Question

       On a hot summer day in late August, I sought shade and a cool drink at a waterfront café on a Greek island. Over a hundred degrees in    36   air. Crowded. Tempers（脾气）of both the tourists and waiters had    37   to meet the situation, making it a rather quarrelsome environment（环境）

       At the table next to mine sat an attractive,    38    couple, waiting for    39  .  They held

Hands, whispered, kissed, and laughed. Suddenly they stood, picked up their    40    and stepped together     41    the edge of where they were sitting to place the table in the sea water. The man stepped   42   for the two chairs. He politely   43   his lady in the knee-deep water and then sat down himself. All people around laughed and cheered.

          44   appeared. He paused for just a second, walked into the water to   45    the table and take their 46   , and then walked back to the    47    cheers of the rest of his    48  . Minutes later he returned carrying a bottle of wine and two glasses. Without pausing, he went     49    into the water to     50     the wine. The couple toasted（祝酒）each other, the waiter and the crowd. And the crowd   51   by cheering and throwing flowers to them. Three other tables  52   to have lunch in the water. The place was now filled with laughter.

       One doesn’t step into water in one’s best summer clothes. Why not?

       Customers are not served    53    . Why not?

       Sometimes one should consider   54   the line of convention（常规）and enjoy   55   to the fullest.

36．A．fresh               B．cool                        C．still                         D．thin

37．A．managed         B．expected                  C．attempted                D．risen

38．A．lonely              B．curious                    C．well-dressed            D．bad-tempered

39．A．cheers             B．service                    C．attention                  D．flowers

40．A．metal table       B．empty bottle             C．chairs                      D．bags

41．A．on                  B．off                          C．around                    D．along

42．A．outside            B．forward                   C．down                      D．back

43．A．led                  B．seated                      C．watched                  D．received

44．A．The manager   B．A friend                   C．A waiter                  D．The servant

45．A．set                  B．wash                       C．remove                    D．check

46．A．menu              B．bill                          C．food                        D．order

47．A．loud                B．anxious                    C．familiar                    D．final

48．A．tourists           B．customers                C．fellows                    D．assistants

49．A．at last              B．in time                     C．once more               D．as well

50．A．change            B．drink                       C．sell                          D．serve

51．A．replied             B．insisted                    C．agreed                     D．understood

52．A．prepared          B．joined in                   C．settled up                 D．continued

53．A．with pleasure   B．in the café                C．in the sea                 D．with wine

54．A．following         B．keeping                    C．limiting                    D．crossing

55．A．life                  B．wine                        C．lunch                      D．time

 

Answer 1

解析：

本篇短文内容生动,语言活泼,贴近生活.短文讲述作者在一个炎热夏日在海滨咖啡吧的所见所闻。从文体上看，本文属于考生熟悉的记叙文，夹叙夹议。大多数考生都能看懂短文，体现了完型填空重点考查词在真实的语境中的灵活应用，考查趋势明显地由局部理解向整体理解转移，设问角度突出考查整句，对上下文乃至全篇理解。答案多数要跨越句子层次甚至要从全问角度去理解才能判定。

36．C．故事发生在一个炎热的夏日，温度高，自然没风。still意思是“空气不流动”，即没风。此处选为形容词，意思是“静止的，不动的”(without any movement)

37．D．咖啡吧人头拥挤，天气热。这种情况下，人的脾气自然大：Tempers had risen合乎情理，rise为不及物动词。

38．C．作者见到了一对引人注目的couple，自然先看外表，从四个选项中，well-dressed合适，再说从短文尾的议论One doesn’t step into water in one’s best summer clothes，也可进一步推断出。

39．B．那两口子在咖啡吧坐等服务员的接待，选service是唯一可取的。

40．A.。那两口子突然起身走向海水，后半句中他们这么做的目的to place the table in the sea water说明the table就是本空所要选的内容。

41．B．那两口子从原来坐的位置，移到膝盖深的海水里就坐。off表示离开，脱离，off the edge of where they sitting意思是离开他们刚才坐的地方。

42．D．根据上下文，不难看出，那两口子搬完桌子后，又回来搬椅子，即：step back for sth。

43．B. 本空后有宾语his lady，句后部and then sat himself，根据句意，结合上下文，无疑seated是最佳答案，seated his lady意思是“让他夫人就坐“。

44．C．那两口子搬到水里就坐，自然还要接受服务。服务员的出现，才能和上下文的叙述相衔接。本题选a waiter在情理之中。

45．A．咖啡吧的服务员的工作当然就是摆放桌子，接受顾客点菜等服务。Set/lay the table意思是“收拾，摆放桌子”。

46。D。take one’s order意思是“接受某人的点菜或订单”。

47．A．上文中作者提及那两口子搬到膝盖深的海水中就坐，引起在场顾客的哄堂大笑。All the people laughed and cheered。可见，服务员接待完那两口子又回到情绪兴奋的人群中。自然修饰cheers最恰当的词是loud。

48．B．兴奋欢呼的人群中不乏旅游者等，但对咖啡吧而言，都为“顾客”。

49．C．从前文得知，服务员刚才走到就坐于水中的那两口子那儿又摆桌子又接受点菜。现在他要去送他们所点的菜。服务员又要涉水给他们送酒。Once more意思是“再一次”。

50．D．to serve the wine意思是“为顾客递酒，斟酒服务”.

51．A．根据上文，那两口子向大家祝酒，而在场的人通过cheering and throwing flowers to them来做“回应”。选项replied正是这层意思。

52．B．同时在场的人中也有效仿那两口子的，也把桌子搬到水中去就坐。注意下句three other tables…in the water。所以应该选用joined in表示“加入到那两口子的行列中”。

53．C．作者最后就此事发表里议论。文中所述的顾客的怪异“越轨”行为便是把餐桌摆放在水中饮酒休息。因此，结合上文, in the sea是符合逻辑的，上下文是贯通的。

54．D．to cross the line of convention意思是“跨越常规界限”，即标新立异。

55．A。to enjoy life to the fullest意思是“尽情地享受生活“。