Question

Mr. White was holding a party at home to celebrate his sixtieth birthday. To make him happy, one of his women friends __21__ to sing a song for him. Now she was singing. One guest turned to a __22__ by his side and criticized the singer.

“What a __23__ voice!" he said. "Do you know __24__ 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, __25__ 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】【主旨大意】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.根據第一段的最后的句子“criticized the singer, 批評這位歌手”可推斷這位客人認為女士朋友的歌唱得很糟糕（terrible），故選A。

4.根據后面的句子“she is my wife.她是我的妻子。”可推斷那位客人在詢問“你認識她是誰嗎？”，故選B。

5.根據前面的句子“of course her voice isn't bad, 當然她的嗓音不錯。”及后面的句子“I wondered who wrote that awful song. 我想知道誰寫側那首難聽的歌”，可推斷前后兩句是轉折關系，故選D。