Question

It was my birthday last Thursday. I decided to celebrate it by inviting a few friends out to supper. I chose a restaurant in a part of town. It is one of my favorite restaurants because the food is good and the waiters are friendly. It is ever crowded, because not many people know about it, so it is not usually to book a table. In any case, Thursday is not a busy evening .

When we entered the restaurant, we were surprised to find it completely . I looked around but not table was free. One of the waiters me. He came across and explained the situation. “A party of tourists came in about half an hour ago.” he said. “It was like an invasion(侵略). Suddenly the place was full! We can hardly . ”

The waiter then pointed to a table in the corner. “The people there are about to , ” he said, “Just hold on and you’ll a place there.” He was right. Fifteen minutes later, the people the corner table paid their , got up and left. I led my friends across and we all sat down.

our table was almost out of sight. We tried to call the attention of the waiter sent us there, but he, like all the other waiters, the party of tourists. They ordered lots of food. At last, an hour later, the tourists were finishing their meal and looking very with life. The waiter, now very tired, appeared at our table. I advised my friends about the best dishes and finally the waiter went off with our

A few moments later he returned to our table. We could tell from his face that he had for us. a little sorry, he told us that there was left. “All we can offer you” he said, “is an omelet(煎蛋卷) !”

1.A. quiet B. calm C. busy D. silent

2.A. hard B. often C. hardly D. always

3.A. necessary B. possible C. important D. certain

4.A. as before B. as a matter of fact C. as usual D. as is known to all

5.A. empty B. full C. free D. quiet

6.A. all B. every C. a single D. a double

7.A. realized B. recognized C. comforted D. settled

8.A. watch B. care C. try D. manage

9.A. start B. leave C. end D. pay

10.A. find B. find out C. wait D. see

11.A. by B. beside C. at D. near

12.A. money B. bill C. food D. drinks

13.A. Luckily B. Fortunately C. Generally D. Unluckily

14.A. whom B. which C. he D. who

15.A. were kept busy B. was busy with C. kept busy with D. were busy with

16.A. exciting B. tired C. pleased D. disappointed

17.A. dishes B. food C. order D. menu

18.A. good presents B. good news C. bad news D. bad presents

19.A. Looking B. Seeing C. Looked D. Found

20.A. no meat or fish B. no meat and fish C. meat and fish D. not meat or fish

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.B

10.A

11.C

12.B

13.D

14.D

15.B

16.C

17.C

18.C

19.A

20.A

【解析】

試題分析：講述作者為了慶祝生日找了一個比較清凈的地方，本以為那里人很少，沒有提前預(yù)定桌位，但是那一晚上人很多，等了好長時間才等到位子，但是菜只剩下煎蛋卷了。

1.

2.通常幾乎不會擁擠，選C。

3.

4.

5.

6.是“我看了看四周，沒有一個桌子是空的”。not all并非所有和not every 并非每一個，都是部分否定；a single一個；a double一對。 選C。

7.是：一個服務(wù)員認出我來。A. realized意識到；B. recognized 認出； C. comforted安慰；D. settled定居。故選B。

8.是：我們幾乎管不過來了。A. watch觀看；B. care介意；C. try努力、試著；D. manage管理。選D。

9.。由后面的句子got up and left.可以知道他們將要離開，句意是“那的人將要離開”，選B。

10.。由后面的句子got up and left.（他們將要離開）可知，句意是“等一會你們就會找到地方。”選A。

11.。A. by由；B. beside在……的旁邊；C. at在；D. near在……附近。句子意思是“坐在角落桌子旁的人付錢，起來就走了。” 坐在桌子旁用介詞at，選C。

12.。由后面的句子got up and left. I led my friends across and we all sat down可以知道吃完了付錢走人。pay the bill付賬單，pay后可以跟錢數(shù)，但是不跟money這個名詞。選B。

13.。” A. Luckily幸運的是；B. Fortunately幸運的是；C. Generally一般說來；D. Unluckily不幸的是。選D。

14.。選D。

15.。選B。固定句型be busy with sth意思“忙于…”，這里主語是he，所以謂語應(yīng)該用單數(shù)第三人稱形式。故選B。

16.。句意是：旅客們吃完飯看上去對生活很滿意，look pleased with sth意思“看上去對…滿意”， 選C。

17. 可知，我給朋友們建議這個飯店最好的飯菜，最后服務(wù)員拿著訂單離開了。A. dishes菜；B. food食物；C. order訂單；D. menu菜單。選C。

18.。由前面的句子We could tell from his face that…可以知道句意是“我們可以從他的表情可以知道他有壞消息告訴我們” 。選C。

19.。句意“看上去有點抱歉的表情告訴我們。”A. Looking顯得；B. Seeing看到；C. Looked被看；D. Found被發(fā)現(xiàn)。現(xiàn)在分詞作伴隨狀語，Look的邏輯主語是he，在這里作狀語，用v-ing形式，故選A。

20.（我們可以供應(yīng)的就是煎蛋卷了。）可知，沒有肉和魚了。no 修飾名詞meat、fish ；not修飾動詞。否定句中用or表示和的意思。故選A。

考點：故事類短文。