As she walked round the large shop, Edith realized how difficult it was to choose a suitable Christmas __1__for her father.
She __2__that he were as easy to please as her mother, who was __3__satisfied with perfume(香水). __4__, shopping at this time of the year was a most __5__job. People __6__on your feet, pushed you with their shoulders and almost __7__ you over in their hurry in order to __8__ something cheap ahead of you.
Partly to have a rest, Edith paused in front of a counter, where some beautiful ties were on __9__. "They are __10__silk," the shop assistant told her with a smile trying to __11__her to buy one. But Edith knew from past __12__that her choice of ties hardly ever pleased her father.
She moved on slowly and then, quite by chance, __13__where a small crowd of men had gathered round a counter. She found some fine pipes on sale and the __14__were very beautiful. Edith did not hesitate for long, although her father __15__ smoked a pipe once in a while, she believed this was __16__ to please him.
When she got home, with her small but __17__present hidden in her handbag, it was time for supper and her parents were already __18__table. Her mother was in great __19__. "Your father has at last decided to stop smoking," she told her daughter happily. Edith was so __20__that she could not say a single word.
1. A. suit B. card C. thing D. gift
2. A. believed B. wished C. hoped D. supposed
3. A. never B. seldom C. always D. scarcely
4. A. Therefore B. Fortunately C. Besides D. Finally
5. A. unhappy B. careful C. exciting D. tiring
6. A. walked B. stepped C. lifted D. stood
7. A. turned B. hit C. brought D. knocked
8. A. watch B. find C. grasp D. sell
9. A. time B. show C. board D. duty
10. A. real B. cheap C. poor D. exact
11. A. hope B. ask C. force D. persuade
12. A. experience B. things C. books D. school
13. A. stopped B. saw C. asked D. found
14. A. money B. cigarette C. shapes D. shop
15. A. always B. nearly C. only D. never
16. A. hardly B. impossibly C. possibly D. certainly
17. A. cheap B. well-chosen C. expensive D. ready-made
18. A. on B. by C. beside D. at
19. A. excitement B. anger C. sadness D. disappointment
20. A. glad B. happy C. surprised D. excited
[答案與解析]
1. D。由下文可知, Edith在為父親選擇壹件聖誕節禮物。2. B 3. C。由賓語從句中的謂語動詞were可知,這是虛擬語氣,主句的謂語動詞應該是wish。根據he were as easy to please as her mother,可以斷定第3空填always。4. C 5. A 6. B 7. D 8. B。給父親選擇壹件合適的禮物很難,而且,時值聖誕節購物高峰,買東西不是壹件令人愉快的事情,人們踩到妳的腳上,用肩膀擠著妳,為了能在妳的前面買到便宜貨,幾乎會把妳撞倒。9. B。be on show是固定詞組,意為"陳列著"。10. A。領帶是真絲的。11. D 12. A。售貨員試圖說服Edith買壹條領帶,但從過去的經驗中她知道她選擇的領帶很難使父親滿意。13. A。Edith在壹些男人聚集的櫃臺前停下來。14. C。煙鬥的形狀很好看。15. C 16. D。盡管父親只是偶爾使用煙鬥吸煙,但她認為這個煙鬥肯定會使父親滿意。17. B。從上文可知,這份小禮物是精心挑選的。18. D。be at table是固定詞組,表"坐在桌子旁"。19. A。由she told her daughter happily可知,因為父親決定戒煙,母親很高興。20. C。Edith對父親戒煙感到驚訝,因為她給父親買的禮物又不合適。
2.This was one of my experiences at work. When I was 36 ， I was working for a large international company which had its head office in London. I was working in the 37 department.
The company had a training centre which was just outside London. Different courses were 38 there throughout the year and I 39 go on one training course a year. These usually started 40 a Sunday evening and lasted six days.
Once I was 41 a week’s training course with about forty 42 sales people. I was in the bar on the Friday evening and suddenly a woman who was 43 behind the bar asked me a curious question. “I hope you don’t 44 my asking，” she said， “But I’ve been 45 about it all week. Have you got a sister 46 Mary？” The woman’s name was June， and she used to do various jobs at the training centre. She worked in the office， she organized all the food and drink for the centre and she worked in the bar at lunchtime and in the evening.
