Question

I was very disappointed not to be able to go to the concert last Friday. The advertisement in the paper said you could buy tickets at the theatre box any day between 10:00 and 4:00. Since I work from 9:00 to 5:30, the only time I could go to the theatre was during my 45-minute lunch break. Unfortunately, the theatre is on the other side of the town, and the bus service between my office and the theatre is not good. But if you are lucky, you can make the round trip in 45 minutes. Last Monday, I stood at the bus stop for 15 minutes. By the time I saw one come, there was not enough time left to make the trip. So I gave up and went back to the office. The same thing happened on Tuesday, and again next day. On Thursday, my luck changed. I got on a bus right away and arrived at the theatre in 20 minutes. When I got there, however, I found a long line at the box office, and I heard one man say he had been waiting for over an hour. Realizing I would not have enough time to wait in line, I caught the next bus and headed back. By Friday I realized my only hope was to make the trip by taxi. It was expensive, but it would be worth it to hear the concert. The trip by taxi only took 10 minutes, but felt like an hour to me. When I got to the theatre, I was relieved to see that nobody was waiting in line. The reason, however, I quickly discovered, was that they had already sold all the tickets.

1. The man learned from _______ that there would be a concert on Friday.

A. the bus stop      B. the theatre box

C. one man in line    D. the newspaper

2. He tried to go to the theatre every day but managed to get there only _______.

A. once           B. three times 

C. twice          D. four times

3.One day the man took _______ to get to the theatre by bus．

A. forty-five minutes      B. twenty minutes 

C. fifteen minutes        D. ten minutes

4. The underlined word “relieved” may best be replaced by _______.

A. pleased         B. surprised 

C. puzzled         D. sorry

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了我为买一张音乐会的票所付出的努力。由于上班的原因我只能在午饭的时间去买票，可去那个城市的班车很不及时，我等了好几天都没有赶上合适的班车；有一次赶上了，到达那里的时候，排队等候的人很多，无奈我只好返回。最后，我打车去那里，到达那里我发现没有人排队，我很高兴。但后来我发现票已经卖完了。

1.根据文章第一段中的The advertisement（广告） in the paper said that you could buy tickets at the theatre box in Richland Hills any day between 10:00 and 4:00．可知，那人是通过报纸上的广告得知的音乐会买票的信息的。故选D。

考点定位：考查细节理解

2.考查细节理解.根根据文章中的On Thursday, my luck changed．I got on a bus right away and arrived at the theatre in exactly twenty minutes．可知，我正好用了20分钟到达剧院。故选C。

考点定位：考查细节理解

3.考查细节理解.根据第三段I got on a bus right away and arrived at the theatre in exactly 20 minutes．一句可知，答案选B。

4.词义猜测题。根据文章最后一段中的When I got to the theatre, I was relieved to see that nobody was waiting in line．可知，当我到达剧院的时候，我看到没人排队，所以我感到高兴、轻松。故选A。

【名师点睛】

猜测词义题。阅读材料中的每个词与它前后的词语或句子甚至段落都有联系。我们可以利用语境（各种已知信息）推测、判断某些生词的词义。做这种类型的题，要根据词、词组、句子所在的语境来判断其意义。因此熟练掌握一些猜词技巧是做好这类题的关键。我们要特别注意熟词生义，切不可脱离语境想当然。在句子或段落中，我们可以利用熟悉的词语，根据语言环境所表示的关系推断生词词义。24.5. I got to the theatre, I was relieved to see that nobody was waiting in line．可知，当我到达剧院的时候，我看到没人排队，所以我感到高兴、轻松。故选A。

考点：考查日常生活类阅读