Question

       On a hot summer day in late August, I sought shade and a cool drink at a waterfront café on a Greek island. Over a hundred degrees in    36   air. Crowded. Tempers（脾氣）of both the tourists and waiters had    37   to meet the situation, making it a rather quarrelsome environment（環(huán)境）

       At the table next to mine sat an attractive,    38    couple, waiting for    39  .  They held

Hands, whispered, kissed, and laughed. Suddenly they stood, picked up their    40    and stepped together     41    the edge of where they were sitting to place the table in the sea water. The man stepped   42   for the two chairs. He politely   43   his lady in the knee-deep water and then sat down himself. All people around laughed and cheered.

          44   appeared. He paused for just a second, walked into the water to   45    the table and take their 46   , and then walked back to the    47    cheers of the rest of his    48  . Minutes later he returned carrying a bottle of wine and two glasses. Without pausing, he went     49    into the water to     50     the wine. The couple toasted（祝酒）each other, the waiter and the crowd. And the crowd   51   by cheering and throwing flowers to them. Three other tables  52   to have lunch in the water. The place was now filled with laughter.

       One doesn’t step into water in one’s best summer clothes. Why not?

       Customers are not served    53    . Why not?

       Sometimes one should consider   54   the line of convention（常規(guī)）and enjoy   55   to the fullest.

36．A．fresh               B．cool                        C．still                         D．thin

37．A．managed         B．expected                  C．a(chǎn)ttempted                D．risen

38．A．lonely              B．curious                    C．well-dressed            D．bad-tempered

39．A．cheers             B．service                    C．a(chǎn)ttention                  D．flowers

40．A．metal table       B．empty bottle             C．chairs                      D．bags

41．A．on                  B．off                          C．a(chǎn)round                    D．a(chǎn)long

42．A．outside            B．forward                   C．down                      D．back

43．A．led                  B．seated                      C．watched                  D．received

44．A．The manager   B．A friend                   C．A waiter                  D．The servant

45．A．set                  B．wash                       C．remove                    D．check

46．A．menu              B．bill                          C．food                        D．order

47．A．loud                B．a(chǎn)nxious                    C．familiar                    D．final

48．A．tourists           B．customers                C．fellows                    D．a(chǎn)ssistants

49．A．a(chǎn)t last              B．in time                     C．once more               D．a(chǎn)s well

50．A．change            B．drink                       C．sell                          D．serve

51．A．replied             B．insisted                    C．a(chǎn)greed                     D．understood

52．A．prepared          B．joined in                   C．settled up                 D．continued

53．A．with pleasure   B．in the café                C．in the sea                 D．with wine

54．A．following         B．keeping                    C．limiting                    D．crossing

55．A．life                  B．wine                        C．lunch                      D．time

 

Answer 1

解析：

本篇短文內(nèi)容生動,語言活潑,貼近生活.短文講述作者在一個炎熱夏日在海濱咖啡吧的所見所聞。從文體上看，本文屬于考生熟悉的記敘文，夾敘夾議。大多數(shù)考生都能看懂短文，體現(xiàn)了完型填空重點考查詞在真實的語境中的靈活應用，考查趨勢明顯地由局部理解向整體理解轉(zhuǎn)移，設(shè)問角度突出考查整句，對上下文乃至全篇理解。答案多數(shù)要跨越句子層次甚至要從全問角度去理解才能判定。

36．C．故事發(fā)生在一個炎熱的夏日，溫度高，自然沒風。still意思是“空氣不流動”，即沒風。此處選為形容詞，意思是“靜止的，不動的”(without any movement)

37．D．咖啡吧人頭擁擠，天氣熱。這種情況下，人的脾氣自然大：Tempers had risen合乎情理，rise為不及物動詞。

38．C．作者見到了一對引人注目的couple，自然先看外表，從四個選項中，well-dressed合適，再說從短文尾的議論One doesn’t step into water in one’s best summer clothes，也可進一步推斷出。

39．B．那兩口子在咖啡吧坐等服務(wù)員的接待，選service是唯一可取的。

40．A.。那兩口子突然起身走向海水，后半句中他們這么做的目的to place the table in the sea water說明the table就是本空所要選的內(nèi)容。

41．B．那兩口子從原來坐的位置，移到膝蓋深的海水里就坐。off表示離開，脫離，off the edge of where they sitting意思是離開他們剛才坐的地方。

42．D．根據(jù)上下文，不難看出，那兩口子搬完桌子后，又回來搬椅子，即：step back for sth。

43．B. 本空后有賓語his lady，句后部and then sat himself，根據(jù)句意，結(jié)合上下文，無疑seated是最佳答案，seated his lady意思是“讓他夫人就坐“。

44．C．那兩口子搬到水里就坐，自然還要接受服務(wù)。服務(wù)員的出現(xiàn)，才能和上下文的敘述相銜接。本題選a waiter在情理之中。

45．A．咖啡吧的服務(wù)員的工作當然就是擺放桌子，接受顧客點菜等服務(wù)。Set/lay the table意思是“收拾，擺放桌子”。

46。D。take one’s order意思是“接受某人的點菜或訂單”。

47．A．上文中作者提及那兩口子搬到膝蓋深的海水中就坐，引起在場顧客的哄堂大笑。All the people laughed and cheered。可見，服務(wù)員接待完那兩口子又回到情緒興奮的人群中。自然修飾cheers最恰當?shù)脑~是loud。

48．B．興奮歡呼的人群中不乏旅游者等，但對咖啡吧而言，都為“顧客”。

49．C．從前文得知，服務(wù)員剛才走到就坐于水中的那兩口子那兒又擺桌子又接受點菜�，F(xiàn)在他要去送他們所點的菜。服務(wù)員又要涉水給他們送酒。Once more意思是“再一次”。

50．D．to serve the wine意思是“為顧客遞酒，斟酒服務(wù)”.

51．A．根據(jù)上文，那兩口子向大家祝酒，而在場的人通過cheering and throwing flowers to them來做“回應”。選項replied正是這層意思。

52．B．同時在場的人中也有效仿那兩口子的，也把桌子搬到水中去就坐。注意下句three other tables…in the water。所以應該選用joined in表示“加入到那兩口子的行列中”。

53．C．作者最后就此事發(fā)表里議論。文中所述的顧客的怪異“越軌”行為便是把餐桌擺放在水中飲酒休息。因此，結(jié)合上文, in the sea是符合邏輯的，上下文是貫通的。

54．D．to cross the line of convention意思是“跨越常規(guī)界限”，即標新立異。

55．A。to enjoy life to the fullest意思是“盡情地享受生活“。