given 5 ,and I could politely try to sleep.I hoped I would never meet him again.
The next time I went to Fairburn was in 1974.By 6 ,of course.The president was going to “open” the new town, 7 had taken twenty-six years to be built.I sat next to a man of about fifty,whose face was a
8 .I guessed he had something 9 to tell me.The face was rough,brown and 10 with age and worry.There were two old scars (伤痕) in his face.But 11 them,I saw 12 and power.I guessed he was the boss or
13 .Perhaps he hadn’t expected the big job and hadn’t wanted it.
He had done it well,no doubt.The thing had clearly 14 him the power of decision.We started to talk...The next two hours were for me the most
interesting,adventurous,even exciting that I remember.He kept me silent, 15 with wonder.Our plane 16 Fairburn.I 17 his hand and thanked him for making the journey so 18 .I told him my name.“The pleasure was 19 ,” he said.“I was Chief Engineer here at Fairburn until last year.I built the new town.Karl Packer is the name.Haven’t we met before 20 ?” 1.A.took B.spent C.lost D.had 答案:A
解析:“Ittakessbsometimetodosth”为固定结构,含义是“某人花费(一段)时间做某事”。
2.A.hardly 答案:A
B.almost C.nearly D.mostly
解析:由下一段第一句中的“...hehadsolittletosay”可知,他说话很少。hardly表示“几乎不”;almost表示“几乎”;nearly表示“几乎”;mostly表示“大多数”。 3.A.say B.speak C.tell D.talk 答案:C
解析:由空前的“stories”可知此处用动词tell,tellstories意为“讲故事”。
4.A.puzzling B.interesting C.exciting 答案:A
解析:由上一句
“Hadhishome,hislife,thewarandsoonleftnomarkatallonhim?”是个问句可知,这一切都让作者感到迷惑不解。因此应用puzzling。 5.A.in B.up 答案:C
解析:句意为“当枕头发下来时,我感到很高兴”。giveout表示“分发”;givein表示“屈服,让步”;giveup表示“放弃”。 6.A.bus B.land C.air D.sea 答案:C
C.out D.with D.wondering
解析:由第四段16空前的“Ourplane”可以判断出这次作者是乘飞机前往。
7.A.it B.that C.which 答案:C
解析:此处用which引导非限制性定语从句。it和this不能引导定语从句,that不引导非限制性定语从句。 8.A.book B.mirror 答案:A
解析:从下文的描述可以看出,作者从他脸上读出了很多东西,选项中只有book符合语境。 9.A.delicious 答案:B
解析:由下文可知,他有令人兴奋的或刺激的事情告诉“我”。 10.A.cleaned C.lined 答案:C
解析:用lined表示此人的脸上留下了岁月的痕迹和忧虑。而clean“擦”;wash“洗”;break“打碎,打破”。这三个词均与句意不符。
11.A.on B.above C.over D.in 答案:C
B.washed B.exciting
C.wrong D.old
C.picture D.window
D.this
D.broken
解析:此处指作者通过这两个伤疤,看到了更多的东西。
on“在……上面”;above“在……上方”;over“通过,在……之上”;in“在……里”。 12.A.success C.fear 答案:A
解析:因为and连接并列成分,所以由句意以及and后面的power可以想到此处应该选择一个和power意义相近的词,即success。
13.A.something B.anything C.nothing 答案:A
解析:or和something连用,意思是“或诸如此类的事物”。而anything,everything和nothing没有该用法。 14.A.taught B.had C.gave 答案:A
解析:teachsbsth的含义是“教会某人某事”,本句中表示“这件事情教会他做出决定的能力”。have意为“有”;give意为“给”;show意为“展示”,均不合句意。 15.A.open-mouth B.opened-mouth C.open-mouthed D.opening-mouth 答案:C
D.showed
D.everything B.sadness D.failure
解析:形容词open-mouthed意为“目瞪口呆的”。其他几个词的构成都是错误的。
16.A.landed at B.landed in C.landed to 答案:A
解析:由之前的“thenewtown”可知,应用landat,不能用landin。
17.A.hit B.shook C.seized D.caught 答案:B
解析:shakeone’shand的意思是“与某人握手”。hit则意为“击打”;seize意为“夺取”;catch意为“抓住”。 18.A.pleasant
B.pleasure
D.landed
C.pleased D.pleasing 答案:A
解析:此处意为“我和他握手,感谢他使这次旅程如此愉快”。形容词pleasant意为“令人愉快的”。 19.A.my B.mine C.me D.I 答案:B
解析:在这里,thepleasurewasmine=mypleasure。 20.A.somewhere B.sometimes C.nowhere
D.everywhere