题目内容
He must have been completely lost in something he was reading because I had to tap on the windshield to get his attention.
“Is your taxi 1 ?” I asked when he finally looked 2 at me. He nodded, then said 3 as I settled into the back seat, “I'm sorry, but I was reading a 4 .” He 5 as if he had a cold .
“I am not in a hurry,” I told him. “Go ahead and finish your letter.” He 6 his head. “I've read it several times already. I guess I 7 know it by heart.”
“Letters from home always mean a lot,” I said. “From a child?”
“This isn't 8 ,” he replied. “Although it 9 just as well have been family. Old Ed was my oldest friend. In fact, we used to call each other 'Old Friend' when we'd meet. I'm not much good at 10 .”
“I don't think any of us keep 11 our correspondence (通信) too well,” I said. “I know I don't. But I take it he's someone you've 12 quite a while?”
“All my life. We were kids together, went to school together and all the 13 through high school.”
“There are not too many people who've had such a long friendship,” I said.
“ 14 ,” the driver went on, “I hadn't seen him more than once or twice a year over the past 25 or 30 years because I 15 away from the old neighbourhood and you kind of lose touch 16 you never forget.”
“You said 'was'. Does that mean—?” He nodded. “ 17 a couple of weeks ago.”
“I'm sorry,” I said. “It's no fun to lose any friend—and losing a real old one is 18 tougher.”
He didn't 19 to that, and we rode on in silence for a few minutes. But I realized that Old Ed was still on his mind when he spoke again, almost more to himself than to me: “I should have kept in touch.”
“Well,” I agreed, “we should all keep in touch with old friends more than we do. But things 20 and we just don't seem to find the time.”
When I got to my hotel room I didn't unpack right away. First I had to write a letter and mail it.
1. available B. acceptable C. beneficial D. occupied
2. A. down B. up C. to D. off
3. A. unexpectedly B. curiously C. apologetically D. definitely
4. A. booklet B. novel C. book D. letter
5. A. sounded B. spoke C. seemed D. continued
6. A. hung B. nodded C. shook D. kept
7. A. anyhow B. hardly C. almost D. really
8. A. friendship B. family C. leadership D. colleague
9. A. could B. might C. maybe D. would
10. A. writing B. reading C. talking D. earning
11. A. up B. with C. on D. in
12. A. found B. written C. known D. seen
13. A. curriculum B. coincidence C. life D. way
14. A. Eventually B. Actually C. Additionally D. Besides
15. A. removed B. left C. headed D. moved
16. A. even though B. as though C. when D. whereas
17. A. Died B. Suffered C. Choked D. Survived
18. A. ever B. even C. fairly D. quite
19. A. appeal B. reply C. adapt D. talk
20. A. take up B. pick up C. come up D. break up
1-5 ABCDA 6-10 CCBBA 11-15 ACDBD 16-20 AABBC
解析:
1. 根据下文找答案as I settled into the back seat说明车是空着的。
2. 根据上文He must have been completely lost in something he was reading because I had to tap on the windshield to get his attention.说明他低头专注的看着什么，我敲车的挡风玻璃，他应该是抬起头来看我。
3. 下文有I'm sorry, but I was reading说明了他说话的口气应该是表示歉意。
4. 下文有Go ahead and finish your letter暗示答案。
5. 这儿不是从外表上看似乎（seemed）感冒了，而是从他说话的声音来推断的。
6. 下文说I've read it several times already. I guess I 42 know it by heart.几乎能背下来了，所以谈不上继续把信看完。
7. 上下文逻辑关系推断答案。
8. 这不是一封家信=a family letter。
9. 尽管本来也可以算是家信的。
10. 我不那么擅长写信。
11. 固定短语。
12. 我认为我们中任何一个人都不会保持通信那么好…..我知道反正我不行。但是我猜想/认为/相信他是你相当了解的人了？
13. 一直/自始至终。
14. 事实上/C/D同义。eventually最后。
15. remove from the city to the countryside,=move away from
16. 纵然你不会忘记他，你也似乎有可能与他失去联系. kind of thought he would come.我似乎感到他会来的。kind of有点儿/有几分的意思。
17. You said 'was'. 上文中有Old Ed was my oldest friend.说明Old Ed已经去世了。
18. 更加令人伤感（tough不愉快的）。
19. reply to。
20. 事情往往就是这样发生的，我们似乎找不到时间。
It was a beautiful day at the beach—blue sky, gentle wind, calm sea．I knew these things because a man sitting five feet from me was shouting them into his mobile phone, like a play-by-play announcer （实况解说员）.
“IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY,” he shouted．“THE SKY IS BLUE, AND THERE’S A GENTLE WIND, AND THE WATER IS CALM, AND…”
Behind me, a woman, her mobile phone pressed to her ear was walking back and forth.
“She DIDN’T,” she was saying．“No．She DIDN’T．She DID? Really? Are you SERIOUS? She did NOT．She DID? No she…”
And so on．This woman had two children, who were playing in the sea．I found myself watching them, because the woman surely was not．A huge squid could have caught and snatched the children, and this woman would not have noticed．Or, if she had noticed, she’d have said, “Listen．I have to go, because a huge squid just……No! She didn’t ! She DID? No! She……”
And next to me, the play-by-play man would have said: “…AND A HUGE SQUID JUST ATE TWO CHILDREN, AND I’M GETTING A LITTLE SUNBURNED, AND …”
It used to be that the major trouble at the beach was the fellow who brought a boom box （便携式录音机） and turned it up so loud that the bass notes caused seagulls to explode．But at least you knew where these fellows were; you never know which beachgoers have mobile phones．You’ll settle next to what appears to be a sleeping sunbather, or even （you hope） a corpse , and you’ll lie happily on your towel, and you’ll get all the way to the second sentence of your 467-page book before you fall asleep to the hypnotic surge of the surf （催人入梦的潮声）, and …
BREEP! BREEP! The corpse sits up, feels urgently for its mobile phone, and shouts “Hello! I’m at the beach! Yes! It’s nice! Very peaceful! What? She did? No, she didn’t! She DID? No, she…”
Loud mobile-phoners never seem to get urgent calls．Just once, I’d like to hear one of them say, “Hello? Yes, this is Dr．Johnson．Oh, Dr．Smith．You’ve opened the abdominal cavity （腹腔）? Good! Now the appendix should be right under the … What? No, that’s the liver．Don’t take THAT out, ha ha! Oh, you did? My God! OK, now listen carefully…”
【小题1】From the passage we can know that the writer of the passage _____.
| A．had a wonderful holiday at the beach |
| B．must have suffered a lot because of the terrible weather |
| C．is only interested in talks by doctors about operation |
| D．experienced an unhappy holiday at the beach |
| A．The writer often spends his holidays at the beach. |
| B．A huge squid ate two children while their mother was not watching. |
| C．Some people used to play boom box while spending their holidays at the beach. |
| D．Some people often make loud mobile phone calls without caring for others. |
| A．a dead body | B．a loud mobile phone |
| C．a sound sleeper | D．a sleep lover |
| A．turned it up to make the seagulls happy |
| B．turned it up to cause the seagulls to explode |
| C．might cause less trouble than the beachgoers with mobile phones |
| D．might cause more trouble than the beachgoers with mobile phones |
| A．the writer is interested in mobile phone. |
| B．the writer hates people using mobile phone |
| C．the writer hates to be disturbed while enjoying holidays on the beach. |
| D．the writer seldom finishes reading a book before going to sleep. |
It was a beautiful day at the beach—blue sky, gentle wind, calm sea．I knew these things because a man sitting five feet from me was shouting them into his mobile phone, like a play-by-play announcer （实况解说员）.
“IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY,” he shouted．“THE SKY IS BLUE, AND THERE’S A GENTLE WIND, AND THE WATER IS CALM, AND…”
Behind me, a woman, her mobile phone pressed to her ear was walking back and forth.
