Question

Mr. Brown, the wife of a famous doctor, was good at cooking. Once the Browns invited some of their friends to lunch. Mrs. Brown thought it was a good chance for her to ___36___ how wonderfully she could cook, so she ___37___ a new way of cooking a fish dish. She was quite pleased with herself when the dish was ___38___. “I have never cooked such ___39___ dish before!” she thought.

   As the dish was very ___40___ she put it near the open window to cool for a few minutes. But, several minutes ___41___ , when she came back ___42___ it, she was shocked to find the neighbor’s cat, Chester, at the dish. She was in time to stop the cat ___43___ it was too late.

   When all the guests sat, the dinner began. The fish dish ___44___ really wonderful and everyone ___45___ it very much. They talked and laughed ___46___ four o’clock.

   At the end of the afternoon, when she was alone again, Mrs. Brown felt ___47___ but also happy. She sat in a chair near a window to have a ___48___. She happened to look down ___49___ the window, and saw something ___50___ a little animal in the garden.

   “Oh, it is Chester. Dear, she is dead! Why? The fish dish must be bad! What will ___51___ to my friends?” she was frightened.

   Immediately she telephoned her husband for ___52___. The doctor told her to telephone ___53___ of the guests to meet him at the hospital as soon as he could.

   Finally the danger was ___54___. Once again, Mrs. Brown was alone in her chair in the sitting room, still tired but no longer happy. Just then the telephone rang; it was her ___55___ who cried, “Oh, Mrs. Brown, Chester is dead. She was killed by a car and someone put it in your garden.”

A. enjoy          B. show                 C. make                D. say

A. did              B. made                C. tried          `      D. found

A. ready             B. gone                 C. missing             D. already

A. an expensive   B. a wonderful       C. a terrible           D. a frightening

A. hot                 B. cold                  C. warm                D. heat

A. early                     B. earlier               C. later                  D. late

A. with               B. to                            C. for                    D. after

A. after               B. before               C. when                D. until

A. tasted             B. was eaten          C. felt                   D. looked

A. ate               B. enjoyed             C. had                   D. ate up

A. at                 B. from                 C. to                         D. till

A. worried        B. sad                   C. tired                 D. sorry

A. bread            B. rest                   C. breath            D. stop

A. through        B. throughout               C. past                  D. out

A. as                 B. seem                 C. to seem             D. like

A. change          B. happen              C. become             D. come

A. thought         B. advice               C. ways                 D. ideas

A. both             B. any                   C. some                 D. each

A. end                     B. away                 C. over                  D. passed

A. husband        B. doctor               C. neighbor           D. guest

Answer 1

【小题1】B

【小题2】C

【小题3】A

【小题4】B

【小题5】A

【小题6】C

【小题7】C

【小题8】B

【小题9】A

【小题10】B

【小题11】D

【小题12】C

【小题13】B

【小题14】A

【小题15】D

【小题16】B

【小题17】B

【小题18】D

【小题19】C

【小题20】C

解析:

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