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I was born and brought up in the small town of Pineville, which I left at the age of sixteen. Twenty years ___1___ I found myself back on a visit. I went to see my ___ 2 ___ friend Tom Clark, who, ___ 3 ___ as ever, was chairman of the local (本地的) ___ 4 ___. He was busy preparing to welcome ___ 5 ___ writer, who had ___ 6___ to come to give a talk on modern literature (文学) in the public library ___ 7 ___ evening. Since I happened to have ___8___ a book or two by the famous writer, when Tom invited me to go with him I ___ 9___ accepted. Tom was going to ___10___ the guest speaker to the audience (听众). Therefore we went to the library a little ___11___ to greet him. As the honoured guest had not yet ___12___, I left Tom and went into the main reading room ___13___ a large crowd had already gathered. I was ___14___ to find that I didn't know a single person there. So I found a seat in the corner and ___15___ patiently waiting. When it was just about time for the ___16___ to begin, I saw Tom standing at the doorway making a sign for___17___to come out. He looked ___18___ about something. So I got up immediately and went out to him. He ___19___ that he had just had a ___20 ___from the writer's secretary. Our guest speaker had missed his ___21___ and would not be arriving! While we were thinking about the problem, Tom suddenly asked me ___ 22___ mind filling in as speaker. I ___23___ had time to think about the matter when all at once I found I was being ___24___ back into the reading room to address the ___25 ___ audience! 1. A. ago B. later C. earlier D. before 2. A. new B. old C. forgotten D. welcome 3. A. active B. lazy C. brave D. shy 4. A. market B. restaurant C. club D. school 5. A. a well-known B. an unknown C. the well-known D. the unknown 6. A. been observed B. been invited C. announced D. refused 7. A. every B. some other C. one D. that very 8. A. interested B. written C. mentioned D. read 9. A. gladly B. sadly C. had D. was 10. A. direct B. move C. describe D. introduce 11. A. later B. late C. early D. soon 12. A. spoken B. arrived C. rested D. eaten 13. A. where B. although C. after D. since 14. A. expected B. disappointed C. unexpected D. disappointing 15. A. sat B. stood C. lay D. hid 16. A. party B. show C. talk D. dinner 17. A. him B. everybody C. the guest D. me 18. A. pleased B. worried C. frightened D. satisfied 19. A. suggested B. explained C. appologized D. insisted 20. A. greeting card B. telephone call C. picture D. present 21. A. way B. speech C. flight D. time 22. A. whether to B. not to C. that I should D. if I would 23. A. hardly B. still C. already D. quickly 24. A. sent B. driven C. carried D. led 25. A. familiar B. waiting C. shouting D. ready 1-5BBACA 6-10BDDAD 11-15CBABA 16-20CDBBB 21-25CDADB 文章叙述作者二十年后回乡探友,殊不知却被当了著名作家作了一回文学报告。怎么回事呢?原来…… 题号 答案 考查内容 解题依据 解题分析 1 B 词义辨析 我16岁离开Pineville,20年后返乡探友。ago是从现在的角度回顾过去,而before和earlier是从过去某一点回顾更早的往事,都不合文意。只有later是从过去某一点回顾以后的事。 2 B 常识运用 old friend指早年相识的朋友。 3 A 逻辑推理 从后文看,Tom Clarke是一个俱乐部的主席,他肯定不懒惰(lazy)、不害羞(shy),勇敢(brave)与否无关紧要,他忙于请人作报告,就暗示了他很活跃(active)。 4 C 常识运用 market,restaurant和school不会有chairman,只有club有Chairman。 5 A 常识运用 语法规则 一般情况下,不会请无人知晓的(unknown)作家,而是请著名(well-known)作家作报告。定冠词表示特指意义;不定冠词表示泛指意义,在元音开头的单词前应用an。 6 B 逻辑推理 语法规则 这位作家是应邀(been invited)来作报告的,而不是被观察(been observed)、拒绝(refused)或宣布(announced)作报告的。注意主被动关系。 7 D 固定搭配 that very night指就在作者到达的当天晚上。 8 D 常识运用 词义比较 我碰巧读过一两本那位著名作家写的书,而不是仅仅感兴趣(interest)、或是提及(mention),也不可能写过(write)那为作家的书。 9 A 逻辑推理 语法规则 had accepted表示在邀请之前作者就接受了,显然不合逻辑;was accepted是被动语态,指作者被接受了,也不合逻辑;只有用gladly表示作者"欣然接受"恰当。 10 D 常识运用 演讲前,Tom Clark自然是要先给听众介绍(introduce),而不是描述(describe)演讲人的有关情况,没必要挪动(move)或引导(direct)演讲人。 11 C 词义辨析 early指早于报告预定开始的时间。soon指将来时间;later更晚,更迟,后来;late晚,迟。 12 B 逻辑推理 我和Tom Clark一起去接,可客人还未到(arrive),当然客人还没讲话(speak)、休息(rest)、吃饭(eat)。 13 A 语法规则 此处where引导一个修饰room的定语从句。 14 B 逻辑推理 语法规则 我发现一个认识的人都没见到,作者自然感到失望(disappointed)。disappointed被动形容词,意为"失望的";disappointing主动形容词,意为"令/使人失望的";expected预料到的;unexpected未料到的。 15 A 常识运用 我找到一个座位,当然是坐下(sat)耐心地等候,而不再站着(stood),不会躺下(lay),用不着躲藏(hid)。 16 C 词义比较 前后照应 talk学术讲演;party聚会;show文娱演出;dinner宴会。前文和后文都是关于作讲演的事。 17 D 常识运用 Tom Clark在门口打手势叫我出来。 18 B 逻辑推理 从后文得知讲演人因故未到,Tom Clark自然心情焦虑(worried),肯定不会高兴(pleased)或满意(satisfied),但不至于害怕(frightened)。 19 B 词义比较 他向我解释(explained)他着急的原因,不是他的错,他用不着陪不是(appologized)、提建议(suggested)或主张(insisted)。 20 B 常识运用 得知作家不能来的原因当然是接到电话(telephone call),而非问候卡(greeting card)、照片(picture)或礼物(present)。 21 C 固定搭配 missed his flight指"误了班机"。 22 D 语法规则 汤姆问我"是否介意做个演讲来填补这个位置"。 23 A 句法结构 hardly和后面when呼应,意思是"还没来得及……就……"。 24 D 词义辨析 我就被人引回到阅览室。send送,派遣;drive驱赶;carry运送,携带;lead带领,引导。如用sent则表示"被派另外一个人送到",不合文意。 25 B 常识运用 句中address的意思是"对……发表讲话",对象当然是等待着(waiting)的听众。其它三项与文意不符。 |