Question

【题目】Mr. Clark was born in a small town of England. When he finished middle school, he found work in the police station and he has worked there __________ 42 years and he'll retire(退休)this autumn. He tried to work hard in the past 42 years___________ he wasn't a lucky man and never caught a thief. He was often sorry for it.

Last weekend, when Mrs. Clarke was cooking supper, she found there was no sugar. So she asked her husband ____some in the shop near their house. He came in the shop and found a young man stealing some money from a woman's bag. He ran to the thief __________ , but the young man found and ran away at once. Mr. Clarke ran after him. The thief ran into a blind alley（死胡同）and Mr. Clarke caught him at last.

"Please give me a chance, sir," said the young man."I never stole before."

"Who gives me a chance?" said Mr. Clarke. "I'll soon retire and I caught a thief for the__________ time!"

【1】A. forB. sinceC. inD. at

【2】A. andB. soC. butD. if

【3】A. buysB. buyC. to buyD. buying

【4】A. quicklyB. quietlyC. carefullyD. wonderfully

【5】A. lastB. firstC. secondD. third

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】C

【4】A

【5】B

【解析】

克拉克先生出生在英格兰的一个小镇上。他中学毕业后就在警察局工作，已经工作了42年，今年秋天要退休了，但从没抓到一个小偷。一天他去商店时，看到一个小偷在偷东西，但小偷马上跑了，他追小偷到死胡同，小偷求他给他个机会，但克拉克说，他要退休了，第一次抓到小偷。

【1】句意：他初中毕业时，在警察局工作，已经在那儿工作了42年，今年秋天要退休了。本题考查连词及语境理解。for为，用于一段时间，since自从，in在，at在。for用于现在完成时，表一段时间，故选A.

【2】句意：他工作努力，但不幸运的是，他从没抓过一个小偷。本题考查连词及语境理解。and 而且，so所以，but但是，if假如。前后意思转折，可知选C.

【3】句意：她让她的丈夫去家附近的店买一些。本题考擦动词不定式及语境理解。ask sb to do，让某人去做某事，可知选C.

【4】句意：他快速地跑向年轻人，但他发现了，马上跑了。本题考查副词及语境理解。quickly 很快地，quietly安静地，carefully仔细地，wonderfully棒极地。与at once马上呼应的动作应是quickly快速地，可知选A.

【5】句意：我不久要退休了，这是我第一次抓到小偷。本题考查数词及语境理解。last 最后的，first 第一，second第二，third第三。根据 never caught a thief从未抓到小偷，可知选B.