Question

    It was Friday. Andy Barton was in a bad mood. At six o’clock his ____1___ program “Travel with us” was on TV. Andy liked to get home in good ____2____ for that. But then, just as he was leaving his ____3___ to get home a little earlier, a customer ___4____ up with a few complaints for the next fifteen minutes. “I can ___5____ get home in time if I hurry.” Andy told himself as he ___6_____ out of the office. But when, as he drove off in his car, he ____7____ that he was almost out of ___8____ I’ll have to stop at Fenton’s, Andy thought. He hated Fenton’s because it was a ____9____ gas station. “You do all the work yourself, ____10___ you pay the same for the gas.” He used to complain. But at Fenton’s, the pump was not ____11____ properly and it took ages to get gas. So when Andy got home, it was already two minutes past six. Just then the phone rang. “Shall I ____12____ it?" Andy thought. He tried to fix his ____13____ on the program, but it kept ringing and finally he ____14____ it up.

    “Mr. Barton?” a voice said, “Fenton’s Grams here.”

“Fenton’s?” said Andy, “Why, I was at your place only a few minutes ago, ____15___ my car. Did I___16____something behind or what? ” “No, you didn’t. Mr. Barton. ”The voice went on. “That’s just the ____17____! You didn’t leave anything behind! You went off without ____18____ for your gas, you see! Now nor really, when that happens, we ring up the police. But____19____ I recognized you and I know it was a mistake. ”

    “I’m really very____20____.”Andy said.

“Oh, that’s all right, Mr. Barton. But could you come round now and pay for your gas? And please hurry! We close at half past six! ”

1．A．news

B．film

C．music

D．favorite

2．A．way

B．time

C．reason

D．order

3．A．station

B．school

C．hospital

D．office

4．A．rang

B．came

C．gave

D．spoke

5．A．still

B．hardly

C．surely

D．only

6．A．rushed

B．pushed

C．pulled

D．reached

7．A．looked

B．observed

C．watched

D．noticed

8．A．breath

B．time

C．work

D．gas

9．A．good

B．strange

C．helpful

D．self-service

10．A．and

B．but

C．so

D．then

11．A．doing

B．working

C．making

D．giving

12．A．receive

B．return

C．answer

D．leave

13．A．thoughts

B．ideas

C．attraction

D．attention

14．A．put

B．picked

C．gave

D．called

15．A．changing

B．repairing

C．checking

D．filling

16．A．lose

B．leave

C．take

D．forget

17．A．trouble

B．worry

C．thing

D．difficulty

18．A．charging

B．preparing

C．paying

D．getting

19．A．suddenly

B．luckily

C．happily

D．unfortunately

20.A．worried

B．upset

C．sorry

D．hurried

 

Answer 1

答案：D;B;D;A;A;A;D;D;D;B;B;C;D;B;D;B;A;C;B;C
提示：

1.　　   从上下文得知这是他最喜欢的节目，只有喜欢才会这么急着赶回家 2.　　   想要准时到达看节目，get home in good time for it 3.　　   后面接到了顾客的电话，应该是在办公室里 4.　　   ring up打电话来 5.　　   下文他仍然匆匆往回赶，说明时间仍然来得及 6.　　   rush out冲出 7.　　   look看，observe观察，watch观看，notice注意到 8.　　   out of sth某物用完了，gas这里的意思是汽油 9.　　   下文说我必须自己做所有的工作，所以是自助式 10.   我必须自己加油，但是还得付一样的钱 11.   但是泵不工作了 12.   answer the telephone接电话 13.   fix one’s attention集中注意力 14.   pick up the phone拿起话筒 15.   fill my car为我的车加油 16.   leave sth behind留下某物 17.   that’s the trouble这就是麻烦了 18.   pay for your gas为你的汽油付钱 19.   本来要报警的，但我认识你就不报了，这是很幸运的事 20.   对这样的事情自然是非常抱歉