Question

    When I was a kid, my parents never let me watch scary movies. At that time, one of my _________ was to watch one.

I remember going to a friend’s birthday party in middle school. After the party, it was dark. We sat in the living room and talked. “How about watching the latest __________?” someone asked. And __________ said no. My dream would come true. I was so excited.

However, the movie wasn’t as __________ as I thought. I didn’t want to go on halfway. But I was afraid of being laughed at, so I kept watching. I hardly sleep that night, and I couldn’t __________ thinking about the scary things in the movie. Once I heard any noise, I thought something would break into the house.

From then on, I never watched scary movies again.

1.A.jobs B.dreams C.roles D.articles

2.A.action movie B.cartoon C.scary movie D.sitcom

3.A.somebody B.everybody C.anybody D.nobody

4.A.boring B.exciting C.scary D.relaxing

5.A.stop B.hope C.expect D.send

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.A

【解析】

文章大意：我小时候，父母从不让我看恐怖电影。那时，我的梦想之一就是看一部恐怖电影。有一次一个朋友过生日，大家提议看恐怖电影，我有机会看了第一场恐怖电影。但是，从那时起，我再也不看恐怖电影了。

1.句意：那时，我的梦想就是看一次恐怖电影。

jobs工作；dreams梦想；roles角色；articles文章。根据上文my parents never let me watch scary movies. 我的父母从不让我看恐怖电影。结合At that time, one of my __1__ was to watch one.可知作者的梦想是看一次恐怖片。故答案选B。

2.句意：“去看最新的恐怖片怎么样?”有人问道。

action movie动作片；cartoon动画片；scary movie恐怖电影；sitcom情景喜剧。根据下文My dream would come true. 我的梦想会成真。可知看的是最新的恐怖片，故答案选C。

3.句意：没有人说不。

somebody某人；everybody每个人；anybody任何人；nobody没有人。根据下文My dream would come true. I was so excited. 我的梦想会成真，我很兴奋。可知是没有人反对去看恐怖片，所以作者的梦想会成真，故答案选D。

4.句意：然而，这部电影并没有我想象的那么令人兴奋。

boring无聊的；exciting令人兴奋的、激动人心的；scary可怕的；relaxing放松的。根据下文I didn’t want to go on halfway. 我不想半途而废，可知作者感觉这部恐怖片不是那么令人兴奋，故答案选B。

5.句意：那天晚上我几乎没有睡，我无法停止思考电影里可怕的事情。

stop停止；hope希望；expect期待；send发送。根据上文I hardly sleep that night, 那天晚上我几乎没有睡，结合and I couldn’t __5__ thinking about the scary things in the movie.可知是我情不自禁地想起电影中可怕的事情。couldn't stop doing sth.不能停止做某事，故答案选A。