Question

A few days ago, I bought some ink for my printer at my favorite $1 Supermarket, which sold everything from fresh produce to birthday cards at one dollar. Then l found a better         at a computer store. So I went back to the supermarket to        it for some other products. With        telling me exactly what to do, I put the ink into a plastic bag, tied it up, placed the bag into a push-cart and started      .

      I was midway         when a clerk suddenly stopped me. "You are not allowed to        a bag around in this store. Open it and show me the      !" she yelled coldly.

        , I opened the bag and       the ink to her. "I'm returning it. " I said.

      "You should have left the bag with the clerk upon       . Let me see your receipt!" she demanded I did as told, looking around, embarrassed        everyone was laughing at me. "Perhaps in the future you'll learn how to follow the store        . " she added.

      By the time I finished shopping, I was angry. How dare she treat me as a       ? I went looking for her and asked for her      . She mumbled (嘀咕) something. I asked her again, and this time I heard "Ursula. "

     "Ursula what?" I asked. She yelled at me,  "Ursula! " and stormed away.

      "This employee is about to become unemployed, " I         when I got home. 1       their headquarters (總部). I described my unpleasant experience to a representative. She was sympathetic, "Our employees are taught to be      . Give me your phone number and I will ring you back. "

     She did two days later. "I'm sorry," she said, "but there's no Ursula at that supermarket. Can you         her so that I can find out who she is? I assure you, we do not tolerate rude behavior, nor do we tolerate       to our customers. "

      By this time, I had calmed down. l didn't really want the employee to lose her      . So I told the representative to forget about it.

1.A. reduction     B. choice                 C. introduction           D. price

2.A. change        B. return                 C. receive               D. replace

3.A. somebody     B. nobody                C. everybody            D. anybody

4.A. bargaining     B. storing                C. loading               D. shopping

5.A. across        B. up                   C. through               D. down

6.A. carry          B. show                 C. move                 D. push

7.A. identity        B. contents              C. belongings            D. ink

8.A. Depressed     B. Shocked              C. Amused               D. Stressed

9.A. poured        B. mixed                C. showed               D. fell

10.A. exit           B. admission            C. entry                  D. departure

11.A. even though    B. as if                 C. so that                 D. in case

12.A. lines          B. borders               C. regulations            D. permissions

13.A. criminal       B. blue-collar             C. beggar                D. colleague

14.A. number       B. career                 C. explanation            D. name

15.A. calmed down  B. thought aloud           C. found out            D. got through

16.A. rang          B. visited                 C. questioned            D. blamed

17.A. patient        B. clever                 C. polite                D. hardworking

18.A. recognize      B. inform                C. describe              D. forgive

19.A. yelling        B. pointing               C. talking               D. lying

20.A. job         B. way                    C. chance               D. business

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.B

9.C

10.C

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.D

15.B

16.A

17.C

18.C

19.D

20.A

【解析】

試題分析：

作者在商店購物，遭遇無禮店員而心生不快。于是向店方總部投訴，希圖該店員被解雇。但是隨著時間推移，作者平息了心中的怨憤，在店方總部讓她描述店員體貌特征以便查處的時候，她放棄了繼續(xù)追究。

1.考查名詞詞義辨識。A. reduction：減少、簡化；B. choice：選擇、選項；C. introduction：介紹；D. price：價格。作者在一元超市購買了油墨，后來在一家電腦商店發(fā)現(xiàn)了更好的油墨。電腦商店的油墨是一個更好的選項。故選擇choice，B項正確。

2.考查語境理解和動詞搭配。A change：改變、更換；B. return：歸還；C. receive：接收；接待；D. replace：替換。據(jù)后面for some other products可知，作者是要將油墨換成其他商品，而非退貨，排除B項；C項不合語境；D項與with搭配使用，即replace X with Y，用Y替代X；故選擇change，change X for Y：將X換成Y。A項正確。

3.考查代詞在語境中的運用。A somebody：有人、某人；B. nobody：沒人； C. everybody：所有人；D. anybody：任何人。因為沒有人告訴過她商店里的規(guī)定，作者將油墨放進塑料袋且將袋口扎起。這是與商店規(guī)定不相符的，因此后來才遭遇店員的無禮。選擇B項。

4.考查語境理解。A bargaining：討價還價； B. storing：儲存；C. loading：裝載；D. shopping：購物。作者將裝有油墨的塑料袋放進購物車，開始購物。購物有一個選擇過程，不可能推起購物車直接往里面裝貨，排除C項。故D項正確。

