Mr. West intended to buy his wife a Christmas present, but he was always very busy, so he was never  1 to find time to go to the shops. At last, when it was the week   2 Christmas, and the shops were very crowded, he  3 that he could not wait any longer. He worked in an office, and   4 had lunch in a restaurant, but one day he bought some sandwiches, ate them quickly and went out to a big shop near his office during his lunch   5 .The shop was full of women, who were also buying presents during their lunch hour.
Mr. West stood politely at the edge(邊)of a crowd of women who were   6  forward to try to get to the people who were  7 necklaces and earrings. He tried to move forward slowly, taking his turn with the others, but more and more women were  8  into the shop the whole time and pushing selfishly past him.
After half an hour, he was just as far from the people who were selling the necklaces as he had been   9 he came in, and his lunch hour was coming to an end, so he decided to change his   10  of doing things: he put his head down,  11 a sudden loud shout and started to push his way towards the  12 of the crowd as hard as he could.
The women around him became very  13 when they saw what he was doing, and began to scold him.” Why can’t you behave like a gentleman?” they shouted.
“Ladies,” he   14  them,” I have been behaving like a gentleman for the past half hour, and it has done me no   15 ,so now I am starting to behave like a lady!”
小題1:
A．sureB．certain C．a(chǎn)bleD．possible
小題2:
A．beforeB．a(chǎn)fterC．tillD．within
小題3:
A．promisedB．decidedC．a(chǎn)greed D．insisted
小題4:
A．neverB．sometimesC．seldom D．usually
小題5:
A．hourB．momentC．minuteD．second
小題6:
A．pullingB．pushingC．gatheringD．managing
小題7:
A．sellingB．buyingC．choosingD．seizing
小題8:
A．goingB．enteringC．fetchingD．coming
小題9:
A．whereB．untilC．whenD．even if
小題10:
A．habitB．wayC．a(chǎn)ctionD．sign
小題11:
A．caughtB．madeC．blewD．gave
小題12:
A．centerB．endC．frontD．back
小題13:
A．patientB．a(chǎn)ngryC．surprisedD．nervous
小題14:
A．hatedB．wavedC．explainedD．a(chǎn)nswered
小題15:
A．treasureB．goodC．respectD．present

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:D
小題5:A
小題6:B
小題7:A
小題8:D
小題9:C
小題10:B
小題11:D
小題12:C
小題13:B
小題14:D
小題15:B
本篇文章是講述了一個幽默的小故事。在解題時一定要注意上下文的聯(lián)系。
小題1:推理題；根據(jù)上文的he was always very busy推斷出他不能夠找出時間。
小題2:常識題；一定是在圣誕節(jié)之前給妻子買禮物。
小題3:詞義辨析；根據(jù)句意得知應(yīng)該是他決定不能在等待了。
小題4:考查副詞詞義辨析；根據(jù)句意：通常在一家餐廳吃午飯。
小題5:名詞辨析；對于吃午飯來說BCD的時間都太短，不符合常理。
小題6:動詞辨析；根據(jù)上下文得知那群婦女擁擠著向前買東西。
小題7:動詞辨析；who were  40 necklaces and earrings.修飾前面的the people，應(yīng)該是賣項鏈和耳環(huán)。
小題8:詞組辨析；enter是接物動詞，后面不要into;越來越多的婦女進入商店，應(yīng)該選擇come into.
小題9:考查時間狀語從句.句意：半小時以后他還在他剛剛進來時的地方。
小題10:名詞意義辨析。改變做事的方法。
小題11:考查動詞。發(fā)出突然的大叫聲。
小題12:邏輯推理題。他想給老婆買禮物，肯定是向前擠向柜臺。
小題13:邏輯推理；看到他這樣粗魯?shù)男袨椋渌娜丝吹揭欢ê苌鷼狻?br />小題14:面對別人的質(zhì)問，他肯定是回答。
小題15:固定詞組do sb no good意為：對某人沒有好處。
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