Question

阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Mr. Smith had a small supermarket in a small town. All the people who lived nearby _____   to go to his supermarket and buy things there. But several years ago, a big chained store ______ in that area and it sold all kinds of things from the toothbrush to TV and, above all, the price was pretty _______. So a lot of small shops _______ except Mr. Smith’s. The manager of the chained store wanted to explore ______ was hidden behind Mr. Smith’s success, so he decided to drop into Mr. Smith’s supermarket and he saw a lady buying things there. He stopped her _______ and asked “Madam, why don’t you go to the big chained store?”

With a smile, the lady told him it was because of a pair of shoes. She told him a story. Three years ago, ______ her divorce (离婚), she worked hard to raise her family and one day when she bought things in a supermarket, Tom, one of her little children, ______ the supermarket and asked her to buy him a new pair of shoes. He cried, “Today I had a basketball match, but all the people ______ me because of the shoes.” She wanted to buy him a pair of shoes but the money in her pocket was ______ enough for a milk. “I am sorry but I ______ when we have money,” the mother said. Seeing that there was no hope, Tom ran away. The woman stood there weeping (哭泣). Later she realized that ______ was patting on her back. ______, she found it was Mr. Smith. He took a pair of shoes that the son wanted to buy.

“Take them,” he said.

“But I don’t have enough money,” the woman shook her head.

“Take them, your son can’t wait. You can pay me later,” Mr. Smith told her.

Now the manager of the chained store knew the ______ for Mr. Smith’s success. He decided that he would follow in Mr. Smith’s footsteps, putting his heart into whatever he did with the hope of attracting more customers. And he did so after the years that followed, which also ________.

1.A. disliked    B. liked    C. refused    D. decided

2.A. disappeared    B. reached    C. appeared    D. entered

3.A. low    B. wrong    C. unfair    D. high

4.A. turned off    B. opened up    C. showed up    D. closed down

5.A. who    B. why    C. how    D. what

6.A. rudely    B. politely    C. loudly    D. proudly

7.A. before    B. after    C. until    D. since

8.A. called in    B. dropped by    C. rushed into    D. passed by

9.A. laughed at    B. quarreled with    C. believed in    D. made friends with

10.A. normally    B. mainly    C. only    D. surely

11.A. doubt    B. expect    C. imagine    D. promise

12.A. anybody    B. everybody    C. somebody    D. nobody

13.A. Looking ahead    B. Turning around    C. Turning down    D. Coming back

14.A. rule    B. answer    C. meaning    D. reason

15.A. made    B. accepted    C. worked    D. suggested

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.D

6.B

7.B

8.C

9.A

10.C

11.D

12.C

13.B

14.D

15.C

【解析】Smith先生开了一个小超市，非常受客人们的欢迎。这个地方又新开了一个连锁商店，吸引了很多顾客，很多小商店都倒闭了，但是Smith先生的超市没有。连锁商店的经理就想知道为什么，因此他就去了超市，从一个女士的嘴里得到了答案。

1.句意：在附近居住的所有人都喜欢去他的超市去买东西。disliked不喜欢；liked喜欢；refused 拒绝；decided决定。根据句意and buy things there可知，人们去Smith先生的超市买东西，说明他们喜欢去，故选B。

2.句意：但是几年前，在那个地方出现了一个大的连锁商店，里面卖各种各样的东西，从牙刷到电视。disappeared 消失；reached 到达；appeared 出现；entered进入。根据句意可知，这个地方又开了一个连锁商店，故选C。

3.句意：而且更重要的是，价格非常的低。low 低的；wrong 错误的；unfair 不公平的；high高的。根据上文和句意above all可知，这个连锁商店里东西种类非常的多，价格应该是便宜，所以才使很多小的商店都倒闭了。故应选A。

4.句意：因此很多商店都倒闭了，除了Smith先生的。turned off 关闭；opened up打开；showed up出现；closed down关门，倒闭。根据是上文的意思可知，这个新开的连锁商店商品种类很多，而且价格便宜，因此吸引了很多顾客，那么小的商店就倒闭了。故选D。

5.句意：这个连锁商店的经理想要知道在Smith先生成功背后的故事，因此他决定去拜访Smith先生的超市。who谁；why 为什么；how 怎样；what什么。根据句意可知，这个连锁商店的经理想要知道隐藏在Smith先生成功背后的故事，这里用what引导宾语从句，在从句中做主语。故选D。

6.句意：他礼貌地叫住她问：夫人，你为什么不去那个大的连锁商店买东西？rudely粗鲁地；politely礼貌地；loudly 大声地；proudly骄傲地。根据文意可知，这个人是连锁商店的经理，他并不认识这个女士，但是又想问她问题，因此应该是有礼貌地问。故选B。

7.句意：三年前，在她离婚之后，她努力工作养活她的家庭。before在…之前；after在…之后；until直到…时候；since自从。根据下句话she worked hard to raise her family可知，这里应该说的是她离婚之后，故选B。

8.句意：她的一个孩子Tom冲进了超市，让她给他买一双新鞋。called in号召；dropped by偶然拜访；rushed into冲进；passed by经过。根据句意可知，她的孩子想让她买鞋，所以是冲进超市，故选C。

9.句意：他哭着说：今天我有一场篮球比赛，但是因为鞋所有人都嘲笑我。laugh at嘲笑；quarrel with和…吵架；believe in相信，信任；made friends with和…交朋友。根据句意可知，因为Tom没有新鞋，同学们都嘲笑他，所以他想让妈妈给他买一双新鞋。故应选A。

10.句意：她想给他买一双鞋，但是她口袋里的钱只够买牛奶。normally正常的；mainly主要地；only仅仅，只；surely当然，确定。根据句意可知，她口袋里的钱很少，买不起鞋，仅仅够买牛奶的。故选C。

11.句意：这位母亲说：很抱歉，但是我答应有了钱一定会买。doubt 怀疑；expect 期望；imagine 想象；promise承诺。根据句意可知，妈妈答应他等有了钱就一定会买，故应选D。

12.句意：然后她意识到有人拍她的背。anybody 任何人，用于否定句中；everybody 每个人；somebody 某人，用于肯定句中；nobody没有人。根据句意可知，有人拍她的后背，故选C。

13.句意：转过身来，她发现是Smith先生。looking ahead向前看；turning around 转身；turning down拒绝；coming back回来。根据上文可知，有人拍她的后背，因此她应转身看是谁，故选B。

14.句意：现在连锁商店的经理知道了Smith先生成功的原因。rule 规则；answer 答案；meaning 意思；reason原因。根据句意可知，通过那个女士的话，经理知道了Smith先生的超市为什么没有倒闭，故应选D。

15.句意：在接下来的几年里，他是这么做的，而且也非常有效。made是make的过去式，制作；accepted接受；worked起作用，有效；suggested建议。根据文意可知，这个连锁商店的经理按照Smith先生做法去做自己的事情，结果是很有效的，故选C。