Question

【題目】My uncle John used to live in a beautiful little house by the sea in Atlantic City.I say he “used to” live there ______ he doesn't live there any more.He was killed two years ago.

Uncle John wrote novels.He not only ______ his job，but also made a lot of money doing it.

After Uncle John's death，I came to stay in his house for a while.I had been there for two days when I ______ a message on the screen of the old computer.I was very surprised，because I thought the computer had been ______.The message said，“You have a new ______！” When I read it，I thought it looked like the ______ of a novel.“This looks interesting，” I thought.“It must be from one of Uncle John's friends.” I decided I should make an answer to the email to tell him or her that Uncle John was ______.

Every day，more emails kept arriving.I printed copies of all of them.The story was about Jane Winterbourne，a young writer working on her first novel.She sent her novel to Jack Tanner，an old writer and asked him to ______ her to publish it.However，he cheated her，and published the novel himself—pretending that he had ______ it.Tanner made a lot of money，and bought himself a house by the sea in Atlantic City.It was then that I realized that Jack was ______ to be Uncle John.

【1】A. so B. because C. though D. once

【2】A. lost B. finished C. changed D. enjoyed

【3】A. sent B. noticed C. read D. typed

【4】A. broken down B. turned off C. sold out D. put away

【5】A. information B. post C. mail D. business

【6】A. picture B. story C. end D. beginning

【7】A. dead B. sick C. out D. busy

【8】A. teach B. help C. show D. refuse

【9】A. missed B. corrected C. written D. bought

【10】A. pointed B. spelt C. meant D. called

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】B

【4】B

【5】C

【6】D

【7】A

【8】B

【9】C

【10】C

【解析】

試題本文敘述了作者的叔叔是一位作家，賺了很多錢。他在兩年前被殺死了。他死后，作者在他房間里的電腦上收到很多封電子郵件，于是作者把這些電子郵件打印下來，這是一個關(guān)于Jack Tanner和Jane Winterbourne的故事。原來Jack Tanner把Jane Winterbourne的小說假裝成自己的，出版后賺了很多錢。作者意識到Jack就是約翰叔叔。

【1】句意：我說他過去住在那里是因為他不再住在那里了。A. so因此；B. because因為；C. though盡管；D. once一次，從前。根據(jù)后半句“他不再住在那兒了”可知說的是原因。故答案為B。

【2】句意：他不僅喜歡他的工作，而且賺了很多錢。A. lost丟失；B. finished完成；C. changed改變；D. enjoyed喜歡。聯(lián)系上下文可知他是寫小說的，并且很愛這份工作。并且通過寫作賺到了許多錢，故答案為D。

【3】句意：我注意到了舊電腦屏幕上的一條信息。A. sent發(fā)送；B. noticed注意；C. read閱讀；D. typed打字。根據(jù)“I was very surprised”可知他是無意中注意到的，不是在發(fā)或看信息。故答案為B。

【4】句意：我很驚訝，因為我以為電腦已經(jīng)關(guān)機了。A. broken down壞掉；B. turned off關(guān)閉；C. sold out賣完；D. put away收起來。根據(jù)“I was very surprised”可知，作者以為電腦已經(jīng)關(guān)機，沒有想到電腦上會出現(xiàn)一條信息，故答案為B。

【5】句意：你有一封新郵件！A. information 信息；B. post崗位，郵政；C. mail郵件；D. business商業(yè)，生意。根據(jù)下文中的“email”可知答案選C。

【6】句意：我覺得它看起來像是小說的開頭。A. picture圖畫；B. story故事；C. end結(jié)束；D. beginning開始。。由第三段可知此處說的是小說的開頭。故答案為D。

【7】句意：我決定我應(yīng)該回復(fù)電子郵件告訴他(她)約翰死了。A. dead死的；B. sick生病的，不舒服的；C. out外面的；D. busy忙碌的。根據(jù)“He was killed two years ago.”可知答案選A。

【8】句意：一位老作家請他幫她出版。A. teach教；B. help幫助；C. show 出示；D. refuse拒絕。根據(jù)“…he cheated her，and published the novel himself—pretending that…”可知是尋求幫助。故答案為B。

【9】句意：然而，他欺騙了她，并假裝自己寫了這本小說。A. missed想念，錯過；B. corrected改正，批改；C. written寫；D. bought買。從上一句可知是他使自己成了小說的作者。故答案為C。

【10】句意：就在那時，我意識到杰克注定是約翰叔叔。A. pointed指向；B. spelt拼寫；C. meant意味著；D. called叫。Jack 和Uncle John也就意味著是同一個人。故答案為C。