Question

Alice was a beautiful girl. She liked nothing except dressing ____ and dancing when she was at school. Of course she wasn’t good at her ____. But the boys were ready to help her with her lessons ___ they liked to dance with her. And after she finished middle school, she __ found work in a big shop. The __ had a son and he wanted the girl to marry him. Alice ____ though the young man wasn’t clever enough. But she __ all kinds of clothes and shoes. She lived in the beautiful house with a big garden and she __ did anything at home. She didn’t love her ___ but she lived a city life.

Once Mrs. Evans called Alice. The woman said she bought a few ___ pictures and asked her to appreciate（欣賞）them. She ____ nothing about the art but she was afraid to be laughed at and got there in time. She saw several women there. They were ____the pictures when she went in. She thought for a long time and said, “Look! They’re all ___. Why didn’t you buy the new ones?”

The women looked at each other but they tried not to ___. And when they were appreciating a picture “Tramp（流浪漢）”, she said, “I don’t think the artist could draw! Such a___ man had no money to have a portrait taken（請人畫像）!”

1.A. him                           B. himself                     C. her                                    D. herself

2.A. classes                          B. English                     C. maths                          D. language

3.A. when                            B. while                                 C. because                           D. after

4.A. hardly                           B. easily                                C. no longer                         D. happily

5.A. bookseller          B. shopkeeper               C. gatekeeper                  D. policeman

6.A. agreed                          B. hated                                C. preferred                        D. failed

7.A. sold                               B. was sold                           C. gave                                  D. was given

8.A. always                           B. sometimes                  C. never                                 D. often

9.A. husband                       B. son                                    C. brother                            D. uncle

10.A. cheap                         B. expensive                        C. terrible                   D. strange

11.A. liked                            B. interested                        C. watched                           D. knew

12.A. looking up                  B. looking for                  C. talking about           D. hearing from

13.A. old                           B. clean                                 C. dirty                                  D. thin

14.A. stop                   B. smile                                 C. laugh                                 D. lie

15.A. busy                            B. clever                          C. rich                                     D. poor

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.C

9.A

10.B

11.D

12.C

13.A

14.C

15.D

【解析】

試題分析：Alice是一個漂亮的女孩，她嫁給自己不愛的人，過著奢華的都市生活。一次Mrs Evans邀請她去賞畫。她不懂藝術，害怕被嘲笑，準時地參加了聚會。她說這些畫太舊了，應該買新的。還認為畫家不可能給流浪漢畫畫像。

1.考查代詞。A. him 他，賓格 B. himself他自己  C. her 她，賓格D. herself她自己，由上下文可知她只喜歡打扮她自己。故選D。

2.考查名詞。class有課程的意思，從“the boys were ready to help her with her lessons”判斷出來，她不擅長于科目學習。故選A。

3.考查連詞及語境理解。從上下文中看出，”the boys were ready to help her with her lessons”和 “they liked to dance with her”之間是因果關系，故選C。

4.考查副詞及語境的理解。根據文意可知，她很輕松地在一家店里找到了工作。hardly “幾乎不”；no longer “不再”；easily “輕松地”；happily “高興地”。故選 B。

5.考查名詞及語境的理解。A.bookseller是賣書人；B.shopkeeper是店主；C.gatekeeper是看門人；D.policeman是警察。聯系上下文，可以得知是給她工作的店主想讓她和他兒子結婚。結合以上內容，應選B。

6.考查動詞及語境的理解。A. agreed同意B.hated討厭C.preferred更喜歡D. failed失敗。從上下中得知，盡管這個年輕人不夠聰明，她還是同意嫁給他。故選A。

7.考查語態及語境的理解。各種各樣的衣服和鞋子給她，她應該是被給的。故選D。

8.考查副詞及語境的理解。從anything可判斷出這里應該用表“否定”的副詞，句意：她在家從來不做任何事。故選C。

9.考查名詞及語境的理解。husband意為丈夫。 句意：她不愛她的丈夫，但過著都市生活。

10.考查形容詞及語境的理解。A.cheap便宜的；B. expensive昂貴的；C.terrible糟糕的；D. strange奇怪的。從上下文中得知，Mrs Evans買了一些名貴的畫，叫Alice去賞畫。故選B。

11.考查動詞及語境的理解。A. liked喜歡B.interested使……感興趣如：That book may interest you.那本書會讓你感興趣的C.watched觀看 D. knew知道。從上下中得知，她對藝術一竅不通。故選D。

12.考查動詞詞組及語境的理解。look up查閱；look for尋找；talk about談論；hear from收到某人的來信。句意：她走進去時，他們正在談論這些畫。故選C。

13.考查形容詞及語境的理解。從“Why didn’t you buy the new ones?”中判斷出來，Alice認為這些畫老舊了，應該換新的。故選A。

14.考查動詞及語境的理解。stop停止；smile微笑；laugh笑；lie躺、說謊。從上下文中看出，這些女的互相看看，試著不笑出來。故選C。

15.考查形容詞及語境的理解。句意這么窮的一個人沒有錢請人畫像。busy忙的，clever聰明的，rich富裕的，poor貧窮的。故選D。

考點：人生百味類短文。