Question

【题目】完形填空
If you have a watch,don't repair it!I know it1.Once I had a beautiful watch.And this watch2perfect time. But one night it happened that I forgot to3it up.Next morning I went to a watchmaker as I wanted my perfect watch to_4by the exact time.The watchmaker examined my watch and said:“The regulator（校准器）is to be pushed up5our watch is four minutes6.”
I tried to stop him,tried to7him understand that my watch kept perfect time,but he did not listen to me and pushed the regulator.
My beautiful watch began to gain time.It8faster and faster day by day.By the end of the second month it 9all the clocks and watches of the town far behind.
What did I have to do?To take it to another watchmaker to be regulated.I expected him to regulate the watch immediately10he asked me to come in a week's time.When at last I took my watch from him it began to11down. And I began to be late for trains,business appointments and even missed my dinners.
Now I went to12watchmaker.While I waited for him to repair my poor watch,he13it to pieces and said that he could finish this work14three or four days.I could do nothing but 15. That time my watch went for half a day and then stopped.
So I kept16my watch from one watchmaker to another for a considerable period of time.And as a result of it the cleverest man in the world could not17the time by my watch.The thing was getting18.My watch had19 two hundred dollars originally but I paid for repairs more than two hundred.At last I decided to buy20watch,which I did.
（1）A.for reality B.for truth C.for certain D.for certainty
（2）A.kept B.told C.observed D.struck
（3）A.tum B.wind C.pick D.put
（4）A.be turned B.be taken C.be put D.be set
（5）A.as B.as if C.when D.if
（6）A.fast B.slowly C.faster D.slow
（7）A.get B.persuade C.make D.explain
（8）A.gained B.lost C.went D.won
（9）A.had remained B.had left C.had stayed D.had fallen
（10）A.however B.and C.but D.therefore
（11）A.go B.walk C.slow D.take
（12）A.the third B.the second C.the first D.the fourth
（13）A.broke B.took C.tore D.cut
（14）A.after B.before C.over D.in
（15）A.to agree B.agree C.agreeing D.agreed
（16）A.taking B.bringing C.carrying D.fetching
（17）A.recognize B.tell C.know D.understand
（18）A.seriously B.pleasant C.badly D.serious
（19）A.spent B.took C.cost D.paid
（20）A.another B.the other C.one D.one more

Answer 1

【答案】（1）、C
（2）、A
（3）、B
（4）、D
（5）、A
（6）、C
（7）、C
（8）、A
（9）、B
（10）、C
（11）、C
（12）、A
（13）、B
（14）、D
（15）、B
（16）、D
（17）、B
（18）、D
（19）、C
（20）、A

【解析】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者曾经的一块精美、走时准确手表经过修理最终成为废物的经过。（1）for certain“无疑地，确定地”，是一个固定用法，相当于without doubt, for sure；for certainty应为for a certainty。选C。(2)keep time“走时准确”，是习惯用法。选A。(3)wind sth．up“上(钟或表)的弦；上发条”。b合语境。(4)set a clock/watch“对钟；对表；将闹钟等定时”。D合语境。(5)as用来引导原因状语从句。A合语境。(6)从上文中的“be pushed up”得知，手表的时间慢了四分钟，而不是快了四分钟。故选C。(7)make sb．do sth．/get sb．to do sth．“使某人做某事”，此题之后接了省略to的不定式understand，所以用make。选C。(8)(指钟表)快(慢)于正确的时间，常用gain或lose。选A。(9)leave sth．far behind“使某事处于落后状态”，A、C、D三项都是不及物动词。选B。(10)表转折，however是副词，常用逗号隔开。故选but。选C。(11)slow作动词，slow down“减慢速度”。选C。(12)通过上下文得知作者已经找过了两个修表匠，现在要去第三个修表匠那儿。选A。(13)took sth．to pieces“拆开，拆散”，在这里指把表拆成零碎。选B。(14)介词in表示“从当时算起再过多长时间”选D。(15)but前有实义动词do时，but后要接省略to的动词不定式。选B.(16)keep(on)doing sth．，意为“不停地做……”。taking“拿去”；bringing“拿来”；fetching“去拿来”；carrying“提起，拿起”，无方向性。选D。(17)tell the time指“能够看懂钟表上的时间；看钟表等而说出时间”。选B。(18)get 是连系动词，其后要接形容词作表语，可排除A、C两项，再从逻辑上分析，可排除B项。选D。(19)cost表示“某物花费多少钱”。选C。(20)another表示“另一个(与之不同的一个)”；the other表“两个当中的另一个”；one表“数量(一个)”；one more“买了一个不够，还要再买一个”。选A。