My answer 47 June’s question was“Yes”，and June said， “I thought 48 . I met her last September when she was organizing a course here.” At that time，my sister was working for 49 company but in a different part of the country. That was 50 she came to be at the training centre.
51 surprised me was how June guessed we were brother and sister. Three things made it even more 52 . First， she had met my sister six months before she met me. Second， they have about sixty new people every week at the training centre. So about one thousand five hundred people had 53 the centre in those six months. And 54 ， my sister is married， so she doesn’t have the same family name as me.
We’re not 55 ， but I guess we must look quite like each other.
36.A.in the 30s B.in my 30s C.in 30s D.at my 30s
37.A.selling B.sales C.sale D.sale’s
38.A.held B.taken C.made D.completed
39.A.used to B.once C.get used to D.was used to
40.A.at B.in C.during D.on
41.A.on B.in C.during D.over
42.A.other B.another C.the other D.one other
43.A.hearing B.waiting C.serving D.seeing
44.A.matter B.care for C.remind of D.mind
45.A.understanding B.wonderingC.discovering D.worrying
46.A.called B.calling C.calling on D.calling up
47.A.of B.about C.to D.for
48.A.that B.it C.such D.so
49.A.the same B.a different C.another D.the other
50.A.where B.when C.what D.how
51.A.All B.What C.That D.It
52.A.surprising B.surprised C.strange D.puzzled
53.A.passed through B.passed away C.left D.passed by
54.A.finally B.at the end C.at last D.later
55.A.friends B.relatives C.twins D.brother and sister
BBAAD 41～45 AACDB 46～50 ACDAD
51～55 BAAAC
3.My teacher held up a piece of broken glass and asked, “Who broke this window?” Thirty boys tried to think about not only what they had done, but also what our teacher may have ___1__. She ___2__ became angry, but she was this time.
“Oh,” I thought. I was the one who broke the window. It was caused by a __3___ throw of a baseball. If I ___4___ guilt, I would be in a lot of___5____. How would I be able to ___6____ a big window like that? I didn’t even get an allowance. “My father is going to be ___7____,” I thought. I didn’t want to raise my hand, but some ___8___ much stronger than I was ___9___it skyward. I told the truth. “I did it.” It was ____10____ enough to say what I had.
My teacher ___11___ a book from one of our library shelves and I had __12___ known my teacher to strike a student, but I ___13___ she was going to ____14___ me.
“I know how you like___15___,” she said as she stood looking down at my guilt-ridden face. “Here is that field guide about birds that you are ____16___ checking out. It is yours now. It’s time we got a(n) ___17___ one for the school anyway. You will not be punished as long as you remember that I am not rewarding you for your___18___ , I am rewarding you for your truthfulness.”
I couldn’t believe it! I wasn’t being punished and I was ___19___ my own bird field guide-the very one that I had been saving up money to buy.
All that remains of that day is my ___20__ and the lesson my teacher taught me. That lesson stays with me every day and it will echo forever.
1. A. worried about B. thought over
C. carried on D. found out
2. A. gradually B. seldom
C. quickly D. soon
3. A. naughty B. slow C. careful D. interesting
4. A. promised B. felt C. admitted D. realized
5. A. joy B. trouble C. surprise D. anger
6. A. look for B. clean up C. pay for D. set up
7. A. interested B. happy C. curious D. angry
8. A. force B. mind C. work D. wind
9. A. went B. bend C. drew D. pulled
10. A. funny B. hard C. vivid D. joyful
11. A. took down B. put back C. held up D. torn up
12. A. already B. only C. always D. never
13. A. decided B. feared C. hoped D. doubted
14. A. share with B. start with C. end up with D. fight with
15. A. birds B. friends C. classes D. games
16. A. rarely B. unwillingly C. constantly D. carelessly
17. A. expensive B. clean C. new D. exciting
18. A. honesty B. misdeed C. silence D. eagerness
19. A. borrowing B. writing C. missing D. getting
20. A. memory B. imagination C. strategy D. sorrow
答案：
DBACB CDADB
ADBBA CCBDA