Question

Once a young man was travelling by train. It was a long and boring journey.

As the train was moving across a wilderness(荒野), the passengers looked out of the windows quietly. When the train reached a bend(转弯处),it_________and a simple house appeared. It was so easy to notice that everybody on the train turned to "enjoy" with eyes wide open. Some passengers began a discussion about it. The young man was also_________ by the scenery. On his return he_______the train at the nearest station and found his way to the house. Its owner said that he was troubled by the_______ of the train. He wanted to sell the house,but nobody would buy it.

    Soon the young man spent 30,000 dollars on the______. He thought it

was a good place for________because it was facing the railway bend. When the train moved slowly past, the_________passengers would be very interested in the house.

    He tried to connect with some big companies and told them that could

be used for advertisements.________the Coca-Cola Company took it to put up their signs. To everyone's surprise,the young man was____________

180,000dollars for a three-year rent.

    This is a true story. It tells us that discovery is very important to_______

1.A. fell behind    B. dropped off    C. slowed down    D. rushed out

2.A. attracted    B. frightened    C. trapped    D. attacked

3.A. got on    B. looked for    C. got off    D. waited for

4.A. track    B. conductor    C. passenger    D. noise

5.A. room    B. place    C. house    D. land

6.A. advertisements    B. Information    C. relaxing    D. travelling

7.A. excited    B. tired    C. surprised    D. worried

8.A. Since then    B. At last    C. At least    D. So far

9.A. shown    B. allowed    C. offered    D. returned

10.A. success    B. confidence    C. activity    D. invention

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.B

9.C

10.A

【解析】本文叙述了一个年轻人坐火车旅行时，发现了一座简单的房子。当乘客经过漫长而又枯燥的旅途时，他们看到了这所房子，非常感兴趣。于是，这位年轻人认为这座房子适合做广告。不久，他花了30，000美元买下了这座房子。最后，可口可乐公司同意在这里做广告，三年给了他180，000美元的租金。这说明发现对成功来说是很重要的。

1.C

句意：当火车到达拐弯处，火车减速，一个简单的房子出现了。A. fell behind落在后面；B. dropped off减少，下降；C. slowed down减速，慢下来；D. rushed out冲出来。前文说火车走到了一个拐弯，根据常识火车到拐弯都应该是减速，故选C。

2.A

句意：年轻人也被眼前的风景所吸引。A. attracted吸引；B. frightened恐吓；C. trapped诱骗；D. attacked攻击。由前文可知，此处的风景很美丽，根据句子everybody on the train turned to "enjoy" with eyes wide open.大家都睁大眼睛欣赏，可知这个年轻人也不例外，他也被这风景吸引了。故答案为A。

3.C

句意：在他回来时，他在最近的车站下了火车，找到了去这座房子的路。A. got on上车；B. looked for寻找；C. got off下车；D. waited for等待。根据后文可知，年轻人去找了房子的主人并要买下这个房子，所以在回程的路上，他在离房子最近的一站下车。答案为C。

4.D

句意：这座房子的主人说他被火车的噪音所困扰。A. track轨道；B. conductor指挥 ；C. passenger乘客；D. noise噪音。根据“…he was troubled by…”和train可以推测出，火车给这个主人带来了很多麻烦，也可以推测出，应该是火车驶过的声音造成的麻烦。答案为D。

5.C

句意：不久这个年轻人花了30000美元买下了这所房子。A. room房子；B. place 地方；C. house 房子；D. land陆地。前文交代了年轻人询问房子，后文讲了他拥有房子，所以此处花了三万美元买下的自然就是这个房子。答案为C。

6.A

句意：他认为这是一个做广告的好地方。A. advertisements广告；B. information信息；C. relaxing令人放松的；D. travelling旅行。根据下文中的句子“and told them that could be used for advertisements.”可知，答案为A。

点睛：前文增提到乘客经过漫长而又枯燥的旅途时，房子的出现让乘客们眼前一亮，很容易错选C,D；而这个青年人看到了商机，通过阅读下文，“……that could be used for advertisements.”答案也慢慢呈现出来， 借助于乘客对房子的关注，他想到的是在此做广告，正是由于他敏锐的眼光，他也发了大财。

7.B

句意：当火车慢慢从这里经过时，疲倦的乘客会对这做房子非常感兴趣。A. excited兴奋的；B. tired疲倦的；C. surprised吃惊的；D. worried忧虑的。根据It was a long and boring journey.可知漫长而枯燥的旅途，乘客会疲倦，故用形容词tired,故选B。

8.B

句意：最后，可口可乐公司接受了他，在这里张贴了他们的广告牌。A. Since then自从那时起； B. At last最后；C. At least至少；D. So far迄今为止。根据句意，应该是最后可口可乐与他合作。经过他的努力得到的结果，故用短语at last，答案为B。

9.C

句意：这位年轻人得到了180000美元的三年租金。A. shown展示；B. allowed允许 ；C. offered提供；D. returned归还。从上文可知可口可乐公司把他们的商标放在了房子上，所以他们就得提供给这个年轻人租金。答案为C。

10.A

句意：它告诉我们，发现对于成功来说非常重要。A. success成功；B. confidence自信；C. activity 活动；D. invention发明。读完这个短文可知，年轻人通过发现大家对这个房子感兴趣而获得了成功。最后这句话应该是“发现对于成功很重要”。故答案为A。