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【题目】A man was worried his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought she might need some hearing aid (助听). Not quite sure how to ___her, he called the family doctor to discuss the problem. The doctor told him there was a simple test the husband could do to give the doctor a better ___of her hearing loss.

"Here's what you do," said the doctor. "Stand about 40 feet away from her, and in a ___conversational speaking tone (音调) see if she hears you. If not, go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on____you get a reply."

That evening, the wife was in the____, and he was in the yard． He said to himself,"I'm about 40 feet away, and let me see what will happen." Then in a usual tone he asked,"Honey, what's for dinner?"

No ___.

So the husband moved closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and asked,"Honey, what's for dinner?"

___no reply.

Next he moved into the dining room where he was about 20 feet from his wife and ___, "Honey, what's for dinner?"

Again he got no reply. He walked up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey,what's for dinner?" Again there was no reply.

So he ___right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"

"Chicken! David, for the ___time I've said that."

【1】A. save B. guide C. face D. help

【2】A. choice B. excuse C. idea D. suggestion

【3】A. loud B. usual C. special D. strange

【4】A. until B. before C. when D. as

【5】A. toilet B. garden C. dining room D. kitchen

【6】A. dinner B. way C. move D. reply

【7】A. Still B. Even C. Just D. Almost

【8】A. laughed B. thought C. repeated D. added

【9】A. come B. left C. walked D. jumped

【10】A. second B. third C. fourth D. fifth

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】B

【4】A

【5】D

【6】D

【7】A

【8】C

【9】C

【10】D

【解析】本文是一篇记叙文。丈夫一直以为妻子的听力有问题，没想到测试的结果是自己的听力有毛病。文末最后一句使得我们哑然失笑。

【1】A. save 挽救，节省；B. guide 引导，指导；C. face 面对；D. help。根据第一段第一句话A man was worried his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought she might need some hearing aid (助听)可知此处应该选择help“帮助”。

【2】句意：这位医生告诉他，这位丈夫可以做一个简单的测试，以便更好地告诉医生她的听力丧失的情况。A. choice 选择 ；B. excuse 借口 ；C. idea主意，办法；D. suggestion建议。根据句意可知选C

【3】句意：站在离她40英尺的地方，以一个通常的谈话音调，看她是否能听到你。由下文医生建议调整两人之间的距离可知此处表达的含义为“用平常谈话的音调” A. loud 大声的； B. usual通常的； C. special 特殊的；D. strange奇怪的。故选B

【4】句意：如果不行，走到30英尺，然后20英尺，以此类推，直到你可以听见答复为止。A. until 直到； B. before 在···之前；C. when 当···时候；D. as当···时候，根据句意选A

【5】由第三段可知，他的妻子在厨房做饭.。 A. toilet 卫生间 ； B. garden 花园 ；C. dining room 餐厅；D. kitchen厨房。故选D

【6】考查名词及语境的理解。根据句意“亲爱的，今天晚上吃什么？”没有回答，这是他站在40英尺处进行的测试，结合下文：So the husband moved closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and asked“,Honey, what's for dinner?” Still no reply.故选D

【7】考查副词及语境的理解。A. Still 仍然 ； B. Even 甚至； C. Just 刚刚，仅仅； D. Almost几乎，差不多。根据句意“他站在40英尺处进行听力障碍测试，他的妻子没有听到，然后他站在30英尺处进行听力测试，他仍然没有反应，接下来他又进行20英尺远的测试······”。故选A

【8】句意：接着他挪到了餐厅在那里他离他的妻子大约20英尺远，重复道：“亲爱的，今天晚上吃什么？”。A. laughed 大笑； B. thought 认为； C. repeated 重复 ； D. added增加，添加。根据句意选C

【9】句意：因此，他直接走到她的身后。A. come来； B. left 离开 ； C. walked 走； D. jumped跳walk right up behind her.直接走到他身后。根据上文Again he got no reply. He walked up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey ,what's for dinner?" Again there was no reply.选C

【10】根据40英尺，30英尺，20英尺，10英尺和直接走到她身后可知，共五次，故选D。A. second 第二； B. third 第三； C. fourth 第四； D. fifth第五