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【题目】It was three in the afternoon and I was putting my baby to sleep when the phone rang. It was a little girl asking for the Gold-stein family. " 【1】__" I said,"you've got the wrong number. " 【2】the phone didn't stop ringing. Each time it was the voice of a little girl. She was 【3】 one call after another, each time asking for the Gold stein family. My baby wouldn't stop crying. I started to lose my 【4】 . 1 left the phone 【5】 the hook for about an hour, certain that this would 【6】 her. But as soon as I put the phone back on the hook, she 【7】 I started to cry. After about the tenth call I told her that if she called one more time I would call the 【8】 . At 6: 30 pm, the phone rang for about the 25th time. I picked it up, but remained 【9】 . 1 could hear the same voice of a girl. What kind of 【10】 would allow her to do this all the afternoon! I 【11】 to speak to her mother. To ray 【12】 ,she called her mother to the phone. I told the mother what her little girl had been doing to me all the 【13】 . The mother assured me that this was the 【14】 phone call her daughter had made that day. "My daughter's teacher gave all the girls in the class the phone number of their new teaching 30. The entire class of 【15】 girls was told to call the new assistant to find what time their class would be. The teacher must have given them the wrong number 【16】 "

Until about 9:00 pm, the phone 【17】 rang from time to time. Each time, it was a little girl wanting to know what time the class was Some girls, even after hearing they had the wrong 【18】 ,would anyway ask if I knew the time I would just 【19】. It had turned into a joke now! I would 【20】 have thought that an entire class of girls, all with the same voice, was calling me

A. Stop B. Sorry C. Fine D. OK

A. Then B. So C. But D. And

A. making B. returning C. receiving D. sending

A. hope B. interest C. sense D. temper

A. at B. on C. off D. above

A. discourage B. frighten C. puzzle D. connect

A. arrived B. called C. appeared D. returned

A. school B. director C. neighbors D. police

A. angry B. calm C. silent D. serious

A. operators B. parents C. teachers D. mothers

A. refused B. started C. preferred D. demanded

A. surprise B. disappointment C. joy D. satisfaction

A. day B. night C. afternoon D. morning

A. first B. last C. second D. easiest

A. plan B. assistant C. course D. advisor

A. on purpose B. in advance

C. by mistake D. for the moment

A. still B. sure C. always D. just

A. place B. information C. address D. number

A. cry B. laugh C. complain D. wait

A. almost B. yet C. already D. never

【答案】【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【5】C

【6】A

【7】B

【8】D

【9】C

【10】B

【11】D

【12】A

【13】C

【14】A

【15】B

【16】C

【17】A

【18】D

【19】B

【20】D

【解析】如果你总是接到陌生人不停打来的电话,一定会感到很苦恼。本文的作者就经历了这样一件事。当她了解到具体的真相时,真有些忍俊不禁。

【1】根据语境分析,作者一开始还是很有耐心的,因此用Sorry符合交际场合。句意:抱歉,您打错了。

【2】由语境可知,尽管作者做了解释,但对方还是打电话过来。由此可以看出,前后是转折关系,所以用But。

【3】由语境可知,这里表示的是对方一个电话接着一个电话打过来。此处是固定搭配,表示打电话,用make a call。

【4】因为作者误认为是同一个人打来的电话并惹得自己的孩子老是哭因此十分恼火,lose one's temper,意为发火。hope希望;interest兴趣;sense感觉,知觉。

【5】作者把电话从话机上拿开,想用电话打不通的方式阻止对方再次打电话。表示离开、远离,用off。

【6】显然作者把电话拿开的目的是使对方泄气,不至于再次打电话。所以用discourage。frighten使……害怕;puzzle使……迷惑;connect联系,连接。

【7】由语境可知,这里表达的意思是:作者刚把话筒放回到话机上,电话又打过来了。四个选项中只有called打电诗之意。

【8】根据语境分析,作者此时已经十分气恼,警告对方,如果再打骚扰电话,她就会报警。

【9】作者觉得已经没有必要再向对方解释,因此作者拿起话筒保持沉默(silent)。在这之前都是十分生气的,因此,如果选A,显然和前面表示转折的but相矛盾;而calm指的是心里的平静,很显然,作者此时的心情并不平静,也不符合语境。

【10】前面 it was the voice of a little girl. 告诉我们对方只是一个小女孩根据语境分析作者认为对方的父母对孩子没有管教好因此B项符合语境。

【11】从后文可知作者忍无可忍直接找对方的母亲讲话,demand to do sth. 表示强烈要求做某事符合作者当时的心情。refuse拒绝;start开始;prefer更喜欢。

12to one's surprise意为:让某人惊讶的是。以为小女孩的恶作剧会遭到她妈妈的批评,所以她不敢让她妈妈接电话,但是她却让她妈妈接了,这一点很出乎的预料。to one's disappointment 让某人失望的是;to one's joy 让某人髙兴的是;to one's satisfaction让某人满意的是。

13从前文It was three in the afternoon以及 At 6:30 pm, the phone rang for about the 25th time. 可知作者一下午都在不停地接听电话。

14根据此处的语境可知,作者把几十个女孩打电话误以为是一个女孩打电话,因此对方的母亲向作者解释:这绝对是女儿给作者打的第一个电话。

15后文the new assistant有原词出现老师把新来的助教的电话给全班女同学以便于及时沟通。

16老师把电话号码给错了因此用by mistake错误地符合语境。

17因为老师给错了电话号码,因此全班30个女生电话还没有打完,到了晚上九点还在打电话。still意为:仍然。

18上文已经有说明,老师给错了电话号码。

【19】由下文的"It had turned into a joke now!"可以看出作者已经知道事情的缘由因此她现在不生气而是觉得可笑。

【20】作者当时绝对不会想到原来是一个班所有的女生给她打电话。这里使用了虚拟语气。

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C. The Unity of Women.

D. The Action of Union.

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D. He ignored it completely.

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