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Mr. White was holding a party at home to celebrate his sixtieth birthday. To make him happy, one of his women friends __1__ to sing a song for him. Now she was singing. One guest turned to a __2__ by his side and criticized the singer.

“What a __3__ voice!" he said. "Do you know __4__ she is?"

“Yes," was the answer, " She is my wife. "

“Oh, I beg your pardon,” the man said. "Of course her voice isn't bad, __5__ the song is very bad. I wondered who wrote that awful song?”

“I did," was the answer.

1.A. dreamed   B. decided    C. forgot    D. remembered

2.A. woman     B. girl       C. man       D. boy

3.A. terrible  B. beautiful  C. exciting  D. sweet

4.A. what      B. who        C. where     D. which

5.A. and       B. or         C. so        D. but

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1. B

2. C

3. A

4. B

5. D

【解析】本文主要講述了在家慶祝他的八十歲生日。一位女士朋友為了讓他高興為他唱了首歌。期中一位客人認(rèn)為她唱得很糟糕，便詢問一位男士，而碰巧了這位男士正好是唱歌女士的丈夫。

1.根據(jù)后面的句子“Now she was singing.她正在唱歌。”可推斷這位女士朋友決定給他唱首歌，故選B。

2.根據(jù)后面的句子“Yes, was the answer, she is my wife..是的，回答說 她是我的妻子。”可推斷是一位男士（man），故選C。

3.根據(jù)第一段的最后的句子“criticized the singer, 批評(píng)這位歌手”可推斷這位客人認(rèn)為女士朋友的歌唱得很糟糕（terrible），故選A。

4.根據(jù)后面的句子“she is my wife.她是我的妻子。”可推斷那位客人在詢問“你認(rèn)識(shí)她是誰嗎？”，故選B。

5.根據(jù)前面的句子“of course her voice isn't bad, 當(dāng)然她的嗓音不錯(cuò)。”及后面的句子“I wondered who wrote that awful song. 我想知道誰寫側(cè)那首難聽的歌”，可推斷前后兩句是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故選D。