Question

After the First World War, a small group of old soldiers returned to their village in Britain．Most of them managed to 　　1　　 fairly well, but one-Francis Binstering, who had been wounded and never recovered his 　　2　　－was unable to work regularly．　　3　　 he became very poor．Yet he was too 　　4　　 to accept anything from the people in the village． 　　Once these old soldiers held a reunion dinner in the home of Jules Grandin, who had made 　　5　　 money．Grandin produced a curiosity(稀奇的東西)－a large old 　　6　　 coin．Each man examined it with 　　7　　 as it passed around the long table．All, 　　8　　, had drunk wine freely and the room was full of noisy talk, 　　9　　 the gold piece was soon forgotten．Later, when Grandin 　　10　　 it and asked for it, the coin was gone． 　　One of them suggested everyone be searched, 　　11　　 which all agreed, except Blustering．“You 　　12　　, then?” asked Grandin．Blustering said with a red face, “Yes, I cannot allow it．” 　　One by one, the others turned out their pockets．When the coin was 　　13　　 to appear, attention was ?focused? on poor Blustering．Under the 　　14　　 stares of his friends, he walked out and returned to his home． 　　A few years later, Grandin had his house repaired．A workman found the gold coin．　　15　　 in dirt between planks(板)of the floor．Hurrying to Blustering’s home, Grandin apologized to him． 　　“But why didn’t you allow yourself to be 　　16　　?” Grandin asked． 　　“Because I was a 　　17　　,” Blustering said brokenly．“For weeks we had not enough to eat and my pockets were full of 　　18　　, that I had taken from the table to 　　19　　 home to my wife and 　　20　　 children．” (1) [　　] A． get on B． get around C． get through D． get away (2) [　　] A． energy B． strength C． spirit D． ability (3) [　　] A． In time B． At times C． In no time D． On time (4) [　　] A． willing B． anxious C． painful D． proud (5) [　　] A． a good deal of B． a large number of C． a great many of D． the number of (6) [　　] A． silver B． metal C． gold D． perfect (7) [　　] A． joy B． interest C． delight D． pleasure (8) [　　] A． but B． however C． or D． otherwise (9) [　　] A． until B． so that C． after D． even if (10) [　　] A． realized B． recognized C． remembered D． ignored (11) [　　] A． on B． to C． with D． about (12) [　　] A． allow B． accept C． refuse D． forbid (13) [　　] A． slow B． gradual C． never D． hardly (14) [　　] A． eager B． relaxing C． sorry D． pitying (15) [　　] A． lost B． forgotten C． buried D． found (16) [　　] A． searched for B． searched C． looked for D． looked (17) [　　] A． robber B． thief C． father D． husband (18) [　　] A． money B． coins C． dinner D． food (19) [　　] A． fetch B． bring C． send D． carry (20) [　　] A． naughty B． angry C． poor D． hungry

Answer 1

答案：1．A;2．B;3．A;4．D;5．A;6．C;7．B;8．B;9．B;10．C;11．B;12．C;13．C;14．D;15．C;16．B;17．B;18．D;19．D;20．D;
解析：

(1)	get on＝get along意為“……進行/發展得怎樣”。
(2)	recover one’s strength意為“身體恢復/康復”。
(3)	注意這里短語in time＝soon,結合語境，容易選擇A項。
(4)	這里指他不愿意接受別人的幫助。
(5)	money是不可數名詞；而B、C、D三項都是修飾可數名詞的。
(6)	從上下文看，這里指的是金幣。
(7)	短語with interest意思是“饒有興致地”，結合文章意思，B項為正確答案。
(9)	這里是“因此，于是”的意思。
(10)	根據文章意思，這里是“記起，想起”的意思。
(11)	agree to的賓語是“建議，主張”；agree on表示“經過談判、協商達成的協議等”。
(12)	這里反問“你拒絕搜查？”
(13)	這里指沒有再出現。
(14)	這里的意思是“可憐、同情的”目光。
(15)	本空表示“埋葬在、落在哪里”。
(16)	“搜身”的意思；而A項的意思是“尋找(look for)”。
(17)	從下文看他偷了食物。
(19)	這里的意思是“當時在宴會現場他拿了食物，往家帶”所以選擇D項。
(20)	看完全文可知他家貧困潦倒，家人餓得很厲害，所以選擇D項。