Question

The other day, I happened to meet someone I hadn’t seen for many years. I couldn’t believe the change in him. In fact, he didn’t even seem like the ___16___ person.

   When I first knew Bill, back in college he was one of the most carefree(无忧无虑) people I had ever ___17___. Bill and I were in the same class in college, and ___18___ was never dull(枯燥的) when he was ___19___. With him there was one wild adventure (探险) after another. Sometimes I wonder how we ___20___ to study for our exams.

Last week I was in Huston on business and I ran into Bill in the bar at the hotel. At first I wasn’t ___21___ sure it was him. Was this short-haired businessman really the same person? I wasn’t really sure until I came near him but it indeed was Bill. Now he works for a bank. He talked most of the evening about his job, his new car and his house. How he had changed! Back when we were in college, the ___22___ thing Bill cared about was possessions(财物). Now they seemed to be his main ___23____.

I suppose it’ s ____24____ to expect people to remain the same, especially when I have changed so much myself. But I must say that I enjoyed the old Bill much more than the new one. Maybe he ___25____ the same way about me.

1.A. proper            B. same             C. usual              D. right

2.A. considered        B. supposed          C. met               D. expected

3.A. learning          B. life               C. work              D. fun

4.A. in               B. out               C. away              D. around

5.A. decided          B. continued          C. managed           D. hoped

6.A. more            B. less               C. still               D. even

7.A. first             B. last               C. next               D. only

8.A. interest           B. event             C. subject            D. problem

9.A. unnecessary       B. foolish            C. common           D. unusually

10.A. felt             B. acted             C. looked             D. discovered

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.D

5.C

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.B

10.A

【解析】

1.根据上文的内容I hadn’t seen for many years. I couldn’t believe the change in him.，可知答案为B。

2.本题为根据上下文的内容，可知答案为C，表示遇到的，后置定语。

3.根据上文的内容可知答案为life ，表示生活的意思。

4.when引导的是时间状语从句，符合题意。

5.Manage to do sth，表示设法做某事，故选答案为C

6.even在此表示甚至的意思，符合题意。故选答案为D

7.根据上下文的内容，可以判断，故选B

8.Now they seemed to be his main ___23____. 根据上下文的内容，可知答案为A

9.根据上下文的内容: especially when I have changed so much myself可知大啊案为B

10.根据上下文章内容，可知答案为A，表示感觉的意思。