Question

    At a restaurant, a cockroach (蟑螂) suddenly flew from somewhere and sat on a lady. The lady jumped and started shouting out of _________. She then waved both of her hands, trying to shake it off. Her reaction (反应) was so big that _________ around her also got scared.

The lady finally managed to push the cockroach away _________ it landed on another lady nearby. Then, it was the _________ of the other lady to jump and shout. The chaos (混乱) continued. After a while, the cockroach fell upon the waiter who rushed over to help He stood still, _________ the cockroach with two fingers and threw it out of the restaurant right away. I was drinking coffee there when this chaos _________. I started wondering whether the cockroach _________ this terrible mess in the restaurant. If so, then why was the waiter not disturbed? He dealt with it _________, avoiding more trouble. However, the ladies were so afraid of the cockroach that they made matters even _________.

When you get into trouble, shouting and crying won’t __________. Most of the time, it is not the problem you meet with but your reaction to the problem that creates the mess in your life. If you understand this, you’ll be better problem-solvers in the future.

1.A.joy B.fear C.anger D.kindness

2.A.someone B.anyone C.everyone D.no one

3.A.so B.after C.but D.as

4.A.turn B.duty C.habit D.chance

5.A.beat B.caught C.prevented D.punished

6.A.died out B.went out C.broke out D.worked out

7.A.led to B.gave out C.depended D.brought up

8.A.terribly B.crazily C.excitedly D.perfectly

9.A.more B.better C.worse D.simpler

10.A.pass B.help C.solve D.change

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.A

5.B

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.C

10.B

【解析】

二位女士因螳螂落在身上，惊恐地又跳又叫引起餐馆的混乱，侍者冷静地抓住螳螂，避免了更多的麻烦。作者由此得出，很多时候，给你的生活带来麻烦不是你遇到的问题而是你对这个问题的反应。陷入困境时，叫喊和哭泣都无助于帮助事情的解决。

1.句意：那位女士跳了起来，因恐惧而叫开始大叫起来。

joy高兴；fear害怕；anger生气；kindness和蔼；根据下文“She then waved both of her hands, trying to shake it off.”从她的动作可以推断这位女士非常害怕；故选B。

2.句意：她的反应太大了，周围的人也都害怕了。

someone某人；anyone任何人用于疑问及否定句中；everyone每人；no one没人；上文描述女士跳了起来，因恐惧而叫开始大叫，挥舞着双手试图把螳螂甩掉，推断下文指她惊恐的反应让周围的每个人也都害怕了；故选C。

3.句意：那位女士终于把蟑螂甩掉了但它落在附近的另一位女士身上。

so因此，表因果；after在……之后，引导时间状语从句；but但是，表转折；as作为……，引导方式状语从句；从文字的表层意思推断惊恐的女士终于把螳螂给甩了，但它却落在另一位女士身上，前后句之间存有转折之意，故选C。

4.句意：然后，轮到另一位女士跳起来大喊。

turn轮转；duty；habit习惯；chance机会；由上文可知前一位女士又跳又叫把螳螂甩掉，螳螂落到附近的另一位女士身上，推断空格处指轮到这位女士又跳又叫；故选A。

5.句意：过了一会儿，蟑螂落在了冲过来帮忙的侍者身上，他一动不动地站着，用两根手指抓住了蟑螂立刻把它扔出餐厅。

beat打败；caught抓住；prevented阻止；punished惩罚；根据下文“threw it out of the restaurant right away.”推断上文指侍者抓住了螳螂；故选B。

6.句意：混乱突然发生时，我在那里喝咖啡。

died out消失；went out出去；broke out突然发生；worked out解答；由上文可知螳螂落在女士的身上引起的混乱是突然发生的，故选C。

7.句意：我开始怀疑这家餐馆的混乱是否是蟑螂引起的。

led to引起、导致；gave out散发；depended依靠；brought up显现、激发；根据下文“If so, then why was the waiter not disturbed?”从服务员没有被打扰，作者怀疑这场混乱是否是螳螂引起的；故选A。

8.句意：他完美地处理这件事，避免了更多的麻烦。

terribly非常；crazily疯狂地；excitedly兴奋地；perfectly完美地；根据下文“avoiding more trouble.”推断上文指侍者完美地处理了这件事， 故选D。

9.句意：然而，女士们都如此害怕蟑螂以致把事情变得更糟了。

more更多的；better更好；worse更糟的；simpler更简单的；比较二位女士和侍者的处理方式可知是她们的惊恐的情绪制造了餐厅的混乱，使事情更糟；故选C。

10.句意：当你陷入困境时，叫喊和哭泣都无济于事。

pass通过；help帮助；solve解决；change改变；根据上文描述的二位女士处理螳螂的经过，可知陷入困境时，叫喊和哭泣都无助于帮助事情的解决；故选B。