Question

【題目】 I work as the reception (接待) manager at my hotel. A booking came in a few weeks ago with a note attached that the guest would be travelling with her ___father. They wanted to make the trip to Ireland as soon as possible. When ___ this note, I knew I would be the one to check them in. I decided to learn some basic____language.

I greeted the guest in my usual way, asking for the surname on the booking. Once I heard the name I____immediately who was standing in front of me. I had been learning for over two weeks how to say “Welcome to Ireland. My sign language is ____, but if you need anything during your stay just let me know and we will help you.”

I smiled at the father and daughter in front of me，turning to the father who I greeted in sign language and began the bit I had learned for him. The father smiled and was so____. Seeing his reaction was enough for me. It was so worth the last few weeks of learning basic sign language.

On check-out I ____wasn’t working, but they had left a gift for me with a note saying “Thank you very much for what you did on check-in. My father has been in amazing form since you checked us in and insisted we get you a _____ before we left. You have no idea how much this_____ to my father and me and we can’t thank you enough. You’ve made his trip very special with one simple gesture.”

They wrote a letter to the general manager, asking to give me a raise, which I really ____. I cried for 5 minutes when I came to work today to find this gift in my locker.

【1】A. deafB. blindC. forgetfulD. silly

【2】A. lookingB. watchingC. seeingD. hearing

【3】A. bodyB. signC. officialD. foreign

【4】A. greetedB. decidedC. forgotD. realized

【5】A. wonderfulB. terribleC. seriousD. helpful

【6】A. kindB. tiredC. politeD. happy

【7】A. sadlyB. easilyC. finallyD. successfully

【8】A. jobB. giftC. surpriseD. chance

【9】A. meantB. devotedC. gaveD. owed

【10】A. hatedB. expectedC. thankedD. suggested

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】B

【4】D

【5】B

【6】D

【7】A

【8】B

【9】A

【10】C

【解析】

本文是一篇記敘文，作者為接待一名聾人，專門學習了手語，讓客人的旅行很特別，同時客人也給作者帶來了驚喜。

【1】句意：幾周前，一張附有一張便條的預訂單來了，上面寫著客人將和她失聰?shù)母赣H一起旅行。A. deaf聾的；B. blind盲的；C. forgetful健忘的；D. silly傻的。根據(jù)下文的句子I decided to learn some basic___3___language.由作者是學手勢語可知，客人是聽不見的。故選A。

【2】句意：當我看到這張便條時，我知道我會是接待他們的人。A. looking看；B. watching觀看；C. seeing看見；D. hearing聽見。look指集中注意力地看，是有意的，強調(diào)“看”的動作。單獨使用時，用來引起對方的注意；如果跟賓語，要和at連用。see強調(diào)“看”的結(jié)果，意為“看見、看到”。watch強調(diào)“專注地看”，有欣賞的意味，常用于看電視、看球賽等。hear作為行為動詞聽見時，hear sb. do sth. 表示“聽到某人做了某事”或“經(jīng)常聽到某人做某事”，hear sb. doing sth. 表示“聽到某人正在做某事”。后文是this note，因此用動詞see。語境是：當我看到這張便條時，我知道我會是接待他們的人。故選C。

【3】句意：我決定學習一些基本的手語。A. body身體；B. sign標志；C. official公務的；D. foreign外國的。結(jié)合語境：客人的父親是聾人故需用手勢語，因此作者決定去學習手語。故選B。

【4】句意：一聽到這個名字，我就知道是誰站在我的面前。A. greeted問候；B. decided決定；C. forgot忘記；D. realized意識到。因為有預定信息，所以作者能夠知道客人是誰。故選D。

【5】句意：歡迎來到愛爾蘭。我的手語不好，但如果您在逗留期間需要什么，請告訴我，我們會幫助您。A. wonderful精彩的；B. terrible糟糕的；C. serious嚴重的；D. helpful有用的。

結(jié)合語境和but可知，作者的手語是現(xiàn)學的，因此作者的手語不好。故選B。

【6】句意：父親笑了笑，很高興。A. kind善良的；B. tired疲倦的；C. polite禮貌的；D. happy快樂的。結(jié)合語境可知，作者專門學習手語與客人交流，讓客人感到賓至如歸。故選D。

【7】句意：在他們退房那一天，很悲傷的是，我沒有上班。A. sadly悲傷地；B. easily容易地；C. finally最終；D. successfully順利地。根據(jù)本文的but可知，客人給作者留了一張便條，故作者當時沒有上班。故選A。

【8】句意：自從你給我們辦理入住手續(xù)，我父親一直很驚訝，并堅持在我們離開的時候，要送你一份禮物。A. job工作；B. gift禮物； C. surprise驚喜；D. chance機會。根據(jù)上文可知，作者得到了一份禮物。故選B。

【9】句意：你不知道這對我和我父親來說意義有多重要，我們也無法對你表達足夠的感謝。A. meant意味；B. devoted奉獻；C. gave給；D. owed歸功于。作者的學習手勢語讓客人的旅行很順利，很感動。故選A。

【10】句意：他們給總經(jīng)理寫了一封信，要求給我加薪，我非常感謝。A. hated討厭；B. expected期望；C. thanked感謝；D. suggested建議。結(jié)合句子They wrote a letter to the general manager, asking to give me a raise他們給總經(jīng)理寫了一封信，要求給我加薪�？芍�，作者對客人的回報很感激。故選C。

完形填空題與單項選擇題不同，它給出的是一篇意思較為完整的短文。做該題型試題時，首先應跳過空格通讀全文，以全文為背景，聯(lián)系句子的上下文進行推理和判斷，從4個選項中選出一項進行試填�？忌�可以從詞義用法、固定搭配、邏輯推理和上下文的聯(lián)系等方面去考慮。最后應再把全文通覽一遍，細心檢查所選答案能否使短文上下連貫，前后呼應，詞句通順，使短文意思完整。檢查時還應從語法、慣用法、邏輯推理和事情發(fā)生的情節(jié)等方面進行考慮，以達到準確無誤之目的。第1小題是考查形容詞辨析，要結(jié)合上下文做出準確判斷。句意：幾周前，一張附有一張便條的預訂單來了，上面寫著客人將和她失聰?shù)母赣H一起旅行。A. deaf聾的；B. blind盲的；C. forgetful健忘的；D. silly傻的。根據(jù)下文的句子I decided to learn some basic___3___language.由作者是學手勢語可知，客人是聽不見的。故選A。第8小題是考查名詞辨析，要結(jié)合上下文做出準確判斷。句意：自從你給我們辦理入住手續(xù)，我父親一直很驚訝，并堅持在我們離開的時候，要送你一份禮物。A. job工作；B. gift禮物；C. surprise驚喜；D. chance機會。根據(jù)上文可知，作者得到了一份禮物。故選B。