Question

完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下列各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
“Where is the bus? Why is it always late?” I asked myself. I was going to be late ___36___ the manager wasn’t going to be pleased. “Thank God, here it is!” The bus came round the corner and I got on. Ten minutes later I was walking into the ___37___ where I work. “Twenty-five past nine. I ___38___ the manager doesn’t notice.” But I was not ___39___.
“Smith!” shouted the manager. “Late again. What’s your ___40___ this time?” “I am afraid the bus was late, Mr. Brown.” “___41___ up earlier tomorrow! Anyway, go to your place at the counter. We’ll be opening in a few minutes.”
My first customer was a pretty girl wearing a red dress. ___42___ her was a young man of about 25. He seemed very ___43___, and every few seconds he looked towards the main entrance. The girl drew some money and ___44___ about opening an account. I gave her necessary ___45___ and she went out. ___46___, I noticed a tall man by the door, carrying something ___47___ with brown paper. Turning to my next customer, I was frightened to see a gun sticking out of his coat. The next moment a loud noise ___48___ my ears. Everything went black. I was falling… It seemed to be a long time ___49___ I opened my eyes and I found myself in bed! ___50___ shaking from the memory of this terrible dream, I got dressed and ran out of the house. ___51___, the bus wasn’t on time, and I got to the bank at 9:25.
“Smith!” the manager cried out in a voice like thunder. “___52___ of your excuses! Start work at once!” To my ___53___, the first customer was a girl ___54___ a red dress and behind her stood a man carrying something wrapped in brown paper. The ___55___! Sometimes life is full of coincidences (巧合)!

【小题1】

A．as B．but C．and D．or

【小题2】

A．hotel B．shop C．bank D．restaurant

【小题3】

A．believe B．think C．guess D．hope

【小题4】

A．lucky B．happy C．sorry D．angry

【小题5】

A．excuse B．idea C．cause D．answer

【小题6】

A．Hurry B．Set C．Catch D．Get

【小题7】

A．Before B．Behind C．Beyond D．Against

【小题8】

A．nervous B．shy C．calm D．angry

【小题9】

A．cared B．talked C．asked D．worried

【小题10】

A．information B．offer C．introduction D．support

【小题11】

A．Again B．Then C．Thus D．However

【小题12】

A．hidden B．filled C．decorated D．covered

【小题13】

A．took B．closed C．filled D．came

【小题14】

A．before B．after C．when D．that

【小题15】

A．Even B．Still C．Just D．Ever

【小题16】

A．As usual B．For one thing C．In fact D．In general

【小题17】

A．Less B．Plenty C．More D．None

【小题18】

A．pleasure B．surprise C．joy D．regret

【小题19】

A．of B．with C．on D．in

【小题20】

A．dream B．story C．affair D．incident

Answer 1

【小题1】C【小题1】C【小题1】D【小题1】A【小题1】A  【小题1】D【小题1】B【小题1】A【小题1】C【小题1】A 【小题1】 B【小题1】D【小题1】C【小题1】A【小题1】B  【小题1】 A【小题1】D【小题1】B【小题1】D【小题1】A

解析【小题1】C 连词and表示递进。
【小题1】C。从文章的后部分可以看出作者是在一家银行工作。
【小题1】D。事实上作者上班已经是迟到了,他只是抱着希望此事不被老板发现才好。
【小题1】A。从下一段一开始的句子可以看出老板发现了他迟到的事,他当然是“不走运”。
【小题1】A。从老板说的那句Late again.讽刺的语句中,可以推出老板在责问他:“看你这一回还有什么可说的？”
【小题1】D。get up起床。明天早点起来一点。
【小题1】B。behind在……后面。在她的后面是一个大约25岁的男子。
【小题1】A。nervous紧张的。他看起来很紧张。
【小题1】C。银行职员对顾客的询问通常是有关办理银行业务的“信息”。
【小题1】A。information信息。解析见上题。
【小题1】B。承接上句,这里只能是“随后”。
【小题1】D。从下文可以看出那高个男子手中拿的是枪。在银行这种敏感的地方,他的枪必然是用纸“遮掩”起来了。
【小题1】C。与ears相搭配的只有fill一词合适,表示两耳只听见“轰”的一声。
【小题1】A。before在……之前。我睁开眼睛之前已经有很长一段时间了。
【小题1】B。still任然。从梦中惊醒过来;作者还在因刚才梦中可怕的情景感到害怕。
【小题1】A。与文章一开始说明的公交车老是不正点相吻合。
【小题1】D。none没有。不要有任何借口，立刻开始工作！
【小题1】B。刚走进柜台工作,就发现第一位顾客的穿着打扮,以及她身后的那男子手中拿着的东西竟与他梦中的情景一致。这种可怕的巧合能不使人感到“惊讶”吗？
【小题1】D。in表示“穿”之意。一位穿红色衣服的女孩。
【小题1】A。dream梦。同样的梦，生活有时充满巧合。