题目内容
【题目】 Time spent in a bookshop can be most enjoyable, whether you are a book-lover or merely go there to buy a book as a present. You may even have entered the shop just to find ______from a sudden shower.
Whatever the ______, you can soon become totally unaware of your surroundings. The desire to ______ a book with an attractive cover is irresistible but you might end up with a rather ______ book. A book-lover ______ adopts this method of selection. All too often you soon become ______ in some book or other, and usually it is too ______when you realize you have spent far too much time there and must ______ to keep some forgotten appointment — without buying a book, of course.
This opportunity to escape the reality of everyday life is, I think, the main ______ of a bookshop. There are not many places where it is ______ to do this. A music shop is very much like a bookshop. You can wander round such places to your heart’s content. If it is a good shop, no assistant will ______you with the unavoidable greeting: “Can I help you, sir?” You needn’t buy anything you don’t want. In a bookshop an assistant should remain in the ______ until you have finished browsing. Then, and only then, are his services _______ Of course, you may want to find out where a particular section is, but when he has ______you there, the assistant should retire considerately and look as if he is not interested in ______ a single book.
【1】A.directionB.shelterC.wayD.comfort
【2】A.weatherB.placeC.reasonD.time
【3】A.pick upB.pass onC.writeD.buy
【4】A.specialB.creativeC.surprisingD.dull
【5】A.oftenB.nearlyC.rarelyD.easily
【6】A.absorbedB.boredC.tiredD.forgotten
【7】A.easyB.lateC.luckyD.happy
【8】A.take awayB.rush offC.put offD.make up
【9】A.functionB.valueC.attractionD.purpose
【10】A.importantB.popularC.friendlyD.possible
【11】A.approachB.helpC.warnD.support
【12】A.officeB.distanceC.wayD.shop
【13】A.obviousB.necessaryC.refusedD.realized
【14】A.gaveB.madeC.putD.led
【15】A.findingB.showingC.readingD.selling
【答案】
【1】B
【2】C
【3】A
【4】D
【5】C
【6】A
【7】B
【8】B
【9】C
【10】D
【11】A
【12】B
【13】B
【14】D
【15】D
【解析】
这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了无论你是一个爱书的人,还是仅仅去书店买一本书作为礼物,在书店里度过的时光都是最令人愉快的。
【1】考查名词词义辨析。句意:你甚至可能只是为了躲避突如其来的阵雨而走进书店。A. direction方向;B. shelter躲避;C. way方式;D. comfort安慰。根据下文的“from a sudden shower”可知是走进书店的目的是避雨的。故选B。
【2】考查名词词义辨析。句意:不管是什么原因,你很快就会完全意识不到周围的环境。A. weather天气;B. place地方;C. reason原因;D. time时间。根据上文可知,此处表示走进书店的原因。故选C。
【3】考查动词词组词义辨析。句意:挑选一本有吸引力的封面的书的欲望是不可抗拒的,但你最终可能会得到一本相当枯燥的书。A. pick up挑选;B. pass on传递;C. write写;D. buy买。分析句意可知,此处表示挑选一本封面漂亮的书是不可抗拒的。故选A。
【4】考查形容词词义辨析。句意:挑选一本有吸引力的封面的书的欲望是不可抗拒的,但你最终可能会得到一本相当枯燥的书。A. special特殊的;B. creative创新的;C. surprising惊讶的;D. dull无聊的。根据句中的but可知,你可能买了一本不喜欢的书。故选D。
【5】考查副词词义辨析。句意:爱书的人很少采用这种选择方法。A. often经常;B. nearly几乎;C. rarely很少;D. easily容易地。根据上文可知,这种买书的方法不好,所以爱书的人很少会采用。故选C。
【6】考查形容词词义辨析。句意:通常情况下,你很快就会被某本书或其他东西吸引住。A. absorbed吸收,吸引;B. bored无聊的;C. tired疲倦的;D. forgotten遗忘的。be absorbed in为固定搭配,意为“专心于”;分析句子可知,此处表示你常常很快沉迷于某本书或其他书。故选A。
【7】考查形容词词义辨析。句意:当你意识到自己在那里花了太多时间,必须赶紧去赴某个被遗忘的约会时,通常已经太晚了。A. easy容易的;B. late晚的;C. lucky幸运的;D. happy高兴的。根据下文的“keep some forgotten appointment”可知,当你意识到自己在那里花了太多时间,必须赶紧去赴某个被遗忘的约会时,通常已经太晚了。故选B。
【8】考查动词词组词义辨析。句意:当你意识到自己在那里花了太多时间,必须赶紧去赴某个被遗忘的约会时,通常已经太晚了。A. take away拿走;B. rush off匆忙;C. put off推迟;D. make up编造。根据上文可知,此处表示匆匆忙忙去赴约。故选B。
【9】考查名词词义辨析。句意:书店最大的吸引力就在于它能让你有机会逃避日常生活的现实。A. function功能;B. value价值;C. attraction吸引力;D. purpose目的。根据上文“This opportunity to escape the reality of everyday life is, I think,”可知,摆脱日常生活现实的机会是书店的主要吸引力所在。故选C。
【10】考查形容词词义辨析。句意:能做到这一点的地方并不多。A. important重要的;B. popular流行的;C. friendly友好的;D. possible可能的。分析上下文可知,没有多少地方可以做到这一点。故选D。
【11】考查动词词义解析。句意:如果是一家好商店,店员不会跟你进行不可避免的招呼。A. approach接近;B. help帮助;C. warn警告;D. support支持。根据下文的““Can I help you, sir?””可知,没有一个店员会走近你。故选A。
【12】考查名词词义辨析。句意:在书店里,店员应该呆在远处,直到你浏览完为止。A. office办公室;B. distance距离;C. way方法;D. shop商店。根据上下文可知,此处表示没有店员会打扰你,故应是待在远处随时为你服务。故选B。
【13】考查形容词词义辨析。句意:那时,也只有那时,他的服务才是必要的。A. obvious明显的;B. necessary必需的;C. refused拒绝;D. realized意识到。分析上下文可知,当你浏览完,需要帮助时,店员的服务才是必要的。故选B。
【14】考查动词词义解析。句意:但当他把你带到那里后,店员可以考虑离开,看上去好像他对卖一本书都不感兴趣似的。A. gave给予;B. made制作;C. put放下;D. led引领。根据上文“Of course, you may want to find out where a particular section is,”可知,当店员把你带到你想去的地方时,店员可以考虑离开,看上去好像他对卖一本书都不感兴趣似的。故选D。
【15】考查动词词义解析。句意:但当他把你带到那里后,店员可以考虑离开,看上去好像他对卖一本书都不感兴趣似的。A. finding发现;B. showing表示;C. reading读;D. selling卖。分析上下文可知,书店店员的职责就是卖书。但此处表示当店员为顾客服务完毕后就离开了,好像对卖书不敢兴趣。故选D。