Question

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Bert Manson, 82, slowly opened his eyes and turned to face the clock on the bedside table. It was 8:23 a.m. He felt ____. The time was nothing to him. He had nothing to do all day. He lay on the bed, ________ to the cars on the highway and the shouts of the children running to school.

After a while, Bert ______ got out of bed and asked himself the same questions as he did every morning: Would he fall today? If so, would anyone come? How long would he _______? Would he die? He looked out of the window into the street below. “And who would ______?”he spoke quietly.

After Bert’s wife died a year ago, his son and daughter said they would visit once a week. But the last time was months ago. On the phone, they always had a(n) ________: too busy at work; the children are _______; bad weather; no time. Nobody seemed to have any time…except for Bert. He ________ his granddaughters. He loved it when Mandy and Ruth came to visit. They brought him candy and _______.

He walked to a chair near the bedroom door ________. He rested for a moment before continuing in small steps to the bathroom.

1.A. pleased       B. sad            C. surprised

2.A. listening     B. pointing       C. shouting

3.A. happily       B. quickly        C. carefully

4.A. hide          B. wait           C. follow

5.A. care          B. decide         C. forget

6.A. chance        B. accident       C. reason

7.A. excited       B. perfect        C. sick

8.A. introduced    B. missed         C. refused

9.A. hope          B. trouble        C. fear

10.A. in time      B. in pain        C. in person

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.A

6.C

7.C

8.B

9.A

10.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文描述了82岁的老人曼森伯特的孤寂情境：他无事可做，躺在床上听着高速路上车辆过往的声音及孩子们跑向学校的叫喊声；妻子去死后，孩子们说的一周来看一次，但是都因各种理由几个月而没有来了。他走向卧室门边的椅子上坐一会儿，然后继续在浴室里散步。

1.B考查形容词及语境理解。句意：他感到伤心 。A. pleased高兴的；B. sad伤心的；C. surprised惊奇的。根据语境，时间对于老人毫无意义，整天无事可做，他又孤单一个，因此伤感。故选B。

2.2】A考查动词及语境理解。句意：他躺在床上，听着高速路上小车的速度和孩子们叫喊着跑向学校的声音。A. listening听；B. pointing指；C. shouting喊叫。身在床上的老人只能听到这些声音。故选A。

3.3】C考查形容词及语境理解。句意：过了一会儿，伯特小心地起床。A. happily高兴地；B. quickly快速地；C. carefully细心地。从后面他自己问的问题：Would he fall today?（今天他会摔倒吗？）可以推测出老人起床时很小心。故选C。

4.4】B考查动词及语境理解。句意：有人要来吗？他要等多久？A. hide藏；B. wait等候，等待；C. follow跟随。等待来帮助他的人要多久。故选B。

5.5】A考查动词及语境理解。句意：谁会在意呢？A. care关心，在意；B. decide决定；C. forget忘记。孤寂的老人心中的想法：“谁会在意我的死活？”，故选A。

6.6】C考查名词及语境理解。句意：在电话人，他们总有一个理由：工作太忙；孩子们生病了；天气差；没有时间。A. chance机会；B. accident事故；C. reason理由，原因。工作太忙；孩子们生病了；天气差；没有时间。是他们不能回家的原因。故选C。

7.7】C考查形容词及语境理解。句意：工作太忙；孩子们生病了；天气差；没有时间。A. excited兴奋，激动；B. perfect完美的；C. sick生病的。罗列不能回家看望老人的原因，可以推测出孩子生病了。故选C。

8.8】B考查动词及语境理解。句意：他想念他的孙女儿们。A. introduced介绍；B. missed想念； C. refused拒绝。老人想念孙子，故选B。

9.9】A考查名词及语境理解。句意：他们给他带来糖和希望。A. hope希望；B. trouble烦恼；C. fear恐怖。子女是老人的希望，故选A。

10.0】B考查介词短语及语境理解。句意：他痛苦地走向卧室门边的椅子。 A. in time及时地；B. in pain痛苦地；苦恼地。C. in person亲自地。寂寞的老人在房中苦闷地走来走去，故选B。

【考点定位】 考查社会生活类短文阅读。