Question

It was my birthday last Thursday. I decided to celebrate it by inviting a few friends out to supper. I chose a restaurant in a       part of town. It is one of my favorite restaurants because the food is good and the waiters are friendly. It is       ever crowded, because not many people know about it, so it is not usually   to book a table. In any case, Thursday is not a busy evening     .

    When we entered the restaurant, we were surprised to find it completely   . I looked around but not     table was free. One of the waiters     me. He came across and explained the situation. “A party of tourists came in about half an hour ago.” he said. “It was like an invasion(侵略). Suddenly the place was full! We can hardly     . ”

   The waiter then pointed to a table in the corner. “The people there are about to     , ” he said, “Just hold on and you’ll   a place there.” He was right. Fifteen minutes later, the people     the corner table paid their       , got up and left. I led my friends across and we all sat down.

           our table was almost out of sight. We tried to call the attention of the waiter     sent us there, but he, like all the other waiters,     the party of tourists. They ordered lots of food. At last, an hour later, the tourists were finishing their meal and looking very     with life. The waiter, now very tired, appeared at our table. I advised my friends about the best dishes and finally the waiter went off with our    

     A few moments later he returned to our table. We could tell from his face that he had   for us.     a little sorry, he told us that there was   left. “All we can offer you” he said, “is an omelet(煎蛋卷) !”

1.A. quiet        B. calm               C. busy           D. silent

2.A. hard         B. often               C. hardly            D. always

3.A. necessary     B. possible            C. important         D. certain

4.A. as before    B. as a matter of fact       C. as usual   D. as is known to all

5.A. empty        B. full              C. free           D. quiet

6.A. all              B. every          C. a single            D. a double

7.A. realized      B. recognized      C. comforted         D. settled

8.A. watch        B. care              C. try            D. manage

9.A. start         B. leave           C. end            D. pay

10.A. find         B. find out          C. wait            D. see

11.A. by          B. beside           C. at              D. near

12.A. money       B. bill              C. food           D. drinks

13.A. Luckily      B. Fortunately       C. Generally       D. Unluckily

14.A. whom       B. which            C. he             D. who

15.A. were kept busy  B. was busy with  C. kept busy with      D. were busy with

16.A. exciting       B. tired             C. pleased        D. disappointed

17.A. dishes         B. food            C. order           D. menu

18.A. good presents   B. good news    C. bad news       D. bad presents

19.A. Looking       B. Seeing            C. Looked         D. Found

20.A. no meat or fish  B. no meat and fish    C. meat and fish     D. not meat or fish

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.B

10.A

11.C

12.B

13.D

14.D

15.B

16.C

17.C

18.C

19.A

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：讲述作者为了庆祝生日找了一个比较清净的地方，本以为那里人很少，没有提前预定桌位，但是那一晚上人很多，等了好长时间才等到位子，但是菜只剩下煎蛋卷了。

1.

2.通常几乎不会拥挤，选C。

3.

4.

5.

6.是“我看了看四周，没有一个桌子是空的”。not all并非所有和not every 并非每一个，都是部分否定；a single一个；a double一对。 选C。

7.是：一个服务员认出我来。A. realized意识到；B. recognized 认出； C. comforted安慰；D. settled定居。故选B。

8.是：我们几乎管不过来了。A. watch观看；B. care介意；C. try努力、试着；D. manage管理。选D。

9.。由后面的句子got up and left.可以知道他们将要离开，句意是“那的人将要离开”，选B。

10.。由后面的句子got up and left.（他们将要离开）可知，句意是“等一会你们就会找到地方。”选A。

11.。A. by由；B. beside在……的旁边；C. at在；D. near在……附近。句子意思是“坐在角落桌子旁的人付钱，起来就走了。” 坐在桌子旁用介词at，选C。

12.。由后面的句子got up and left. I led my friends across and we all sat down可以知道吃完了付钱走人。pay the bill付账单，pay后可以跟钱数，但是不跟money这个名词。选B。

13.。” A. Luckily幸运的是；B. Fortunately幸运的是；C. Generally一般说来；D. Unluckily不幸的是。选D。

14.。选D。

15.。选B。固定句型be busy with sth意思“忙于…”，这里主语是he，所以谓语应该用单数第三人称形式。故选B。

16.。句意是：旅客们吃完饭看上去对生活很满意，look pleased with sth意思“看上去对…满意”， 选C。

17. 可知，我给朋友们建议这个饭店最好的饭菜，最后服务员拿着订单离开了。A. dishes菜；B. food食物；C. order订单；D. menu菜单。选C。

18.。由前面的句子We could tell from his face that…可以知道句意是“我们可以从他的表情可以知道他有坏消息告诉我们” 。选C。

19.。句意“看上去有点抱歉的表情告诉我们。”A. Looking显得；B. Seeing看到；C. Looked被看；D. Found被发现。现在分词作伴随状语，Look的逻辑主语是he，在这里作状语，用v-ing形式，故选A。

20.（我们可以供应的就是煎蛋卷了。）可知，没有肉和鱼了。no 修饰名词meat、fish ；not修饰动词。否定句中用or表示和的意思。故选A。

考点：故事类短文。