2. High prices have ________ demand.
1. I have to ________ to lock the doors.
5. We do not (允许) smoking in the office.
4. She slowed down her (步伐) so I could keep up with her.
3. This is a (具有历史意义的) occasion.
2. A new difficulty has a .
1. Don’t be so i ___ ! The bus will be here soon.
My wife and I have always enjoyed travelling by sea,and last year we decided to travel about on the Mediterranean. 1 our holiday was rather expensive we thought that the high standard of accommodation(住宿),the first-class food and the many interesting places we saw were well 2 the price we paid.
We found that most of our other 3 were friendly and interesting,but there was one man, 4 ,who displeased us,and not 5 us but all the others who 6 our table at dinner. 7 subject we talked about,it seemed that he was an expert in it.He had, 8 ,read more books,visited more countries and studied more languages, 9 .After a few days,we ate our meals 10 ,because nobody wanted to begin a conversation that 11 soon be taken 12 by this man.
Then my wife had an idea.Fortunately,the ship had a library,and she suggested that we should think of an 13 subject, 14 in an encyclopedia(百科全书) and then talk about it at dinner.If it was 15 Mr James 16 possibly know anything about it. 17 subject we chose was “English Agriculture in the Eleventh Century”.At dinner 18 we discussed this subject with great enthusiasm(热情).Mr James was 19 .We realized we had at last managed to find something he knew 20 about.
1.A.When B.Although C.Since D.Because
答案:B
提示:由下句“我们认为住宿条件、服务设施很合理”，故推知我们对于价格昂贵一事不以为然。
2.A.satisfied B.worth C.fit D.above
提示:worth此处为形容词，意为“值得”，常形成主动表示被动的结构be (well) worth (doing) sth.，意为“(很)值得(做……)”。
3.A.workmates B.sailors C.passengers D.neighbors
答案:C
4.A.the Mr James B.a Mr James C.Mr James D.the James
提示:此处不定冠词a指某一个身份不太清楚的人。
5.A.liked B.only C.for D.to
提示:从后文的but可知。
6.A.owned B.shared C.ordered D.took
提示:share our table指与我们共桌。
7.A.Whatever B.The C.No D.What
答案:A
提示:由下文“...it seemed that he was an expert in it”可知，此Mr James十分博学，故对于我们所谈论的任何话题都略知一二。whatever意为“无论什么”。
8.A.obviously B.already C.actually D.recently
提示:由上文“it seemed that he was an expert in it”得出了“显而易见的”结论。
9.A.than any other man B.than all the people
C.as anybody else D.than anyone else
提示:比较级应对等比较，是和其他人中的“任一个人”比较。
10.A.in the dining-room B.in silence
C.on time D.together
提示:对于Mr James的爱表现性格，我们很生气，故而吃饭时保持沉默以表示我们的不满。
11.A.possibly B.surely C.would D.could
提示:would为will的过去式。
12.A.place B.away C.up D.off
提示:take up此处意为“继续，把……继续下去”。
13.A.interesting B.important C.unusual D.unknown
提示:此处unusual侧重于“不常见的，罕为人知的”。
14.A.look it up B.write it down
C.put it away D.get it through
提示:look up指查找某物。
15.A.right B.wonderful enough
C.wrong D.unusual enough
答案:D
提示:enough修饰形容词放在形容词之后。
16.A.could B.could not C.would D.would not
17.A.No B.A C.One D.The
提示:前面已提到了一次，第二次使用要用定冠词。
18.A.that night B.the next morning
C.on the ship D.the day before
提示:从上文“at dinner”可知。
19.A.active B.excited C.silent D.failed
20.A.a lot B.a little C.nothing D.all
提示:由上文“我们的谈话没有被Mr James打断”可知，他对此话题可能是一无所知。
15.Mrs Black was __________ to leave as soon as possible because she was __________ to meet her husband，who came from abroad.
A.anxious;eager B.eager;anxious
C.worried;curious D.nervous;eager
提示:be anxious to do表示“急于做某事”；be eager to do表示“渴望做某事”。