Question

The books in David’s schoolbag felt like bricks as he ran down the street. What he wanted to do was to play basketball with Eric,  21  his mother told him he would have to return his sister’s books to the library first.

He had  22   set foot in a library and he wasn’t about to do so today. He would just  23  the books in the outside return box. But there was a  24  :it was locked.

He went into the building, only a few minutes  25  closing time. He put the books into the return box. And after a brief  26  in the toilet, he would be on his way to the playground to  27  Eric.

David stepped out of the toilet and stopped in  28  — the library lights were off. The place was  29 . The doors had been shut. They  30  be opened from the inside. He was trapped(被困) — in a library!

He tried to  31  a telephone call, but was unable to  32 . What’s worse, the pay phones were on the outside of the building.  33  the sun began to set, he searched for a light and found it.

 34  he could see. David wrote on a piece of paper: “  35  ! I’m TRAPPED inside!” and stuck it to the glass door.  36  , someone passing by would see it.

He was surprised to discover that this place was not so unpleasant,  37  . Rows and rows of shelves held books, videos and music. He saw a book about Michael Jordan and took it off the shelf. He settled into a chair and started to  38  .

He knew he had to  39  , but now, that didn’t seem to be such a  40  thing.

21. A. but                    B. because                   C. or                           D. since

22. A. ever                   B. nearly                     C. never               D. often

23. A. pass                   B. drop                               C. carry                D. take

24. A. problem            B. mistake                   C. case                 D. question

25. A. during               B. after                               C. over                 D. before

26. A. rest                    B. break                      C. walk                D. stop

27. A. visit                   B. meet                       C. catch                D. greet

28.A. delight                B. anger                      C. surprise                   D. eagerness

29. A. lonely                B. empty                     C. noisy                D. crowded

30. A. wouldn’t                   B. shouldn’t                 C. couldn’t                  D. needn’t

31. A. make                 B. fix                                 C. use                   D. pick

32. A. get on                B. get up                     C. get through               D. get in

33. A. If                             B. As                                  C. Though                   D. Until

34. A. On time                    B. Now and then                 C. By the way               D. At last

35. A. Come                B. Help                       C. Hello                      D. Sorry

36. A. Surely               B. Thankfully               C. Truly                      D. Gradually

37. A. at most              B. after all                   C. in short                   D. as usual

38. A. watch                B. play                        C. read                D. write

39. A. wait                   B. stand                       C. sleep               D. work

40. A. bad                    B. cool                        C. strange                    D. nice

Answer 1

21---40     ACBAD   DBCBC   ACBDB   ABCAA  

解析:

21. A      解析:but 意為“但是”，What he wanted to do was to play basketball with Eric 與his mother told him he would have to return his sister’s books to the library first是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，所以要用but，表示“他本來想與Eric打籃球，但他媽媽告訴他他必須把他妹妹的書還回圖書館。because意為“因?yàn)椤�。or意為“或，或者，還是，抑或是”。since意為“自從”。

22. C      解析:never意為“從不”。根據(jù)下文中的“he wasn’t about to do so today”可判斷出他從來沒去過圖書館，因?yàn)檫@兩個(gè)句子是并列關(guān)系。ever 意為“曾經(jīng)，這以前”。nearly意為“近,接近；將近,大約,幾乎,差不多”。often意為“常常，往往，屢次，再三”。

23. B      解析:drop意為“丟”，表示把書放進(jìn)還書的箱子里。pass意為“經(jīng)過，通過，穿過，越過，超過，掠過，前進(jìn)”。carry 意為“攜帶，佩帶，懷有”。take意為“攜帶，帶去，帶領(lǐng)參觀，搬移”。

24. A      解析:problem意為“問題”。根據(jù)下文中的it was locked可判斷出因?yàn)橄渥渔i著，他沒法把書放進(jìn)去，所以是一個(gè)問題。mistake意為“錯(cuò)誤，過失，事故，想錯(cuò)，看錯(cuò)，誤會(huì)，誤解”。case意為“情況，狀況，真相，案件，判例，問題”。question意為“問，詢問，發(fā)問，質(zhì)問”。

25. D      解析:before意為“在……之前”。根據(jù)下文中的“He put the books into the return box.”可判斷出他在圖書館下班之前來到了圖書館。during意為“在……期間”。after意為“在……之后”。over意為“太，過度，過于，而且，更，另外，剩余”。

26. D      解析:stop意為“停止”。根據(jù)其地點(diǎn)狀語in the toilet可判斷出他去了趟衛(wèi)生間。rest意為“休息”。break意為“休息(時(shí)間)”。walk意為“行走，步行，徒步，散步”。

