Keith Smith家阳台上的水都会流到James McKay家的阳台上，而且经常流到夫妇两个人的身上。此处的反身代词themselves指的是James McKay夫妇两人。

【7】 联系上下文可知James McKay夫妇几乎不敢去“阳台”。下一句中的balcony也是线索提示。

【8】 她补充说特别困扰他们的不是对方因给植物浇水而把水流到了他们的阳台上。本句是强调句型，被强调部分是主语“the water falling onto their balcony from Smith watering his plant”。

【9】 他们正高兴地“坐”着读报纸时，突然被从上面阳台上流下的水淋湿了。

【10】 他们当时正高兴地看报，完全没有想到会有大量的水流下来，所以是“突然”发生的事情。

【11】 他们全身都湿透了，仿佛是穿着衣服洗了一次“淋浴”。

【12】 根据本段中间部分的内容可知从上面流下的是Keith Smith清洗鱼缸的水，所以他们无法去掉鱼的“气味”。

【13】 星期六晚上简直太“过分”了。此处的much表示的是程度。

【14】 James McKay没有把那些蜡烛吹灭，“相反”，发生了另外一件意想不到的事情。

【15】 Keith Smith在上面清洗其中一只比较大的鱼缸，所以夫妇俩人和蛋糕都湿透了。wet through表示“湿透”。

【16】 根据后面两句中的内容可知Laurene无法阻止自己的丈夫。

【17】 Keith Smith不想让事态进一步扩大，他也承诺从今以后改变自己的“行为方式”。

【18】 当他离开警察局的时候，一大群支持者为他唱生日快乐歌。此处as表示“当……时候”。while虽然也可以表示“当……时候”，但是需要与延续性动词连用。

【19】 根据下一句中的内容可知老人当时无比高兴，认为“肯定”是有生以来最令人兴奋的生日。

【20】 此处ever表示“曾经”，表示这是他曾经度过的最美好的生日。