Question

It was five in the afternoon . A bus            a small town. Mrs Morison got off and went in a restaurant by the road, with a small beautiful dog, she was travelling in          , she looked for her dog at noon and missed her lunch. So she was            now and wanted to have something there.

The waiter received the visitor          . But he knew little English and the woman couldn’t speak French. They talked for a while            couldn’t understand each other. She had to point to her            and then slapped （拍）the dog’s belly （肚子）. The waiter seemed to know            she wanted and carried the dog into the kitchen.

About half an hour some dishes were brought to the woman. They were all            and she was pleased with them. After she paid for her bill. She didn’t leave. She waited for a while and said          to the waiter and they began to quarrel （争吵）. Just at that moment the manager came back. He talked with the woman and then with the waiter. At last he understood. The English woman told the waiter to          her dog, but he thought she told him to cook it for her!

1.A. left      B. went out of    C. stopped in    D. went through

2.A. England   B. France         C. Germany      D. America

3.A. asleep    B. awake    C. hungry       D. thirsty

4.A. warmly     B. coldly       C. angrily        D. quietly

5.A. and    B. yet        C. but         D. for

6.A. mouth    B. nose           C. face         D. head

7.A. how       B. when           C. where          D. what

8.A. terrible      B. delicious       C. bad         D. poor

9.A. everything   B. nothing      C. something        D. anything

10.A. kill       B. feed          C. hurt          D. keep

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.C

6.A

7.D

8.B

9.C

10.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文中作者主要讲述了由于语言不通，导致的一则悲剧。故事中，这位女士由于不懂法语，所以在沟通上与店员发生了冲突，最后导致这位女士的狗白白牺牲掉。

1.考查动词词组及语境的理解。Go out of 离开，stop in 停留在某地，go through穿过。根据下文，莫里森夫人下车后走进了路边的一间餐馆。可知，这辆公交停在了一所小镇。故选C。

2. he knew little English and the woman couldn’t speak French.可知，这位女士来法国旅游，会将英语，但是不会说法语。故选B。

3.形容词及语境的理解。结合上一句，可知，这位女士午饭时忙着找狗，没有吃上饭。所以她现在很饿。故选C。

4.副词及语境的理解。结合下文可知，这位服务生虽然很亲切的招呼了这位女士，但是他不懂英语。故选A。

5.结合前文，这位服务生和这位女士的语言不通，所以他们讨论了一会后，但是无法理解对方。故选C。

6.名词及语境的理解。根据短文第一段，这位女士肚子很饿，而且不会讲法语，所以用手指着自己的嘴巴和小狗的肚子，表示饿了。根据句意，故选A。

7.

8.形容词及语境的理解。根据下文，这位女士在看到菜后感觉很满意，所以这些菜应该很美味。故选B。

9.不定代词及语境的理解。结合下句，可知他们说了一些事情，然后才发生了争吵。Something用语肯定句中，anything用语否定句中。结合语境和语法，故选C。

10.动词及语境的理解。 结合下文，可知这名女士让这位服务生帮忙喂狗，但是服务生误以为是这名女士让厨房帮忙把她的狗给烹饪了，所以这名女士感动十分生气，于是就争吵起来。But he thought she told him to cook it for her，在此句中，it代指的是狗。

考点：故事类短文