Question

One day I was talking to a stranger on the bus; he told me he had a good in Chicago and he wondered if I to know him. For a moment, I thought he might be , but I could tell from the expression on his face that he was . I felt like saying that it was ridiculous to think that all the millions of people in Chicago I could possibly have ever bumped into his friend. But, , I just smiled and reminded him that Chicago was a big city. He nodded, and I thought he was going to be content to the subject and talk about something else. But he was silent for a few minutes, and then began to tell me all about his friend.

His friend's main in life seemed to be tennis, and he had his own tennis court. A lot of people have swimming pools, yet only two people have private tennis court and his friend in Chicago was one of . I told him that I knew several people like that, my brother, a doctor in California. He that maybe there were more private courts in the country he realized, Then he asked me my brother lived in California. When I said Sacramento, he said that was a coincidence his Chicago friend spent the summer in Sacramento last year and he lived next door to a who had a tennis court in his backyard. I said that really was a coincidence (巧合) because my next-door neighbour had gone to Sacramento last summer and had the house next to my brother's house.

“Would your friend’s name happen to be Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He and said,“Yes. Would your brother's name happen to be Dr Rey Hunter?” It was my to laugh.“Yes,” I replied.

1.A. brother B. friend C. neighbour D. teacher

2.A. managed B. tried C. happened D. wanted

3.A. expecting B. lying C. talking D. joking

4.A. funny B. serious C. careful D. disappointed

5.A. against B. out of C. beyond D. far from

6.A. instead B. actually C. indeed D. exactly

7.A. so B. too C. very D. such

8.A. begin B. reject C. refuse D. drop

9.A. problem B. choice C. interest D. work

10.A. just B. even C. ever D. surely

11.A. those B. them C. that D. whom

12.A. included B. including C. includes D. to include

13.A. admitted B. argued C. advised D. announced

14.A. as B. that C. than D. when

15.A. how B. whether C. where D. when

16.A. if B. because C. then D. though

17.A. friend B. doctor C. neighbour D. player

18.A. hired B. visited C. designed D. sold

19.A. smiled B. nodded C. cried D. laughed

20.A. chance B. turn C. time D. pleasure

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.B

6.A

7.C

8.D

9.C

10.B

11.B

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.C

16.B

17.B

18.A

19.D

20.B

【解析】

試題分析：世界之大無奇不有。作者在公交車上遇到一個陌生人，那個人問作者是否認(rèn)識一個人，那個人是他的朋友。作者心里想，芝加哥那么多人，怎么可能碰巧認(rèn)識他說的那個人呢？經(jīng)過一段時間的聊天，作者發(fā)現(xiàn)那個人說的朋友竟然是自己的鄰居。

1.bumped into his friend”可知，那個陌生人告訴作者他在芝加哥有一個朋友，故選B。

2.all the millions of people in Chicago I could possibly have ever bumped into his friend”可知，陌生人問作者是否碰巧認(rèn)識他的一個朋友，happen to do sth碰巧做某事，故選C。

3.but I could tell from the expression on his face that我以為他是在開玩笑，但從他的表情可以看出......，故選D。

4.

5.all the millions of people in Chicago在芝加哥成千上萬的人中，one out of ten十個中有一個，故選B。

6.But, , I just smiled 作者認(rèn)為在成千上萬的人中恰好認(rèn)識某一個人的情況是荒唐的，但是，作者還是微笑著答復(fù)那個陌生人，故選A。

7.Chicago was a big city芝加哥是一個非常大的城市，故選C。

8.and talk about something else”可知，作者意為那個人會換一個話題，故選D。

9.His friend's main in life seemed to be tennis他朋友主要的興趣好像是網(wǎng)球，故選C。

10.and he had his own tennis court他甚至有自己的網(wǎng)球場，故選B。

11.only two people have private tennis court只有兩個人擁有私人網(wǎng)球場，他朋友就是其中之一，故選B。

12. 現(xiàn)在分詞形式；C一般式；D不定式形式。Including sb=sb included包括某人，故選B。

13.He that maybe there were more private courts in the country他承認(rèn)可能有更多的網(wǎng)球場，故選A。

14. 考查連接詞。A當(dāng)，正如；B指人或物；C比；D指時間。more private courts in the country he realized網(wǎng)球場的數(shù)量比他知道的可能會更多，故選C。

15.When I said Sacramento”可知，他問的作者哥哥住在加利福尼亞什么地方，故選C。

16.his Chicago friend spent the summer in Sacramento last year真是太巧了，因為他的朋友去年夏天就是在薩克拉曼多度假的，故選B。

17. my brother, a doctor in California”可知，作者的哥哥是一個醫(yī)生，而陌生人的朋友在度假時正好是跟一個醫(yī)生是鄰居，故選B。

18.spent the summer in Sacramento”可知，陌生人的朋友去薩克拉曼多是度假，不是長住，因此，他是租的房子，故選A。

19.It was my to laugh.”可知，那個人笑著回答作者，故選D。

20.It was my 55 to laugh.這次該我大笑了，it’s one’s turn to do sth該某人做某事了，故選B。

考點：故事類短文閱讀