Question

One day I was talking to a stranger on the bus; he told me he had a good in Chicago and he wondered if I to know him.For a moment, I thought he might be ,but I could tell from the expression on his face that he was .I felt like saying that it was ridiculous to think that all the millions of people in Chicago I could possibly have ever bumped into his friend. But, , I just smiled and reminded him that Chicago was a very city.He nodded, and I thought he was going to be content to the subject and talk about something else.But he was silent for a few minutes, and then began to tell me all about his friend.

His friend's main in life seemed to be tennis, and he had his own tennis court.A lot of people have swimming pools, yet only two people have private tennis court and his friend in Chicago was one of .I told him that I knew several people like that, my brother, a doctor in California. He __ that maybe there were more private courts in the country he realized, Then he asked me where my brother in California. When I said Sacramento, he said that was a coincidence his Chicago friend spent the summer in Sacramento last year and he lived next door to a who had a tennis court in his backyard. I said that really was a coincidence (巧合) because my next-door neighbour had gone to Sacramento last summer and had the house next to my brother's house.

“Would your friend’s name happen to be Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He and said,“Yes. Would your brother's name happen to be Dr Rey Hunter?” It was my to laugh.“Yes,” I replied.

1.A.friend B. brother C.neighbour D.teacher

2.A.managed B.tried C.happened D.wanted

3.A.expecting B.lying C.talking D.joking

4.A.funny B.serious C.careful D.disappointed

5.A.against B.far from C.beyond D.out of

6.A.instead B.actually C.indeed D.exactly

7.A.clean B.messy C.large D.small

8.A.begin B.reject C.refuse D.drop

9.A.problem B.choice C.interest D.work

10.A.just B.even C.ever D.surely

11.A.them B.those C.that D.whom

12.A.regarding B.including C.concerning D.considering

13.A.admitted B.argued C.advised D.announced

14.A.as B.that C.than D.when

15.A.traveled B.studied C.lived D.worked

16.A.if B.because C.then D.though

17.A.friend B.doctor C.neighbour D.player

18.A.hired B.visited C.designed D.sold

19.A.smiled B.nodded C.cried D.laughed

20.A.chance B.turn C.time D.pleasure

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.D

6.A

7.C

8.D

9.C

10.B

11.A

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.C

16.B

17.B

18.A

19.D

20.B

【解析】

試題分析：某天作者在公交車上與一個陌生人交談，他問作者是否認識他的一個芝加哥的朋友。作者覺得這個問題很可笑，因為芝加哥是一個很大的城市。沒想到陌生人還是繼續他的話題。沒想到繼續聊下去之后，他們發現了許多巧合。作者竟然知道了陌生人的朋友的名字，而陌生人也知道了他哥哥的名字。

1. could possibly have ever bumped into his friend.可知此處陌生人與作者說的是他有一個朋友在芝加哥。故選A。

2. to do sth.設法做某事；try to do sth.嘗試做某事；happen to do sth.碰巧做某事；want to do sth.想要做某事。根據語境可知，陌生人問作者是否碰巧認識他的朋友。故選C。

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5. of從（數量）中，符合上下文聯系。故選D。

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由前文的ridiculous可知作者覺得陌生人的說法很可笑，自然的反應應該是嘲笑他，而空處后是作者對他笑了笑。所以空處應為instead，代替，而不是。故選A。

7.A.clean干凈的；B.messy混亂的；C.large大的；D.small 小的。此處作者告訴陌生人，芝加哥是一個非常大的城市。故選C。

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12.A.regarding 關于；B.including包括；C.concerning關于；D.considering鑒于，考慮到。此處作者說，我知道好幾個像這樣的人，包括我的哥哥。故選B。

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15. 考查動詞辨析。A.traveled旅行；B.studied學習；C.lived居住；D.worked工作。此處陌生人問我哥哥住在加利福尼亞哪兒。故選C。

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