Question

When I woke next morning, I was dying of _1__. I seemed to have a hole instead of a _2__. I dressed quickly and hurried down to the dinning-room. It was a big room with six tall windows and the ugliest wallpaper I had ever seen! _3_, I had been told the hotel was not beautiful but that you were better __4_ there than in any other hotel; and that was _5__ I wanted just then. 　 The waiter came hurrying up. Before I came downstairs I had prepared __6__ carefully for what I must __7__. I had looked three times in my dictionary to make sure __8__ “breakfast” really meant “breakfast”. I had tried to get the right __9_ and I had stood in the front of a mirror and twisted my mouth until it ached. 　 The waiter asked me _10__ I could not understand, but I spoke only my one prepared word “breakfast”. He looked at me in a 　11 way. So I repeated it. Still he did not understand. It was 12 that English people didn’t understand their language. The waiter 　13 his head and went away, but he came back in a minute and brought a tray with tea, bread and butter — enough to feed a small army — and went away. But I was hungry, and I left 　14 . When the waiter came back I thought his face showed a little 　15 , but you can never __16_. What a waiter’s face really shows! In another minute he brought _17__ tray with some bacon(熏肉) and some eggs. He 　18 have misunderstood me, but I thought it was no use explaining to people who don’t understand their own language, so I just set to work on the bacon and eggs, wondering whether I could possibly clear that plate. 　 Well, I finished the bacon and eggs. I got up and made my way slowly to my room — at least five pound 　19 . I never believed until then that any meal could 　20 me, but on that day I met my Waterloo(滑鐵盧). 1. A. hunger　　 B. cold　　　 　　　 C. anger　　　 　　 D. illness 2. A. stone　　　 B. head　　　 　　　 C. breast　　　 　　 D. stomach 3. A. Therefore　 　 B. Otherwise　 　　 C. So　　　　 　 D. However 4. A. received　　 　 B. fed　　　　 　　 C. cared　　　 　　 D. eating 5. A. just　　　　 　 B. what　　　　 　　 C. that　　　 　　　 D. why 6. A. English　　 　 B. meal　　　　 　　 C. questions　　 　　 D. myself 7. A. speak　　　 　 B. answer　　　 　　 C. say　　　　 　　 D. explain 8. A. that　　　　 　 B. about　　　　 　　 C. of　　　　　 　　 D. to 9. A. pronunciation B. meaning　　 　　 C. form 　　　　　　 D. spelling 10. A. whether　　 B. something　　 C. when　　　 　 D. what 11. A. surprised　　 B. friendly　　　 　 C. puzzled　　 　　　 D. touched 12. A. unbelievable B. true　　　　　 C. thought　　 　　 D. a pity 13. A waved　　　 　 B. shook　　 　　 C. bowed　　　 　　　 D. patted 14. A. much　　　 　 B. a little　　　　 C. nothing　　 　　 D. empty 15. A. pleasure　　 B. surprise　　　 　 C. pride　　　 　　 D. satisfaction 16. A. tell　　　　 B. guess　　　　 C. design　　 　　　 D. express 17. A. other　　　　 B. another　　　 C. more　　　 　 D. me 18. A. should　　　 B. might　　　　 C. would　　 　 D. must 19. A. lighter　　　 B. heavier　　　　 　 C. weightier　 　　 D. more 20. A. hurt　　　　 B. fat　　　　　　 　 C. defeat　　　 　　 D. please

 

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1. 整個故事都是講作者進餐的情況，hunger 和下文的dining-room 等單詞自然聯系上了。 2. 餓了的時候，胃是空的。 3. however (然而；可是)多插在句子中間，有時放在句首或句末，由逗號隔開。本題空格后有逗號，故選D。 4. feed sb. = give food to sb. 提供的飯菜較好，而不單純指吃這個動作。 5. what 在這里引導主語從句在從句中做wanted 的賓語。 6. prepare (sb.)ready for , 而且下面談到了做準備的過程。 7. say應有賓語，句中what 起賓語作用。對我要說的話做了認真的準備。即在飯店里要用哪些詞。explain要有explain sth to sb。 8. 從句子結構看，句中需要一個連接詞來引導賓語從句。所以要選that而不是其他的介詞。 9. 練習單詞的拼寫或搞懂詞義不一定對著鏡子練，故排除其他選項。 10. 該句的含義是：“那位男服務員問了些我聽不懂的話”。如果填入D的話，句子的含義為“問我有什么不懂的”，這就違背了句子的意愿。 11. 他答非所問，男招待迷惑不解。 12. unbelievable的意思是“難以置信”。英國人不懂自己的語言，真令人難以置信。作者只是驚訝，而未遺憾。 13. 男招待搖頭表示沒聽懂。bowed his head 表示相反的含義。 14. 他餓極了，吃光了食物，與故事開頭相呼應。 15. 吃下了許多食物使這位男招待著實有點吃驚。 16. 難得說清楚這位男招待的表情。tell有“辨別”的意思。 17. another 常表示“另一 ”。如： Drink another glass of milk. 18. must have done 表示對過去事情的肯定推測。 19. heavy 是一般用語，weighty 多用于比喻。吃了許多食物，至少重了五磅。 20. 根據故事結尾而得到答案。I met my Waterloo = I was completely defeated (Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo in 1815.)