Question

完形填空 　　A Fool’s Day falls on 1st of April．People 　　1　　 forget the significance(意义)of the day． 　　In March 1980, I was 　　2　　 at Durham University with seven other Chinese students．I had 　　3　　 to go to another university after graduation and had 　　4　　 application(申请)forms to several 　　5　　．Every morning I arrived at the porter’s office(传达室)and waited my fate．But no 　　6　　 came． On April 1st, as I was eating my 　　7　　, Huang came in, with a toothbrush 　　8　　 in his hand．　　9　　 fearing that he might forget the important news, he passed me the 　　10　　．“Morning, Wu, ”he said, “I saw Mr．G this morning．He told me that a letter had arrived in his office for you from Manchester University, and asked you to go and get it 　　11　　 possible．”I jumped with 　　12　　． 　　I even didn’t 　　13　　 my breakfast and rushed to Mr G’s office but he wasn’t 　　14　　．I then went to the secretary’s room and 　　15　　 everything to her．She opened Mr．G’s room．I looked at everything．There didn’t seem to be a letter for me．“If he had asked you to pick it up from here, ”said the secretary, “he would have put it in 　　16　　 or simply left it to me．” 　　Greatly 　　17　　, I walked out of the room and 　　18　　 the secretary lock it．　　19　　 the secretary’s eyes 　　20　　．“Sorry, ”she said．“It’s April Fool’s Day!” (1) [　　] A． sometimes B． never C． always D． seldom (2) [　　] A． staying B． working C． visiting D． studying (3) [　　] A． continued B． planned C． managed D． remembered (4) [　　] A． returned B． taken C． handed D． sent (5) [　　] A． people B． colleges C． cities D． offices (6) [　　] A． application B． report C． reply D． chance (7) [　　] A． dinner B． lunch C． supper D． breakfast (8) [　　] A． still B． even C． yet D． already (9) [　　] A． Because of B． As if C． After D． While (10) [　　] A． message B． sign C． letter D． notice (11) [　　] A． if B． as soon as C． when D． as fast as (12) [　　] A． the news B． the letter C． joy D． luck (13) [　　] A． take B． finish C． complete D． have (14) [　　] A． anywhere B． in C． at D． away (15) [　　] A． asked B． told C． explained D． answered (16) [　　] A． the office B． his desk C． the room D． an obvious place (17) [　　] A． disappoint B． disappointed C． disappointing D． disappointment (18) [　　] A． watched B． made C． saw D． let (19) [　　] A． Quickly B． Strangely C． Finally D． Suddenly (20) [　　] A． closed B． opened C． brightened D． darkened

Answer 1

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

(1)	sometimes意为“有时”，通读全文后会得出答案。
(2)	从本段可以看出，当时我正在Durham University学习。因为谈到我毕业后还申请了几个大学来进一步学习。
(3)	从后文可以看出我每天都到传达室去等候来自其他大学的对我的申请表的答复，所以此处应该是我打算毕业后再去深造。plan to do sth．意为“计划做某事”，而manage to do sth．表示已经成功地做了某事。
(4)	send…to…“向某处发送”。从文中可以看出我向好几个大学发出了申请书。
(5)	根据上一句中的“go to another university”和下文的“He told me that a letter had arrived in his office for you from Manchester University”可知答案。
(6)	reply意为“答复”；report意思是“报道，报告”，而chance的意思是“机会”，都不符合句意。
(7)	从后面“with a toothbrush in hand”和“I even didn’t 28 my breakfast and rushed to Mr．G’s office…”这两句可知是早饭。
(8)	still意为“仍然，还”。yet，already常用于完成时态，yet常用在疑问句和否定句中，不合题意。even意为“甚至”，表强调，但本题没有此意。结合题意“他手里还有牙刷”，可知答案为still。
(9)	as if…指“好像……，似乎……”。A项后面不能接句子；after“在……之后”；while“当……时候”，都不符合当时情景，这个人似乎怕忘了这个重要的消息，所以他牙还没刷就来告诉我这个事情。
(10)	message在此处作“口信”讲。sign指“迹象”；letter意为“信”；notice指“布告，通知”，都不合题意。
(11)	as soon as“一……就……”，从属连词，在此处连接时间状语从句。其他选项不符合语境。
(12)	jump with joy“兴高采烈，高兴得跳起来”，是固定搭配。
(13)	finish完成一般的事情，是个常用词，其搭配是finish sth．/doing sth．；complete“完成、完备”，指完成大的工程/项目时用。complete还有补充完整的意思。
(14)	be in“在这儿”，此处作“在办公室里”讲。
(15)	根据句法结构此处应用explain一词。explain的用法是：explain sth．to sb．或explain to sb．，而tell后常跟双宾语或复合宾语，即tell sb．to do sth．或tell sb．sth．。
(16)	an obvious place指“显而易见的地方”。
(17)	修饰人时常用-ed结尾的形容词，而修饰物时常用-ing结尾的形容词。
(18)	从后句可知，她是没有锁上门。其他三项加上动词原形都表示动作已完成了。
(19)	suddenly＝all of a sudden“突然”。从后面“眼前一亮”可知动作发生地较突然。
(20)	根据题意，这个秘书是很兴奋的，所以此处选“brighten”“眼前一亮”。