Question

One rainy night many years ago ,an elderly couple entered the hall of a small hotel in Philadephia. The couple walked to the front desk hoping to get some  21  for the night. “Could you give us a  22   here?” the husband asked.

The waiter, a  23   man with a bright smile, looked at the couple and   24  that there were three meetings in town. “All of our rooms are taken,” the waiter said. “  25   I can’t send a nice couple like you out into the rain at one o’clock in the morning. Would you be  26   to sleep in my room? It’s not  27  a suite(套房)，but it will be good enough to make you  28   for the night.”

 When then couple refused 39 , he explained, “Don’t worry about me.”So the couple   30  . The next morning, the elderly man said to the waiter, “you are the kind of manager who should be the boss of the best   31   in America. Maybe someday I’ll   32   one for you.” The waiter looked at them and  33   .Then they drove away.

Two years passed. The waiter had almost  34   it when he received a letter from the old man. It recalled（提起）that   35   night and enclosed（附上）a round-trip to New York, asking the young man to pay them a visit.

The old man 36   knowledge, the knowledge of the life, history and geography of the people whose  37   him in New York and led him to Fifth Avenue and 34^th Street. He  38    to a great new building there.

“That is the hotel I have just built for you,” said the elderly man.

“You must be 39  ,” the young man said.

“I’m not,” said the elderly man.

The elderly man was William Waldor-Aster, and that 40 building was the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The young waiter who became its first  manager was George Boldt.

1.A.food                    B.shelter                    C.light                  D.space

2.A.room        B.help           C.bed              D.chair

3.A.serious       B.patient             C.friendly       D.careful

4.A.decided      B.thought         C.suggested      D.explained

5.A.So          B.And            C.But                     D.If

6.A.ready            B.glad                C.grateful        D.natural

7.A.clearly       B.nearly              C.exactly         D.simply

8.A.calm             B.special             C.successful      D.comfortable

9.A.easily        B.politely              C.give             D.know

10.A. left          B.agreed           C.complained     D.happened

11.A.hotel        B.shop                C.school         D.restaurant

12.A.build            B.keep                 C.find           D.invent

13.A.checked        B.excused              C.smiled         D.changed

14.A.expected     B.realised             C.discovered            D.forgotten

15.       A.bright        B.warm                     C.cloudy              D.stormy

16.本题有误A.ticket             B.map                    C.form                 D.travel

17.本题有误A.met                   B.thanked                  C.missed              D.watched

18.A.waved                  B.pointed                   C.moved             D. returned

19.A.laughing     B. arguing         C.joking         D.reporting

20.A.small        B. common        C. simple        D.beautiful

Answer

1.B2.A3.C4.D5.C6.B7.C8.D9.B10.B11.A12.A13.C14.D15.D16.A17.A18.B19.C20.D

【解析】

试题分析：

1.根据下文All of our rooms are taken,服务员回答“我们的房间都住满了”可知这对老夫妇想找住的地方。故选B，shelter住所。

2.联系下文All of our rooms are taken可知这对老夫妇想要一个房间，故选A。

3.根据with a bright smile，这个服务员满脸微笑，所以看出他很友好。故选C。

4.根据“All of our rooms are taken,”结合当时的语境，服务员应该是在解释，decide决定 think 想 suggest建议 explain解释,所以选D，

5.结合下文Would you be glad to sleep in my room?，可知虽然旅馆里没有房间了，但服务员并没有让老人离去，故用but但是表转折，选C。

6.表示建议，你们愿意住在我的房间吗？ready准备 glad高兴的，乐意的 grateful 感谢的natural自然的，可知选B最符合题意。

7.but表示转折，所以这个服务员想要说这间房间不完全是个套间clearly 显然地nearly差不多      exactly 完全地 simply 简单地 故选C。

8.通过上文得知，这是凌晨一点钟，还下着雨，所以推断在这样的环境中，即使有一个小屋住，也是很舒适的。calm 平静的 special 特殊的 successful 成功的 comfortable 舒适的，故选D。

9.当服务员要把自己的房间让给老夫妇的时候，老人家肯定会礼貌地拒绝，故选B。

10.根据 The next morning, the elderly man said to the waiter,可知老夫妇后来同意住在服务员的房间。故选B。

11.根据下文 “That is the hotel I have just built for you,” said the elderly man.故选 A.

12.根据下文“That is the hotel I have just built for you,” said the elderly man，故选A。

13.老人说要为这位好心的服务员建造一家旅馆，服务员只当是个小小的玩笑，所以笑了笑，故选C。

14.根据Two years passed.，两年过去了，时间很久了，不经意的小事，所以服务员早就忘记了，故选D。

15.根据One rainy night many years ago可知选D stormy 有暴风雨的。

16.此题有误。

17.此题有误

18.结合“That is the hotel I have just built for you,” said the elderly man.可知老人指向一座新楼。

可知选B最符合题意。

19.当老人和服务员说这座旅馆是为他建造的，服务员认为老人在开玩笑，故选C。

20.根据He pointed to a great new building there，可知这个旅馆很不错，故选D最合适。

考点：这是一篇叙事类短文,记述了一位心地善良的服务员在一个暴风雨的凌晨，把自己的房间让给了一对老夫妇，不想到自己一个不经意的善举，竟得到了老人丰厚的回报，老人为他在纽约建造了一座旅馆，并让他担任经理。