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(gòu)物，遭遇無(wú)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(shí)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(shí)候，她放棄了繼續(xù)追究。

1.考查名詞詞義辨識(shí)。A. reduction：減少、簡(jiǎn)化；B. choice：選擇、選項(xiàng)；C. introduction：介紹；D. price：價(jià)格。作者在一元超市購(gòu)買(mǎi)了油墨，后來(lái)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(gè)更好的選項(xiàng)。故選擇choice，B項(xiàng)正確。

2.考查語(yǔ)境理解和動(dòng)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(xiàng)；C項(xiàng)不合語(yǔ)境；D項(xiàng)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(xiàng)正確。

3.考查代詞在語(yǔ)境中的運(yùn)用。A somebody：有人、某人；B. nobody：沒(méi)人； C. everybody：所有人；D. anybody：任何人。因?yàn)闆](méi)有人告訴過(guò)她商店里的規(guī)定，作者將油墨放進(jìn)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(lái)才遭遇店員的無(wú)禮。選擇B項(xiàng)。

4.考查語(yǔ)境理解。A bargaining：討價(jià)還價(jià)； B. storing：儲(chǔ)存；C. loading：裝載；D. shopping：購(gòu)物。作者將裝有油墨的塑料袋放進(jìn)購(gòu)物車(chē)，開(kāi)始購(gòu)物。購(gòu)物有一個(gè)選擇過(guò)程，不可能推起購(gòu)物車(chē)直接往里面裝貨，排除C項(xiàng)。故D項(xiàng)正確。

5.考查副詞在語(yǔ)境中的運(yùn)用。A. across：（從表面）穿過(guò)；B. up：往上；C. through：（從中間）穿過(guò)；結(jié)束（一個(gè)過(guò)程）；D. down：往下。作者購(gòu)物過(guò)程中，一個(gè)店員走過(guò)來(lái)攔住她。 be midway through (shopping)：（購(gòu)物）中途。選擇C項(xiàng)。

6.考查動(dòng)詞在語(yǔ)境中的運(yùn)用。A. carry：攜帶；B. show：展示；C. move：移動(dòng)；D. push：推。商店里購(gòu)物時(shí)不準(zhǔn)帶包�！耙苿�(dòng)”、“推”的是購(gòu)物車(chē)，不是包。故選擇A項(xiàng)。

7.考查名詞在語(yǔ)境中的運(yùn)用。A. identity：身份；B. contents：內(nèi)容、容器里的東西；C. belongings：個(gè)人物品；D. ink：油墨、墨水。店員要求作者將塑料袋打開(kāi)，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(xiàng)。故B項(xiàng)正確。

8.考查語(yǔ)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(méi)有想到店員像對(duì)待小偷一樣，要她打開(kāi)塑料袋讓她查看，感到震驚。B項(xiàng)正確。

9.考查語(yǔ)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(xiàng)正確。

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

11.考查語(yǔ)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(gè)人都在嘲笑她。B項(xiàng)正確。

12.考查名詞在語(yǔ)境中的運(yùn)用。 A. lines：隊(duì)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(xiàng)正確。

13.考查語(yǔ)境理解。A criminal：罪犯；B. blue-collar：藍(lán)領(lǐng)、體力勞動(dòng)者；C. beggar：乞丐； D. colleague：同事。作者很是氣憤，因?yàn)榈陠T將她當(dāng)成罪犯一樣對(duì)待。A項(xiàng)正確。                

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

15.考查短語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞在語(yǔ)境中的運(yùn)用。A. calmed down：冷靜下來(lái)； B. thought aloud：自言自語(yǔ)；C. found out：發(fā)現(xiàn)；D. got through：順利度過(guò)。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(xiàng)。因?yàn)檫^(guò)于憤怒，就把心里的想法脫口說(shuō)了出來(lái)。B項(xiàng)正確。

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

17.考查語(yǔ)境理解。A. patient：耐心的；B. clever：聰明的；C. polite：禮貌的；D. hardworking：勤奮的。因?yàn)樽髡咄对V店員的粗魯無(wú)禮，總部代表回應(yīng)說(shuō)他們要求店員應(yīng)該“禮貌”。選擇C項(xiàng)。

18.考查語(yǔ)境理解。A. recognize：認(rèn)出；B. inform：通知；C. describe：描述；D. forgive：原諒。因?yàn)榈陠T報(bào)了假名，總部沒(méi)能查出該店員是誰(shuí)，所以讓作者描述其體貌特征。C項(xiàng)正確。[：原諒來(lái)源:]

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

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

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