题目内容
______ disturbed, I spent three hours locked in my room, preparing for the next day’s job interview.
A. In order to not get B. In order not to get C. So as not to get D. So as to not get
B
【解析】
试题分析：考查不定式的否定做目的状语：句意：为了不被打搅，我锁在自己的房间三个小时，准备工作面试。In order to do和so as to do都能做目的状语，但是so as to do不能放在句首，排除CD，还有否定的形式是在to前面加not，选B。
考点：考查不定式的否定做目的状语
I was walking along the main street of a small seaside town in the north of England looking for somewhere to make a phone call. My car had broken down outside the town and I wanted to contact the AA Company. Low grey clouds were gathering across the sky and there was a cold damp wind blowing off the sea which nearly threw me off my feet every time I crossed one of the side streets. It had rained in 
the night and water was dripping from the bare trees that lined the street. I was glad that I was wearing a thick coat.
There was no sign of a call box, nor was there anyone at that early hour whom I could ask. I had thought I might find a shop open selling the Sunday papers or a milkman doing his rounds, but the town was completely dead. The only living thing I saw was a thin frightened cat outside a small restaurant.
Then suddenly I found what I was looking for. There was a small post office, and almost hidden from sight in a dark narrow street. Next to it was the town’s only public call box, which badly needed a coat of paint. I hurried forward, but stopped in astonishment when I saw through the dirty glass that there was a man inside. He was 
fat, and was wearing a cheap blue plastic raincoat. I could not see his face and he didn’t raise his head at the sound of my footsteps.
Carefully, I remained standing a few feet away and lit a cigarette to wait for my turn. It was when I threw the dead match on the ground that I noticed something bright red trickling from under the box call door
【小题1】 At what time was the story set?
| A．An early winter morning | B．A cold winter afternoon |
| C．An early summer morning | D．A windy summer afternoon |
| A．cold and frightening | B．dirty and crowded |
C．empty and dead | D．unusual and unpleasant |
| A．rushing out suddenly | B．shining brightly |
| C．flowing slowly in drops | D．appearing slowly |
| A．He was annoyed at being seen by the writer. |
| B．He was angry at being disturbed by the writer. |
| C．He was probably fast asleep. |
| D．He was probably murdered. |
Last Sunday I made a visit to some new neighbors down the block. No specific purpose in mind, just an opportunity to sit at the kitchen table, have some tea and chat. As I did so, it occurred to me how rare the Sunday visit has become.
When I was a kid in the New Jersey of the 1960s, Sunday visits were routine. Most stores were closed and almost nobody worked. My family normally traveled eight city blocks to the home of my grandmother, where adults would sit on the front porch and chat while we children played hide-and-seek.
The Sunday visit was something to desire strongly. It was the repetition to church, our reward for and hour of devotion, and opportunity to take advantage of the fact that Dad was not at work, we were not in school, and there were no chores that couldn’t wait until Monday. Sunday was, indeed, which means that there was one day when everyone seemed to have time for everybody else.
Sunday as a day of rest is, or was, so deeply rooted in the culture that it’s surprising to consider that, in a short span of time, it has almost entirely lost this association.① In my childhood, it was assumed that everyone would either be home or visit someone else’s home on Sunday. But now the question is, “What do you plan to Do this Sunday?” The answer can range from going to the mall to participating in a road to jetting to Montreal for lunch. If one were to respond, “I’m making a Sunday visit to family,” such and answer would feel strange, an echo from another era.
I suppose I should be grateful to live in Maine, a state of small towns, abundant land tight relationships. Even though folks work as hard here as they do anywhere else, the state’s powerfully rural cast（特质）still harbors at least remnants（剩余部分）of the ethic of yesterday’s America, where people had to depend on one another in the face of economic vagaries（反复无常的情况）and a challenging environment.②
1.The writer’s general impression of the Sunday in the past was a day when_________.
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A．everyone would pay a visit to some relative far away |
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B．everyone seemed to be free and could have some leisure |
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C．Dad was not at work while Mom was busy cleaning the house |
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D．nearly every adult would go to church and children were not at school |
2.What can we learn from the underlined sentence in paragraph 4?
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A．People nowadays prefer staying at home on Sunday |
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B．People in the city dislike being disturbed on Sunday |
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C．Such answers are rarely heard in our modern society |
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D．Visiting someone on Sunday might take a lot of time |
3.From the last paragraph we may infer that people in Maine____________.
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A．suffer more from economic depression and the changed environment |
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B．have abandoned their tradition and lived an absolute new life |
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C．have tense relationships with each other |
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D．always help each other when they are in need |
4.What is the writer’s attitude towards the Sunday today?
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A．Unsatisfied |
B．confused |
C．Respectful |
D．Thankful |