Question

My 14-year-old son,John,and I spotted the coat simultaneously. It was hanging at a( an) 1    clothing store. The coat had a black velvet collar,delightful tailoring,a Fifth Avenue label(標(biāo)簽) and a (an) 2   price of $28.

We looked at each other, saying nothing, 3   John's eyes shone. Dark,woolen topcoats were 4   just then with teenage boys，but could 5   several hundred dollars new. This coat was even better,bearing that touch of classic elegance.

John 6    his arms down into the heavy satin (緞子) lining of the sleeves and 7    the coat. He turned from side to side,eyeing himself in the mirror with a serious, studied 8    that soon changed into a smile. The 9   was perfect.

John wore the coat to school the next day and came home wearing a big smile. "How did the kids like your coat?”I asked. "They love it，" he said，carefully 10    it over the back of a chair and smoothing it flat.

Over the next few weeks, the 11    came over John. Quiet, reasoned discussion 12    argument. He became more thoughtful and eager to 13   . "Good dinner,Mum," he would say every evening. One day when I suggested that he might start on homework before dinner，John said， "You are right, and I guess I will."

When I mentioned this 14    to one of his teachers and remarked that I didn' t know 15    caused the changes, she said with laughter, "It must be his coat! " At the library, we16    to meet a friend who had not seen our children for a long time." 17   this be John? " he asked, looking up to John's new height,assessing the cut of his coat and extending his hand,one gentleman to another.

John and I both know we should never 18    a person's clothes for the real person within them. But there is something to be said for 19    a standard of excellence for the world to see，for practicing standard of excellence in thought, speech and behavior, and for 20    what is on the inside with what is on the outside.

(   ) 1. A. second-hand    B. expensive    C. big    D. cheap

(   ) 2. A. reasonable    B. unbelievable    C. special    D. average

(   ) 3. A. therefore    B. however    C. but    D. thus

(   ) 4. A. popular    B. new    C. unique    D. antique

(   ) 5. A. spend    B. cost   C. pay    D. take

(   ) 6. A. put    B. take    C. slid    D. move

(   ) 7. A. touched    B. buttoned    C. held    D. obtained

(   ) 8. A. gesture    B. expression    C. attitude    D. feeling

(   ) 9. A. color    B. price    C. fit    D. style

(   ) 10. A. pressing    B. taking    C. hanging    D. folding

(   ) 11. A. happiness    B. satisfaction    C. change    D. generosity

(   ) 12. A. made    B. replaced    C. took    D. changed

(   ) 13. A. please    B. understand    C. complain    D. apologize

(   ) 14. A. incident    B. accident    C. event    D. matter

(   ) 15. A. when    B. how    C. what    D. that

(   ) 16. A. happened    B. came    C. intended    D. decided

(   ) 17. A. Should    B. Would    C. Must    D. Could

(   ) 18. A. watch    B. judge    C. mistake    D. consider

(   ) 19. A. doing    B. showing    C. speaking    D. wearing

(   ) 20. A. comparing    B. connecting    C. combining    D. matching

Answer 1

作者講述了她的兒子在穿上了自己喜愛的新衣服后的行為變化。由此，作者想到，雖然說不能以貌取人,但是穿著優(yōu)雅得體，并在思想上、言語上、行動(dòng)上實(shí)踐優(yōu)秀的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，以達(dá)到內(nèi)外的和諧統(tǒng)一，這又另當(dāng)別論。

1. A從文中第二段的"but could 5 several hun?dred dollars new"這樣的一件新衣服要花好幾百美元，和上文的這件衣服值28美元可知，這件衣服是在二手店里出售的，故選A。

2. B下文提到"這樣的衣服新的要好花幾百美元"，比較起來，這件衣服28美元的標(biāo)價(jià)簡(jiǎn)直令人難以置信。

3. C空格前的句子說作者和兒子對(duì)衣服沒發(fā)表什么看法，空格后的部分說約翰的眼里閃著欣喜的光又表明他很喜歡這件衣服，故上下句之間為轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。

4. A從約翰的態(tài)度及下文"'How did the kids like your coat?' I asked. ' They love it.，He said"可知這類衣服在孩子們當(dāng)中很受歡迎。unique獨(dú)一無二的；antique古老的，年代久遠(yuǎn)的。

5. B本句的主語為topcoats,"某物花(某人) 多少錢"應(yīng)用cost;。spend, pay的主語應(yīng)該是人，故選B。

6. C約翰將胳膊伸進(jìn)了袖管里——村里是厚厚的緞子，所以用slide滑動(dòng)，滑入。

7. B從下句的內(nèi)容可知約翰在試穿這件衣服，故本句應(yīng)是扣上大衣紐扣。

8. B空格后的句子"that soon changed into a smile" 說明是約翰的表情發(fā)生了變化，故此處應(yīng)為expression o

9. C聯(lián)系上下文可知，約翰試穿這件二手衣服，臉上的嚴(yán)肅表情不一會(huì)兒就變成了微笑，衣服合身極了。fit此處作名詞，意為合身。

10. D從后面把衣服撫平的動(dòng)作可知前文是把衣服仔細(xì)疊起來。

11. C從倒數(shù)第二段的"I didn' t know 15 caused the changes"可知此處指約翰身上發(fā)生了變化。

12. B本段是描述約翰的變化，遇事能心平氣和地商討而不再強(qiáng)詞奪理。replace代替，替換。

13. A他也樂于討人歡喜。從下文他每天晚上都要說："媽媽，晚飯好極了。"以及聽從母親的建議可知他變得討人喜歡，故用please。

14. A當(dāng)我對(duì)他的一個(gè)老師提起這件事。incident 通常指不太重要但卻又引人注意的小事，也指有預(yù)謀的政治事件。accident通常指無法預(yù)料的事故或?yàn)?zāi)難，可以構(gòu)成短語by accident表示"偶然"。event多指重大的事件，也指比賽項(xiàng)目。

15. C從下文老師的回答可知，作者應(yīng)是不知道什么引起了這些變化。

16. A在圖書館，我們恰巧遇到了 一位很久沒見到約翰的朋友。happen to do f合巧。

17. D從下文的"looking up to John's new height, assessing the cut of his coat"可看出,這位朋友看到約翰很驚訝,could表驚訝。

18. C約翰和"我"都知道我們決不應(yīng)該以貌取人。 mistake—for...才巴. 4fi人為.. Judge與by連用。

19. D由上下文語境可知，作者討論的是穿著問題，故用wearing o

20. D使一個(gè)人的外在與內(nèi)在相匹配。match... with... it……與……相匹配。