Question

I started my travel business 6 years ago. I didn’t have a ________ budget, so I simply told everyone I was familiar with my business. ________, I had got very few clients.

Late one evening I received a call from a woman ________ about a cruise she had booked. I didn’t ________ her voice so I asked her where she lived. She replied, “Montana.” I told her that I didn’t have any clients in Montana and that she must have been ________. “Sir, I have your ________ written down right here on my piece of paper,________ I must have booked it with you. Could you recheck it, please?” she ________ responded. ________, she had my website but I wasn’t her travel agent.

I __________ her name, phone number and sailing information and told her I would call the cruise line and see __________ I could find out. She greatly __________ my offer to help. The next day I called to tell her that I found out that one agency did have her __________ and gave her its number. The woman was very __________ with the solution. We also talked for a few minutes about her __________ and I gave her some tips while on board. She thanked me again and I told her it would be my __________ to help her any time in the future. After a few days, I completely __________ about the encounter.

Several months later, much to my __________, I got a call from the lady’s sister from Montana, who wanted to get married on a cruise ship. That’s just the beginning of the story. My little __________ to the lady in Montana brought 30 brand new clients! Time will only tell how many new clients will come my way, __________ one simple offer.

1.A. marketing    B. travelling    C. housing    D. training

2.A. Unusually    B. Unbelievably    C. Unfortunately    D. Unreasonably

3.A. commenting    B. complaining    C. debating    D. asking

4.A. understand    B. remember    C. tolerate    D. recognize

5.A. mistaken    B. misunderstood    C. forgotten    D. amused

6.A. number    B. name    C. website    D. address

7.A. for    B. but    C. so    D. though

8.A. excitedly    B. politely    C. curiously    D. coldly

9.A. Therefore    B. Besides    C. Instead    D. Indeed

10.A. checked out    B. put down    C. sorted out    D. turned down

11.A. what    B. how    C. when    D. where

12.A. rejected    B. accepted    C. appreciated    D. weighed

13.A. application    B. booking    C. password    D. signature

14.A. embarrassed    B. annoyed    C. confused    D. satisfied

15.A. family    B. cruise    C. career    D. agency

16.A. pleasure    B. credit    C. shame    D. reward

17.A. thought    B. worried    C. cared    D. forgot

18.A. sadness    B. astonishment    C. relief    D. disappointment

19.A. rudeness    B. generosity    C. kindness    D. sympathy

20.A. in terms of    B. on account of    C. in honor of    D. on behalf of

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.C

8.B

9.D

10.B

11.A

12.C

13.B

14.D

15.B

16.A

17.D

18.B

19.C

20.B

【解析】文章主要讲述了作者市场营销预算少，所以客户也少，但是通过一次偶然的机会帮助了一位弄错订单的客户，后来得到了大量的新客户的故事。

1.考查动词辨析。句意：我没有营销预算。A. marketing销售；B. travelling旅行；C. housing给…提供住房；D. training训练，培养。根据“I started my travel business 6 years ago.”（六年前我从事旅游生意。）以及下文“I had got very few clients.”（我的客户很少。）可知，作者营销做的很不好，市场预算不够。故选A。

2.考查副词辨析。句意：不幸的是，我的客户很少。A. Unusually不寻常地；B. Unbelievably难以置信地；C. Unfortunately不幸地；D. Unreasonably不合理地。根据“I had got very few clients.”（我的客户很少。）可知，故选C。

3.考查动词辨析。句意：一天傍晚，我接到一位女士打来的电话，她询问她预订的一次游轮旅行。A. commenting评论，注释；B. complaining抱怨；C. debating辩论，争论；D. asking询问。故选D。

4.考查动词辨析。句意：我没有认出她的声音，所以我问她住在哪里。A. understand理解；B. remember记得；C. tolerate容忍；D. recognize承认，识别。故选D。

5.考查动词辨析。句意：我告诉她我在蒙大纳没有任何客户，她一定搞错了。A. mistaken错误；B. misunderstood误解，误会；C. forgotten忘记；D. amused娱乐，逗乐。根据前一句“I told her that I didn’t have any clients in Montana”（我告诉她我在蒙大纳没有任何客户。）可知，作者确定女士弄错了。故选A。

