Question

Mr and Mrs Jones’ house was full of suitcases, packages and packed-up boxes. The two of them were 1　　 with pencils and paper, 2　 their luggage, when there was a 3　 at the door. Mr Jones went to 4　 it and saw a well—dressed middle—aged lady outside. The lady said that she lived in the house 5　 theirs, and that she had come to 6　 them to their new home.

　 The Jones invited here in, after 7　 for the state of the house.

　 “Oh, 8　 ,” she answered. “ Do you know in some parts of this 9　 neighbours , are not all 10　 ? There are some streets where people do not 11　 their neighbours , 12　 their next—door ones. 13　 in this street everybody id friends with 14　 else. We are one big, happy family. I’m 15　 that you will be 16　 here.”

　 The well—dressed lady got a 17　 when she came to visit the house the 18　 time, because she found a quite 19　 man and woman in it. Mr and Mrs Jones had not had the 20　 to tell her that they were not the new owners of the house, who were to move in the next day , but the old ones. Who has lived beside her for two years without ever having visited her or even noticing her existence. (生存).

1.　 A. free　 B. busy　 C. satisfied　 D. familiar

2.　 A. checking　 B. examining　 C. testing　 D. enjoying

3.　 A. sound　 B. ring　 C. friend　 D. message

4.　 A. answer　 B. serve　 C. see　 D. guess

5.　 A. above　 B. of　 C. under　 D. beside

6.　　 A. welcome　 B. lead　 C. take　 D. invite

7.　 A. explaining　 B. apologizing　 C. showing　 D. asking

8.　 A. excuse me　 B. here you are C. never mind　 D. thank you

9.　　 A. house　 B. street　 C. town　 D. time

10.　 A. busy　 B. lonely　 C. safe　 D. friendly

11.　 A. know　　 B. understand　 C. welcome　 D. respect

12. A. merely B. even　 C. mostly　 D. neither

13.　 A. And　 B. But　 C. Otherwise　 D. While

14.　 A. anybody　 B. nobody　 C. somebody　 D. none

15.　 A. uncertain B. glad　 C. sure　 D. afraid

16.　 A. happy　 B. lonely　 C. popular　 D. friendly

17.　 A. surprise　 B. fright　 C. pleasure D. worry

18.　 A. first　 B. exact　 C. next　 D. same

19.　 A. famous　 B. different　 C. young　 D. old

20.　 A. time　 B. chance　 C. courage　 D. interest

 

Answer 1

1．B 此處為固定拓展。Be busy with sth. 意思為“忙于某事”，此處be busy with pencils and paper 意思為“忙著用鉛筆在紙上記。”“忙著干某事”英語為be busy doing sth. 。

　 2．A 由下文“搬家”和同義詞的區別而定。prepare “準備，預備”不合題意；examine發現“毛病、問題”；test測試”，重在質量、水平等是否過關；check “檢查,核對” ，是最佳答案。

3．B ring在此是名詞，意思為“門鈴聲”。

4．A 由前文“有人按門鈴”判斷。answer a / the ring 相當于answer the / a door ，意思為“應聲開門”。

5．D 下文提示。

6．A 根據下文判斷，中年婦女誤以the Jones 為剛剛搬來，以老住戶的身份來表示歡迎。

7． B 由特定語境判斷，搬家時屋子里比較亂，向客人“道歉”合情合理。

8． C 這是“道歉”的常用語。

9． C 由前面的some parts 和下文的some streets 推斷，只有town 才合邏輯。

10． D 由下文的“鄰居之間互相不認識”得知。

11． A 。

12． B 根據文意判斷。

13． B 根據下文的邏輯關系而定。

14． A 由下文“鄰居親如一家”斷定。anybody 用于肯定句，意思為“任何人”。

15． C 。

16． A 均由上下文而定。

17． A 由下文“房子換了新主人”判斷。fright “害怕”不合題意。

18． C the next time 意思為“下一次”。

19． B 根據正篇故事的情節判斷，這是房子的新主人。

20． C 依據特定的語境判斷，the Jones 見中年婦女熱情很高，不忍心掃對方的興，也不使自己難堪，故最佳答案應是沒有“勇氣”把真相說出，并非沒有機會（chance ），（time ）興趣修飾前面的the new owners 。