Question

The elderly Chinese man in the small booth (售票口) behind the thick glass shook his head. I didn't need to know a word of Chinese to understand there were     beds available for the Thursday night train from Beijing to Shanghai. I had a Friday morning

    with my college friend. I must be on that train. Desperate times     desperate measures. So I squatted(蹲下). I assumed that this was the international     for “Are there any hard seats available?”

         , there were. It was seat 109. Very quickly, I found it. The Chinese man sitting in it, however, seemed to beg to differ.

I panicked. I am a man who usually avoids conflicts(冲突) and so I     my seat, as if still looking, to buy myself more time. I had two options: The first is to be a     and ask for what was rightfully mine. The second was to   23  and spend the next 13 hours staying in a corner.

Well, nine out of ten times I choose the second option. But at that moment, every square inch of          had already been claimed. There wasn’t     a corner in which to cower(退缩). So, I mustered up(聚集) some     and presented the man with my proof of ownership. He looked at my ticket and     .

About midnight my   became heavy and I was ready for the lights to dim and my date  

Ms ZZZZ to start. But the room     bright and hot. I tried to persevere and was even able to work     into a sleeping position.

It is here I must admit: I have a   bladder (膀胱). The man next to me drank a Coca-Cola, a bag of milk and a bottle of water and     the course of 13 hours he did not move once. I drank     but finally, I made my way to the bathroom at 3:02 am.

After waiting in a thick cloud of cigarette smoke, I finally used the bathroom. The philosophy(原则) of my sleeping     was right: if you get a seat on a train, don’t move.

1.A. extraB. fewC. someD. no

2. A. discussionB. appointment

   C. debateD. conversation

3. A. take upB. call for

   C. keep awayD. bring in

4.A. habitB. custom

   C. symbolD. style

5.A. NaturallyB. Luckily

   C. IndeedD. Suddenly

6. A. rushed towardsB. jumped upon

   C. pushed intoD. walked past

7. A. manB. human

   C. fellowD. hero

8.A. give upB. lie down

   C. wait forD. sit still

9. A. seatsB. beds

   C. spaceD. corners

10. A. everB. yet

   C. stillD. even

11. A. informationB. support

   C. confidenceD. force

12. A. movedB. refused

   C. acceptedD. admitted

13.A. bodyB. eyelids

   C. armsD. legs

14. A. toB. on

   C. withD. from

15. A. remainedB. turned

   C. stuckD. continued

16.A. itB. him

   C. oneD. myself

17.A. sickB. wrong

   C. healthyD. small

18.A. atB. overC. toD. from

19. A. everythingB. something

   C. nothingD. anything

20. A. neighbourB. friend

   C. colleagueD. partner

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.B

4.C

5.B

6.D

7.A

8.A

9.C

10.D

11.C

12.A

13.B

14.C

15.A

16.D

17.D

18.B

19.C

20.A

【解析】

1. D 由语境可知，此处表示“我一个汉字也不必知道就能明白没有卧铺票了”。

2.2】 B 我跟我大学同学有个约会，我必须坐这趟火车。discussion讨论；appointment约会，预约；debate讨论，辩论；conversation交谈，谈话。

3.3】 B 紧急的时候需要有紧急的措施。take up从事，占据；call for要求，需要；keep away不接近，使离开；bring in引进，带来；由语境可知B项正确。

4.4】C 我认为“蹲下”是国际上通用的符号“有硬座吗？”。habit个人行为习惯；custom风俗习惯；symbol符号，象征；style式样，风格。由语境可知C项正确。

5.5】 B 还有硬座票，当然是“幸运地luckily”。

6.6】 D 我不想跟人发生冲突，因此到了自己的座位还装作不是，继续往前走。walk past走狗，符合语境。

7.7】 A 我有两个选择，一是像个男子汉要回理应属于自己的东西。man男子汉，男人。

8.8】 A 另一个选择是放弃自己的座位到某个角落待上13个小时。give up放弃，符合语境。

9.9】 C 但那个时候，每一英寸的空间都被占据了。space此处为不可数名词，意为“空间，地方”。

10.0】D 甚至连个退缩的角落都没有。even表示程度上的递进。

11.1】 C 我鼓足了勇气，聚集了些信心，向那人表明那座位是我的。information信息；support支持；confidence信心；message信息。由语境客户资源C项正确。

12.2】 A 由语境可知，他看了看我的票，离开了。

13.3】B 大约午夜时分，我的眼皮有些沉重，指“打盹了”。

14.4】 C one’s date with sb.跟某人的约会。

15.5】 A 上文提到I was ready for the lights to dim，而此处由并列连词but可知，“灯仍旧亮着”。remain保持，符合语境。

16.6】D 我坚持着甚至使自己进入了睡眠状态。

17.7】 D 自己膀胱小，指“容易上洗手间”。

18.8】 B over此处相当于more than，指“多于”。指那人喝了那么多的东西，在13个小时的行程中动也没动。

19.9】 C 而我什么也没喝却在凌晨3:02去了洗手间。

20.20】 A 我那位在睡觉的邻座的哲理是对的：如果你在火车上有座位，别动！