6.考查名词辨析。句意：我把你的网站写在我的一张纸上了。A. number数目；B. name名字；C. website网站；D. address地址。根据“she had my website”（她有我的网站。），故选C。

7.考查连词辨析。句意：我把你的网站写在我的一张纸上了，所以我一定是和你订了。A. for因为，由于；B. but但是；C. so因此；D. though虽然。这一句前后为因果关系，故选C。

8.考查副词辨析。句意：她礼貌地回答。A. excitedly兴奋地，激动地；B. politely礼貌地，客气地；C. curiously好奇地；D. coldly冷地。根据“Could you recheck it, please?”（你能再检查一遍，好吗？）可知，女士很有礼貌。故选B。

9.考查连词辨析。句意：她确实有我的网站。A. Therefore因此；B. Besides除……之外，还有；C. Instead代替，顶替；D. Indeed的确，确实。上文提及女士有作者的网站，想让作者确认，本句是在确认。故选D。

10.考查动词短语辨析。句意：我记下了她的名字、电话号码和航行信息。A. checked out检查；B. put down记下，放下；C. sorted out分类；D. turned down拒绝，减少。故选B。

11.考查连接词。句意：告诉她我会打电话给邮轮，看看我能发现什么。what什么；how怎么；when表时间；where表地点。see后为宾语从句，从句中find out后缺少宾语，故填what。故选A。

12.考查动词辨析。句意：她非常感谢我提供的帮助。A. rejected拒绝；B. accepted接受；C. appreciated欣赏；D. weighed权衡，称…的重量。对于作者提供的帮助，女士很感激。故选C。

13.考查名词辨析。句意：我发现一个旅行社接受了她的申请，并给了她那个旅行社的电话。A. application申请，试用；B. booking预定；C. password密码，口令；D. signature签名，署名。根据上文“Late one evening I received a call from a woman ___3___ about a cruise she had booked.”（一天傍晚，我接到一位女士打来的电话，她询问她预订的一次游轮旅行。）中末尾的booked提示选B。

14.考查形容词辨析。句意：对这个解决方案非常满意。A. embarrassed尴尬的；B. annoyed恼怒的，气恼的；C. confused困惑的；混乱的；D. satisfied满意的。作者帮助了女士，这位女士的感情色彩应该是积极的。故选D。

15.考查名词辨析。句意：我们也聊了几分钟她的游船。A. family家，家庭；B. cruise巡航；C. career职业；D. agency代理，机构。根据上文“Late one evening I received a call from a woman ___3___ about a cruise she had booked.”可知，故选B。

16.考查名词辨析。句意：她再次感谢我，我告诉她将来能帮助她是我的荣幸。A. pleasure愉快；B. credit信誉，信用；C. shame羞愧；D. reward报酬。It’s my pleasure to do sth做某事是我的荣幸。故选A。

17.考查动词辨析。句意：过了几天，我完全忘记了那次遭遇。A. thought想，以为；B. worried担心；C. cared关心；D. forgot忘记。已经过去几天了，上文所提的事只是小事，所以作者几乎是忘了。故选D。

18.考查名词辨析。句意：几个月后，令我吃惊的是，我接到了一位来自蒙大纳的女士的电话。A. sadness悲伤；B. astonishment惊讶；C. relief宽慰；D. disappointment失望。几个月后很长一段时间的，接到的电话是上次的女士，所以作者接到她的电话反应根据常识应该很吃惊。故选B。

19.考查名词辨析。句意：我对蒙大纳女士的一点好意带来了30个全新的客户！A. rudeness粗鲁；B. generosity慷慨；C. kindness仁慈；D. sympathy同情。故选C。

20.考查介词短语辨析。句意：时间只会告诉我有多少新客户会来，原因是一个简单的（好意的）提供。A. in terms of就……而言；B. on account of因为；C. in honor of向……致敬；D. on behalf of代表。故选B。