Question

It was a cold winter’s night when I stopped for gas on my way home from work. I was tired and had a slight   36 .

I worked in a   37  doctor’s office and this was one of those days when the unexpected happened, making the schedule run   38  than usual. It seemed I was going to be late   39  home and my husband, being the   40  person, would be ready to pronounce me late once again. Maybe   41  I hurried, I could still make it home.

I was heading inside to   42  for my gas when I noticed an older couple at the counter. I heard them asking for   43  to the local hospital. It was the same hospital that I had just   44  a few minutes ago.

The young man at the counter was trying to be   45  in explaining how to get there, with two other people making   46 . One of them was   47  trying to give them a whole different route back. It was then that I walked over to the couple and said, “Would you like to follow me to the   48 ?”

A look of   49  crossed the woman’s face.

“I’m going right by there,” I said, which wasn’t a(an)   50  since I had just made up my mind to do   51  that.

I got in my car and began the journey back. I was trying to watch to be sure they were right   52  me. It took only fifteen minutes to get there as rush hour traffic was beginning to   53 . I felt better than I had all day and my headache was nearly gone.

Later, as I arrived home, my husband   54 , “So you aren’t ever late any more.”

I said, “Sometimes it’s   55  to be late.”

1.	A．break B．fever C．cold D．headache

2.	A．foreign B．common C．busy D．noisy

3.	A．earlier B．later C．easier D．simpler

4.	A．getting B．cooking C．calling D．working

5.	A．tough B．punctual C．generous D．careful

6.	A．as B．since C．while D．if

7.	A．pay B．change C．wait D．search

8.	A．opinions B．trouble C．directions D．money

9.	A．reached B．visited C．called D．left

10.	A．skilled B．helpful C．experienced D．active

11.	A．comments B．promises C．jokes D．offers

12.	A．only B．still C．even D．ever

13.	A．station B．office C．hospital D．hotel

14.	A．panic B．relief C．sadness D．peace

15.	A．duty B．fact C．reason D．lie

16.	A．partly B．properly C．exactly D．perfectly

17.	A．across B．before C．beside D．behind

18.	A．go up B．die down C．speed up D．turn down

19.	A．teased B．shouted C．burst D．laughed

20.	A．possible B．special C．good D．safe

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.B

6.D

7.A

8.C

9.D

10.B

11.A

12.C

13.C

14.B

15.D

16.C

17.D

18.B

19.A

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：

1.D 上下文串联。根据53空后my headache was nearly gone说明那一天我有点头疼。故D正确。

2.C 上下文串联。根据下文the unexpected happened说明一些意料之外的事情让我们很忙碌。

3.B 上下文串联。根据39空前to be late说明我回家比以前要晚，有可能会迟到家了。

4.A 动词辨析。Get home到家；cook烹饪；call打电话；work工作；指我到家会迟到。

5.B 形容词辨析。A困难；B准时；C慷慨；D细心；根据下文丈夫嘲笑我迟到，说明他是一个守时的人。

6.D 连词辨析。句意：如果我动作快一点，我可能会即使赶到家里。Make it做到，成功；

7.A 动词短语辨析。Pay for…付…的钱；wait for等待；search for寻找；指我去付我的汽油钱。

8.C 名词辨析。A观点；B麻烦；C方向；D钱；根据下文我带他们去医院可知他们在问路。故C正确。

9.D 动词辨析。A到达；B参观；C打电话；D离开；他们要去的是我工作的医院，是我刚离开的那个医院。

10.Ｂ形容词辨析。A技巧熟练的B乐于助人的C经验丰富的D积极的；柜台里的年轻人正在努力地帮助解释如何让到这个医院，旁边还有两个人在做出评论说明如何到达那里。

11.A 名词辨析。A评论B诺言C笑话D帮助；句意是指在柜台的旁边还有两个人在发表评论。

12.C 副词辨析。A仅仅B仍然C甚至D曾经；其中的一个人甚至给出了完全不同的路线。

13.C 上下文串联。我主动问对方是否愿意跟我去他们要去的那个医院？

14.B 名词辨析。A恐慌B宽慰，欣慰C悲哀，悲伤D和平，安宁；我要带他们去那个医院，他们很欣慰。

15.D 名词辨析。A责任B事实C原因D谎言；这不是一个谎言，因为我已经下定决心要带他们过去。

16.C 副词辨析。A部分地B恰当地C精确地，确切地D完美地；确切地说我刚才就下定了决心带他们过去。

17.D 介词辨析。我开车在前面带路，要确认他们跟在我的后面。Behind在…后面；

18.B 短语辨析。A上升B减弱，逐渐平息C加速D拒绝，调低；因为高峰期的交通开始减弱了，所以我只花了15分钟就到了医院。

19.A 动词辨析。A嘲笑B喊叫C爆发D大笑；我的丈夫嘲笑我又一次迟到了。

20.C 形容词辨析。A可能的B特别C好的D安全的；有时候迟到也是好事；即指我这次考试就是为了帮助别人。

考点：考查故事类完型填空