题目内容

He left in such a hurry that I _____ had time to thank him.

A. almost    B. even    C. nearly    D. scarcely

D. scarcely


解析:

scarcely(=hardly, not quite, almost not)几乎没有。Scarcely是否定副词,类似的有:hardly, barely, rarely, seldom, little等。研究生入学考试中经常测试这类否定副词的用法。

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阅读下面短文,从短文后所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项。

It was to be our second Christmas in Germany and we decided to avoid the naked tree problem the year before. We wrote to my father, and he  1 to purchase a tree for us in States. He would ship it to us in several smaller  2 .

Two days before Christmas we were in a   3 .All the boxes had arrived except for one. The tree trunk and stand were still  4 .We decided to wait one more day.

  5 , in Bremerhaven, a young mail clerk  6 a long thin box under a counter. He picked it up and saw the customs tag(标签)which  7 “artificial(人造的)Christmas tree trunk and stand”. He realized that someone in Mannheim would be  8 a tree for Christmas. He felt  9for them, but there wasn’t much he could do. There was no  10 on Christmas.

He put the package on the  11 shelf and headed for the coffee bar. The place was 12 and he ended up sharing a table. Two men were speaking and the clerk  13 that one of his companions at the table was stationed in Mannheim. He had just picked up the  14 he had shipped from the States and was driving back that afternoon. The clerk thought of the 15 and said to the man,“You could really  16 Santa for someone in Mannheim tonight if you’d like to.”He explained about the lost tree trunk and stand. The man agreed.

The following day, my husband was reaching for his coat  17 the doorbell rang. There stood a  18 holding a long thin carton, our tree trunk and stand. He explained about the clerk and the coffee bar meeting. We invited him in,  19 it was Christmas Eve and he left in a hurry.

The next day as we celebrated the Christmas with the beautiful tree, I whispered:“Bless those two strangers who  20 our Christmas with their kindness.”

1.                A.agreed         B.refused         C.stopped  D.failed

 

2.                A.bags           B.containers       C.boxes    D.parts

 

3.                A.hope          B.loss            C.mess D.panic

 

4.                A.broken         B.separated       C.unknown D.missing

 

5.                A.Meanwhile      B.However        C.Therefore D.Afterward

 

6.                A.hid            B.forgot          C.covered  D.found

 

7.                A.read           B.wrote          C.signed    D.meant

 

8.                A.except         B.by             C.along D.without

 

9.                A.sure           B.happy          C.painful   D.sorry

 

10.               A.passage        B.message        C.delivery   D.labor

 

11.               A.safe           B.high           C.proper    D.secret

 

12.               A.taken          B.ordered        C.closed D.crowded

 

13.               A.supposed       B.discovered      C.expected  D.wondered

 

14.               A.car            B.mail           C.passenger D.gift

 

15.               A.difficulty        B.family          C.package   D.accident

 

16.               A.become        B.play           C.pretend   D.assist

 

17.               A.before         B.while          C.until  D.when

 

18.               A.postman        B.santa          C.stranger   D.driver

 

19.               A.but            B.and            C.so    D.as

 

20.                                A.celebrated  B.decorated

C.confirmed                        D.brightened

 

 

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