Question

“Ring---ring--- ” the telephone suddenly rang. Sam got up to_______the call. It was his aunt. “Sam, _______ are you still at home” She asked surprisingly(惊讶地).

Sam looked at the clock. It was already 7:30 am.

“Oh, my goodness! There’s an important _______ today.” Sam shouted out.

He hurried to wash his face and get dressed. When he was going to leave his house, he remembered that he had not put away his books. He ran to the _________ and put them into the bag.

He then went to the bus stop as _______as he could. When he got into the classroom, his classmates were busy ___________ . “Why are you so late?” asked the teacher.

“I’m sorry, sir,” Sam answered, afraid of looking up . “It was my clock. It _______ to wake me up this morning and----”

“Don’t say anything about it,” his teacher _______ him. “Don’t try to come late next time!”

Sam said yes and walked to his _______ quickly. But when he tried to do the paper, he could not think in a right way. He put his head on the desk and said, “What a ________ day it has been for me.”

1.A. give    B. put    C. answer    D. call

2.A. why    B. how    C. when    D. where

3.A. party    B. concert    C. meeting    D. exam

4.A. classroom    B. desk    C. bus    D. car

5.A. carefully    B. early    C. fast    D. slowly

6.A. to write    B. writing    C. writes    D. wrote

7.A. failed    B. pointed    C. happened    D. succeeded

8.A. helped    B. followed    C. started    D. stopped

9.A. table    B. seat    C. teacher    D. room

10.A. bad    B. happy    C. usual    D. good

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.C

6.B

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.A

【解析】短文大意：短文描述了萨姆倒霉的一天。萨姆在电话铃声中惊醒，一看表已经七点半了，想起今天有个考试，匆忙洗脸、穿衣服，正要离家，发现没带书，又跑到桌子旁边把书放进包里，尽可能快地跑到公交车站上学。进教室时发现同学们正忙着答题，老师问他为什么晚了，他说闹钟没有响。老师让他不要解释了，下次不要迟到。他坐在座位上努力答题，却发现没法思考。

1.C

句意：萨姆起床接电话。A. give给予；B. put放置；C. answer回答；D. call叫，打电话。answer the call接电话，前文提到电话铃声响起，因此萨姆起身接电话，故答案为C。

2.A

句意：萨姆，你为什么还呆在家里？A. why为什么； B. how 怎么样；C. when 什么时候；D. where在哪里。根据she asked surprisingly她吃惊地问，结合语境判断可知答案选A。

3.D

句意：今天有一个重要的考试。A. party聚会；B. concert音乐会；C. meeting会议； D. exam考试。根据When he got into the classroom, 当他走进教室，可判断将有重要的考试，答案为D。

4.B

句意：他跑到桌子旁，把它们放进书包里。A. classroom教室；B. desk书桌；C. bus公交车；D. car小汽车。根据上一句“he remembered that he had not put away his books.”他没有收拾自己的书，因此快速跑到书桌前去收拾自己的书，答案为B。

5.C

句意：然后他尽可能快地去了公共汽车站。A. carefully认真地；B. early早；C. fast快速地；D. slowly慢慢地。根据语境，可知已经晚了，故答案选C。

6.B

句意：当他走进教室时，他的同学们正在忙着答题。be busy doing忙于做某事，结合句意可知答案选C。

7.A

句意：今天早上它没能叫醒我。A. failed 失败；B. pointed指着；C. happened 发生；D. succeeded成功。fail to do没有做某事，结合句意可知答案选A。

8.D

句意：“不要再说了”，老师打断他的话，“下次不要再迟到了！A. helped帮助； B. followed跟随；C. started开始；D. stopped阻止。根据Don't say anything about it,别再说了，可知答案选D。

9.B

句意：萨姆答应了，很快地走到他的座位上。A. table桌子；B. seat 座位；C. teacher 老师；D. room房间。根据He put his head on the desk 他把头放在桌子上，可知答案选B。

10.A

句意：对我来说多糟糕的一天啊！A. bad坏的，糟糕的；B. happy开心的；C. usual平常的； D. good好的。通读全文可知，作者这一天过的并不顺心，故答案为A。