Question

My grandmother was an iron?willed woman, the feared head of the family.

When I was five years old, she invited some friends to her apartment for a party. __1_ the guests was a neighborhood big shot (大亨) who was doing well __2__. His wife was proud of their social status. They had a little girl about my age who was spoiled and very much __3__ to getting her own way.

At one point during the party, I __4__ my way to the bathroom and closed the door behind me. A minute or two later, the little girl _5__ the bathroom door and proudly walked in. I was still sitting down. “Don't you know that little girls aren't __6__ to come into the bathroom when a little boy is using it��？” I shouted. My __7__ shocked the little girl. Then she started to cry. She tearfully __8__ to her parents and my grandmother. Grandmother was waiting for me when I left the bathroom. I received the longest, sharpest __9__. After her scolding was over and I had been dismissed, the party __10__.

Twenty minutes later, all that changed. Grandmother walked by the bathroom and noticed a flood of water __11__ out from under the door. She 12__ the bathroom door and saw that the sink and tub were plugged up and that the _13__ were going at full blast (擰到最大). Everyone knew who did it. The guests quickly formed a __14_ wall around me, but grandmother was __15__ angry that she almost got to me anyway.

My grandfather took me __16__ to the window. He was a kind and gentle man, full of wisdom and patience. __17 did he raise his voice to anyone, and never did he __18__ his wife. He looked at me with much curiosity, __19__ angry or upset.

“Tell me，” he asked, “why did you do it？”

“Well, she yelled at me __20__，” I said earnestly. “Now she's got something to yell about.”

Grandfather didn't speak right away. He just sat there, looking at me and smiling. “Eric，” he said at last, “you are my revenge (報(bào)復(fù))．”

難易度：易

20． 1．A.Between B．Among C．Around D．Beside

2．A.in health B．for wealth C．a(chǎn)t home D．in business

3．A.used B．a(chǎn)imed C．thanked D．concerned

4．A.made B．invited C．lost D．fought

5．A.closed B．opened C．moved D．broke

6．A.ordered B．a(chǎn)sked C．supposed D．told

7．A.happiness B．depression　 C．embarrassment D．a(chǎn)nger

8．A.complained B．a(chǎn)pologized C．replied D．referred

9．A.crying B．scolding C．praising D．whispering

10．A.began B．completed C．continued D．ended

11．A.moving B．flying C．floating D．streaming

12．A.pushed open B．pulled down　 C．shut up D．knocked at

13．A.pipes B．taps C．handles D．rings

14．A.productive B．soft C．protective D．rough

15．A.so B．too C．a(chǎn)s D．very

16．A.by car B．by the hand C．by surprise D．by the way

17．A.Often B．Sometimes C．Always D．Seldom

18．A.argue with B．talk with C．put up with D．discuss with

19．A.at least B．a(chǎn)t most C．not at all D．more than

20．A.for something B．for nothing　 C．without doubt D．with sympathy

 

Answer 1

答案：1.B 2.D 3.A 4.A 5.B 6.C 7.D 8.A 9.B 10.C 11.D 12.A 13.B 14.C 15.A 16.B 17.D 18.A 19.C 20.B

 

1.前文說她邀請了一些朋友到公寓里聚會。此處表示：在這些客人中。

2. 由a neighborhood big shot 可知：是做生意發(fā)了財(cái)?shù)拇罂�。do well in sth意為“在……方面很出色”

3．他們的小女兒被寵得非常嬌氣，習(xí)慣了我行我素。

4．晚會進(jìn)行中，我走進(jìn)了洗手間并隨手把門關(guān)上。make one's way to意為“向……走去”。

5．由and proudly walked in 得知：那個(gè)小女孩推開洗手間的門。

6．be supposed to do sth意為“理應(yīng)做……；應(yīng)該做……”。句意為：“難道你不知道當(dāng)一個(gè)男孩在使用洗手間的時(shí)候女孩子是不可以進(jìn)來的嗎�。�

7．由上文得知：男孩很生氣。

8．聽到我生氣的吼聲，她一下子驚呆了，然后她邊哭邊向她的父母和我的祖母告狀。

9．當(dāng)我從洗手間出來，祖母劈頭蓋臉地把我罵了一通。

10．等她罵完叫我滾開之后，晚會繼續(xù)進(jìn)行。

11．當(dāng)祖母從洗手間走過的時(shí)候，她發(fā)現(xiàn)有股水流從門縫里涌出來。

12．她猛力地撞開洗手間的門，發(fā)現(xiàn)洗手盆和浴缸都被塞子塞住了。

13．水龍頭被擰到最大，水正嘩啦啦地直流。

14．每個(gè)人都知道是誰搞的鬼，憤怒的祖母使勁地?fù)]舞著雙手要打我，客人們馬上在我周圍形成了一堵人墻保護(hù)我。productive 意為“多產(chǎn)的”；protective意為“保護(hù)性的”。

15．此處是so...that句型，表示“如此憤怒，以至于(盡管有人墻保護(hù))差點(diǎn)打了我”。

16．祖父牽著我的手來到窗前。表示“牽著、抓著某人的手或其他部位”的句型為：主語＋take / catch / hold / get, etc.＋sb＋介詞by＋the＋身體某部位。此處的the不能用his, her, my代替。

17．此處進(jìn)一步講述祖父是個(gè)什么樣的人。由句意可知：他很少提高嗓門和別人說話。從句子結(jié)構(gòu)上分析，此處是倒裝形式，只有否定意義的副詞位于句首才能倒裝。

18．由上文kind and gentle man可知：他也從來沒有和祖母吵過架。

19．由下文意義可知祖父的反應(yīng)是：沒有半點(diǎn)生氣或煩惱的樣子。

20．此處表示“祖母先無緣無故地罵了我一頓”，這回小男孩故意搗亂之后讓她罵就有理由了。