例1：It
was pouring outside. We all stood there____, some patiently, others annoyed
because nature messed up their hurried day. I got lost in the sound and sight
of the…
A. chatting B. waiting C. complaining D. talking
[分析]细读全文可知，语境为外面下着倾盆大雨，我们站在那里在等雨停下来，不是在干其他事情。
例2：
“Tonight was supposed to be____---- to celebrate six months. You do remember
we’re engaged, don’t you?”
A. normal B. sleepless C. special D. sad
[分析]本篇文章谈论一对情侣的经历，该题易误选B，认为会激动得睡不着，但是结合语境可知，要庆祝订婚六个月，所以今晚应具有特殊意义。
例3：The
story____ to be this: George bought a lottery ticket(彩票)
a few days ago and won a prize of $500,000.
A. turned up B. turned out C. turned down D. turned off
[分析]考查常见句式。句意：故事证明是这样的：乔治几天前买了彩票获奖50万美元。turn out to be “结果是，证明是”，表示结果出乎意料之外，四个选项中只有turn out可接to be。
例4：Ellsworth,
a patient who had suffered several failures in business, did not show much
interest in painting at first. But____ the weeks went by, Swain’s visits grew
more frequently .
A. as B. with C. since D. had to
[分析]分析语境可知，此处意为“随着时间一周一周过去”。此处不可填with，因为with后不接句子。As time went by “随着时间推移”，为我们所熟知的句式。
For some time I’ve had a church
member provide me with a rose to pin on my suit every Sunday. __1__ I always
got a flower on Sunday morning, I really did not__2__ much of it. It was a nice
gesture that became__3__. One Sunday, however, what I considered__4__ became
very special.
As I was leaving the Sunday service, a little boy__5__ and said, “Sir, what are
you going to do with your flower?” “Do you__6__ this?” I said, pointing to the
rose pinned to my coat.
He said, “Yes sir. I would like it if you are__7__ going to throw it away.” The
little boy said, “Sir, I’m going to give it to my granny. My mother and father
got_8__ last year. I was living with my mother, but I could not__9__, so she
sent me to live with my grandmother. She has been so good to me that I want to
give that pretty flower to her for__10__ me.”
When the little boy finished I could hardly__11__. My eyes filled with tears
and I knew I had been touched in the__12__ of my soul. I reached up and__13__
my flower. With the flower in my hand, I looked at the boy and said, “Son, that
is the__14__ thing I have ever heard, but you can’t have this flower because
it’s not__15__. If you’ll look in front of the platform, you’ll see a big__16__
of flowers. Different families buy them for the__17__ each week. Please take
those flowers to your granny because she__18__ the very best.”
If I hadn’t been__19__ enough already, he made one last statement and I will
always treasure it. He said, “What a__20__ day! I asked for one flower but got
a beautiful bouquet.”
1. A. Because B. Although C. If D. Once
2. A. speak B. think C. remind D.
care
3. A. rule B. practice C. custom D.
routine
4. A. valuable B. useless C. ordinary D.
normal
5. A. approached B. stopped C. interrupted D. followed
6. A. notice B. see C. like D. mean
7. A. always B. just C. ever D. already
8. A. divorced B. lost C. disturbed D. troubled
9. A. stand B. understand C. stay D. help
10. A. comforting B. adopting C. supporting D. loving
11. A. move B. speak C. breathe D. refuse
12. A. depths B. back C. bottom D. corner
13. A. uncovered B. unloaded C. unpinned D. unwrapped
14. A. sweetest B. nicest C. saddest D.
strangest
15. A. real B. fresh C. expensive D. enough
16. A. pile B. bouquest C. collection D. chain
17. A. relatives B. old C. poor D. church
18. A. deserves B. proves C. sounds D.
matches
19. A. challenged B. surprised C. touched D. taught
20. A. sunny B. special C. lucky D.
wonderful
1-5 ABDCA 6-10 DBACD 11-15 BACBD 16-20 BDACD
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