Question

【題目】Mr. Clark was born in a small town of England. When he finished middle school, he found work in the police station and he has worked there __________ 42 years and he'll retire(退休)this autumn. He tried to work hard in the past 42 years___________ he wasn't a lucky man and never caught a thief. He was often sorry for it.

Last weekend, when Mrs. Clarke was cooking supper, she found there was no sugar. So she asked her husband ____some in the shop near their house. He came in the shop and found a young man stealing some money from a woman's bag. He ran to the thief __________ , but the young man found and ran away at once. Mr. Clarke ran after him. The thief ran into a blind alley（死胡同）and Mr. Clarke caught him at last.

"Please give me a chance, sir," said the young man."I never stole before."

"Who gives me a chance?" said Mr. Clarke. "I'll soon retire and I caught a thief for the__________ time!"

【1】A. forB. sinceC. inD. at

【2】A. andB. soC. butD. if

【3】A. buysB. buyC. to buyD. buying

【4】A. quicklyB. quietlyC. carefullyD. wonderfully

【5】A. lastB. firstC. secondD. third

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】C

【4】A

【5】B

【解析】

克拉克先生出生在英格蘭的一個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)上。他中學(xué)畢業(yè)后就在警察局工作，已經(jīng)工作了42年，今年秋天要退休了，但從沒抓到一個(gè)小偷。一天他去商店時(shí)，看到一個(gè)小偷在偷東西，但小偷馬上跑了，他追小偷到死胡同，小偷求他給他個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)，但克拉克說，他要退休了，第一次抓到小偷。

【1】句意：他初中畢業(yè)時(shí)，在警察局工作，已經(jīng)在那兒工作了42年，今年秋天要退休了。本題考查連詞及語(yǔ)境理解。for為，用于一段時(shí)間，since自從，in在，at在。for用于現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)，表一段時(shí)間，故選A.

【2】句意：他工作努力，但不幸運(yùn)的是，他從沒抓過一個(gè)小偷。本題考查連詞及語(yǔ)境理解。and 而且，so所以，but但是，if假如。前后意思轉(zhuǎn)折，可知選C.

【3】句意：她讓她的丈夫去家附近的店買一些。本題考擦動(dòng)詞不定式及語(yǔ)境理解。ask sb to do，讓某人去做某事，可知選C.

【4】句意：他快速地跑向年輕人，但他發(fā)現(xiàn)了，馬上跑了。本題考查副詞及語(yǔ)境理解。quickly 很快地，quietly安靜地，carefully仔細(xì)地，wonderfully棒極地。與at once馬上呼應(yīng)的動(dòng)作應(yīng)是quickly快速地，可知選A.

【5】句意：我不久要退休了，這是我第一次抓到小偷。本題考查數(shù)詞及語(yǔ)境理解。last 最后的，first 第一，second第二，third第三。根據(jù) never caught a thief從未抓到小偷，可知選B.