Question

One rainy night many years ago ,an elderly couple entered the hall of a small hotel in Philadephia. The couple walked to the front desk hoping to get some  21  for the night. “Could you give us a  22   here?” the husband asked.

The waiter, a  23   man with a bright smile, looked at the couple and   24  that there were three meetings in town. “All of our rooms are taken,” the waiter said. “  25   I can’t send a nice couple like you out into the rain at one o’clock in the morning. Would you be  26   to sleep in my room? It’s not  27  a suite(套房)，but it will be good enough to make you  28   for the night.”

 When then couple refused 39 , he explained, “Don’t worry about me.”So the couple   30  . The next morning, the elderly man said to the waiter, “you are the kind of manager who should be the boss of the best   31   in America. Maybe someday I’ll   32   one for you.” The waiter looked at them and  33   .Then they drove away.

Two years passed. The waiter had almost  34   it when he received a letter from the old man. It recalled（提起）that   35   night and enclosed（附上）a round-trip to New York, asking the young man to pay them a visit.

The old man 36   knowledge, the knowledge of the life, history and geography of the people whose  37   him in New York and led him to Fifth Avenue and 34^th Street. He  38    to a great new building there.

“That is the hotel I have just built for you,” said the elderly man.

“You must be 39  ,” the young man said.

“I’m not,” said the elderly man.

The elderly man was William Waldor-Aster, and that 40 building was the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The young waiter who became its first  manager was George Boldt.

1.A.food                    B.shelter                    C.light                  D.space

2.A.room        B.help           C.bed              D.chair

3.A.serious       B.patient             C.friendly       D.careful

4.A.decided      B.thought         C.suggested      D.explained

5.A.So          B.And            C.But                     D.If

6.A.ready            B.glad                C.grateful        D.natural

7.A.clearly       B.nearly              C.exactly         D.simply

8.A.calm             B.special             C.successful      D.comfortable

9.A.easily        B.politely              C.give             D.know

10.A. left          B.agreed           C.complained     D.happened

11.A.hotel        B.shop                C.school         D.restaurant

12.A.build            B.keep                 C.find           D.invent

13.A.checked        B.excused              C.smiled         D.changed

14.A.expected     B.realised             C.discovered            D.forgotten

15.       A.bright        B.warm                     C.cloudy              D.stormy

16.本題有誤A.ticket             B.map                    C.form                 D.travel

17.本題有誤A.met                   B.thanked                  C.missed              D.watched

18.A.waved                  B.pointed                   C.moved             D. returned

19.A.laughing     B. arguing         C.joking         D.reporting

20.A.small        B. common        C. simple        D.beautiful

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B2.A3.C4.D5.C6.B7.C8.D9.B10.B11.A12.A13.C14.D15.D16.A17.A18.B19.C20.D

【解析】

試題分析：

1.根據(jù)下文All of our rooms are taken,服務(wù)員回答“我們的房間都住滿了”可知這對老夫婦想找住的地方。故選B，shelter住所。

2.聯(lián)系下文All of our rooms are taken可知這對老夫婦想要一個房間，故選A。

3.根據(jù)with a bright smile，這個服務(wù)員滿臉微笑，所以看出他很友好。故選C。

4.根據(jù)“All of our rooms are taken,”結(jié)合當時的語境，服務(wù)員應(yīng)該是在解釋，decide決定 think 想 suggest建議 explain解釋,所以選D，

5.結(jié)合下文Would you be glad to sleep in my room?，可知雖然旅館里沒有房間了，但服務(wù)員并沒有讓老人離去，故用but但是表轉(zhuǎn)折，選C。

6.表示建議，你們愿意住在我的房間嗎？ready準備 glad高興的，樂意的 grateful 感謝的natural自然的，可知選B最符合題意。

7.but表示轉(zhuǎn)折，所以這個服務(wù)員想要說這間房間不完全是個套間clearly 顯然地nearly差不多      exactly 完全地 simply 簡單地 故選C。

8.通過上文得知，這是凌晨一點鐘，還下著雨，所以推斷在這樣的環(huán)境中，即使有一個小屋住，也是很舒適的。calm 平靜的 special 特殊的 successful 成功的 comfortable 舒適的，故選D。

9.當服務(wù)員要把自己的房間讓給老夫婦的時候，老人家肯定會禮貌地拒絕，故選B。

10.根據(jù) The next morning, the elderly man said to the waiter,可知老夫婦后來同意住在服務(wù)員的房間。故選B。

11.根據(jù)下文 “That is the hotel I have just built for you,” said the elderly man.故選 A.

12.根據(jù)下文“That is the hotel I have just built for you,” said the elderly man，故選A。

13.老人說要為這位好心的服務(wù)員建造一家旅館，服務(wù)員只當是個小小的玩笑，所以笑了笑，故選C。

14.根據(jù)Two years passed.，兩年過去了，時間很久了，不經(jīng)意的小事，所以服務(wù)員早就忘記了，故選D。

15.根據(jù)One rainy night many years ago可知選D stormy 有暴風雨的。

16.此題有誤。

17.此題有誤

18.結(jié)合“That is the hotel I have just built for you,” said the elderly man.可知老人指向一座新樓。

可知選B最符合題意。

19.當老人和服務(wù)員說這座旅館是為他建造的，服務(wù)員認為老人在開玩笑，故選C。

20.根據(jù)He pointed to a great new building there，可知這個旅館很不錯，故選D最合適。

考點：這是一篇敘事類短文,記述了一位心地善良的服務(wù)員在一個暴風雨的凌晨，把自己的房間讓給了一對老夫婦，不想到自己一個不經(jīng)意的善舉，竟得到了老人豐厚的回報，老人為他在紐約建造了一座旅館，并讓他擔任經(jīng)理。

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