Question

A strange thing happened to me last Sunday. It was such a beautiful day ________ I drove to go for a look in the country.

On the way back home, my ________ stopped. It was out of gas on a ________ road far from a town! I decided to walk until I found someone ________ could sell some gas. I had walked almost a mile ________ I finally found a house near the ________. I was glad to see it because it was getting dark.

I knocked at the door and a little old lady with long white hair ________. She said, “I’ve been ________ for you here for a long time. Come in. ________ is almost ready.”

“But I only came for some gas,” I answered. I couldn’t ________ what she was talking about.

“Oh, Alfred! Gas? You ________ tea,” said she.

I quickly ________ that my car was out of ________ , but she didn’t seem to listen to me. She just kept ________ me Alfred and talking about how long it had been ________ she had seen me. She was acting very strangely and I was anxious to leave. As soon as she went to get tea, I went out of the house as fast as I ________ .

_________, there was another house down the road and I was able to buy the gas I needed. When I told the man about my ________ , he said, “Oh, that’s Miss Emily. She lives by herself in that big house. She’s strange, but she wouldn’t ________ anybody. She is still waiting for the man she was going to marry thirty years ago. The day before their wedding he left home and ________  came back because of the war.”

1.A. and        B. so           C. but       D. that

2.A. car       B. bus         C. bike      D. truck

3.A. narrow      B. lonely      C. crowded    D. busy

4.A. what      B. whom         C. who       D. how

5.A. before     B. after        C. while     D. as

6.A. street     B. path         C. way       D. road

7.A. came       B. answered     C. opened   D. appeared

8.A. asking      B. looking      C. calling    D. waiting

9.A. Gas        B. Coffee       C. Tea       D. Lunch

10.A. consider   B. understand   C. accept    D. think

11.A. like       B. love        C. used to like D. enjoy

12.A. answered   B. explained    C. refused    D. promised

13.A. gas        B. tea          C. strength  D. energy

14.A. calling    B. call         C. to call    D. called

15.A. until      B. before      C. since     D. when

16.A. could      B. can         C. would     D. should

17.A. Unfortunately  B. Absolutely   C. Fortunately   D. Seriously

18.A. accident   B. event        C. experience D. surprise

19.A. hit        B. injure      C. hurt       D.frighten

20.A. never     B. ever        C. yet        D. still

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.A

6.D

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.B

11.C

12.B

13.A

14.A

15.C

16.A

17.C

18.C

19.C

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇记叙文。讲述了”我“的汽车没有油了，在“我”出去找油的时候，遇见的一件很奇怪的事情，一个女人把“我”错当成了她逃婚的丈夫。

1.A. and 并且；B. so因此； C. but但是； D. that连接词；天气如此好以至于我开车去逛了一圈，“如此好以至于”，such.....that.。故选D。

2.A. car汽车 B. bus 公共汽车； C. bike 自行车；D. truck卡车；根据上句的I drove .说明作者是开车出去的。故选A。

3.A. narrow 狭窄的；B. lonely 孤独的； C. crowded 拥挤的；D. busy 忙碌的；这是一条远离小镇的路上，人迹罕见。故选B。

4.A. what 引导名词性从句，做主语或宾语；B. whom引导名词性从句，做宾语； C. who 引导从句，做主语或宾语；D. how引导从句，翻译为“如何、多么”；由上文语境“我”的汽车没有油了，“我”只能步行去找汽油可知作者是去看看谁卖汽油。故判断选C。

5.A. before 在之前、才；B. after 在之后； C. while 当时；D. as 按照、随着、因为；从文章中作者步行了一英里才在路边找到一所房子。故选A。

6.A. street 街道；B. path 小路；C. way 道路；D. road马路；根据上文the lonely road得知作者在路边找到一所房子。故选D。

7.A. came 到达；B. answered 回答、回应敲门； C. opened 打开； D. appeared出现；看到路边有一个人家，作者“我”敲门，有个老太太应声来开门。选B。

8.A. asking 要求；B. looking 观看；C. calling 叫、打电话；D. waiting等待；根据下文的茶准备好了，说明她一直在等待着某人，故选D。

9.A. Gas 汽油；B. Coffee 咖啡； C. Tea 茶叶； D. Lunch午饭；根据下文As soon as she went to get tea,那位老太太准备了茶，故选C。

10.A. consider 考虑； B. understand 理解；C. accept 接受； D. think认为；作者只是来买汽油，不明白老太太的话语，故选B。

11.A. like 喜欢；B. love 热爱；C. used to like 过去喜欢；D. enjoy享受；根据下文可知老太太把作者误认为是自己的未婚夫，他过去一直喜欢喝茶，故选C。

12.A. answered 回答；B. explained 解释；C. refused拒绝；D. promised答应；得知老太太误解了自己，作者“我”赶紧解释。故选B。

13.A. gas 汽油；B. tea 茶叶；C. strength 力气；D. energy精力；从语境判断当时作者解释说自己的汽车没有汽油了。故选A。

14.A. calling 现在分词“打电话”；B. call 动词原形“打电话”C. to call 不定式“打电话”D. called过去时“打电话”；根据下文可知，老太太没有理会“我”的解释，一直叫“我”Alfred，keep doing“一直做某事”。故选A。

15.A. until 直到；B. before 在之前；C. since 自从； D. when当时；老太太说自从上次见面至今已经好长时间了。 故选C。

16.A. could 能够；过去时； B. can 能够；现在时；C. would过去常常； 过去将来；D. should应该；从上文老太太奇怪的行为让“我”急于离开得知，“我”尽快离开了这里。故选A。

17.A. Unfortunately不幸的是；B. Absolutely绝对地；C. Fortunately幸运地；D. Seriously严肃地；从语境判断作者沿着路走又找到一家人买到了汽油，这是幸运的事。故选C。

18.A. accident 事故；B. event 事件；C. experience 经历、经验；D. surprise惊讶；“我”告诉了这个男人自己刚才的奇怪经历，故选C。

19.A. hit 撞击；B. injure 受伤；C. hurt 伤害某人；疼痛 D.frighten害怕；根据文章判断，虽然那个独居的艾米丽小姐很奇怪，但是她不会伤害任何人。故选C。

20.A. never 从未；B. ever 曾经；C. yet 然而；D. still仍然；根据语境可知艾米丽小姐结婚前，他的未婚夫离家参军再也没有回来，故选A。