Question

Alice was a beautiful girl. She liked nothing except dressing ____ and dancing when she was at school. Of course she wasn’t good at her ____. But the boys were ready to help her with her lessons ___ they liked to dance with her. And after she finished middle school, she __ found work in a big shop. The __ had a son and he wanted the girl to marry him. Alice ____ though the young man wasn’t clever enough. But she __ all kinds of clothes and shoes. She lived in the beautiful house with a big garden and she __ did anything at home. She didn’t love her ___ but she lived a city life.

Once Mrs. Evans called Alice. The woman said she bought a few ___ pictures and asked her to appreciate（欣赏）them. She ____ nothing about the art but she was afraid to be laughed at and got there in time. She saw several women there. They were ____the pictures when she went in. She thought for a long time and said, “Look! They’re all ___. Why didn’t you buy the new ones?”

The women looked at each other but they tried not to ___. And when they were appreciating a picture “Tramp（流浪汉）”, she said, “I don’t think the artist could draw! Such a___ man had no money to have a portrait taken（请人画像）!”

1.A. him                           B. himself                     C. her                                    D. herself

2.A. classes                          B. English                     C. maths                          D. language

3.A. when                            B. while                                 C. because                           D. after

4.A. hardly                           B. easily                                C. no longer                         D. happily

5.A. bookseller          B. shopkeeper               C. gatekeeper                  D. policeman

6.A. agreed                          B. hated                                C. preferred                        D. failed

7.A. sold                               B. was sold                           C. gave                                  D. was given

8.A. always                           B. sometimes                  C. never                                 D. often

9.A. husband                       B. son                                    C. brother                            D. uncle

10.A. cheap                         B. expensive                        C. terrible                   D. strange

11.A. liked                            B. interested                        C. watched                           D. knew

12.A. looking up                  B. looking for                  C. talking about           D. hearing from

13.A. old                           B. clean                                 C. dirty                                  D. thin

14.A. stop                   B. smile                                 C. laugh                                 D. lie

15.A. busy                            B. clever                          C. rich                                     D. poor

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.C

9.A

10.B

11.D

12.C

13.A

14.C

15.D

【解析】

试题分析：Alice是一个漂亮的女孩，她嫁给自己不爱的人，过着奢华的都市生活。一次Mrs Evans邀请她去赏画。她不懂艺术，害怕被嘲笑，准时地参加了聚会。她说这些画太旧了，应该买新的。还认为画家不可能给流浪汉画画像。

1.考查代词。A. him 他，宾格 B. himself他自己  C. her 她，宾格D. herself她自己，由上下文可知她只喜欢打扮她自己。故选D。

2.考查名词。class有课程的意思，从“the boys were ready to help her with her lessons”判断出来，她不擅长于科目学习。故选A。

3.考查连词及语境理解。从上下文中看出，”the boys were ready to help her with her lessons”和 “they liked to dance with her”之间是因果关系，故选C。

4.考查副词及语境的理解。根据文意可知，她很轻松地在一家店里找到了工作。hardly “几乎不”；no longer “不再”；easily “轻松地”；happily “高兴地”。故选 B。

5.考查名词及语境的理解。A.bookseller是卖书人；B.shopkeeper是店主；C.gatekeeper是看门人；D.policeman是警察。联系上下文，可以得知是给她工作的店主想让她和他儿子结婚。结合以上内容，应选B。

6.考查动词及语境的理解。A. agreed同意B.hated讨厌C.preferred更喜欢D. failed失败。从上下中得知，尽管这个年轻人不够聪明，她还是同意嫁给他。故选A。

7.考查语态及语境的理解。各种各样的衣服和鞋子给她，她应该是被给的。故选D。

8.考查副词及语境的理解。从anything可判断出这里应该用表“否定”的副词，句意：她在家从来不做任何事。故选C。

9.考查名词及语境的理解。husband意为丈夫。 句意：她不爱她的丈夫，但过着都市生活。

10.考查形容词及语境的理解。A.cheap便宜的；B. expensive昂贵的；C.terrible糟糕的；D. strange奇怪的。从上下文中得知，Mrs Evans买了一些名贵的画，叫Alice去赏画。故选B。

11.考查动词及语境的理解。A. liked喜欢B.interested使……感兴趣如：That book may interest you.那本书会让你感兴趣的C.watched观看 D. knew知道。从上下中得知，她对艺术一窍不通。故选D。

12.考查动词词组及语境的理解。look up查阅；look for寻找；talk about谈论；hear from收到某人的来信。句意：她走进去时，他们正在谈论这些画。故选C。

13.考查形容词及语境的理解。从“Why didn’t you buy the new ones?”中判断出来，Alice认为这些画老旧了，应该换新的。故选A。

14.考查动词及语境的理解。stop停止；smile微笑；laugh笑；lie躺、说谎。从上下文中看出，这些女的互相看看，试着不笑出来。故选C。

15.考查形容词及语境的理解。句意这么穷的一个人没有钱请人画像。busy忙的，clever聪明的，rich富裕的，poor贫穷的。故选D。

考点：人生百味类短文。