Eighty-year-old retired tailor, James McKay, spent Saturday night in jail after     thirty-year-old Keith Smith over the head       his walking stick. McKay's wife, Laurence told us that while McKay is usually a       person, he had been       to this act of violence by getting wet just once too often.

Smith lives above the McKays and it appears that not only is he a keen gardener, he is also a       collector. Unfortunately for him, the water he sent over his balcony every day ended up on the McKay's, or too often, on the McKays      .

“For the last fortnight, since Smith moved into the flat above us, we have hardly dared to go to our      ,” said Laurence. She added that it wasn't so much the water falling onto their balcony from Smith watering his plant       bothered them, it was more the way he cleaned his fish tanks. “We'd be       there happily reading our newspapers, when       so much water would come from above that we'd be as wet as if we'd       with our clothes on! Neither could we get rid of the       of fish!”

And on Saturday evening it was just too      . “It was James's birthday,” explained Laurence, “and I'd made him a birthday cake. The candles were a great sight as you can imagine, but James didn't get to blow them out.”      , Smith emptied one of his larger tanks over his balcony and both the McKays and the cake were wet      . Rarely had Laurence seen McKay move so fast. “I couldn't       him. He was up there in a flash. It was the fastest I'd seen him move since 1964.”

Smith is not going to take things further with the police. He has also promised to change his       from now on. And what of James McKay?       he left the police station, a large crowd of supporters sang him, “Happy Birthday”. “      the most exciting birthday      !” said the cheerful old man. “The best since my adolescence I'd say!”                        

1.A. hitting         B. tapping C. pushing          D. touching

2.A. by      B. via         C. through         D. with

3.A. quiet B. peaceful        C. sensitive        D. stubborn

4.A. Accustomed B. taken C. driven   D. attracted

5.A. fish    B. seed      C. plant     D. newspaper

6.A. himself       B. itself      C. themselves   D. herself

7.A. Bathroom B. kitchen  C. bedroom       D. balcony

8.A. which         B. what      C. that       D. whether

9.A. sitting         B. exercising     C. sleeping         D. eating

10.A. Regularly B. Unconsciously C. precisely    D. suddenly

11.A. swum       B. showered      C. watered         D. drowned

12.A. taste         B. sense    C. feeling  D. smell

13.A. little          B. soon      C. late        D. much

14.A. Beside B. Instead      C. Otherwise     D. Conseque5ntly

15.A. over         B. across   C. through         D. down

16.A. stop B. blame   C. ignore   D. stand

17.A. views        B. attitude          C. ways      D. mind

18.A. While       B. Since     C. Until      D. As

19.A. Sincerely B. Impossibly     C. Definitely      D. Previously

20.A. Before B. ever C. already D. Since

 

【答案】

 

1.A  

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.A

6.C

7.D

8.C

9.A

10.D

11.B

12.D

13.D

14.B

15.C

16.A

17.C

18.D

19.C

20.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了意為八十歲的退休老人在他過(guò)生日那天因用拐杖打一個(gè)三十歲男子的頭部而被判入獄的故事，起因是他無(wú)法忍受對(duì)方長(zhǎng)期以來(lái)因侍弄植物和養(yǎng)魚(yú)而每天把水淋到他家陽(yáng)臺(tái)上，甚至淋透了夫婦兩人的衣服。事后，一大群支持者為她慶祝生日，老人感到無(wú)比幸福。

1.考查動(dòng)詞。Hitting擊中；tapping輕敲，輕拍；pushing推；touching接觸。根據(jù)第一段第一句Eighty-year-old retired tailor, James McKay, spent Saturday night in jail，八十歲的James McKay在監(jiān)獄中度過(guò)了星期六的夜晚，由此可知他“打”了三十歲的Keith Smith的頭。故選A。

2.考查介詞。 By通過(guò)；via經(jīng)由；through通過(guò)，穿過(guò)；with用。這位老人“用”拐棍打了對(duì)方的頭。此處表示的使用某種工具，故選D。

3.考查形容詞。Quiet安靜的；peaceful和平的；sensitive敏感的；stubborn頑固的。句意是James McKay平常是一個(gè)非�！安粣�(ài)爭(zhēng)吵的”人，做出這種舉動(dòng)實(shí)屬忍無(wú)可忍。故選B。

4.考查動(dòng)詞。Accustomed是習(xí)慣于；taken拿，帶；driven駕駛；Attracted被吸引。句意是他經(jīng)常被弄濕，再也無(wú)法忍受，才有了上述暴力行為。此處drive意為“驅(qū)使”，故選C。

5.考查名詞。Fish魚(yú)；seed種子；plant植物；newspaper報(bào)紙。根據(jù)第三段中的內(nèi)容可知Keith Smith不僅是一個(gè)癡迷的園藝家，還喜歡養(yǎng)“魚(yú)”。故選A。

6.考查代詞。每天Keith Smith家陽(yáng)臺(tái)上的水都會(huì)流到James McKay家的陽(yáng)臺(tái)上，而且經(jīng)常流到夫婦兩個(gè)人的身上。此處的反身代詞themselves指的是這里指代的是James McKay夫婦兩人。故選C。

