Question

  People like artists and writers usually work on their own,with no one else around. Most of my friends all work 1        other people in shops and so on,and they tell me that they would never get things done if they worked alone. I'm not 2        that all artists and writers do,either.

I was born in a small village in the country where everyone knew 3        else：that is they knew everyone except a writer who 4        himself to himself. By the time I was 5        enough to learn people's names,he had been living in the village for at least twenty years,but the villagers still regarded him as a 6       !Every morning he would walk down to the local shops to do his 7       ,and although he had to greet everyone he met,only two or three would 8        his greeting. Sometimes someone would ask him 9        he was doing,and every time his answer would be the same: "I'm still writing the book. " And that was all we 10        learned about him. Because no one had ever visited his house,I 11       once walking up to the house with three or four other boys to see 12        we could see what he did. We climbed up to the 13        and looked in,expecting to see our writer typing 14        at his desk. Instead,he was sitting in an armchair 15      a book.

(   ) 1. A. without   B. around   C. with   D. for

(   ) 2. A. sure   B. afraid   C. glad   D. sorry

(   ) 3. A. someone   B. nobody   C. anyone   D. everyone

(   ) 4. A. talked   B. kept   C. taught   D. paid

(   ) 5. A. young   B. old   C. tall   D. strong

(   ) 6. A. stranger   B. writer   C. friend   D. fool

(   ) 7. A. washing   B. cooking   C. shopping   D. typing

(   ) 8. A. hear   B. like   C. return   D. hate

(   ) 9. A. what   B. how   C. why   D. where

(   ) 10. A. always   B. still   C. hardly   D. ever

(   ) 11. A. finish   B. enjoy   C. remember   D. plan

(   ) 12. A. that   B. if   C. when   D. whom

(   ) 13. A. chimneys   B. doors   C. windows   D. walls

(   ) 14. A. slowly   B. carefully   C. clearly   D. busily

(   ) 15. A. reading   B. writing   C. copying   D. selling

Answer 1

1. C 根据下文单独干不了事，可推断是与人共事。

2. A 根据下文的例子可知，作者无把握。

3. D 句意是彼此都认识。

4. B keep oneself to oneself"不与他人来往"。

5. B 与下文中的学认人名一致。

6. A 由于他不与人来往，人们把他当作陌生人。

7. C 与上文一致。

8. C 回应上文的动词greet。

9. A 根据下文他的回答"我在写书"可知问的是"在干什么"。

10. D ever"曾经"。

11. C remember doing sth"记得曾经做过某事"。

12. B if引导宾语从句，意为"是否"。

13. C B项是干扰项。

14. D 句意为：期待看到他在忙于写书。

15. A 从instead可知他不是在写书，而是在读书。