Question

He must have been completely lost in something he was reading because I had to tap on the windscreen to get his attention.

“Is your taxi____?” I asked when he finally looked____at me. He nodded, then said____as I settled into the back seat, “I'm sorry, but I was reading a____.” He sounded as if he had a____.

“I am not in a hurry, ” I told him. “Go ahead and finish your letter. ” He____his head. “I've read it several times already. I guess I____ know it by heart. ”

“Letters from home always mean a lot, ” I said. “From a child?”

“This isn't____,” he replied. “Although it ____ just as well have been family. Old Ed was my oldest friend. In fact, we used to call each other ‘Old Friend’ when we'd meet. I'm not much good at ____.”

“I don't think any of us keep____our letters too well,” I said. “I know I don't. But I____ he's someone you've known quite a while?”

“All my life. We were kids together, went to school together and all the ____ through high school. ”

“There are not too many people who've had such a long friendship,” I said.

“____,” the driver went on, “I hadn't seen him more than once or twice a year over the past 25 or 30 years because I____away from the old neighbourhood and you slightly lose touch ____ you never forget. He was a great guy.”

“You said ‘was’. Does that mean...?”

He nodded. “____a couple of weeks ago.”

“I'm sorry, ” I said. “It's no fun to lose any friend and losing a real old one is____ tougher. ”

He didn't ____ to that, and we rode on in silence for a few minutes. But I realized that Old Ed was still on his mind when he spoke again, almost more to himself than to me: “I should have kept in touch. ”

“Well, ” I agreed, “we should all keep in touch with old friends more than we do. But things____ and we just don't seem to find the time. ”

...

When I got to my hotel room I didn't unpack right away. First I had to write a letter and mail it.

1.A. available B. acceptable C. beneficial D. occupied

2.A. down B. upC. To D. off

3.A. unexpectedly B. curiously C. apologetically D. definitely

4.A. booklet B. novel C. book D. letter

5.A. cold B. fever C. secret D. story

6.A. hung B. nodded C. shook D. kept

7.A. anyhow B. hardly C. almost D. really

8.A. friendship B. family C. leadership D. colleague

9.A. could B. might C. maybe D. would

10.A. writing B. reading C. talking D. Learning

11.A. up B. with C. on D. in

12.A. speak B. make C. think D. assure

13.A. curriculum B. coincidence C. life D. way

14.A. Eventually B. Actually C. Additionally D. Besides

15.A. removed B. left C. headed D. moved

16.A. even though B. as though C. when D. whereas

17.A. Died B. Suffered C. Choked D. Survived

18.A. ever B. even C. fairly D. quite

19.A. answer B. reply C. question D. talk

20.A. take up B. pick up C. come up D. break up

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.C

8.B

9.B

10.A

11.A

12.C

13.D

14.B

15.D

16.A

17.A

18.B

19.B

20.C

【解析】

試題分析：文章主要講述的是友情的珍貴。作者乘出租去賓館，司機(jī)跟作者講述了他和老朋友的故事。司機(jī)和Old Ed是從小一起長(zhǎng)大的好朋友，由于司機(jī)后來(lái)搬了家，他和Old Ed的聯(lián)系就變得很少了。就在幾周前，Old Ed去世了，這讓司機(jī)很難過(guò)，他舍不得他的老朋友。

1.Is your taxi____?你的車(chē)可以乘坐嗎？根據(jù)第一段“He must have been completely lost in something he was reading”可知，出租車(chē)是停著的，排除D，故選A。

2.he finally looked____at me.司機(jī)坐在車(chē)?yán)�，是向上看�?/span>A向下；B向上；C朝，向；D離開(kāi)。故選B。

3.I'm sorry, but I was reading a____.”可知，司機(jī)向作者道歉，A出乎意料地；B好奇地；C抱歉地；D肯定地，當(dāng)然。故選C。

4.Go ahead and finish your letter.”可知，司機(jī)在看一封信，A小冊(cè)子；B小說(shuō)；C書(shū)籍；D信件。故選D。

5.He sounded as if he had a____.司機(jī)說(shuō)話的語(yǔ)氣聽(tīng)起來(lái)像是感冒了一樣，A感冒；B發(fā)燒；C秘密；D故事。故選A。

6.I've read it several times already.”可知，司機(jī)搖搖頭，意思是不看了，A懸掛；B點(diǎn)頭；C搖晃；D保持。故選C。

7.I guess I____ know it by heart.司機(jī)看了幾遍了，他認(rèn)為自己都能背下來(lái)了，A無(wú)論怎樣；B幾乎不；C幾乎；D確實(shí)。故選C。

8.Letters from home always mean a lot”可知，這封信不是來(lái)自家人的，A友誼；B家人；C領(lǐng)導(dǎo)；D同事。故選B。

9.

10.I'm not much good at ____.這里談?wù)摰氖切�，由此可知，司機(jī)說(shuō)自己不擅長(zhǎng)寫(xiě)信，A寫(xiě)；B看，讀；C談話；D學(xué)習(xí)。故選A。

11.介詞辨析。作者說(shuō)沒(méi)有人能夠做到經(jīng)常給朋友寫(xiě)信。keep up繼續(xù)做......。A向上；B和，帶有；C在......上；D在......里。故選A。

12.動(dòng)詞辨析。作者認(rèn)為，司機(jī)和Old Ed認(rèn)識(shí)很久了。A說(shuō)，演講；B制作；C認(rèn)為；D保證，使確信。故選C。

13.名詞辨析。and all the ____ through high school他們是從小玩到大的朋友，all the way一直，A全部課程；B巧合；C生命；D方法，道路。故選D。

14.副詞辨析。“____,” the driver went on, “I hadn't seen him more than once or twice a year over the past 25 or 30 years 司機(jī)說(shuō)，事實(shí)上，他們?cè)谶^(guò)去的二三十年里，一年只見(jiàn)過(guò)一兩次。A最終；B實(shí)際上；C另外；D而且。故選B。

15.動(dòng)詞辨析。because I____away from the old neighbourhood司機(jī)搬離了那個(gè)社區(qū)，A移除；B離開(kāi)，遺留；C前往；D移動(dòng)，搬家。故選D。

16.連接詞辨析。you slightly lose touch ____ you never forget即使不會(huì)忘記，但還是會(huì)慢慢失去聯(lián)系，A即使；B似乎；C當(dāng)，既然；D鑒于。故選A。

17.動(dòng)詞辨析。He nodded. “____a couple of weeks ago.”司機(jī)說(shuō)，Old Ed幾周前去世了。A死亡；B遭受；C噎住，窒息；D幸存。故選A。

18.副詞辨析。losing a real old one is____ tougher失去一個(gè)老朋友更難過(guò)，even可以修飾比較級(jí)。A曾經(jīng)；B甚至；C相當(dāng)；D很，十分。故選B。

19.名詞辨析。He didn't ____ to that, and we rode on in silence...司機(jī)沒(méi)有回應(yīng)作者的話，reply to回答，答復(fù)，A答案；B答復(fù)；C問(wèn)題；D談話。故選B。

20.短語(yǔ)辨析。But things____ and we just don't seem to find the time.但是（生活中）總會(huì)出現(xiàn)很多事情，我們似乎沒(méi)有時(shí)間相互聯(lián)系。A占據(jù)，從事；B撿起，學(xué)會(huì)，車(chē)接；C走近，被提及，發(fā)生，出現(xiàn)；D爆發(fā)。故選C。

考點(diǎn)：故事類(lèi)短文閱讀