Question

It had been a tiring journey. I ________the hotel at about ten o’clock that night. There were many other tourists waiting to _______in. I approached the reception desk and________my room number and the _______ to it. To my disappointment, I found that there had been a________in communication and my reservation(预定)for a room had not been _______. The receptionist(接待员)was very polite and helpful. She told me that the hotel was fully________for the night and suggested that I live in another hotel which is further down the hill. Faced with hardly any choice, I _______her suggestion.

The hotel was rather strange and warm. The owner was Percy Williams who doubled up_________a receptionist and a waiter. He greeted me__________and showed me my room. By then I was so tired that I jumped into bed and________a deep sleep.

The next morning, I woke up feeling very much ________. I realized that I was________with a blanket and my clothes were________put in the closet. “Mr. Williams is indeed a nice man,” I thought to myself. I decided that I would_________on in this hotel for the rest of my holidays.

I met Mr. Williams on my way out and thanked him for his_________. Mr. Williams was surprised. “I didn’t do anything _________show you to your room last night, Miss ________must be my wife who did that.”

“Please give my thanks to your wife then,” I said as I moved to leave. Mr. Williams’ next few words made me   _________

“I’m afraid I can’t, Miss. You see, my wife has been dead for ________.”

1.A. reached    B. left    C. arrived    D. approached

2.A. live    B. check    C. take    D. get

3.A. looked for    B. took away    C. asked for    D. picked up

4.A. answer    B. way    C. access    D. key

5.A. limit    B. mistake    C. fame    D. story

6.A. observed    B. governed    C. received    D. accepted

7.A. booked    B. lent    C. fixed    D. rented

8.A. took over    B. took down    C. took on    D. took up

9.A. as    B. between    C. for    D. among

10.A. friendly    B. calmly    C. warmly    D. formally

11.A. lay down    B. longed for    C. dreamed of    D. fell into

12.A. frightened    B. optimistic    C. delighted    D. energetic

13.A. spread    B. covered    C. filled    D. operated

14.A. smoothly    B. neatly    C. carelessly    D. urgently

15.A. drive    B. ride    C. stay    D. travel

16.A. comfort    B. smile    C. favor    D. generosity

17.A. except    B. besides    C. beyond    D. beneath

18.A. She    B. That    C. This    D. It

19.A. laugh    B. hesitate    C. freeze    D. wonder

20.A. moments    B. years    C. centuries    D. hours

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.B

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.A

10.C

11.D

12.D

13.B

14.B

15.C

16.C

17.A

18.D

19.C

20.B

【解析】试题分析：本文是一篇记叙文。作者去旅行，因为沟通失误，预定的旅馆客满，只好住在另一家旅馆里。因为太累作者很快入睡了，早晨醒来发现自己盖着毯子，衣服整洁地放在衣橱里，以为是旅馆的主人的关心，当他想店主人表示感谢时，店主人却说不是他做的，肯定是他的妻子，而他接下来却说他的妻子死了数年了，这让作者呆住了。

1.考查动词辨析。A. reached到达；B. left离开；C. arrived到达；D. approached接近。根据上文“It had been a tiring journey.”可推断，旅途劳累，我到达旅馆已是晚上10点。arrive是不及物动词，接宾语加介词at或者in；reach是及物动词可直接接宾语。故选A。

2.考查动词辨析。A. live活；居住；B. check检查；C. take拿；取；D. get获得。根据上文可知，当时是晚上10点，因此可推断有一些其他的游客等待登记入住。check in“登记入住”。故选B。

3.考查动词短语辨析。A. looked for寻找；B. took away带走；C. asked for要求；询问；D. picked up拾起。由下文“my room number”可知，我走近前台询问我的房间号。故选C。

4.考查动词辨析。A. answer回答；B. way方法；C. access通道；D. key关键；钥匙。根据语境可知，it是房间，因此可知，我到前台询问我的房间号码，要房间的钥匙。故选D。

5.考查名词辨析。A. limit限制；B. mistake错误；C. fame名声；名望；D. story故事。根据“To my disappointment”和下文内容可知，令我失望的是，我发现在与旅馆的交流中出了错误，我的房间预定没有收到。故选B。

6.考查动词辨析。A. observed观察；B. governed管理；C. received收到；D. accepted接受。根据语境可知，我在与旅馆的交流中出了错误，我的房间预定没有收到。故选C。

7.考查动词辨析。A. booked预定；B. lent借给；C. fixed修理；D. rented租借。根据下文“suggested that I live in another hotel”可知，这家旅馆已经预定满了。故选A。

8.考查动词短语辨析。A. took over接管；B. took down记下；C. took on呈现；D. took up接受；采纳。根据上文“Faced with hardly any choice”可知，我没有别的选择，采纳了接待员的建议。故选D。

9.考查介词辨析。A. as作为；B. between在……之间；C. for为了；D. among在……之中。根据上文“The hotel was rather strange and warm.”可推断，这家旅馆很奇怪，店主兼做接待员和服务员。as“作为”符合语境。故选A。

10.考查形容词辨析。A. friendly友好的；B. calmly镇静的；C. warmly热情地；D. formally正是地。根据语境可知，店主热情地欢迎我，引领我去了我的房间。故选C。

11.考查动词短语辨析。A. lay down躺下；B. longed for渴望；C. dreamed of梦想；D. fell into陷入；进入。根据上文“I was so tired”可推断。我太累了以至于我跳到床上就进入了酣睡状态。故选D。

12.考查形容词辨析。A. frightened害怕的；B. optimistic乐观的；C. delighted高兴的；D. energetic精力充沛的。根据上文可知，我睡得很好，因此推断第二天醒来我感觉精力充沛。故选D。

13.考查动词辨析。A. spread传播；B. covered覆盖；C. filled充满；D. operated经营。根据下文“Mr. Williams is indeed a nice man”可推断，我盖着毯子，我的衣服整洁地放在衣橱里。故选B。

14.考查副词辨析。A. smoothly顺利地；B. neatly整洁地；C. carelessly粗心地；D. urgently紧急地。根据语境可知，我意识到我盖着毯子，我的衣服整洁地放在衣橱里。故选B。

15.考查动词辨析。A. drive开车；B. ride骑车；C. stay停留；D. travel旅行。根据上文可知，我感觉店主人是一个好人，帮助盖毯子，整理衣服，因此推断我决定我将在这家旅馆继续住下去。stay on“继续停留”。故选C。

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考查名词辨析。A. comfort舒适；B. smile微笑；C. favor恩惠；关心；D. generosity慷慨。根据上文可知，我认为店主人为我提供关心，因此我在出去的路上遇到了Williams先生时因为他的关心我向他表示感谢。故选C。

17.考查介词辨析。A. except除……之外；B. besides除……之外（还有）；此外；C. beyond超出；D. beneath在……之下。根据下文“___18___must be my wife who did that.”可推断，Williams先生说他没有做任何事情，除了引领作者去房间。故选A。

18.考查代词辨析。A. She她；B. That那个；C. This这个；D. It它。表示未知性别的人用代词it。根据语境可知，可能是我的妻子做了那些事情。故选D。

19.考查动词辨析。A. laugh笑；B. hesitate犹豫；C. freeze冻结；呆住；D. wonder怀疑；想知道。根据下文“my wife has been dead”可推断，Williams说这些事肯定是他妻子做的，接下来他又说他的妻子已经死了，因此这些话让作者呆住了。故选C。

20.考查名词辨析。A. moments时刻；B. years年；C. centuries世纪；D. hours小时。根据语境可知，Williams的妻子应是死了数年了合乎逻辑。故选B。