Question

    A restaurant had one fallen upon hard times. Only five_________ were left: the manager and four others, all over 60 years old.

In the town near the restaurant there lived a successful businessman who was good at managing business, so the manager_______to ask the businessman if he could offer any advice that might save the restaurant. The manager and the businessman talked for a long period of time, but when he was asked for advice, the businessman _______for a while and then said, “I have no advice to give. The only thing I can tell you is that the saver (救星) is one of you.”

The manager, returning to the restaurant_______, told the other people what the businessman had said. In the months that___________, the old restaurant workers thought carefully of the words of the businessman, “The saver is one of us?” They asked themselves. As they thought about this possibility, they all began to treat each other with_______respect(尊重). And thinking that each of themselves might be the saver, they also began to treat themselves with more care.

As time went by, people coming to the restaurant_________that some respect and warm kindness were around the five old members of the small restaurant. Hardly knowing _______, more people began to come back to the restaurant. They began to bring their friends, and theirs brought more friends. Two _____________ later, the small restaurant had once again become a big food company, thanks to the businessman’s________. They understood that it was they themselves that were the savers.

1.A. cooks B. waiters C. members D. customers

2.A. hoped B. began C. allowed D. decided

3.A. stopped B. refused C. rested D. laughed

4.A. angrily B. hopefully C. lively D. nervously

5.A. following B. followed C. going D. gone

6.A. strange B. similar C. strong D. special

7.A. received B. advised C. felt D. wished

8.A. what B. how C. why D. when

9.A. years B. days C. hours D. minutes

10.A. advice B. words C. methods D. success

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.B

6.D

7.C

8.C

9.A

10.B

【解析】

短文大意：本文讲述了一个濒临倒闭的小餐馆起死回生的故事，说明彼此尊重并善待他人才是成功的根本。

1.句意：只剩下五个人:经理和另外四个人，都超过了60岁。

考查名词辨析。A. 厨师；B. 服务员；C. 成员；D. 顾客。冒号起解释说明的作用，根据the manager and four others,可知members切合句意，故选C。

2.句意：他擅长经营生意，所以经理决定问这位商人是否能提供一些可以挽救餐馆的建议。

考查动词辨析。A. 希望；B. 开始；C. 允许；D. 决定。根据句意语境，自己的餐馆面临倒闭，可知经理决定向这位成功的商人请教，decide（决定）符合句意，故选D。

3.句意：商人停了一会儿，然后说:“我没有建议。我能告诉你的唯一一件事是，那个拯救者就是你们中的一个。”

考查动词辨析。A. 停止；B. 拒绝；C. 休息；D. 大笑。but但是，表转折；根据下文and then said,可知stopped for a while符合语境，故选A。

4.句意：经理满怀希望地回到餐馆，把商人的话告诉了其他人。

考查副词辨析。A. 愤怒地；B. 充满希望地；C. 活泼地；D. 紧张地。根据上文商人的话The only thing I can tell you is that the saver is one of you.可知经理看到了希望，故选B。

5.句意：在接下来的几个月里，老餐馆的工作人员仔细地思考了这位商人的话。

考查动词辨析。follow接着…发生，go去；根据句意可知go不合句意，可排除CD两项。本句that_____5_____做months的定语，是定语从句，从句缺谓语动词；结合主句the old restaurant workers thought carefully是一般过去时态，从句也用一般过去时，following是现在分词，不可独立作谓语，故选B。

6.句意：当他们想到这种可能性时，他们都开始以特别的尊重来对待彼此。

考查形容词辨析。A. 奇怪的；B. 相似的；C. 强壮的；D. 特别的。根据下文they also began to treat themselves with more care.可知他们特别尊重彼此，故选D。

7.句意：随着时间的推移，来到这家餐馆的人们感到，这家小餐馆的五位老成员周围有了一些尊敬和令人温暖的善意。

考查动词辨析。A. 收到；B. 通知；C. 感觉；D. 希望。根据句意语境，可知ABD三项意思都不合句意，故选C。

8.句意：不知为什么，越来越多的人开始回到这家餐馆。

考查疑问词辨析。A. 什么，表事情；B.怎么，表方式；C. 为什么，表原因；D. 什么时候，表时间。根据句意语境，不知为什么很多人成了回头客，可知ABD三项意思不合语境，故选C。

9.句意：两年后，小餐馆再次成为一个大食品公司。

考查名词辨析。A. 年；B. 日；C. 小时；D. 分钟。根据句意语境，可知是两年后，BCD三项不合语境，故选A。

10.句意：多亏这位商人的话，这家小餐馆又成了一家大食品公司。

考查名词辨析。A. 建议；B. 话语；C. 方法；D. 成功。thanks to多亏，根据前文In the months that followed, the old restaurant workers thought carefully of the words of the businessman可知是多亏了商人的话，故选B。