Question

One day I was talking to a stranger on the bus; he told me he had a good   in Chicago and he wondered if I      to know him. For a moment, I thought he might be    , but I could tell from the expression on his face that he was   . I felt like saying that it was ridiculous to think that  all the millions of people in Chicago I could possibly have ever bumped into his friend. But,   , I just smiled and reminded him that Chicago was a    big city. He nodded, and I thought he was going to be content to    the subject and talk about something else. But he was silent for a few minutes, and then began to tell me all about his friend.

His friend's main  in life seemed to be tennis, and he     had his own tennis court. A lot of people have swimming pools, yet only two people have private tennis court and his friend in Chicago was one of   . I told him that I knew several people like that,      my brother, a doctor in California. He   that maybe there were more private courts in the country    he realized, Then he asked me   my brother lived in California. When I said Sacramento, he said that was a coincidence   his Chicago friend spent the summer in Sacramento last year and he lived next door to a    who had a tennis court in his backyard. I said that really was a coincidence (巧合) because my next-door neighbour had gone to Sacramento last summer and had   the house next to my brother's house.

“Would your friend’s name happen to be Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He   and said,“Yes. Would your brother's name happen to be Dr Rey Hunter?” It was my    to laugh.“Yes,” I replied.

1.A. brother       B. friend      C. neighbour  D. teacher

2.A. managed       B. tried    C. happened     D. wanted

3.A. expecting   B. lying       C. talking  D. joking

4.A. funny      B. serious    C. careful  D. disappointed

5.A. against       B. out of      C. beyond D. far from

6.A. instead       B. actually    C. indeed D. exactly

7.A. so        B. too    C. very        D. such

8.A. begin     B. reject      C. refuse  D. drop

9.A. problem    B. choice      C. interest D. work

10.A. just     B. even    C. ever        D. surely

11.A. those      B. them       C. that  D. whom

12.A. included B. including   C. includes D. to include

13.A. admitted  B. argued      C. advised   D. announced

14.A. as      B. that     C. than       D. when

15.A. how   B. whether    C. where     D. when

16.A. if     B. because     C. then      D. though

17.A. friend    B. doctor  C. neighbour  D. player

18.A. hired   B. visited    C. designed D. sold

19.A. smiled B. nodded    C. cried     D. laughed

20.A. chance  B. turn      C. time      D. pleasure

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.B

6.A

7.C

8.D

9.C

10.B

11.B

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.C

16.B

17.B

18.A

19.D

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：世界之大无奇不有。作者在公交车上遇到一个陌生人，那个人问作者是否认识一个人，那个人是他的朋友。作者心里想，芝加哥那么多人，怎么可能碰巧认识他说的那个人呢？经过一段时间的聊天，作者发现那个人说的朋友竟然是自己的邻居。

1.bumped into his friend”可知，那个陌生人告诉作者他在芝加哥有一个朋友，故选B。

2.all the millions of people in Chicago I could possibly have ever bumped into his friend”可知，陌生人问作者是否碰巧认识他的一个朋友，happen to do sth碰巧做某事，故选C。

3.but I could tell from the expression on his face that我以为他是在开玩笑，但从他的表情可以看出......，故选D。

4.

5.all the millions of people in Chicago在芝加哥成千上万的人中，one out of ten十个中有一个，故选B。

6.But, , I just smiled 作者认为在成千上万的人中恰好认识某一个人的情况是荒唐的，但是，作者还是微笑着答复那个陌生人，故选A。

7.Chicago was a big city芝加哥是一个非常大的城市，故选C。

8.and talk about something else”可知，作者意为那个人会换一个话题，故选D。

9.His friend's main in life seemed to be tennis他朋友主要的兴趣好像是网球，故选C。

10.and he had his own tennis court他甚至有自己的网球场，故选B。

11.only two people have private tennis court只有两个人拥有私人网球场，他朋友就是其中之一，故选B。

12. 现在分词形式；C一般式；D不定式形式。Including sb=sb included包括某人，故选B。

13.He that maybe there were more private courts in the country他承认可能有更多的网球场，故选A。

14. 考查连接词。A当，正如；B指人或物；C比；D指时间。more private courts in the country he realized网球场的数量比他知道的可能会更多，故选C。

15.When I said Sacramento”可知，他问的作者哥哥住在加利福尼亚什么地方，故选C。

16.his Chicago friend spent the summer in Sacramento last year真是太巧了，因为他的朋友去年夏天就是在萨克拉曼多度假的，故选B。

17. my brother, a doctor in California”可知，作者的哥哥是一个医生，而陌生人的朋友在度假时正好是跟一个医生是邻居，故选B。

18.spent the summer in Sacramento”可知，陌生人的朋友去萨克拉曼多是度假，不是长住，因此，他是租的房子，故选A。

19.It was my to laugh.”可知，那个人笑着回答作者，故选D。

20.It was my 55 to laugh.这次该我大笑了，it’s one’s turn to do sth该某人做某事了，故选B。

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