Question

The young couple had another quarrel. They were sitting silently when the landlady(女房东) came in and asked, “You don’t   36  the house any more?” He kept silent and she   37  shook her head.

The landlady began   38  the house. After looking around, the landlady screamed, “See how you have   39  my house? The walls are full of nails(铁钉)! How could I rent it to others?”

She began looking around her   40  room. Four years ago on the wedding night, he felt deeply   41  to her, saying, “I feel so sorry to you for   42  you live in this small room. In the future I will buy our own big house.”

This tiny room has two nails on the wall next to the door, one for her bag and the other   43  . At that time, she threw all her stuff(填充物)such as her bag and umbrella on the   44  once she entered the room, staring at the whole   45  and feeling terribly upset. Then he began   46  more nails into the wall. There were three nails on the left, on which   47  his clothes yesterday and four on the right used to   48  their wedding photo frame.

The landlady started to pull the nails out with a tool. After the nails were   49 , the walls were left with countless holes. Suddenly, she felt heartbroken as if she were   50  nonstop through these holes.

　　She   51  to her feet and exclaimed, “Stop removing the nails! We will rent the house   52  we buy our own!” He gazed at her surprised, and then turned round, tears over his cheek.

She   53  realized that marriage was like a wall and that all   54  and “cold wars” were like the nails on the wall.  55  , when they were removed, only a wall with holes would remain. But if all the nails were still in their own places, the wall was still complete and reliable.

1.                A．like            B．clean           C．rent D．keep

2.                A．simply          B．barely          C．coldly    D．proudly

3.                A．observing       B．examining       C．watching  D．spotting

4.                A．shared         B．ruined          C．kept D．decorated

5.                A．familiar         B．dirty           C．empty    D．bright

6.                A．devoted        B．attached        C．optimistic D．guilty

7.                A．leaving         B．having          C．asking    D．getting

8.                A．clothes         B．pictures        C．umbrellas D．hats

9.                A．floor           B．wall            C．ceiling    D．door

10.               A．trouble         B．mess           C．confusion  D．order

11.               A．putting         B．striking         C．driving    D．beating

12.               A．hung          B．fastened        C．dropped   D．swung

13.               A．connect        B．fix             C．hang  D．put

14.               A．replaced       B．separated       C．unfastened D．removed

15.               A．crying          B．aching         C．bleeding   D．disturbing

16.               A．jumped        B．held           C．stuck D．got

17.               A．if             B．unless          C．as    D．until

18.               A．especially       B．eventually      C．fortunately D．sadly

19.               A．chaos(混乱)     B．troubles        C．quarrels   D．challenges

20.               A．Therefore      B．Besides         C．Thus  D．However

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.A

6.D

7.B

8.C

9.A

10.B

11.C

12.A

13.B

14.D

15.C

16.A

17.D

18.B

19.C

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章介绍一对夫妇争吵后，不在准备继续租房子，但墙上的钉子唤起了他们同甘共苦的回忆，两人决定重新生活。

1.考查动词：A. like喜欢B. clean打扫C. rent租赁D. keep保持，从下文的How could I rent it to others?”可知用rent，选C。

2.考查副词：A. simply只是B. barely光秃秃地C. coldly冷淡地D. proudly骄傲地，她只摇摇头。选A。

3.考查动词：A. observing观察B. examining检查C. watching 观看D. spotting突然看见，房东开始检查房间。选B

4.考查动词：A. shared分享B. ruined毁了C. kept保持D. decorated装饰，从后面的The walls are full of nails(铁钉)!可知房子是被毁了。选B。

5.考查形容词：A. familiar熟悉的B. dirty脏的C. empty空的，D. bright明亮的，她开始环顾这个熟悉的房间。选A。

6.考查形容词：A. devoted忠诚的，B. attached迷恋的，C. optimistic乐观的D. guilty有罪的，内疚的，从后面的“I feel so sorry to you，可知选D。

7.考查动词：A. leaving离开B. having拥有，使得，C. asking问D. getting得到，从后面的内容：you live，知道用have sb do这个结构。选B。

8.考查名词：A. clothes衣服B. pictures图画C. umbrellas伞，D. hats帽子，从后面的such as her bag and umbrella可知选C。

9.考查名词：A. floor地板B. wall墙C. ceiling天花板D. door门，她把自己的东西都扔在地上。选A。

10.考查动词：A. trouble困难B. mess一团糟，C. confusion困惑D. order秩序，看着这些乱糟糟的东西。选B。

11.考查动词：A. putting放置B. striking打击C. driving开车D. beating击打，他把更多的钉子打进墙里面，选C。

12.考查动词：A. hung悬挂，B. fastened记牢C. dropped仍，掉下D. swung摇摆，在钉子上挂衣服。选A。

13.考查动词：A. connect连接B. fix确定，固定C. hang悬挂D. put放，左边的四个钉子是固定他们结婚的相框的。选B.

14.考查动词：A. replaced代替B. separated分离C. unfastened解开D. removed去掉，钉子都被去掉了。选D。

15.考查动词：A. crying哭，B. aching疼，C. bleeding流血D. disturbing打扰，从前面的she felt heartbroken可知选C。

16.考查动词：A. jumped跳，B. held持有，C. stuck卡住D. got得到，jump to one’sfeet跳起来，选A。

17.考查连词：A. if如果，B. unless除非，C. as当…时候，D. until直到，我们会一直租到买自己的房子。选D。

18.考查副词：A. especially尤其B. eventually最终C. fortunately幸运地D. sadly悲伤地，她意识到婚姻就像一堵墙，选B。

19.考查名词：A. chaos(混乱) B. troubles麻烦C. quarrels争吵D. challenges挑战，和and “cold wars”并列的是争吵。选C。

20.考查副词：A. Therefore因此，B. Besides此外，C. Thus因此D. However然而，然而，如果这些钉子都去掉只有满是洞的墙还在。选D。

考点：考查人生百味类短文