5.考查副詞在語境中的運用。A. across：（從表面）穿過；B. up：往上；C. through：（從中間）穿過；結(jié)束（一個過程）；D. down：往下。作者購物過程中，一個店員走過來攔住她。 be midway through (shopping)：（購物）中途。選擇C項。

6.考查動詞在語境中的運用。A. carry：攜帶；B. show：展示；C. move：移動；D. push：推。商店里購物時不準(zhǔn)帶包�！耙苿印�、“推”的是購物車，不是包。故選擇A項。

7.考查名詞在語境中的運用。A. identity：身份；B. contents：內(nèi)容、容器里的東西；C. belongings：個人物品；D. ink：油墨、墨水。店員要求作者將塑料袋打開，讓她查看里面的東西。店員不可能知道包里是油墨，排除D項。故B項正確。

8.考查語境理解。A. Depressed：情緒低落的；B. Shocked：震驚的；C. Amused：高興的；D. Stressed：壓力大的。作者沒有想到店員像對待小偷一樣，要她打開塑料袋讓她查看，感到震驚。B項正確。

9.考查語境理解。A. poured：倒、傾倒；B. mixed：混合；C. showed：展示；D. fell：倒下、掉下。

作者按照要求，將油墨拿給店員看。show sth. to sb.：將某物展示給某人看。C項正確。

10.考查語境和固定搭配。A. exit：出口、退出；B. admission： 接納、錄��；C. entry：入口、進入；D. departure：離開。按照商店規(guī)定，進入商店時應(yīng)該將塑料袋交給店員。upon entry/entering：進入時。故C項正確。

11.考查語境理解。 A. even though：即使；B. as if：似乎、好像；C. so that：以便；D. in case：以防。作者向四周張望、非常尷尬，好像每個人都在嘲笑她。B項正確。

12.考查名詞在語境中的運用。 A. lines：隊列；行；B. borders：邊界；C. regulations：規(guī)章、制度；D. permissions：許可、允許。店員要作者今后遵守商店規(guī)定。C項正確。

13.考查語境理解。A criminal：罪犯；B. blue-collar：藍領(lǐng)、體力勞動者；C. beggar：乞丐； D. colleague：同事。作者很是氣憤，因為店員將她當(dāng)成罪犯一樣對待。A項正確。                

14.考查語境理解。A. number：工號；B. career：職業(yè)；C. explanation：解釋；D. name：姓名。從店員咕噥的Ursula以及后來商店總部找不到該店員來判斷，作者打算投訴該店員，于是問她姓名，而非工號。D項正確。

15.考查短語動詞在語境中的運用。A. calmed down：冷靜下來； B. thought aloud：自言自語；C. found out：發(fā)現(xiàn)；D. got through：順利度過。從This employee is about to become unemployed一句判斷，作者到家后依然憤怒，排除A項。因為過于憤怒，就把心里的想法脫口說了出來。B項正確。

16.考查語境理解。 A rang：打電話；B. visited：拜訪；C. questioned：提問；D. blamed：指責(zé)。從下文described my unpleasant experience判斷，作者并沒有指責(zé)總部，排除D項；下文還提到，總部代表承諾ring back，由此可見，作者是在給總部打電話。A項正確。

17.考查語境理解。A. patient：耐心的；B. clever：聰明的；C. polite：禮貌的；D. hardworking：勤奮的。因為作者投訴店員的粗魯無禮，總部代表回應(yīng)說他們要求店員應(yīng)該“禮貌”。選擇C項。

18.考查語境理解。A. recognize：認(rèn)出；B. inform：通知；C. describe：描述；D. forgive：原諒。因為店員報了假名，總部沒能查出該店員是誰，所以讓作者描述其體貌特征。C項正確。[：原諒來源:]

19.考查語境理解。A. yelling：叫喊、吼叫；B. pointing：指著；C. talking：談話；D. lying：說謊。 總部代表說他們不能容仍店員的粗魯行為（排除A項），同樣不能容忍對顧客撒謊（他們未能查到叫做Ursula的人，說明店員報了假名）。D項正確。

20.考查語境理解。A. job：工作；B. way：道路；C. chance：機會；D. business：生意。作者開頭非常氣憤，投訴就是想要店方總部解雇該店員。經(jīng)過這番周折，作者已經(jīng)平靜下來，意識到她并非真要讓店員丟掉工作。選擇A項。

考點：完形填空。