Question

After supper Mrs. Bell felt hot and came out of the hotel. She got to   1  a week ago. She liked the city and went traveling there for   2  first time. Now she was walking along a quiet street when she saw a man working in a garden. She   3   to watch him carefully. The old man worked   4   and she was sure he was an able gardener. She liked to see him.

“I have a garden, too.” The woman said to herself. “ I   5  such a gardener. Why don’t you bring one to America?”

So she went into the garden and said she would pay him much if he    6   to go to America with her.

“ I’ll pay for your fare(費(fèi)用), too.” said the woman. “ You’ll be able to get   7   soon in my country, I think.”

“ Thanks a lot,” said the old man, “but it’s    8   that I already have another position（職位）. I can’t give it up. I’ll have to work for you   9   they elect(選舉) me next time.”

“Oh?” the woman said in surprise. “    10  are you, then?”

“The president of France.”

1.A. Toronto             B. Paris                C. Moscow

2.A. a                       B. /                    C. the

3.A. ended                   B. went on              C. stopped

4.A. slowly                  B. hard                 C. badly

5.A. need                    B. hope                 C. hate

6.A. disliked                B. agreed               C. believed

7.A. lonely                 B. happy                C. rich

8.A. glad                    B. unlucky              C. lucky

9.A. until                  B. unless               C. if

10.A. Whose                  B. How                  C. What

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.B

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.B

9.B

10.C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文描述了一個(gè)在法國(guó)旅行的美國(guó)人，游說(shuō)一個(gè)園丁去美國(guó)為他工作的事情，沒(méi)想到的是這個(gè)園丁竟然是法國(guó)總統(tǒng)。

1.根據(jù)下文“The president of France.”可知她是在法國(guó)旅行，故選B，巴黎。

2.序數(shù)詞前一般要加定冠詞the，故選C，第一次。

3.聯(lián)系上文她正在街上散步，可知他停下來(lái)看著他，故選C，停止。

4.詞義辨析。A.緩慢地B.努力地，困難地C.非常，嚴(yán)重地。結(jié)合語(yǔ)境可知這個(gè)老人工作很努力，故選B。

5.詞義辨析。A.需要B.希望C.憎恨，厭惡。結(jié)合語(yǔ)境可知他需要這樣一個(gè)園丁。故選A。

6.詞義辨析。A.不喜歡B.同意C.相信。結(jié)合語(yǔ)境可知如果他同意和她一起去美國(guó)。故選B。

7.聯(lián)系上文這位女士的描述可知她的意思是這個(gè)人會(huì)很快變得富有，故選C，富有的。

8.聯(lián)系下文我有另一個(gè)職位，可知句意為，但是很不幸，故選B，不幸地。

9.連詞辨析。A.直到B.除非，如果不C. 如果，是否。句意：如果下次他們不選我，我會(huì)為你工作。故選B。

10.聯(lián)系下文可知上文是對(duì)職業(yè)的題文，故用疑問(wèn)代詞what，什么。選C。

考點(diǎn)：有關(guān)一個(gè)美國(guó)游客和法國(guó)總統(tǒng)的記述文

點(diǎn)評(píng)：這篇短文內(nèi)容比較簡(jiǎn)單，理解不難。各小題與上下文聯(lián)系比較緊密，答題中一定要注意聯(lián)系上下文。答完后多讀幾遍，看看是否符合邏輯，適當(dāng)修改。個(gè)別小題可以當(dāng)做單獨(dú)的詞義辨析題來(lái)做，先區(qū)分詞義，結(jié)合語(yǔ)境選出最能使語(yǔ)句通順的答案。