Question

One day my 5-year-old daughter, Mini, ran to the window crying: "A Cabuliwallah(喀布尔商贩)!A Cabuliwallah!" In the street below was Rahmun,a Cabuliwallah passing slowly along. Mini called him  21   ,but when he looked at her she ran away scared.    As time went by, they got to know each other and started to    22   together,

laughing and talking all the way. Rahmun would give her grapes and strawberries,spending the Iittle money he had 23   her. The two often enjoyed jokng together.Rahmun   24   say: "Well, little one, when are you going to the father-in-law's house?"Mini did not understand this and was   25    .

One morning,l saw Rahmun being led away by the police. There was some blood on his clothes .I   26 a neighbor had owed Rahmun money but denied it,and that in the course of the   27   Rahmun had struck him. On a charge of murderous attack, Rahmunwas   28   to prison.

Time passed. Mini grew up and we were making arrangements,for her  29    .I was sitting in my study   30   someone entered. It was Rahmun, his face pale and dirty and I could   31  recognize him! He said all those years ago Mini -had reminded him of his own daughter in Kabul. It was his belief that Mini was   32  the same. He  had   once   33   Mini running to him calling 66 A Cabuliwallah!" and pictured them laughing and talking together.

The two were now reunited. But when he made   34  once more, Mini's face turned red. They could not recover their old  35   .When Rahmun left,  l gave  him a bank note,   36  : "Go back to your own daughter, and may the happiness of your meeting bring good  37   to my child!"

Having made this  present,I had to  38   the electric lights and the music band  I had intended for the wedding and the ladies in the house were   39   .But to me the wedding was all the   40   for the thought that in a distant land a long-lost father met again with his child.

1.                A．loudly          B．proudly         C．seriously  D．firmly

2.                A．work out        B．run out         C．hang out  D．stand out

3.                A．in             B．on             C．to   D．at

4.                A．would          B．should          C．must D．could

5.                A．concerned      B．frightened       C．puzzled   D．ashamed

6.                A．insisted         B．doubted        C．announced    D．heard

7.                A．escape         B．quarrel         C．communication D．bargain

8.                A．punished       B．admitted        C．dropped  D．sentenced

9.                A．wedding        B．birthday        C．graduation D．promotion

10.               A．while          B．after           C．unless D．when

11.               A．nearly         B．actually         C．hardly D．simply

12.               A．even          B．still            C．just   D．yet

13.               A．caught         B．imagined       C．avoided   D．kept

14.               A．jokes          B．comments      C．suggestions D．requests

15.               A．belief          B．impression      C．friendship D．energy

16.               A．reading        B．writing         C．telling D．saying

17.               A．fortune        B．treasure        C．support   D．comfort

18.               A．put off         B．give up         C．turn to    D．care about

19.               A．moved         B．delighted       C．worried   D．disappointed

20.               A．clearer         B．easier          C．brighter   D．quieter

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.C

6.D

7.B

8.D

9.A

10.D

11.C

12.B

13.B

14.A

15.C

16.D

17.A

18.B

19.D

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：

1.A 副词辨析。A大声地B骄傲地C严肃地D坚定地；根据第一行crying说明Mini是在大喊大叫。故A正确。

2.C 动词短语。A制定出B用完C闲逛D突出，显眼；他们相互了解了，经常一起出去闲逛。

3.B 考查固定结构。Spend…on sth在…上花费时间。Rahmun经常花钱买一些小东西给我的女儿。

4.A 情态动词用法。Would过去常常；指Rahmun经常问我的女儿什么时候出嫁?

5.C 上下文串联。根据上句的did not understand说明女儿不理解他的意思而高级很困惑。

6.D 动词辨析。A坚持B怀疑C宣布D听说；我听说有一个邻居欠Rahmun钱，却不承认。

7.B 名词辨析。A逃脱B争吵C交流D讨价还价；指在争吵中，Rahmun打了对方。

8.D 动词辨析。Sentence sb to…判处…罪行；本句是被动语态，Rahmun被判处入狱。

9.A 上下文串联。根据下文39空前的for the wedding说明我们在准备女儿的婚礼。

10.D 固定结构。Be doing sth when…正在做某事在这时…(发生了意料之外的事情)；我们正在准备女儿的婚礼，在这时Rahmun出现了。

11.C 副词辨析。A几乎B实际上C几乎不D仅仅；他的脸很苍白很脏，我几乎不能认出他来。

12.B 副词辨析。A甚至B仍然C只是D然而；Rahmun认为我的女儿仍然是一样的。

13.B 动词辨析。A抓住B想象C避免D保持；他曾经想象过女儿跑向他叫他Cabuliwallah。

14.A 名词辨析。A玩笑B评论C建议D请求；他们两个人重聚了，他又一次开起了玩笑。

15.C 上下文串联。女儿很久没有见到他，还没有想起以前的友谊。

16.D 动词辨析。A读B写C告诉D说；我给他一张支票，并对他说：回去找自己的女儿，也许能给我的女儿带来好运。

17.A 名词辨析。A运气B珍宝C支持D安慰；我给他一张支票，并对他说：回去找自己的女儿，也许能给我的女儿带来好运。

18.B 动词短语辨析。A推迟B放弃C求助，转向D关心；因为我把女儿办婚礼的钱给了他，所以我没有钱来买electric lights和请乐队来演出了。

19.D 形容词辨析。我没有钱来买electric lights和请乐队来演出了，那些参加婚礼的人很失望。

20.C 形容词辨析。A更清楚B更早C更棒，更精彩D安静；对我来说虽然没有electric lights没有乐队，但是这个婚礼更棒，是因为在远处，一个父亲又一次和他的孩子相遇了。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读