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　　The manager of a small building company was very surprised to get a bill for. two white mice one of his workmen had bought. He 1 for the workman and asked him 2 he had had the bill sent to the company.

　　“ 3 ,” the workman answered, “you 4 the house we were repairing in Newbridge, don't you? One of the things we had to 5 there was to put 6 some new electric wiring. Well, in one place we had to pass some wires 7 a pipe thirty feet long and about an inch 8 , 9 was built into solid stone and had four big bends in it. None of us could think how to do this until I had a good 10 . I went to a shop and 11 two white mice, one of them male and the other female. Then I 12 a thread(线) to the body of the male mouse and put it into the pipe at one end, 13 Bill held the female mouse at the other end and 14 her gently to make her squeak. When the male mouse heard the female mouse's squeaks(吱吱地叫), he 15 along the pipe to help her. I 16 he was a gentleman even though he was 17 a mouse. Anyway, as he ran through this pipe, he pulled the 18 behind him. It was then quite 19 for us to tie one end of the thread to the electric wires and pull them through the pipe.”

　　The manager 20 the bill for the white mice.

1．

[　　]

A．waited

B．sent

C．answered

D．arranged

2．

[　　]

A．why

B．whether

C．how

D．when

3．

[　　]

A．Yes

B．Sorry

C．Well

D．Excuse me

4．

[　　]

A．saw

B．mean

C．entered

D．remember

5．

[　　]

A．do

B．repair

C．buy

D．work

6．

[　　]

A．into

B．out

C．in

D．away

7．

[　　]

A．near

B．through

C．around

D．onto

8．

[　　]

A．across

B．short

C．big

D．round

9．

[　　]

A．it

B．what

C．that

D．which

10．

[　　]

A．idea

B．suggestion

C．way

D．advice

11．

[　　]

A．saw

B．bought

C．caught

D．exchanged

12．

[　　]

A．followed

B．held

C．tied

D．passed

13．

[　　]

A．when

B．then

C．while

D．so

14．

[　　]

A．put

B．pressed

C．took

D．played

15．

[　　]

A．watched

B．squeaked

C．rushed

D．waited

16．

[　　]

A．doubt

B．remember

C．suggest

D．suppose

17．

[　　]

A．almost

B．more than

C．only

D．nearly

18．

[　　]

A．bends

B．pipe

C．female mouse

D．thread

19．

[　　]

A．easy

B．hard

C．interesting

D．unnecessary

20．

[　　]

A．paid

B．got

C．sent

D．returned

Answer 1

答案：B;A;C;D;A;C;B;A;D;A;B;C;C;B;C;D;C;D;A;A
提示：

解题点拨 　　1．send for指“派人叫……”，answer for“对……负责”． 　　3．well在这里表示语气的过渡或停顿． 　　6．put in指装电线． 　　8．据上文“a pipe”有“thirty feet long”，故这里指“about an inch across”宽． 　　9．这是一个非限制性定从句，用which引导． 　　12．tie…to…把……拴/系在……上，固定词组． 　　13．while，这里意为“在……同时”． 　　14．本句中“make her squeak”让她吱吱地叫，可知Bill在轻按或轻压，press gently. 　　16．I suppose我想，相当于I think/believe. 　　18．据上文“tie a thread to the body of…”故选D． 　　20．pay…for付……钱．