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：本文讲述作者在公交上遇到一个陌生男人，男人谈起他在芝加哥的朋友，最后发现他的朋友以前是作者的邻居且现在住在作者兄弟隔壁的故事。

1. the millions of people in Chicago I could possibly have ever bumped into his friend.在芝加哥的数百万人里我可能曾经遇到他的朋友，可知那个陌生人告诉我他在芝加哥有个好朋友，故选B

2. wondered if I to know him陌生人告诉我他在芝加哥有个好朋友之后，便想知道我是否碰巧认识他，故选C

3.

4. I could tell from the expression on his face that he was 作者以为陌生人是开玩笑，但从他脸上的表情作者看出他是严肃的，故选B

5. all the millions of people in Chicago I could possibly have ever bumped into his friend.芝加哥数百万人之外我可能曾经遇到他的朋友，故选B

6. , I just smiled and reminded him that Chicago was a big city.作者本想说在芝加哥这么多人里遇到你的朋友这是很荒谬的，然而作者没有这么说，他笑了笑提醒他芝加哥很大，故选A

7. him that Chicago was a big city作者提醒男人芝加哥是一个非常大的城市，故选C

8. nodded, and I thought he was going to be content to the subject and talk about something else.But….他点头，我以为他会换个话题谈论别的事情，drop the subject表示换个话题，故选D

9. friend's main in life seemed to be tennis网球属于兴趣，故选C

10. had his own tennis court.前文说网球是他的兴趣，他甚至还有自己的网球室，故选B

11. two people have private tennis court and his friend in Chicago was one of .此处缺宾语，且指代的是前文出现的two people，要用them，故选B

12. told him that I knew several people like that, my brother, a doctor in California，including表主动，意为包括…故选B

13.He __ that maybe there were more private courts in the country he realized前文说作者知道有几个人也有私人网球室，男人就承认也许有更大多的私人网球室，故选A

14. 根据句子He _ _ that maybe there were more private courts in the country he realized男人承认也许还有更多私人网球室比起他所意识到的，故选C

15. he asked me my brother lived in California.此处为宾语从句，从句中缺少状语，且是表地点的状语，要用where表示在…地方，故选C

16. I said Sacramento, he said that was a coincidence his Chicago friend spent the summer in Sacramento last year当我说Sacramento，他说那是一个巧合因为他的朋友去年在Sacramento度假，故选B

17. lived next door to a who had a tennis court in his backyard.前文作者说自己的兄弟是医生，可知男人的朋友隔壁就是一个有私人网球室的医生，故选B

18. my next-door neighbour had gone to Sacramento last summer and had the house next to my brother's house.作者隔壁邻居去了Sacramento并租了作者兄弟隔壁的房子，故选A

19.

20. is sb’s turn to…归某人….男人笑完后，作者也发现了这一事实，于是换作者笑了，故选B

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