Once I went shopping on my first visit to Macao. Coming from cold and cloudy England, I enjoyed the sun and dressed in a T-shirt and a        skirt. Not having much        to enjoy the sun in England, my legs were very white. In England this is not a fashionable look at all . Most women spend every sunny day out trying to get darker skin. The darker the skin, the better the look. I have tried to get darker but         works for me!
As I        one shop, the two shop assistants kept looking at my legs the whole time , talking quietly to each other in Chinese. I began to feel uncomfortable and asked my friend     we could leave. After we left the shop, she asked me what was wrong. I complained about the shop assistants being very impolite . They     be talking about my white skin. My friend laughed. “They weren’t laughing at you. They were saying how nice your legs are. Many Chinese women want to have white skin like yours.       , there are many beauty products in the shops to make skin whiter and a lot of money is spent on them.”
It just shows that we are never happy with what we have. The grass is       greener on the other side. If the women of the West and East        the same way, Western women wouldn’t spend so much money on cream that makes skin darker and women from the        wouldn’t need to use cream that makes skin whiter.
小題1:
A．longB．shortC．beautifulD．expensive
小題2:
A．moneyB．exerciseC．spaceD．chance
小題3:
A．a(chǎn)nythingB．everythingC．nothingD．something
小題4:
A．broke intoB．ran pastC．got out ofD．walked around
小題5:
A．thoughB．a(chǎn)ndC．butD．if
小題6:
A．mustB．mustn’tC．canD．needn’t
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A．In a wordB．In the endC．InfactD．In order
小題8:
A．neverB．a(chǎn)lwaysC．everD．seldom
小題9:
A．thoughtB．sawC．workedD．decided
小題10:
A．EastB．WestC．SouthD．North

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:D
小題5:D
小題6:A
小題7:C
小題8:B
小題9:A
小題10:A

試題分析：作者是從英國來到澳門。在西方的女子通常是想將自己白色的皮膚變得黑一些，而東方的女子想將皮膚變得更白一些，作者就是在這個差異中發(fā)現(xiàn)了其不同，開始在商店中發(fā)現(xiàn)別人的議論而不滿意，但是經(jīng)過朋友的解釋就明了了。
小題1:考查形容詞及語境的理解。 long：長的， short：短的，beautiful：漂亮的， expensive：昂貴的。聯(lián)系上文，作者是從英國來到澳門，氣候的變化使她穿上了T恤和短裙。故選B。
小題2:考查名詞及語境的理解。根據(jù)上文，可知句意為：沒有多少機(jī)會在英格蘭享受陽光，我的腿很白。前一句也提到英國是一個潮濕和多云的國家，可知填chance 機(jī)會。
小題3:考查不定代詞及語境的理解。根據(jù)語境，語義存在轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。作者想要變得更黑一些，但是沒有效果。故選C，nothing：沒有，表示否定意義。
小題4:考查動詞短語及語境的理解。broke into：強(qiáng)行進(jìn)入， ran past ：跑過， got out of：從---出來， walked around：閑逛。根據(jù)下文the two shop assistants kept looking at my legs the whole time的描述可知，作者進(jìn)入了一個商店閑逛。故應(yīng)選D.
小題5:考查連詞及語境的理解。though：雖然， and ：而且，but：但是， if：是否。根據(jù)語境，因為作者感到不自在，所以問朋友是否可以離開。故選D。
小題6:考查情態(tài)動詞及語境的理解。聯(lián)系上文the two shop assistants kept looking at my legs the whole time , talking quietly to each other in Chinese的描述，作者在猜想那兩個售貨員準(zhǔn)是在談?wù)撟约旱耐�。故選A，must be表示肯定的猜測。
小題7:考查介詞短語及語境的理解。 In a word：總之， In the end：最終，  In fact：事實上， In order：按順序。根據(jù)語境，這里是擺事實，說明商店里有很多美白產(chǎn)品。故選C。
小題8:考查副詞及語境的理解。根據(jù)上文we are never happy with what we have 的描述可以推測，我們不滿足已經(jīng)擁有的，以為草的另一面總會更綠。故選B。
小題9:考查動詞及語境的理解。thought：思考、想， saw：看，worked ：工作， decided：決定。根據(jù)語境，這里指的是如果東方和西方的女人的想法一樣。故應(yīng)選A。
小題10:考查名詞及語境的理解。 根據(jù)語境，如果東方和西方的女人的想法一樣，那么西方女人不必買乳膏把肌膚變黑，東方女人也不必使用乳膏把肌膚變白。故應(yīng)選A。
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