Question

Mr. Robinson had to travel somewhere on business, and as he was in a hurry, he decided to go by _____ . He liked sitting______ a window when he was flying, so he got onto the plane, he looked for a window seat. He _____ all of them taken except one. There was a young man _____ beside it, and Robinson was surprised that he had not taken the one by the window. Anyhow, he went towards it.

When he _____ it, however, he saw that there was a notice on it, written _____ large letters, ______“This seat is kept for proper balance. Thank you.” Mr. Robinson had never seen such a notice before, but he thought the plane must be carrying something particularly heavy in its room _____ made it necessary to have the passengers properly balance. So he walked on and found _____ empty seat, not beside the window ______ .

Two or three other people ______ to sit in the window seat next to the young man, but they also read the notice and went on. Then when the plane was nearly  _____ a very beautiful girl ______ into the plane. The young man, who was watching the passengers coming in,  _____ took the notice ______ the seat beside him, and by this means succeeded in having a pretty companion during the whole trip.

1.A. air    B. water    C. train    D. bus

2.A. on    B. nearly    C. beside    D. far from

3.A. wanted    B. found    C. thought    D. hoped

4.A. seating    B. seated    C. seat    D. sat

5.A. arrived    B. sat on    C. reached    D. left

6.A. through    B. by    C. with    D. in

7.A. said    B. saying    C. spoken    D. speaking

8.A. and    B. this    C. who    D. which

9.A. another    B. other    C. the other    D. the only

10.A. to sit    B. to be sat    C. to sit on    D. to be sat in

11.A. stuck    B. tried    C. managed    D. refused

12.A. empty    B. full    C. up    D. down

13.A. reached    B. stepped    C. entered    D. left

14.A. quickly    B. fast    C. slowly    D. soon

15.A. onto    B. away    C. off    D. up

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.B

5.C

6.D

7.B

8.D

9.A

10.C

11.B

12.B

13.B

14.A

15.C

【解析】试题分析：本文主要讲述了一个幽默故事，乘飞机时喜爱窗子旁边，但是临窗的座位上有一个警告，上面写着：此座留着是为了保持飞机平衡， 只好作罢。又有几个乘客看到空座走了过去，但看到纸条后都离开了。这时，上来一个年轻漂亮的女士，旁边的年轻人就把纸条拿掉了。阅读时注意体会文章的幽默感。

1.句意：鲁滨孙先生不得不出差去某地，由于时间仓促，他决定乘飞机去。A. air空气，意指plane；B. water 水；C. train火车；D. bus公共汽车。因为下文叙述的是飞机上发生的事情。by air=by plane。

2.句意：喜欢坐在窗子“旁边”。 A. on在……上； B. nearly在……附近；C. beside在……旁边；D. far from远离。由句意可知C正确。

3.句意：他发现除了一个座位以外，都坐满了人。A. wanted 想；B. found 发现；C. thought认为；D. hoped希望。表示结果，与上句的look for（表动作）相呼应。故选B。

4.从句子结构看，此空该填非谓语动词形式。seat是及物动词，意思是“使某人就坐”，它与a young man是动宾关系，所以用seated，表示状态；而sit是不及物动词，它与a young man是主谓关系，要用sitting，表示动作。故选A。

5.句意：但当他到达那里时，他看到上面有一张布告。不能选A，因为arrive为不及物动词；由下文可知，他根本没坐下来，所以也不能选B；若选D，则与上句的he went towards it相矛盾。故选C。

6.句意：用大写字体写的。in large letters是固定说法，意为“用大写字母”。故选D。

7.句意：写到：“这个座位是用来保持平衡的。谢谢你。”这里该用现在分词表示伴随动作。say强调“说”的内容，而speak则指“说”的动作，故不选D。选B。

8.句意：但他认为飞机一定是在房间里装了特别重的东西，这使乘客必须适当地平衡。which引导定语从句，指代先行词something particularly heavy。故选D。

9.句意：于是他继续往前走，发现另一个空座位。another表泛指“另一个”。故选A。

10.句意：不在窗边坐。此处不定式to sit用作定语，应与被修饰的名词seat构成动宾关系，而sit却是不及物动词，必须加上介词on。故选C。

11.句意：两个或三个其他的人试图坐在年轻人旁边的靠窗座位上。try只表示设法去做某事，而不表示是否做成；manage却表示设法做成了某事。由本句末的but they also read the notice and went on得知，不选C。故选B。

12.句意：然而，当飞机几乎满了的时候，一个非常漂亮的女孩走了进来。A. empty空的； B. full满的； C. up向上； D. down向下。随着情节的发展，飞机上的人越来越多，快要“满了”，所以用full。故选B。

13.句意：当飞机快满时，一个非常漂亮的女孩走进了飞机。A. reached 到达；B. stepped举步，行走，跨步；C. entered参加;进去;进入；D. left离开。enter作“进入”讲时，一般不与into连用，故不选C。故选B。

14.句意：那个年轻人看着乘客们走进来，很快地把通知从他旁边的座位上拿了下来。A. quickly快的；B. fast 快的；C. slowly 慢的；D. soon不久。quickly表示“立刻行动，毫不迟延”用于此处符合the man 的心境，也大大地增强了文章的幽默感。故选A。

15.句意：那个年轻人看着乘客们走进来，很快地把通知从他旁边的座位上拿了下来。take ---off---是固定搭配，意为“把……从……取下”。故选C。