Question

    When Ben delivered (递送) milk to my home one morning before Christmas, he was not his _______ sunny self. He told me one of his _______ had left without paying the bill, $79, nor leaving her new address. So it meant that he had to cover the loss.

“She was a very pretty woman,” he said, “with six children and _______ on the way. She was _______ saying, ‘I’m going to pay you soon after my husband gets a second job.’ I believed her, but she left. Isn’t that annoying (令人生气的)?”

“Don’t be so angry. Just make it a Christmas present to the kids.” I said.

The holidays came and went. On a sunny January morning two weeks later, Ben was rushing to deliver milk when he saw a woman running down the street, waving some _______. He recognized (认出) her at once – the woman who didn’t _______ her bill.

“I’m so sorry,” she said, “but I really have been meaning to pay you.”

She _______ that her husband came home one night and said he found a _______ apartment. He also got a new job. As a result, she _______ to leave the new address. “But I’ve been saving,” she said. “Here’s the money towards the bill.”

“That’ s all right,” Ben ________. “It’s been paid.”

“Paid!” she exclaimed (惊叫). “What do you mean? Who paid it?”

“I did,” Ben said. “It went to the children as a Christmas present!”

1.A.old B.unusual C.usual D.past

2.A.children B.customers C.neighbours D.actresses

3.A.another B.other C.the others D.others

4.A.usually B.often C.always D.sometimes

5.A.head B.hands C.milk D.money

6.A.spend B.pay C.take D.cost

7.A.explained B.complained C.confirmed D.remembered

8.A.bigger B.worse C.farther D.cheaper

9.A.forgot B.remembered C.decided D.had

10.A.praised B.repeated C.cried D.replied

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.D

6.B

7.A

8.D

9.A

10.D

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文，文章讲述本送牛奶发现他的一位顾客搬家了，没有付账单也没留下新地址，这让他很沮丧。后来那位女士把钱送过来给本，说她的丈夫找到了更便宜的公寓和新工作，所以她忘记留下新地址了。本回复说账单他已经自己付了，钱给孩子们送去当圣诞礼物了。

1.

句意：圣诞节前的一天早上，当本给我家送牛奶时，他通常都是很阳光的，但是那天他自己不是那样。

old老的；unusual不通常的；usual通常的；past过去的。此处用形容词usual表示“通常的”，此处表达那天不像通常那么阳光，因为他遇到了一件烦心事。故选C。

2.

句意：他告诉我他的一个顾客搬家了，没付79美元的账单，或者留下她的新地址。

children孩子们；customers顾客；neighbours邻居；actresses女演员。根据“cover the loss”可知指的是他的一个顾客离开没付钱，所以本需要赔偿损失；用复数名词customers。故选B。

3.

句意：他说：“她是一个非常漂亮的女人，有六个孩子，还怀着另一个。”

another另一个（三者或以上）；other其他的；the others其他的人或物；others相当于other+复数名词，另外几个，其余的。根据“with six children”以及“on the way”可知此处指的是多个中的另一个；用another。故选A。

4.

句意：她总是说，“我的丈夫再找一份工作之后我会很快付你的钱。”

usually通常；often经常；always总是；sometimes有时。根据“I believed her”可知女士总是那样说，本才相信了她的话，用频度副词always。且be always doing表示一种贬义的感情色彩，故选C。

5.

句意：两周之后一月的晴朗的早晨，本正急匆匆地送牛奶这时他看到一位女士沿着街道跑下来，挥舞着钱。

head头；hands手；milk牛奶；money钱。根据前文女士没付款，可知此处用money表达“钱”。故选D。

6.

句意：他马上认出她，就是那位没付账单的女士。

spend某人花时间在某事或做某事上；pay某人为某物付款；take做某事花某人多长时间；cost某物花费某人多少钱。who指代的是人 “the woman”，宾语是“her bill”,动词用pay表示“付账单”。故选B。

7.

句意：她解释说她的丈夫一天晚上回家说他发现一个更便宜的公寓。

explained解释；complained抱怨；confirmed确认；remembered记得。根据“her husband came home one night”可知此处在做解释说明她为什么之前没付款就离开，用动词explained，故选A。

8.

句意：她解释说她的丈夫一天晚上回家说他发现一个更便宜的公寓。

bigger更大的；worse更坏的；farther更远的；cheaper更便宜的。上文提到女士和送牛奶的本解释说等她丈夫再找一份工作，她就把牛奶账单付了，说明家境不宽裕，不可能搬去更昂贵的房子，此处表达女士的丈夫找到了更便宜的公寓所以搬走了，用cheaper。故选D。

9.

句意：结果，她忘记留下新地址了。

forgot忘记；remembered记住；decided决定；had有。根据第一段“nor leaving her new address”可知她没有留下地址，用动词forgot表示“忘记”。故选A。

10.

句意：本回复说：“不要紧，账单已经付过了。”

praised表扬；repeated重复；cried哭泣；replied回复。此处表示本听到女士的解释之后回复她的话，用动词replied。故选D。