Question

The Water City of Venice

In 1980s, I went to Italy for business. One day, I sat with my friend in a well-known coffee shop in neighboring town of Venice (威尼斯), Italy, the city of lights and__________.

As we enjoyed our coffee, a young man__________ glasses entered and sat at an empty table beside us. He called the waiter and placed his order saying, “Two cups of coffee, one of them there__________ the wall. ”

We heard this order with interest and found that he __________  with one cup of coffee but he paid for two.

When he left, the waiter_________  a piece of paper on the wall saying “A Cup of Coffee”.

While we were still there. __________ middle aged men entered and ordered three cups of coffee. two on the table and one on the wall. They had two cups of coffee but _______________________three and left. This time also, the waiter did the same. He put a piece of paper on the wall saying, “A Cup of Coffee. ”

It was  ________ and perplexing (困惑) for us. We finished our coffee, paid the bill and left.

After a few days, we had a chance  _________  this coffee shop again. While we were enjoying our coffee, a man  ________  dresses entered. As he seats himself, he  _______________  the wall and said, “One cup of coffee from the wall.”

The waiter served coffee to this man with the customary(惯常的) respect. The man had his coffee and left _________ paying.

We were amazed to watch all this, as the waiter________a piece of paper from the wall and throw it into the rubbish bin.

Now it was no________for us—the matter was very clear. The inhabitants(居民) of this town showed great respect for the poor, then it________our eyes well up in tears.

Many years later, when I went to Venice for business again, I did the same thing as my appreciation to this beautiful world.

1.A. food    B. noodles    C. water    D. coffee

2.A. wearing    B. putting on    C. wore    D. put on

3.A. in    B. besides    C. next to    D. on

4.A. served    B. was served    C. was serving    D. would serve

5.A. put    B. took    C. got    D. saw

6.A. two another    B. other two    C. more two    D. two other

7.A. didn’t spend    B. spent    C. didn’t pay for    D. paid for

8.

A. strange something    B. something strange

C. funny something    D. something funny

9.A. to arrive    B. reached    C. to go to    D. got to

10.A. richly    B. seriously    C. poorly    D. pretty

11.A. looked through    B. looked at    C. looked over    D. looked up

12.A. with    B. for    C. without    D. by

13.A. took off    B. took on    C. took after    D. took back

14.A. choice    B. surprise    C. excitement    D. sadness

15.A. hurt    B. got    C. made    D. stood

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.D

7.D

8.B

9.C

10.C

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.B

15.C

【解析】文章讲述了一次作者去一家咖啡店遇到一件奇怪的事情。有的顾客总要多给一份咖啡的钱，然后服务员就往墙上贴一张纸条，上面写着“一杯咖啡”。一次作者有机会再去那家咖啡店，看到一个穷人打扮的人进了咖啡店，然后看着墙上说"来杯墙上的咖啡"，喝完后没付钱就离开了。这时，作者明白了一切，瞬间为这个镇里的居民对穷人的那种尊重感动的热泪盈眶。多年以后，作者去威尼斯做生意，也做了同样的事情。

1.句意：意大利威尼斯一座灯光和水之城。A. food食物 B. noodles面条 C. water水 D. coffee咖啡，众所周知，意大利的威尼斯是水上城市，所以说是光和"水"的城市，故选C。

2.句意：当我们享用咖啡时，一个戴眼镜的年轻人走进来，坐在我们旁边的一张空桌子上。A. wearing穿着 B. putting on穿上 C. wears 穿着D. puts on穿上，根据句意“一个带着眼镜的年轻人进来了”，可知表示一种状态，put on强调动作，wear强调状态，故排除B ,D；此处是后置定语，表示一直带着，所以是现在分词做后置定语，故选A。

3.句意：两杯咖啡，其中一杯在墙上。A. in在里面 B. beside在旁边 C. next to挨着 D. on在上面，根据后面的名词wall，可知在墙上是on the wall，介词的固定搭配，故选D。

4.句意：他喝了一杯咖啡，但他付了两杯的钱。A. served提供 B. was served被提供；C. was serving正在提供；D. would serve 将要提供。主语he与serve是被动的关系，"被提供咖啡"，被动结构的构成：be+过去分词，故答案选B。

5.句意：当他离开时，服务员在墙上贴了一张纸。A. put 放置；B. took拿走；C. got得到；D. saw看到。根据题干句子中的on，可知是短语put on 张贴，put a piece of paper on the wall saying" A Cup of Coffee". 把上面写着"一杯咖啡"的一张纸“贴到墙上”，故选A。

6.句意：当我们还在那里的时候。另外两个中年男子走进来，订购了三杯咖啡。根据语境，是另两位顾客进来了，结合选项，A. two another错误表达，应该是another two；B. other two错误表达，应该是two other；C. more two错误表达，应该是two more，故选D。

7.句意：他们喝了两杯咖啡，付了三杯咖啡的钱就离开了。A. didn't spend没有花费；B. spent花费； C. didn't pay for没有花费；D. paid for花费，支付。根据前文 ordered three cups of coffee点了三杯咖啡，可知是付了三杯咖啡的钱，故选D。

8.句意：对我们来说，这是一件很奇怪和令人困惑的事情。A. strange something错误表达；B. something strange奇怪的事情；C. funny something错误表达；D. something funny有趣的事情。根据语境，可知这对我来说是很奇怪的事情，结合选项，选项C ,D不合题意，something的修饰语要后置，故选B。

9.句意：几天之后，我们又有机会去了这家咖啡店。A. to arrive到达；B. reached到达；C. to go to去；D. got to到达。根据this coffee shop again，可知有机会又"去"这家咖啡店，故选C。

10.句意：当我们在享受咖啡的时候，一个穿着褴褛的男人进来了。A. richly丰富地；B. seriously严肃地；C. poorly贫穷地；D. pretty。相当的，根据后文The great respect for the needy shown by the inhabitants（居民）of this town 这个小镇里对穷人的尊重，可知此处进来的是个穿着褴褛的人，故答案选C。

11.句意：他看了看墙上说：“来一杯墙上的咖啡。”A. looked through浏览；B. looked at看着；C. looked over检查；D. looked up查询。根据"One cup of coffee from the wall.请来一杯墙上的咖啡"，可知这人“看着”墙上，故选B。

12.句意：那人喝了咖啡，没付钱就离开了。A. with和…一起；B. for为了；C. without没有；D. by被…。根据后文The great respect for the needy shown by the inhabitants（居民）of this town 这个小镇里对穷人的尊重，可知是镇里的人给穷人支付过咖啡钱了，所以这个穷人不必付钱，故选C。

13.句意：当服务员从墙上取下一张纸扔进垃圾箱时，我们惊奇地看到了这一切。A. took off 取下；B. took on采取；C. took after照顾；D. took back拿回。根据threw it into the rubbish bin把它扔进了垃圾箱，可知是把纸条“拿下来了”，故选A。

14.句意：现在对我们来说并不奇怪——事情很清楚了。A. choice选择；B. surprise 惊讶；C. excitement兴奋；D. sadness 悲伤。根据the matter was very clear事情很明朗了，可知我们不再感到惊讶，故选B。

15.句意：这个镇上的居民对穷人表示了极大的敬意，这使我们的眼里充满了泪水。A. hurt 上海；B. got得到；C. made使…；D. stood站立。根据our eyes well up in tears我们热泪盈眶，可知这种对穷人的尊重使我们感动的热泪盈眶，故选C。