Question

I walked into the Huddle House Restaurant in Brunswick, Georgia and sat down at the table. I picked up the menu and was to order something for breakfast.

“Excuse me,”

I looked up and   1.  a nice-looking woman standing before me.

“Is your name Roger?”   2. asked.

“Yes, ” I answered, feeling rather surprised as I had never seen her before.

“My name’s Barbara and my husband is Tony,” she said, pointing to a middle-aged man sitting alone at the table by the window. He was   3.  and weak.

“Tony White, from Landon School in Jacksonville, Florida,” she added.

I looked at that man for a few seconds but I didn’t recognize him.

“I’m really sorry. The name doesn’t ring the bell,” I said.

She walked back, began   4.  with her husband and once in a while I saw her turn around and look directly at me.

I ordered breakfast and a cup of   5.  , sitting there, trying to remember who this Tony was. “I must know him,” I thought to myself. “He recognizes me for some reason.” I picked up the coffee cup. All of a sudden it came to me like a flash of lightning.

“Tony, the bully, the bad boy!” I could   6. believe my eyes. “My God! He’s so thin now. Not the big boy that I   7.  from back in 1997.”

Everything came up to my mind. The time this   8.  boy had made fun of my big ears in front of the girls in my class, and the time this big bully had pushed me against the walls in the hallway just to make himself   9. a big man to all other students.

“I am sorry, Roger,” Tony rolled by me in the wheelchair, being pushed by his wife, raising his thin, shaking hand. “I am so sorry for 10.  that I did to you.”

“I’m…I’m er…” I didn’t know what to say to him.

After a few months, I received a letter from Barbara. Tony was   11. . Tony had been a fireman and had been seriously wounded in a task.

How I   12. for not saying something to him but I no longer had the chance!

13.A. heardB. felt  C. sawD. told

14.A. you    B. weC. heD. she

15.A. fatB. strongC. thinD. young

16.A. listening   B. talkingC. writingD. playing

17.A. teaB. juiceC. milkD. coffee

18.A. hardlyB. reallyC. almostD. always

19.A. protectB. rememberC. loveD. miss

20.A. cleverB. shyC. friendlyD. bad

21.A. look after    B. look like C. look forD. look at

22.A. everythingB. nothingC. somethingD. anything

23.A. healthyB. famousC. deadD. blind

24.A. congratulated  B. regretted C. doubtedD. canceled

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.C

4.B

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.D

9.B

10.A

11.C

12.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇记叙文。讲述了一次我在饭店里吃饭时，遇到了我多年前的同学Tony坐在轮椅上，被他的妻子Barbara推着来找我，为他自己对我做的事情道歉。可是我几乎没有认出来，不知道怎么对他说。数月后，Tony死了，我感觉到非常的遗憾和后悔自己再也没有机会找他说了。

1.考查动词与语境理解。结合本句前半句“I looked up”可推知，我“看见”一个漂亮的妇女站在我的前面。此空白处故选表示“看的结果”的动词saw，因此选C。

2.考查代词与语境理解。根据上文中的a nice-looking woman standing before me可推知，这位漂亮的妇女问我。故选人称代词she，故选D。

3.考查形容词与语境理解。根据本句中的单词weak以及下文中的信息“Jesus! He’s so thin now.”、“raising his thin trembling hand.”可推知，Tony身体很瘦，很虚弱。故正确答案选C。

4.考查动词与语境理解。结合上句中的“I’m really sorry. The name doesn’t ring the bell, ”和本句中的“once in a while I saw her turn around and look directly at me.”可推知，她回来，开始与她丈夫谈话为最佳答案。talking意为“谈话；交谈”，故选B。

5.考查名词与语境理解。根据下文中的信息“I picked up the coffee cup.”可推知，我订购了早餐和一杯咖啡。故正确答案选D。

6.考查副词与语境理解。根据上下文的信息“Tony, the bully, the bad boy!”、“Jesus! He’s so thin now.…”可推知，我几乎不相信自己的眼睛。故正确答案选A。hardly意为“几乎不”。

7.考查动词与语境理解。根据本句中的信息“…from back in 1977”和下句中的“Everything came up to my mind.”可推知，我记得从1977年来他就不是个大男孩。故选B。

8.考查形容词与语境理解。根据上句中的信息“Tony, the bully, the bad boy!”可知，这个坏男孩在我班女孩面前取笑我的大耳朵。故选D。

9.考查动词短语与语境理解。look after意为“照料；照顾”； look like意为“看起来像”；look for意为“寻找”；look at意为“看”；。结合本句前半句“the time this big bully had pushed me against the walls in the hallway just…”可推知，他想使自己看起来像个大人。故正确答案选B。

10.考查不定代词与语境理解。根据上句的信息“raising his thin trembling hand”可推知，Tony对我做的一切事情感到很对不起。故正确答案选A。everything意为“一切事情”。

11.考查形容词与语境理解。根据下句的信息“Tony had been a fireman and had been seriously wounded in a task.”可推知，数月后Tony死了，故正确答案选C。

12.考查动词与语境理解。根据文中信息推断Tony死了，所以我很遗憾再也没有机会和他说话。故选B。

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