Question

【題目】My fiance (未婚夫) and I were excited about shopping for our first home. But our funds were1and none of the houses in our price range seemed satisfactory.
One agent2a house in particular. Although her description sounded wonderful, the price was3our range, so we declined. But she kept urging us to have a look4.
We finally did and it was5at first sight. It was Our Home, small and charming, overlooking a quiet lake. Walking through the rooms and talking with the owners, a nice elderly couple, we felt the warmth and6of the marriage within that home. As perfect as it was, the price remained too high for us. But every day, we would sit by the lake, looking at the house and dreaming of7it would be like to live there.
Days later, we made a(n)8—far below the asking price. Surprisingly, they didn’t9us. They renewed their offer10It was also much more than we could afford, but far11than the original asking price.
The next day, we got a12message that another buyer had offered a much higher price. Even so, we decided to talk with the13directly. We made our final offer, which14was thousands of dollars less than the other buyer’s bid. We knew it,15we had to try.
“Sold!” said the owner. Then he16: He’d seen us sitting by the lake all those times; he knew how much we loved the place and that we’d17the years of work they had put into their home; he realized he would take a18by selling it to us, but it was worthwhile; we were the people they wanted to live there. He told us to consider the19in the price “an early wedding present�！�
That’s how we found our home and how I learned that when people are20they are not strangers, only friends we haven’t yet met.
（1）A.needed B.limited C.enough D.large
（2）A.recommended B.decorated C.sold D.rented
（3）A.below B.within C.beyond D.between
（4）A.at least B.at most C.at times D.at hand
（5）A.relief B.concern C.love D.curiosity
（6）A.pride B.happiness C.challenge D.desire
（7）A.which B.why C.that D.what
（8）A.effort B.offer C.promise D.profit
（9）A.come across B.look after C.depend on D.laugh at
（10）A.instead B.indeed C.aside D.apart
（11）A.worse B.better C.less D.higher
（12）A.relaxing B.disappointing C.pleasant D.regular
（13）A.agents B.buyers C.managers D.owners
（14）A.already B.still C.generally D.ever
（15）A.so B.or C.for D.but
（16）A.apologized B.complained C.criticized D.explained
（17）A.check B.analyze C.appreciate D.ignore
（18）A.loss B.risk C.chance D.lead
（19）A.increase B.difference C.interest D.average
（20）A.kind B.polite C.smart D.energetic

Answer 1

【答案】（1）、B
（2）、A
（3）、C
（4）、A
（5）、C
（6）、B
（7）、D
（8）、B
（9）、D
（10）、A
（11）、C
（12）、B
（13）、D
（14）、B
（15）、D
（16）、D
（17）、C
（18）、A
（19）、B
（20）、A

【解析】（1）B考查動(dòng)詞以及對語境的理解。A.needed需要的；B.limited有限的；C.enough足夠的；D.large大的。根據(jù)下一句中and none of the houses in our price range seemed satisfactory 。可知答案選B。
（2）A考查動(dòng)詞以及對語境的理解。A.recommended推薦；B.decorated裝修；C.sold賣；D.rented租。根據(jù)后句Although her description sounded wonderful 可知一個(gè)代理人特別想我們推薦一棟房子。選A。
（3）C考查介詞以及對語境的理解。A.below在……下面；B.within在……里面C.beyond超過；D.between在……之間。根據(jù)后句so we declined 可知價(jià)格超過了我們的范圍。故選C。
（4）A考查短語以及對語境的理解。A．a(chǎn)t least至少；B．a(chǎn)t most至多；C．a(chǎn)t times有時(shí)；D．a(chǎn)t hand在附近。但她不停的催促我們至少去看一看。選A。
（5）C考查名詞以及對語境的理解。A．relief欣慰；B．concern關(guān)注；C．love愛；D．curiosity好奇。根據(jù)后句It was Our Home, small and charming, overlooking a quiet lake.可知我們對此房一見鐘情。故選C。
（6）B考查名詞以及對語境的理解。A．pride 自豪；B．happiness快樂；C．challenge挑戰(zhàn)； D．desire要求。我們感到溫馨與快樂。故選B。
（7）D考查名詞性從句以及對語境的理解。A．which哪一個(gè)；B．why為什么；C．that那個(gè)；D．what什么。賓語從句中be like缺少賓語，故用關(guān)系詞what。選D。
（8）B考查名詞以及對語境的理解。A．effort努力；B．offer提供；C．promise許諾； D．profit利潤。根據(jù)后句—far below the asking price 可知是make an offer出價(jià)。選B。
（9）D考查短語以及對語境的理解。A．come across偶然遇到；B．look after照顧；C．depend on依靠； D．laugh at嘲笑。令人驚訝的是，他們沒有嘲笑我們。選D。
（10）A考查副詞以及對語境的理解。A．instead相反B．indeed的確；C．a(chǎn)side在……旁；D．a(chǎn)part分開地。相反地，他們更新了他們的出價(jià)。選A。
（11）C考查形容詞以及對語境的理解。A．worse更糟的；B．better更好的；C．less更少的；D．higher更高的。但比原來的要價(jià)要少得多。選C。
（12）B 考查形容詞以及對語境的理解。A．relaxing輕松的；B．disappointing令人失望的；C．pleasant令人愉快的；D．regular有規(guī)律的。第二天，我們得到一個(gè)令人失望的消息。選B。
（13）D 考查名詞以及對語境的理解。A．a(chǎn)gents代理人；B．buyers買方；C．managers經(jīng)理；D．owners物主。因此，我們決定直接跟房東談。選D。
（14）B考查副詞以及對語境的理解。A．a(chǎn)lready已經(jīng)；B．still任然；C．generally普遍地； D．ever曾經(jīng)。我們做出最終的價(jià)格，任然比其他買家出價(jià)少很多。故選B。
（15）D考查連詞以及對語境的理解。A.so如此；B.or或者；C.for為了；D.but但是。前后句為轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故用連詞but。選D
（16）D考查動(dòng)詞以及對語境的理解。A.apologized道歉；B.complained抱怨；C.criticized指責(zé)；D.explained解釋。后面為房主解釋的內(nèi)容。選D。
（17）C考查動(dòng)詞以及對語境的理解。A.check檢查；B.analyze分析；C.appreciate感激；欣賞；D.ignore忽視。其原因是我們欣賞他們投入家庭多年的努力。選C。
（18）A考查名詞以及對語境的理解。A．loss損失；B．risk冒險(xiǎn)；C．chance機(jī)會(huì)；D．lead帶領(lǐng)。根據(jù)上下文可知把房子賣給我們他將會(huì)有損失，所以選A。
（19）B考查名詞以及對語境的理解。A．increase增加；B．difference不同；C．interest興趣； D．a(chǎn)verage平均。他告訴我們會(huì)考慮把價(jià)格的不同作為一份提早的結(jié)婚禮物。選B。
（20）A考查形容詞以及對語境的理解。A．kind熱心的；B．polite有禮貌的；C．smart漂亮的；D．energetic精力充沛的。根據(jù)后句they are not strangers, only friends we haven’t yet met.可知人們是熱心的。選A。