Question

Annie, a neighbor's daughter, was away for her first semester at college this school year. She is a very sweet girl but just a bit shy. When her birthday came around, I found out she was feeling a bit ___.

Her family is quite poor and ____ are tight, so there wouldn't be any birthday visitors. I wanted to ____ her a card and maybe a small gift to ____ her day a bit. I got her school ____ from her mom and planned to pick something up. Then I got a(n) ____！

I ____ perhaps a bit more birthday cheer was needed here. I bought some balloons, birthday hats, and ____ novelties(新颖小巧而价廉的物品) at a store. I took a small ____ and asked three other people in my area at work to ____ “Happy Birthday” and send some birthday wishes to her. It was such fun making the recording! Other people ____ what we were doing and ___ their voices, so it really sounded like we had a party going on!

Then I bought her a small present and a card as ____ planned. The real fun was packing them to be sent. I ____ everything so it was like opening a mini birthday party! At the last minute I added a pack of cupcakes and a box of birthday candles ___ sending them off. I got a call a few days later. Annie said her roommates and one of their neighbors in the ____ got together with her and held a party for her the moment they arrived. She sounded so ____ and I was so glad that she had some friends to ____ her special day with.

It was such an easy and ____ thing to do. The people who helped me make the tape still laugh and talk about it. And Annie ____ me it was the most fun birthday she would remember!

1.A.lonely B．nervous C．alone D．worried

2.A.thoughts B．finances C．measures D．times

3.A.provide B．sell C．send D．draw

4.A.attract B．remember C．describe D．brighten

5.A.number B．campus C．address D．report

6.A.idea B．surprise C．chance D．message

7.A.decided B．thought C．wished D．concluded

8.A.another B．others C．other D．one

9.A.radio B．camera C．recorder D．phone

10.A.say B．sing C．repeat D．make

11.A.took out B．set out C．gave out D．found out

12.A.added B．devoted C．cleared D．lifted

13.A.suddenly B．originally C．finally D．carefully

14.A.collected B．paid C．arranged D．expected

15.A.until B．after C．unless D．before

16.A.dormitory B．home

C．classroom D．office

17.A.familiar B．happy C．wonderful D．upset

18.A.help B．compare C．share D．witness

19.A.funny B．challenging

C．fun D．time?consuming

20.A.warned B．convinced C．advised D．told

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.C

10.B

11.D

12.A

13.B

14.C

15.D

16.A

17.B

18.C

19.C

20.D

【解析】

1.答案：A　根据2空后的“there wouldn't be any birthday visitors”可知，Annie因为没有人为她过生日而感到有点孤独(lonely)。

误区警示：考生容易误选alone。做好此题的关键在于正确地理解lonely和alone的区别。lonely表示“孤独的，寂寞的”，带有浓重的感情色彩；alone意为“独自的，单独的”，侧重说明独自一人，强调的是客观事实。

2.2】答案：B　作者给Annie购买礼物，暗示着Annie的家境不是很富裕。finances表示“财务情况”。

3.3】答案：C　根据13空后的“The real fun was packing them to be sent.”可知，作者想给Annie寄(send)贺卡和礼物。

4.4】答案：D　Annie收到礼物自然会感到高兴，brighten表示“使快活起来”，符合语境。

5.5】答案：C　作者想给Annie寄生日礼物，必然需要她的学校地址，因此选address。

6.6】答案：A　下文讲述了作者给Annie准备礼物的过程，因此此处指作者有了一个主意(idea)。

7.7】答案：B　作者想(thought)也许需要再多一点庆祝生日时的欢乐氛围。

8.8】答案：C　作者买了一些气球、生日帽和其他的(other)新颖小巧而价廉的物品。

9.9】答案：C　11空前的“making the recording”表明，作者是用录音机(recorder)录下人们的歌声。

10.0】答案：B　12空后的“so it really sounded like we had a party going on”暗示着人们为她唱(sing)了生日快乐歌。

11.1】答案：D　其他人发现(found out) 我们在做什么时也加入进来。

12.2】答案：A　作者本来请了三个人唱歌，结果其他人发现了也跟着一起唱。add表示“添加，增加”。

13.3】答案：B　3空后的“a card and maybe a small gift”表明作者起初想买贺卡和礼物，因此选originally，表示“起初，原来”。

14.4】答案：C　此空后的“it was like opening a mini birthday party”暗示作者在精心布置(arranged) 一切。

15.5】答案：D　在把它们寄出去之前(before)的最后时刻作者又添加了一包纸杯蛋糕和一盒生日蜡烛。

16.6】答案：A　文章开头的“was away for her first semester at college”表明Annie在学校，因此选dormitory“寝室”。

17.7】答案：B　20空后的“it was the most fun birthday she would remember”表明Annie很高兴(happy)。

18.8】答案：C　作者很高兴Annie有一些朋友可以与她一起分享(share)这特别的一天。

19.9】答案：C　这是一个既容易又有趣的(fun)事情。fun意为“有趣的”；funny意为“使人发笑的，滑稽的”。

误区警示：考生容易误选funny。做好此题的关键在于正确地理解fun和funny的区别。fun除了作不可数名词外，还可以作形容词，意为“有趣的”，而funny意为“使人发笑的，滑稽的，奇异的”。

20.20】答案：D　Annie告诉(told) 作者这会是她能记住的最有趣的一个生日。