27. B      解析:meet意為“見面”。根據(jù)上文中的“What he wanted to do was to play basketball with Eric”可判斷出他去運(yùn)動(dòng)場(chǎng)與Eric見面。visit意為“拜訪，訪問，探望，問候，(作客)暫住；去……游覽，參觀”。catch意為“捕捉，逮著，捕獲，攔截”。greet意為“向……問好，迎接，歡迎”。

28. C      解析:anger意為“怒，忿怒”。根據(jù)下文中的the library lights were off可判斷出由于圖書館的燈都消滅了，他感到非常氣憤。delight意為“歡喜，高興，愉快”。surprise意為“驚奇，吃驚”。eagerness意為“渴望，殷切，熱忱，熱情”。

29. B      解析:empty意為“空的”。根據(jù)下文中的“The doors had been shut.”可判斷出圖書館的座位空無一人。lonely意為“孤獨(dú)的，孤單的”。noisy意為“(人、地方等)嘈雜的，喧鬧的，(街道)熙熙攘攘的”。crowded意為“擁擠的，擠滿人的，客滿的”。

30. C      解析:couldn’t意為“不能夠”。根據(jù)上文中的“The doors had been shut.”可判斷出因?yàn)殚T被鎖上了，所以它們無法從里面打開。wouldn’t意為“不愿意”。shouldn’t意為“不應(yīng)該”。needn’t意為“沒必要”。

31. A      解析:make a telephone call意為“打電話”，表示他想打個(gè)電話。fix意為“使固定，安裝”。use意為“使用，利用，應(yīng)用”。pick意為“摘，掐，采，摘取”。

32. C      解析:get through意為“進(jìn)入”。根據(jù)上文中的“The doors had been shut.”可判斷出他無法進(jìn)入。get on意為“生活,融洽相處,進(jìn)展,(使)前進(jìn)”。get up意為“起床”。get in意為“進(jìn)入,到達(dá),收獲,插入,陷入”。

33. B      解析:as意為“因?yàn)椤薄８鶕?jù)下文中的“he searched for a light and found it”判斷出因?yàn)樘�陽將落了，所以他找打火機(jī)，并找到了。if意為“如果”。though意為“雖然”。until意為“直到”。

34. D      解析:at last意為“終于”。根據(jù)上文中的“he searched for a light and found it”可判斷出他終于可以看見了。 on time意為“準(zhǔn)時(shí)”。now and then意為“偶爾”。by the way意為“順便”。

35. B      解析:help意為“救命”。根據(jù)下文中的“I’m TRAPPED inside!”可判斷出因?yàn)殚T把鎖上了，他出不去，所以他在一張字條上寫“救命！”。come意為“來，過來”。hello意為“喂”。sorry意為“對(duì)不起”。

36. A      解析:surely意為“的確，確實(shí)”。根據(jù)上文中的“and stuck it to the glass door”可判斷出他認(rèn)為經(jīng)過這兒的人一定能看見他寫的字條。thankfully意為“感謝地,感激地”。truly意為“真實(shí)地,不假”。gradually意為“逐漸地”。

37. B      解析:after all意為“畢竟”。根據(jù)下文中的“Rows and rows of shelves held books,videos and music.”可判斷出他發(fā)現(xiàn)這個(gè)地方畢竟不錯(cuò)，因?yàn)橛幸慌排艜�架上放著書、視頻和音樂。at most意為“至多”。in short意為“簡(jiǎn)而言之”。as usual意為“照�！薄�

38. C      解析:read意為“讀”。根據(jù)上文中的“He saw a book about Michael Jordan and took it off the shelf.”可判斷出他坐在椅子上開始讀這本書。watch意為“看,注視,照顧,監(jiān)視,警戒,守護(hù),看守”。play意為“玩,扮演,播放,進(jìn)行比賽”。write意為“書寫,著述,寫,寫滿,寫信給”。

39. A      解析:wait意為“等待”。因?yàn)樗�把鎖在了圖書館里，所以他不得不等待。stand意為“站,立,站起,(使)豎立,(使)位于,維持不變,持久,經(jīng)受”。sleep意為“睡,睡覺”。work意為“工作,(使)運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn),起作用,造成,產(chǎn)生,經(jīng)營”。

40. A      解析:bad意為“壞的”。因?yàn)橛袝�可讀，所以被鎖在圖書館里這件事似乎也不是壞事。cool意為“涼爽,冷靜的,無所顧慮的,淡漠的”。strange意為“陌生的,生疏的,前所未知的,奇怪的,奇異的,不慣的”。nice意為“美好的,和藹的,正派的,細(xì)微的”。