Question

My uncle has a very beautiful umbrella. He has had it ____ and he is very careful with it. It still looks as good as new. “That umbrella must have ____ you a great deal of money, Uncle，” I said to him one day. “No，” he replied, “____.”  “Was it a present？” I asked again. “No，” said he. “Then how did you get it？” I asked.

“Well，” he answered, “it is a strange true story. About ten years ago I was walking along a quiet London street one evening ____ it suddenly rained. I had no ___ and no umbrella. No buses ____that street and there were no taxis in sight. As I was on my way to a party I didn't want to get ___.So I stood in a doorway and waited for the rain to stop. By and by it grew quite ____， there wasn't a person around，and still it rained and rained.____ a young man came to the place where I was standing, ____ a large umbrella over his head. As I hoped he would ____ me to walk to the next corner with him, ___ I could have got a taxi，I stepped ____ the dark doorway where I had been standing, and said, ‘____， where are you going with that umbrella？’

__50__ by my sudden appearance, the young man ____ the umbrella which I am afraid, he had just stolen, ran away, and ___ into the darkness. I picked up the umbrella and __53__ my walk. I knew it would be ____ in this big city to try and discover the owner and so I've kept it ____.”

1.A.for months  B．for years 

C．since childhood  D．since then

2.A.used  B．cost  C．taken  D．spent

3.A.very little  B．only a few pounds

C．not a penny  D. not a great deal

4.A.when   B．then  C．before  D．as

5.A.car  B．hat  C．raincoat  D．friend

6.A.moved through  B．ran through

C．went across  D．passed across

7.A.tired  B．back  C．wet  D．away

8.A.dark  B．wet  C．late  D．helpless

9.．A.At once  B．At last  C．Strangely  D．Secretly

10.A.raising  B．carrying  C．holding  D．lifting

11.A.allow  B．let  C．agree  D．promise

12.A.there  B．where  C．from which  D．in which

13.A.into  B．out of 

C．towards  D．from behind

14.A.By the way  B．Pardon  C．Excuse me  D．Sorry

15.A.Encouraged  B．Forced 

C．Warmed D．Frightened

16.A.shut  B．took  C．dropped  D．forgot

17.．A.disappeared  B．wandered  C．marched  D．came

18.A.stopped  B．started  C．continued  D．delayed

19.A.endless  B．interesting  C．exciting  D．hopeless

20.A.ever since  B．forever  C．long enough  D．in the end

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.C

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.C

11.A

12.B

13.B

14.C

15.D

16.C

17.A

18.C

19.D

20.A

【解析】

1.1】答案 B [从下文“about ten years ago...”我们可以得知，叔叔有这把雨伞已有10 年了。]

2.2】答案 B [“某物花某人多少钱”用sth cost sb some money。]

3.3】答案 C [从下文得知，这把雨伞是叔叔白捡的，因此一分钱也没花。其他选项均有一定干扰性，联系上下文我们可知这些选项不合题意。]

4.4】答案 A [when在这里相当于and then(就在这时)。]

5.5】答案 C [因为没有雨衣和雨伞“我”才在doorway躲雨，其他选项均不合题意。]

6.6】答案 B [“没有汽车跑这条街”。其他选项均有干扰性，说汽车跑这条路线一般用run。]

7.7】答案 C [“我”不想被淋湿，是“我”站在doorway等雨停的原因。]

8.8】答案 A [it grew wet搭配不正确，在这里作者并非说时候晚了，而是说天黑了，从下文“I stepped out of the dark doorway”可知答案。]

9.9】答案 B [最后，一位年轻人出现了。]

10.10】答案 C [选项B、D有较大干扰性，carry有“随身携带”的意思，但不可表示“举着”，lift意思是“向上举”，不表示状态，因此，B、D两项不合题意。]

11.11】答案 A [“我希望他能让我与他一起走到下一个转弯处”。let后跟不带to的不定式作宾补，因此B项不合题意。]

12.12】答案 B [where引导定语从句，修饰corner。B、D两项有较大干扰性，在街道拐角处用at the corner，因此引导定语从句时应用at which。]

13.13】答案 B [“我”从doorway走出来。]

14.14】答案 C [因为是请求别人的帮助，因此“我”说“Excuse me”。]

15.15】答案 D [从下文的“the young man (dropped) the umbrella which I am afraid，he had just stolen，ran away，and (disappeared) into the darkness”可知，这个年轻人害怕了。]

16.16】答案 C [因为后来“我”捡起了雨伞，显然他是把雨伞扔下了。]

17.17】答案 A [从该空后的into the darkness可知答案。]

18.18】答案 C [“我”原来是在半路躲雨，现在“我”又继续前行。]

19.19】答案 D [在这么大的城市找一把伞的主人是没有希望的。]

20.20】答案 A [ever since等于ever since then，意思是“从那时起”。]