7.考查名詞。 Bathroom浴室；kitchen廚房；bedroom臥室；balcony陽(yáng)臺(tái)。聯(lián)系上下文可知James McKay夫婦幾乎不敢去“陽(yáng)臺(tái)”。下一句中的balcony也是線索提示。故選D。

8.考查句型。句意是：她補(bǔ)充說(shuō)明特別困擾他們的不是對(duì)方因給植物澆水而把水流到他們的陽(yáng)臺(tái)上。本句是強(qiáng)調(diào)句型，被強(qiáng)調(diào)部分是主語(yǔ)“the water falling onto their balcony from Smith watering his plant”，故選C。

9.考查動(dòng)詞。Sitting坐；exercising練習(xí)；sleeping睡；eating吃。句意是：他們正高興地“坐”著讀報(bào)紙時(shí)，突然被從上面陽(yáng)臺(tái)上流下來(lái)的水淋濕了。故選A。

10.考查副詞。 Regularly定期地；unconsciously 無(wú)意識(shí)地；precisely精確地； suddenly突然地。句意是：他們正高興地坐著讀報(bào)紙時(shí)，“突然”被從上面陽(yáng)臺(tái)上流下來(lái)的水淋濕了。故選D。

11.考查動(dòng)詞。 Swum游泳；showered淋浴；watered澆水；drowned淹死。句意是：他們?nèi)矶紳裢噶耍路鹗谴┲路戳艘淮巍傲茉　�。故選B。

12.考查名詞。Taste味道；sense感覺(jué)；feeling感情；smell氣味。根據(jù)本段中間部分的內(nèi)容可知從上面流下來(lái)的是Keith Smith清洗浴缸的水，所以他們無(wú)法去掉魚(yú)的“氣味”。故選D。

13.考查副詞。句意是：星期六晚上簡(jiǎn)直“太”過(guò)分了。此處的much表示的是程度故選D。

14.考查副詞。Beside在旁邊；Instead代替，反而；Otherwise否則；consequently因此，結(jié)果。句意是：James McKay沒(méi)有把那些蠟燭吹滅，“相反”，發(fā)生了另外一件意想不到的事情。故選B。

15.考查副詞。 Over結(jié)束；across橫過(guò)；through徹底；down向下。句意是：Keith Smith在上面清洗其中一只比較大的魚(yú)缸，所以夫婦兩人和蛋糕都濕透了。Wet through表。示“濕透”。故選C。

16.考查動(dòng)詞。 Stop阻止，停止；blame責(zé)備；ignore忽視；stand忍受。根據(jù)后面兩句中的內(nèi)容可知Laurene無(wú)法阻止她的丈夫。故選A。

17.考查名詞。Views見(jiàn)解；attitude態(tài)度；ways方法；mind意見(jiàn)。句意是：Keith Smith不想讓事態(tài)進(jìn)一步擴(kuò)大，他承諾從今以后改變自己的“行為方式”。故選C。

18.考查連詞。 While當(dāng)...的時(shí)候；Since自...以來(lái)；Until直到...時(shí)；As當(dāng)...時(shí)候。句意是：當(dāng)他離開(kāi)警察局的時(shí)候，一大群支持者為他唱生日歌。此處as表示“當(dāng)...時(shí)候”。While雖然也表示“當(dāng)...時(shí)候”，但需要與延續(xù)性動(dòng)詞聯(lián)用。故選D。

19. 考查副詞。 Sincerely真誠(chéng)地；Impossibly不可能地；Definitely清楚地，肯定地；Previously以前。根據(jù)下一句中的內(nèi)容可知老人當(dāng)時(shí)無(wú)比高興，認(rèn)為“肯定”是有生以來(lái)最令人興奮的生日。故選C。

20.考查副詞。Before以前；ever曾經(jīng)；already先前；Since后來(lái)。此處ever表示“曾經(jīng)”，表示這是他曾經(jīng)度過(guò)的最美好的生日。故選B。

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你打算為你的朋友Mike, Mary, Robert, Lily和Tom選購(gòu)新年禮物。請(qǐng)閱讀有關(guān)對(duì)他們的描述，匹配信息選出最適合他們的禮品。

56. Mike likes sports and travel. He would like something that he can take with him on his  journeys, especially when he is camping or hiking, because sometimes it is hard to find the direction.

57. Mary likes parties and discos. She likes to look smart, and she is very fond of music. She says that she likes books, but she never reads any. Now, she wants to learn how to play a musical instrument.

58. Robert is an eighty-year-old man. He likes doing exercise in the morning. But one week ago, the doctor told him that he suffered from osteoporosis(骨質(zhì)疏松) in a common health examination.

59. Lily is a beautiful girl. She sings well and is going to perform at the New Year’s party. She’d like to wear something that is attractive at the party.

60. Tom is a junior student. He likes playing basketball and reading. He would like to read something about taking a risk.

 

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