Question

【題目】閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。

Eightyyearold retired tailor，James McKay，spent Saturday night in jail after ____ thirtyyearold Keith Smith over the head ____ his walking stick. McKay's wife，Laurene 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 McKays'，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 Laurene. 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 Laurene，“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 Laurene 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．with

C．through D．via

【3】A. quiet B．sensitive

C．stubborn D．peaceful

【4】A. accustomed B．driven

C．taken D．a(chǎn)ttracted

【5】A. fish B．seed

C．plant D．newspaper

【6】A. themselves B．itself

C．herself D．himself

【7】A. bathroom B．balcony

C．bedroom D．kitchen

【8】A. which B．what

C．that D．whether

【9】A. sitting B．exercising

C．sleeping D．eating

【10】A. regularly B．suddenly

C．precisely D．unconsciously

【11】A. swum B．watered

C．showered D．drowned

【12】A.taste B．smell

C．feeling D．sense

【13】A. little B．soon

C．late D．much

【14】A. Otherwise B．Besides

C．Instead D．Consequently

【15】A. over B．a(chǎn)cross

C．through D．down

【16】A. stop B．blame

C．ignore D．stand

【17】A. views B．a(chǎn)ttitudes

C．minds D．ways

【18】A. While B．Since

C．Until D．As

【19】A. Sincerely B．Impossibly

C．Previously D．Definitely

【20】A. before B．a(chǎn)lready

C．ever D．since

Answer 1

【答案】【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【4】B

【5】A

【6】A

【7】B

【8】C

【9】A

【10】B

【11】C

【12】B

【13】D

【14】C

【15】C

【16】A

【17】D

【18】D

【19】D

【20】C

【解析】語篇解讀：一位八十歲的退休老人在他過生日那天因用拐杖打一個三十歲男子的頭部而被判入獄，起因是他無法忍受對方長期以來因侍弄植物和養(yǎng)魚而每天把水淋到他家的陽臺上，甚至淋透了夫婦倆人的衣服。事后，一大群支持者為他慶祝生日，老人感到無比幸福。

【1】 八十歲的James McKay在監(jiān)獄中度過了星期六的夜晚，由此可知他“打”了三十歲的Keith Smith的頭。

【2】 這位老人“用”拐棍打了對方的頭。此處表示的是用某種工具，所以用with。

【3】 James McKay平常是一個非�！鞍察o的”人，做出這種舉動實屬忍無可忍。

【4】 他經(jīng)常被弄濕，再也無法忍受，才有了上述暴力行為。此處drive意為“驅(qū)使”。

【5】 根據(jù)第三段中的內(nèi)容可知Keith Smith不僅是一個癡迷的園藝家，還喜歡養(yǎng)“魚”。

【6】 每天Keith Smith家陽臺上的水都會流到James McKay家的陽臺上，而且經(jīng)常流到夫婦兩個人的身上。此處的反身代詞themselves指的是James McKay夫婦兩人。

【7】 聯(lián)系上下文可知James McKay夫婦幾乎不敢去“陽臺”。下一句中的balcony也是線索提示。

【8】 她補充說特別困擾他們的不是對方因給植物澆水而把水流到了他們的陽臺上。本句是強調(diào)句型，被強調(diào)部分是主語“the water falling onto their balcony from Smith watering his plant”。

【9】 他們正高興地“坐”著讀報紙時，突然被從上面陽臺上流下的水淋濕了。

【10】 他們當(dāng)時正高興地看報，完全沒有想到會有大量的水流下來，所以是“突然”發(fā)生的事情。

【11】 他們?nèi)�身都濕透了，仿佛是穿著衣服洗了一次“淋浴”�?/span>

【12】 根據(jù)本段中間部分的內(nèi)容可知從上面流下的是Keith Smith清洗魚缸的水，所以他們無法去掉魚的“氣味”。

【13】 星期六晚上簡直太“過分”了。此處的much表示的是程度。

【14】 James McKay沒有把那些蠟燭吹滅，“相反”，發(fā)生了另外一件意想不到的事情。

【15】 Keith Smith在上面清洗其中一只比較大的魚缸，所以夫婦倆人和蛋糕都濕透了。wet through表示“濕透”。

【16】 根據(jù)后面兩句中的內(nèi)容可知Laurene無法阻止自己的丈夫。

【17】 Keith Smith不想讓事態(tài)進(jìn)一步擴(kuò)大，他也承諾從今以后改變自己的“行為方式”。

【18】 當(dāng)他離開警察局的時候，一大群支持者為他唱生日快樂歌。此處as表示“當(dāng)……時候”。while雖然也可以表示“當(dāng)……時候”，但是需要與延續(xù)性動詞連用。

【19】 根據(jù)下一句中的內(nèi)容可知老人當(dāng)時無比高興，認(rèn)為“肯定”是有生以來最令人興奮的生日。

【20】 此處ever表示“曾經(jīng)”，表示這是他曾經(jīng)度過的最美好的生日。