Question

It was Friday. Andy Barton was in a bad mood . At six o’clock his __1__ programme, “Travel with us”, was on TV. Andy liked to get home in ___2___ for that. But then, just as he was leaving his office a little earlier , a customer (顾客) rang up with a few complaints for the next fif­teen minutes. “I can ___3__ get home in time if I hurry,” Andy told himself as he___4___out of the office. As he drove off in his car, he ___5___ that he was almost out of petrol(汽油). “I’ll have to stop at Fenton’s”, Andy thought. He ___6___Fenton’s because it was a self-service petrol station. “You do all the work yourself, but you pay___7____for the petrol,” he used to complain. At Fenton’s, the pump (泵) was not working properly and it ___8__ much time to get petrol. So when Andy got home, it was already two minutes past six. Just then the phone rang. “Shall I answer it?” Andy thought. He tried to___9__ his attention on the programme and forget the phone. But it kept ringing and finally he picked it up.

“Mr Barton?”__10__said. “Fenton’s Ga­rage here.”“Fenton’s?” Andy said. “Why, I was at your place only a few minutes ago, getting some petrol. Did I _11_ something behind or what?” “No, you didn’t, Mr Bar­ton.” And the voice went on. “That’s just the __12__ ! You went off without paying for your petrol, you __13___！ Now normally, when that happens, we ring up the police. But Luckily I knew you and I know it was a _14__.” “I’m really very sorry,” Andy said. “Oh, that’s all right, Mr Barton. But could you __15__round now and pay for your petrol? And please hurry! We close at half past six!”

1.                A．favourite       B．funny          C．popular   D．lovely

2.                A．chance         B．time           C．seat D．spirit

3.                A．surely          B．obviously       C．normally  D．still

4.                A．stepped        B．climbed         C．looked   D．rushed

5.                A．observed       B．noticed         C．thought   D．suggested

6.                A．hated          B．liked           C．meant    D．promised

7.                A．a little          B．the same        C．a lot D．the bill

8.                A．cost           B．spent          C．took D．spared

9.                A．draw           B．pay            C．fix   D．force

10.               A．a woman       B．a man          C．a recorder D．a voice

11.               A．lose           B．leave          C．forget D．destroy

12.               A．trouble         B．worry          C．excuse    D．reason

13.               A．remember      B．see            C．do   D．drive

14.               A．mistake        B．joke           C．trick  D．truth

15.               A．look           B．come          C．show D．turn

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.C

10.D

11.B

12.A

13.B

14.A

15.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文中的巴顿先生喜欢按时看一个电视节目，但是有一天因为接待了一位客户，不得不匆忙赶回家。在回家的路上发现油不多了，在加油时又忘记了付款，最后被要求回去付款，看来电视节目是看不成了。

1.联系下文，可知此处指的是他最喜欢的电视节目，故选A，最喜欢的。

2.联系下文get home in time if I hurry,”描述，可知此处指的是他喜欢适时到家看哪个节目。短语in time及时，适时。故选B，时间。

3.联系下文描述，可知他认为，只要自己赶进，仍能及时到家。故选D，仍旧。

4.联系前一句描述，可知此处指的是他冲出办公室。Rush out冲出，匆匆出去。故选D，冲，闯。

5.动词辨析。A. 观察；B. 注意；C.思考，认为；D. 建议，劝告。结合语境可知此处指的是他注意到车快没油了。故选B。

6.联系下文he used to complain.描述，可知此处指的是他讨厌在这个加油站加油，故选A。憎恨，讨厌。

7.结合语境可知此处指的是，你自己做所有的事情，但是付一样的钱。故选B。

8.动词辨析。take 用于 it takes sb ... to do sth句型，仅指花费时间（three hours等），必须用it作形式主语，指代下文不定式内容；spend用于sb spend...on sth或者sb spend...in doing sth（in可以省略），spend的主语必须是人，可以指花费时间、也可以指花费金钱；cost用于 sth costs sb sth，主语必须是物，多指花费金钱，少数情况可指花费时间、气力，有时表示成本的消耗；spare节约，省出。结合语境可知此处指的是加油花了很多时间，本句中it做形式主语，故选C。

9.联系下文，可知此处指的是他尽力把注意力投入到电视上，短语pay attention to注意，故选C，支付，偿还。

10.联系下文And the voice went on.描述，可知此处指的是电话中的人说，结合语境可知无法判断男女，故选D，一个嗓音。

11.动词辨析。A.丢失；B. 留下，忘记；C. 忘记；D.毁坏。结合语境可知句意为：是我忘了什么东西还是什么事？英语中一般用leave表示忘记某物，故选B。

12.名词辨析。A.麻烦，烦恼；B. 担心，烦恼；C. 借口，理由；D. 原因。结合语境可知此处指的是麻烦事，故选A。

13.动词辨析。A. 记得，想起；B. 看见，理解，领会；C.做；D. 驾驶。联系前文描述，可知此处指的是你明白我的意思吗？故选B。

14.结合语境可知此处指的是这是一个误会，故选A，错误，误会。

15.联系下文描述，可知此处指的是让他回去付钱。故选B，转向，转动。

考点：故事类记述文