Question

Annie, a neighbor's daughter, was away for her first semester at college this school year. She is a very sweet girl but just a bit shy. When her birthday came around, I found out she was feeling a bit ___.

Her family is quite poor and ____ are tight, so there wouldn't be any birthday visitors. I wanted to ____ her a card and maybe a small gift to ____ her day a bit. I got her school ____ from her mom and planned to pick something up. Then I got a(n) ____！

I ____ perhaps a bit more birthday cheer was needed here. I bought some balloons, birthday hats, and ____ novelties(新穎小巧而價廉的物品) at a store. I took a small ____ and asked three other people in my area at work to ____ “Happy Birthday” and send some birthday wishes to her. It was such fun making the recording! Other people ____ what we were doing and ___ their voices, so it really sounded like we had a party going on!

Then I bought her a small present and a card as ____ planned. The real fun was packing them to be sent. I ____ everything so it was like opening a mini birthday party! At the last minute I added a pack of cupcakes and a box of birthday candles ___ sending them off. I got a call a few days later. Annie said her roommates and one of their neighbors in the ____ got together with her and held a party for her the moment they arrived. She sounded so ____ and I was so glad that she had some friends to ____ her special day with.

It was such an easy and ____ thing to do. The people who helped me make the tape still laugh and talk about it. And Annie ____ me it was the most fun birthday she would remember!

1.A.lonely B．nervous C．alone D．worried

2.A.thoughts B．finances C．measures D．times

3.A.provide B．sell C．send D．draw

4.A.attract B．remember C．describe D．brighten

5.A.number B．campus C．address D．report

6.A.idea B．surprise C．chance D．message

7.A.decided B．thought C．wished D．concluded

8.A.another B．others C．other D．one

9.A.radio B．camera C．recorder D．phone

10.A.say B．sing C．repeat D．make

11.A.took out B．set out C．gave out D．found out

12.A.added B．devoted C．cleared D．lifted

13.A.suddenly B．originally C．finally D．carefully

14.A.collected B．paid C．arranged D．expected

15.A.until B．after C．unless D．before

16.A.dormitory B．home

C．classroom D．office

17.A.familiar B．happy C．wonderful D．upset

18.A.help B．compare C．share D．witness

19.A.funny B．challenging

C．fun D．time?consuming

20.A.warned B．convinced C．advised D．told

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.C

10.B

11.D

12.A

13.B

14.C

15.D

16.A

17.B

18.C

19.C

20.D

【解析】

1.答案：A　根據(jù)2空后的“there wouldn't be any birthday visitors”可知，Annie因為沒有人為她過生日而感到有點孤獨(lonely)。

誤區(qū)警示：考生容易誤選alone。做好此題的關鍵在于正確地理解lonely和alone的區(qū)別。lonely表示“孤獨的，寂寞的”，帶有濃重的感情色彩；alone意為“獨自的，單獨的”，側重說明獨自一人，強調的是客觀事實。

2.2】答案：B　作者給Annie購買禮物，暗示著Annie的家境不是很富裕。finances表示“財務情況”。

3.3】答案：C　根據(jù)13空后的“The real fun was packing them to be sent.”可知，作者想給Annie寄(send)賀卡和禮物。

4.4】答案：D　Annie收到禮物自然會感到高興，brighten表示“使快活起來”，符合語境。

5.5】答案：C　作者想給Annie寄生日禮物，必然需要她的學校地址，因此選address。

6.6】答案：A　下文講述了作者給Annie準備禮物的過程，因此此處指作者有了一個主意(idea)。

7.7】答案：B　作者想(thought)也許需要再多一點慶祝生日時的歡樂氛圍。

8.8】答案：C　作者買了一些氣球、生日帽和其他的(other)新穎小巧而價廉的物品。

9.9】答案：C　11空前的“making the recording”表明，作者是用錄音機(recorder)錄下人們的歌聲。

10.0】答案：B　12空后的“so it really sounded like we had a party going on”暗示著人們?yōu)樗��?/span>(sing)了生日快樂歌。

11.1】答案：D　其他人發(fā)現(xiàn)(found out) 我們在做什么時也加入進來。

12.2】答案：A　作者本來請了三個人唱歌，結果其他人發(fā)現(xiàn)了也跟著一起唱。add表示“添加，增加”。

13.3】答案：B　3空后的“a card and maybe a small gift”表明作者起初想買賀卡和禮物，因此選originally，表示“起初，原來”。

14.4】答案：C　此空后的“it was like opening a mini birthday party”暗示作者在精心布置(arranged) 一切。

15.5】答案：D　在把它們寄出去之前(before)的最后時刻作者又添加了一包紙杯蛋糕和一盒生日蠟燭。

16.6】答案：A　文章開頭的“was away for her first semester at college”表明Annie在學校，因此選dormitory“寢室”。

17.7】答案：B　20空后的“it was the most fun birthday she would remember”表明Annie很高興(happy)。

18.8】答案：C　作者很高興Annie有一些朋友可以與她一起分享(share)這特別的一天。

19.9】答案：C　這是一個既容易又有趣的(fun)事情。fun意為“有趣的”；funny意為“使人發(fā)笑的，滑稽的”。

誤區(qū)警示：考生容易誤選funny。做好此題的關鍵在于正確地理解fun和funny的區(qū)別。fun除了作不可數(shù)名詞外，還可以作形容詞，意為“有趣的”，而funny意為“使人發(fā)笑的，滑稽的，奇異的”。

20.20】答案：D　Annie告訴(told) 作者這會是她能記住的最有趣的一個生日。