Question

【題目】A little holiday magic

Christmas Eve has always been my favorite day of the year. December 24,2010, I decided

to _______a little last-minute shopping before joining my family at my mother's.

I bought a large basket of cheeses and a bottle of wine. On my way down, the elevator（電梯）stopped at the third floor. where everybody but an older couple and me got off--and where a tall, handsome man_______．We started down again; then suddenly the elevator stopped. We were stuck--on Christmas Eve!

_______ there was a phone and the old man called someone in maintenance（維修）,who

told us that we had to be in for a 1ong wait.

At that point. We--the older couple, Mr. and Mrs. Philips; John, the handsome man; and I--sat down on the floor and began_______ Christmas memories. An hour passed, then two; we found ourselves so involved in the conversation that we forgot we were stuck. I shared my basket of cheeses and wine with them. I didn't realize at the time we were creating another special Christmas_______．

After five hours, the elevator finally moved .When the doors opened, the worried store manager was surprised to find us in such_______ spirits. Saying our good-byes, the four of us exchanged addresses and promised to send holiday greeting to each other in the years to come.

I got to my mother's for our traditional family Christmas--a bit late，_______ I got there.

Christmas evening I returned to my apartment. Waiting for me was a single red rose and a message: I really miss the cheese basket. Job. At the bottom was his phone number…

John and I were married the following Christmas Eve. And we are _______exchanging

Christmas greetings with Mr. and Mrs. Phillips. And I still wake up every Christmas Eve Morning filled with excitement at the magic of the day.

【1】A. make B. do C. show D. accept

【2】A. got up B. got down C. got off D. got on

【3】A. Sadly B. Proudly C. Luckily D. Strangely

【4】A. sharing B. losing C. comparing D. studying

【5】A. accident B. game C. record D. memory

【6】A. high B. low C. common D. true

【7】A. so B. but C. or D. because

【8】A. even B. already C. still D. yet

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【4】A

【5】D

【6】A

【7】B

【8】C

【解析】短文大意：本文作者講述了在平安夜去購物時發(fā)生的故事。電梯壞了，困在電梯的人們一起分享奶酪和葡萄酒和圣誕回憶，他們度過了一個有魔法的節(jié)日。

【1】句意：2010年12月24日，我決定在和家人一起，去我母親家之前，做最后一點購物。 A. make動詞，制作；B. do動詞，做；C. show動詞，展示；D. accept動詞，接受。固定短語do some shopping,購物；do a little last-minute shopping動詞短語，最后的一點購物。故填：B。

【2】句意：在我下去的路上，電梯停在了第三層，除了我和一對老年夫婦，所有人都下了，一個又高又英俊的人走了上來。A. got up起床；B. got down下來；C. got off下車；D. got on上來，上車。根據(jù)語義可知，本處指“上電梯”。故填：D。

【3】句意：幸運的是，有個電話, 老人叫人來維修, 告訴我們，我們必須在這里等很長時間。A. Sadly副詞，傷心地；B. Proudly副詞，驕傲地；C. Luckily副詞，幸運地；D. Strangely 副詞，奇怪地。出現(xiàn)“事故”，有電話 “是幸運地”。故填：C。

【4】句意：我們—我和這對老夫婦、菲利普夫婦、 約翰那位英俊的人坐在地板上，開始分享圣誕節(jié)的回憶。A. sharing動名詞，分享；B. losing動名詞，失去；C. comparing動名詞，比較；D. studying動名詞，學(xué)習(xí)。share memories , “分享回憶”。故填：A。

【5】句意：當(dāng)時我沒有意識到我們在創(chuàng)造著另一個特別的圣誕記憶。A. accident名詞，事故； B. game名詞，游戲；C. record名詞，記錄；D. memory名詞，記憶。根據(jù)前文...I sat down on the floor and began___4___ Christmas memories.可知，此處指“記憶、回憶”。故填：D。

【6】句意：門一打開，憂心忡忡的店長驚訝地發(fā)現(xiàn)我們情緒如此高漲。A. high形容詞，高的； B. low形容詞，低的；C. common形容詞，普通的；D. true形容詞，真實的。根據(jù)前一段可知，困在電梯的人們在一起分享著酒、奶酪，還有圣誕回憶，可知“我們的情緒應(yīng)是高漲的”。故填：A。

【7】句意：我到達(dá)我媽媽家過傳統(tǒng)的圣誕節(jié), 有點晚, 但是我到了那里。A. so連詞，所以，表示結(jié)果；B. but 連詞，但是，表示轉(zhuǎn)折；C. or連詞，或者，表示選擇；D. because連詞，因為，表示因果關(guān)系。“有點晚”與“到了那里”之間是“轉(zhuǎn)折”關(guān)系。 故填：B。

【8】句意：我們還在和菲利普斯夫婦互致圣誕問候。 A. even副詞，甚至； B. already副詞，已經(jīng)，用在肯定句中；C. still副詞，含有“仍舊”、“還”之意，表示某事仍在繼續(xù)；D. yet副詞，還，用在否定或疑問句句中。本句表示exchanging Christmas greetings這件事還在繼續(xù)。故填：C。