Question

My grandmother was an iron－willed woman, the feared head of the family. When I was five years old, she invited some friends to her apartment for a party. __1__ the guests was a neighborhood big shot(大亨). They had a little girl about my age who was __2__ and very much used to getting her own way.

Grandmother spent a lot of time with the big shot and his family. She __3__ them the most important members of her social circle and tried hard to please them. At one point during the party, I __4__ my way to the bathroom and closed the door behind me. A minute or two later, the little girl __5__ the bathroom door and simply walked in. I was still sitting down. “Don't you know that little girls aren't __6__ to come into the bathroom when a little boy is using it！？” I shouted. The __7__ I had piled upon her shocked the little girl. Then she started to cry. She tearfully __8__ to her parents and my grandmother. Grandmother was waiting for me when I left the bathroom. I received the longest, sharpest __9__. After her scolding was over and I had been dismissed, the party __10__.

Twenty minutes later, all that changed. Grandmother walked by the bathroom and noticed a flood of water __11__ out from under the door. She __12__ the bathroom door and saw that the sink and tub were plugged(塞)up and that the taps __13__ at full blast(擰到最大). Everyone knew who did it. The guests quickly formed a __14__ wall around me, but Grandmother was __15__  angry that she almost got to me anyway.

My grandfather took me __16__ to the window. He was a kind and gentleman, full of wisdom and patience. __17__ did he raise his voice to anyone, and never did he __18__ his wife. He looked at me with much curiosity, __19__  angry or upset.

“Tell me，” he asked, “why did you do it？”

“Well, she shouted at me __20__，” I said earnestly. “Now she's got something to shout about.”

Grandfather didn't speak right away. He just sat there, looking at me and smiling. “Eric，” he said at last, “you are my revenge(復仇)．”

1. A. Between  B. Among  C. Around  D. Beside

2. A. spoiled  B. harmed  C. liked   D. concerned

3. A. imagined          B. told           C. evaluated           D. considered

4. A. made              B. found   C. pushed  D. wound

5. A. closed             B. opened   C. beat  D. tapped

6. A. expected        B. asked           C. supposed          D. told

7. A. happiness          B. depression       

C. embarrassment    D. anger

8. A. complained        B. apologized  

C. replied               D. referred

9. A. cry  B. blame  C. comment   D. demand

10. A. picked up         B. broke down      

C. carried on       D. took off

11. A. moving   B. stirring  C. floating  D. streaming

12. A. pushed open         B. pulled down 

C. shut up            D. knocked at

13. A. had gone               B. were going    

C. went                 D. had been going

14. A. productive       B. hard         

C. protective     D. rough

15. A. so       B. too        C. as       D. very

16. A. by his hand   B. by the hand  

C. by surprise      D. with anxiety

17. A. Often   B. Sometimes  C. Always   D. Rarely

18. A. argue with      B. talk with   

C. put up with           D. come to terms with

19. A. other than       B. instead of    

C. rather than      D. more than

20. A. for something   B. for nothing       

C. without doubt   D. with sympathy

Answer 1

1. 解析：選B。前文說她邀請了一些親戚朋友到公寓里聚會。此處表示：在這些客人中。

2. 解析：選A。因家里有錢以及下文的“習慣于我行我素”可知他們的小女兒被寵得非常嬌氣，脾氣很蠻橫。spoil表示“寵壞，溺愛”。

3. 解析：選D。這里表示祖母認為他們是最重要的客人，極力討好他們。

4. 解析：選A。由文意可知，晚會進行中，“我”走進了洗手間并隨手把門關上。這里用make one's way to表示“向……走去”。而其他動詞的含義不符合語境：find one's way找到去……的路；push one's way擠出一條路；wound one's way蜿蜒前進。

5. 解析：選B。由“and simply walked in”可知，那個小女孩推開洗手間的門進來了。

6. 解析：選C。從語境可知這里用be supposed to表示“理應做……；應該做……”。句意為：難道你不知道當一個男孩在使用洗手間的時候女孩子是不可以進來的嗎！

7. 解析：選D。從上文內容可知，作者這個時候很生氣。

8. 解析：選A。此處用complain表示“投訴”，歷來我行我素的女孩出來沒有被人這么呵斥過，她哭著向她的父母和“我”奶奶告狀。

9. 解析：選B。由文意可知，當“我”從洗手間出來，祖母劈頭蓋臉地把“我”罵了一通。

10. 解析：選C。等她罵完叫“我”滾開之后，晚會繼續進行。這里用carry on表示“繼續”。

11. 解析：選D。從下文可知，祖母發現有水從洗手間的門縫里涌出來。

12. 解析：選A。撞開洗手間的門，發現洗手盆和浴缸都被塞子塞住了。push open撞開。

13. 解析：選B。這里用過去進行時表示祖母進去的時候看見水正嘩啦啦地直流。

14. 解析：選C。每個人都知道是誰搞的鬼，憤怒的祖母使勁地揮舞著雙手要打“我”，客人們馬上在我周圍形成了一堵人墻保護“我”。這里用protective表示“保護性的”。

15. 解析：選A。此處是so...that 句型，表示“如此憤怒，(盡管有人墻保護)差點打了我”。

16. 解析：選B。祖父牽著“我”的手來到窗前。表示牽著/抓著某人的手用“介詞by＋the＋hand”表示。此處的the 不能用his, her, my代替。其他選項與句子意義不符。

17. 解析：選D。上文說祖父很溫和，因此他很少提高嗓門和別人說話。從句子結構(倒裝)和語境看，只有D項符合語境。

18. 解析：選A。此處表達：他也從來沒有和祖母“爭論過”。故選A。

19. 解析：選C。由下文意義可知祖父的反映是：沒有半點生氣或煩惱的樣子。

20. 解析：選B。此處表示“祖母她先無緣無故地罵了我一頓”，這回“我”故意搗亂之后讓她罵就有理由了。for nothing無緣無故。