Question

阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从26 ~ 40各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Mrs. Jones was very fond of singing. She had a good   26   , except that some of her high notes tended to sound like a gate, which someone had forgotten to   27   . Mrs. Jones was very conscious of this   28 _, and took every   29   she could find to practice these high   30  . As she lived in a small house where she could not practice without   31    the rest of the family, she usually went for long walks along the country roads whenever she had time, and practiced her high notes there. Every time she heard a   32   or a person coming along the   33  , she stopped and   34    until she could no longer be heard before she started practicing again, because she was a   35   person, and because she was sensitive about those high notes.

One afternoon, however, a fast, open car came up behind her so   36   and so fast that she did not hear it until it was only a few yards from her. She was singing some of her highest and most   37   notes at the time, and as the car passed her, she saw an anxious   38    suddenly come over its driver’s face. He put his brakes on violently, and as soon as the car stopped, jumped out and began to   39   all his tires carefully.

Mrs. Jones did not dare to tell him what the noise he had heard had really been, so he got back into his car and drove off as   40   as he had been when he stopped.

26. A. voice        B. noise        C. sound          D. note

27. A. close       B. open             C. repair          D. oil

28. A. strength            B. sickness          C. weakness    D. advantage

29. A. time          B. chance       C. person        D. place

30. A. notes        B. songs        C. signs             D. sounds

31. A. preventing     B. harming       C. disturbing           D. damaging

32. A. train               B. car              C. noise           D. driver

33. A. path               B. avenue       C. street           D. road

34. A. waited      B. expected          C. confused       D. puzzled

35. A. brave            B. shy                C. ordinary        D. unique

36. A. slightly       B. gently             C. quickly       D. silently

37. A. beautiful    B. exhausting        C. difficult              D. energetic

38. A. expression          B. explanation        C. impression       D. reaction

39. A. approach      B. observe      C. repair               D. examine

40. A. convinced   B. upset             C. puzzled          D. pleased

Answer 1

26-30 ADCBA   31-35 CBDAB   36-40 DCADC