Question

I took a trip after lunch and on my way home I stopped at a park in this beautiful little town. I really wanted to enjoy the    _ wind of one of the last days of summer. I know I still have a lot of time left according to the ___. But I’ve seen too many summers suddenly____

  When I had a rest at a __ , a man came, who was about my __ . Maybe we could have common topics. “Good _ _ , my friend!” he said as he _  _ down on the opposite side of the table. “You don’t live __ , do you?” “No, I’m just _  _ . I live about an hour and a half from here.” “What do you do for a living?” he asked. “I’m a _  _  .” “Well, I should have known,” he said.

Now he had my _  _ . How could he possibly know what I did for a living just by __ at me? “You were dreaming and wondering just like an author. I could see in your eyes. Most people see how _  _ the town is, but you see many other things most people don’t take the time to see.” I just wondered about his _  _ . “What do you do for a living?” “_  _  I’m a journalist (记者) for our local paper. But I call myself a reflection because I _  _ what I see in my job. My words can _  _  the world around me. I can write about what I know faithfully and I know these people for I have been _  _ here so long. So you can imagine how _  _ the news is here. They are in turn a reflection of me.”

If you had to _  _ what a good person would be like, could you fit the description? I hope you’re a good reflection.

1.A. cool        B. hot        C. strong         D. cold

2.A. schedule    B. weather    C. calendar       D. experience

3.A. start       B. change     C. worsen         D. disappear

4.A. chair       B. table      C. restaurant     D. station

5.A. height      B. weight     C. accent         D. age

6.A. night       B. afternoon  C. evening        D. morning

7.A. sat         B. settled    C.  calmed        D. lay

8.A. distantly   B. nearby     C. comfortably    D. alone

9.A. passing by  B. giving up  C. thinking over  D. walking off

10.A. designer    B. thinker    C. painter        D. writer

11.A. interest    B. secrete    C. trust          D. patience

12.A. shouting    B. working    C. smiling        D. looking

13.A. busy        B. scenic     C. wide           D. peaceful

14.A. career      B. situation  C. history        D. advantage

15.A. Originally  B. Actually   C. Really         D. Recently

16.A. report      B. consider   C. remember       D. study

17.A. record      B. decorate   C. monitor        D. reflect

18.A. watching    B. waiting    C. living         D. traveling

19.A. funny       B. important  C. truthful       D. numerous

20.A. copy        B. describe   C. draw           D. guess

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.D

6.B

7.A

8.B

9.A

10.D

11.A

12.D

13.B

14.A

15.B

16.A

17.D

18.C

19.C

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：文章讲了身为作家的作者在回家途中遇到一个自称reflector的记者，他对作者说的话让作者感到深受启发，认为人的思想应该反映出周边的真实情况。

1.考查形容词。A. cool 凉爽的       B. hot  热的      C. strong  强的   D. cold 冷的；由last days of summer可知风是凉爽的，所以选A

2.考查名词。A. schedule 时间表，计划 B. weather 天气   C. calendar日历  D. experience经历；由have a lot of time left可知作者知道日历上表示夏天还很长，所以选C

3.考查动词。A. start 开始      B. change  改变   C. worsen 变坏    D. disappear 消失；由第二题答案可知这里说的是夏天突然就结束了，即消失，所以选D

4.考查名词。A. chair  椅子     B. table   桌子   C. restaurant  餐馆   D. station 车站；由后文the opposite side of the table可知选 B

5.考查名词。A. height  高度    B. weight 重量    C. accent 口音        D. age 年龄；根据about my…可知这里填age，意思是和我同龄，选D

6.考查名词。A. night  夜晚     B. afternoon  下午 C. evening   晚上，傍晚     D. morning 早晨；由第一段的after lunch可知时间是下午，所以选B

7.考查动词。A. sat   坐下      B. settled  安顿  C.  calmed    平静下来    D. lay  躺下；根据at the opposite side of the table可知他是坐在桌子另一端，所以选A

8.考查副词。A. distantly 远远地   B. nearby  附近地   C. comfortably  舒适地  D. alone 独自；根据I live about an hour and a half from here和No的回答可知男人问她是否住在附近，所以选B

9.考查动词。A. passing by 经过 B. giving up 放弃 C. thinking over 仔细思考 D. walking off 走开；根据文章开头的on my way home可知作者只是经过这里，所以选A

10.考查名词。A. designer 设计者   B. thinker 思考者   C. painter   画家     D. writer 作家；根据文章下文You were dreaming and wondering just like an author，author的意思是作者，所以选D

11.考查名词。A. interest  兴趣  B. secrete 分泌   C. trust  相信        D. patience 耐心；这句话的意思是他引起了我的兴趣，所以选A

12.考查动词。A. shouting 大吼   B. working 工作   C. smiling  微笑      D. looking 看；根据上下文，男人只是观察作者就知道了他的职业，所以选D

13.考查形容词。A. busy  忙碌的      B. scenic 风景优美的  C. wide 宽广的    D. peaceful 平静的；根据文章第一段的beautiful little town可知这个小镇是以风景优美著称，所以选B

14.考查名词。A. career  职业   B. situation 情况 C. history   历史     D. advantage  长处；根据后文的问题what do you do for a living可知作者对对方的职业感兴趣，所以选A

15.考察副词。A. Originally 原来 B. Actually 实际上  C. Really  真正地    D. Recently 近来；这里对方想说的是实际上他是个记者，所以选B

16.考查动词。A. report  报告    B. consider  考虑 C. remember  记得     D. study  学习；前面说男人是记者，所以他的工作就是做报道，因此选A

17.考查动词。A. record   记录   B. decorate  装饰 C. monitor   监视     D. reflect 反映；根据前文的reflector，可知这里填动词形式reflect，选D

18.考查动词。A. watching 观看   B. waiting  等待  C. living  居住       D. traveling 旅行；根据上下文，男人是住在当地的，所以填living，选择C

19.考查形容词。A. funny   有趣的    B. important 重要的  C. truthful  可信的     D. numerous 无数的；根据男人的描述可知他想表达自己写的新闻报道十分真实可信，所以选C

20.考查动词。A. copy    抄写    B. describe 描述  C. draw     绘画      D. guess 猜测；根据这里的语境，这句话的意思应该是：如果你要描述一个人，所以选B

考点：考查故事类短文