Question

【题目】My uncle John used to live in a beautiful little house by the sea in Atlantic City.I say he “used to” live there ______ he doesn't live there any more.He was killed two years ago.

Uncle John wrote novels.He not only ______ his job，but also made a lot of money doing it.

After Uncle John's death，I came to stay in his house for a while.I had been there for two days when I ______ a message on the screen of the old computer.I was very surprised，because I thought the computer had been ______.The message said，“You have a new ______！” When I read it，I thought it looked like the ______ of a novel.“This looks interesting，” I thought.“It must be from one of Uncle John's friends.” I decided I should make an answer to the email to tell him or her that Uncle John was ______.

Every day，more emails kept arriving.I printed copies of all of them.The story was about Jane Winterbourne，a young writer working on her first novel.She sent her novel to Jack Tanner，an old writer and asked him to ______ her to publish it.However，he cheated her，and published the novel himself—pretending that he had ______ it.Tanner made a lot of money，and bought himself a house by the sea in Atlantic City.It was then that I realized that Jack was ______ to be Uncle John.

【1】A. so B. because C. though D. once

【2】A. lost B. finished C. changed D. enjoyed

【3】A. sent B. noticed C. read D. typed

【4】A. broken down B. turned off C. sold out D. put away

【5】A. information B. post C. mail D. business

【6】A. picture B. story C. end D. beginning

【7】A. dead B. sick C. out D. busy

【8】A. teach B. help C. show D. refuse

【9】A. missed B. corrected C. written D. bought

【10】A. pointed B. spelt C. meant D. called

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】B

【4】B

【5】C

【6】D

【7】A

【8】B

【9】C

【10】C

【解析】

试题本文叙述了作者的叔叔是一位作家，赚了很多钱。他在两年前被杀死了。他死后，作者在他房间里的电脑上收到很多封电子邮件，于是作者把这些电子邮件打印下来，这是一个关于Jack Tanner和Jane Winterbourne的故事。原来Jack Tanner把Jane Winterbourne的小说假装成自己的，出版后赚了很多钱。作者意识到Jack就是约翰叔叔。

【1】句意：我说他过去住在那里是因为他不再住在那里了。A. so因此；B. because因为；C. though尽管；D. once一次，从前。根据后半句“他不再住在那儿了”可知说的是原因。故答案为B。

【2】句意：他不仅喜欢他的工作，而且赚了很多钱。A. lost丢失；B. finished完成；C. changed改变；D. enjoyed喜欢。联系上下文可知他是写小说的，并且很爱这份工作。并且通过写作赚到了许多钱，故答案为D。

【3】句意：我注意到了旧电脑屏幕上的一条信息。A. sent发送；B. noticed注意；C. read阅读；D. typed打字。根据“I was very surprised”可知他是无意中注意到的，不是在发或看信息。故答案为B。

【4】句意：我很惊讶，因为我以为电脑已经关机了。A. broken down坏掉；B. turned off关闭；C. sold out卖完；D. put away收起来。根据“I was very surprised”可知，作者以为电脑已经关机，没有想到电脑上会出现一条信息，故答案为B。

【5】句意：你有一封新邮件！A. information 信息；B. post岗位，邮政；C. mail邮件；D. business商业，生意。根据下文中的“email”可知答案选C。

【6】句意：我觉得它看起来像是小说的开头。A. picture图画；B. story故事；C. end结束；D. beginning开始。。由第三段可知此处说的是小说的开头。故答案为D。

【7】句意：我决定我应该回复电子邮件告诉他(她)约翰死了。A. dead死的；B. sick生病的，不舒服的；C. out外面的；D. busy忙碌的。根据“He was killed two years ago.”可知答案选A。

【8】句意：一位老作家请他帮她出版。A. teach教；B. help帮助；C. show 出示；D. refuse拒绝。根据“…he cheated her，and published the novel himself—pretending that…”可知是寻求帮助。故答案为B。

【9】句意：然而，他欺骗了她，并假装自己写了这本小说。A. missed想念，错过；B. corrected改正，批改；C. written写；D. bought买。从上一句可知是他使自己成了小说的作者。故答案为C。

【10】句意：就在那时，我意识到杰克注定是约翰叔叔。A. pointed指向；B. spelt拼写；C. meant意味着；D. called叫。Jack 和Uncle John也就意味着是同一个人。故答案为C。