“She DIDN’T,” she was saying．“No．She DIDN’T．She DID? Really? Are you SERIOUS? She did NOT．She DID? No she…”
And so on．This woman had two children, who were playing in the sea．I found myself watching them, because the woman surely was not．A huge squid could have caught and snatched the children, and this woman would not have noticed．Or, if she had noticed, she’d have said, “Listen．I have to go, because a huge squid just……No! She didn’t ! She DID? No! She……”
And next to me, the play-by-play man would have said: “…AND A HUGE SQUID JUST ATE TWO CHILDREN, AND I’M GETTING A LITTLE SUNBURNED, AND …”
It used to be that the major trouble at the beach was the fellow who brought a boom box （便携式录音机） and turned it up so loud that the bass notes caused seagulls to explode．But at least you knew where these fellows were; you never know which beachgoers have mobile phones．You’ll settle next to what appears to be a sleeping sunbather, or even （you hope） a corpse , and you’ll lie happily on your towel, and you’ll get all the way to the second sentence of your 467-page book before you fall asleep to the hypnotic surge of the surf （催人入梦的潮声）, and …
BREEP! BREEP! The corpse sits up, feels urgently for its mobile phone, and shouts “Hello! I’m at the beach! Yes! It’s nice! Very peaceful! What? She did? No, she didn’t! She DID? No, she…”
Loud mobile-phoners never seem to get urgent calls．Just once, I’d like to hear one of them say, “Hello? Yes, this is Dr．Johnson．Oh, Dr．Smith．You’ve opened the abdominal cavity （腹腔）? Good! Now the appendix should be right under the … What? No, that’s the liver．Don’t take THAT out, ha ha! Oh, you did? My God! OK, now listen carefully…”
1.From the passage we can know that the writer of the passage _____.
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A．had a wonderful holiday at the beach |
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B．must have suffered a lot because of the terrible weather |
|
C．is only interested in talks by doctors about operation |
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D．experienced an unhappy holiday at the beach |
2.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
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A．The writer often spends his holidays at the beach. |
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B．A huge squid ate two children while their mother was not watching. |
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C．Some people used to play boom box while spending their holidays at the beach. |
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D．Some people often make loud mobile phone calls without caring for others. |
3.The underlined word“ corpse”in this passage has the closest meaning to________.
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A．a dead body |
B．a loud mobile phone |
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C．a sound sleeper |
D．a sleep lover |
4.In the past the fellow who brought a boom box_________.
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A．turned it up to make the seagulls happy |
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B．turned it up to cause the seagulls to explode |
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C．might cause less trouble than the beachgoers with mobile phones |
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D．might cause more trouble than the beachgoers with mobile phones |
5.We can infer from the passage that _______.
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A．the writer is interested in mobile phone. |
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B．the writer hates people using mobile phone |
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C．the writer hates to be disturbed while enjoying holidays on the beach. |
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D．the writer seldom finishes reading a book before going to sleep. |
| 完形填空。 | ||||
| There were two screws (螺丝钉) in an engine. One was proud of its 1 head. The second screw was 2 , only doing its job to the best of its ability. One day the second screw was a little rusted(生锈). Filled with 3 , the first screw said to the second, "How 4 you have become!" Then it began to laugh so hard that it 5 to notice that it was working itself loose. Finally it dropped off the 6 and fell into the dirty oil below. Now, the second was faced with doing the 7 of two. Meanwhile the first screw cried, "Just look at me ! I'm dirty and all my 8 is gone." A short time later the owner of the engine 9 it up. He immediately noticed something didn't sound right . When he 10 , he immediately saw one screw was missing. "Ah ha!" the owner said, "it must have worked itself loose and fell onto the oil." He 11 into the oil and found the missing screw. "Look at you," the owner said. "you're all 12 with oil. How ugly you are! But I'll 13 that right away." He reached for a rag and 14 all the oil and dirt off until it shone even brighter than before. Then he 15 it on the part. Before he turned away, he noticed the second screw was a little rusted. With the 16 , he wiped the head clean and bright. Then he walked away. Finally the engine was started. The two screws, now 17 beautiful, held the part tight. " 18 me , my friend ," the first screw said, "I was so busy 19 you that I didn't notice that I was working myself loose. I shall no longer 20 others." | ||||
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