Question

【題目】 Gossip means talking about other people's lives, which may be unkind or not true.

"We are going to do a gossip column (專欄) for the school newspaper," Emily said. "We take our notebooks whenever we go and write down everything happening around us."

"I already have _______ said, Austin, "I heard Lucy saying that she saw Julia's new haircut and it makes her look like a funny watermelon."

Jessica laughed. "I had _______ that, too."

This gossip-column idea was making _______ very uncomfortable. "Hold on," I said. "Don't you think kids will feel terrible to have that spread in the school?"

Emily shrugged (聳肩) . "Maybe, _______ people love gossip."

"Is that a good _______ to do it, though?" I said.

"Well, we are _______ reporting what we see and hear." said Jessica.

Austin cut in. "_______, I think Arizona was right. Gossip would make people feel bad."

Jessica said, "So does anyone have an idea for a different column?"

Emily suggested, "What if we do a friendly gossip column instead?"

"Good idea!" said Austin.

And that's exactly what we did then. We wrote down the good things or stories we saw. Here are a few good ones in our _______: Kate was seen picking up other people's rubbish and throwing it into the garbage bin. And Zoe was very _______ explaining a math problem to a classmate.

So, dear friends, "If you can't ________ anything nice, give up spreading the gossip." Even better, spread the word about the kind things people are doing.

(Adapted from Ask Arizona: The True-Friend Test)

【1】A.somethingB.anythingC.nothingD.everything

【2】A.beatenB.noticedC.leftD.needed

【3】A.himB.herC.meD.them

【4】A.butB.andC.soD.or

【5】A.wayB.reasonC.designD.spirit

【6】A.justB.stillC.alreadyD.nearly

【7】A.In the endB.In factC.Above allD.After all

【8】A.magazineB.diaryC.newspaperD.novel

【9】A.surprisinglyB.patientlyC.happilyD.angrily

【10】A.hearB.sayC.smellD.see

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【4】A

【5】B

【6】A

【7】B

【8】C

【9】B

【10】B

【解析】

本文主要講的是我們要為學校做一期關于八卦的欄目，我們就“同學的發(fā)型”展開了討論，最后告訴我們，如果八卦的是不好的事情，那么要停止傳播，否則這樣會傷害到別人。

【1】

句意：我已經(jīng)有想要八卦的事情了，奧斯丁。

something某事；anything任何事物；nothing沒什么；everything一切。根據(jù)句意結(jié)合選項可知，這里表達的意思是有想要八卦某些事了，故選A。

【2】

句意：我也注意到了。

beaten打�。�noticed注意；left離開；needed需要。根據(jù)上文“I heard Lucy saying that she saw Julia's new haircut and it makes her look like a funny watermelon.”可知，她們在討論茱莉亞的新發(fā)型，由此可推斷，這里應該是杰西卡也看到了，結(jié)合選項，只有B符合句意，故選B。

【3】

句意：這個八卦專欄的想法讓我很不舒服。

him他；her她；me我；them他們。根據(jù)“Hold on”我叫停她們的討論，可知，這個想法讓我很不舒服。故選C。

【4】

句意：可能會，但是人們喜歡八卦。

but但是，表轉(zhuǎn)折；and和，表承接；so因此；or或者，表選擇。根據(jù)上下文可知，艾米麗雖然同意我的說法，但與后文“人們喜歡八卦”之間是轉(zhuǎn)折關系，故選A。

【5】

句意：“然而，那是去這樣做的好的理由嗎？”

way路；reason理由；design設計；spirit精神。根據(jù)上下文并結(jié)合選項可知，我不同意她們那樣做，而艾米麗說人們都喜歡八卦， 所以我覺得那不是應該這樣做的理由，只有B符合句意，故選B。

【6】

句意：我們只是在報道我們看到的和聽到的。

just只是；still仍然；already已經(jīng)；nearly幾乎。根據(jù)句意結(jié)合選項可知，杰西卡覺得，她們只是在報道她們看到聽到的，僅此而已，只有A符合句意，故選A。

【7】

句意：其實，我覺得亞利桑那是對的。

In the end最后；In fact事實上，其實；Above all首先；After all畢竟。根據(jù)“I think Arizona was right.”奧斯丁同意我的觀點，結(jié)合選項可知，B選項符合句意，故選B。

【8】

句意：在我們報紙上，這里有一些不錯的建議。

magazine雜志，diary日記；newspaper報紙；novel小說。根據(jù)“We are going to do a gossip column (專欄) for the school newspaper”我們要為學校的報紙做一期八卦欄目，可知，這里指的是報紙，故選C。

【9】

句意：佐伊正耐心地向同學講解一道數(shù)學題。

surprisingly出人意料地；patiently耐心地；happily高興地；angrily生氣地。根據(jù)上文可知，這里講的都是好人好事，結(jié)合選項可知，是耐心地講解數(shù)學題，故選B。

【10】

句意：如果你不能說一些好事，那就放棄散播流言蜚語吧

hear聽見；say說，講；smell聞；see看見。根據(jù)“Gossip means talking about other people's lives”可知，八卦是談論別人的生活，也就是講別人的事情，結(jié)合選項，故選B。