Question

IF and WHEN often had lunch together. Their conversation always___  _ on the things they hoped to achieve and they loved to talk about them.

This particular Saturday when they met for lunch, WHEN ____  __ IF wasn’t in a great mood（心情）. After they sat at the usual table____  _ for them, WHEN asked IF, “You don’t seem your usual _____  __self?” IF replied,“Yesterday I saw a course I wanted to take, If only I ____  __ the time.”

WHEN knew exactly how IF felt and said, “I too saw a ____  __ and I’ m going to register (登记) when I get _____  __money.” WHEN then questioned IF, “what about the new job you were going to apply for?” IF answered, “I would have applied, but my _____  _ broke down. I couldn’t type my resume(简历).”

“Don’t worry. I’ve been thinking about looking for another job also, ____  ___I’ll wait and when the weather gets ____  __ I will do it then. I hate this awful weather.”

The man sitting nearby heard them talking about when this and if that. When he couldn’t ____  _ it anymore, he went to them and said, “I think I know ___  __ you could solve your problems.”

IF smiled and thought that even if he knew the ____  ___ they faced, there was no way he could help! ____  ___, IF asked the man for advice. The man said, “Your conversation reminds me of an old _____  ___: IF and WHEN were planted, and nothing _____  __.”

IF and WHEN both looked surprised and began to feel ____  __ of living their life for the “ifs” and “whens”. Finally they came to a(n) ____  ___: next time they met, there would be no “ifs” or “whens”; they would ___  _ talk about what they had _____  _!

1.A. agreed     B. centered     C. relied      D. took

2.A. sensed     B. insisted      C. declared    D. guessed

3.A. cleaned    B. made        C. ordered     D. reserved

4.A. sensitive    B. honest      C. cheerful     D. stupid

5.A. had        B. spent       C. seized       D. valued

6.A. notice      B. job         C. course      D. chance

7.A. lucky      B. pocket       C. enough     D. paper

8.A. computer   B. fridge       C. camera      D. recorder

9.A. or         B. but         C. for         D. so

10.A. drier       B. colder      C. wilder       D. nicer

11.A. take       B. decline      C. support     D. watch

12.A. what       B. where       C. why       D. how

13.A. changes    B. expenses     C. challenges   D. possibilities

14.A. Anxiously  B. Curiously    C. Surprisingly  D. Sadly

15.A. saying     B. story        C. habit        D. fiction

16.A. rose       B. grew        C. removed     D. remained

17.A. tired      B. proud        C. ashamed     D. aware

18.A. ambition   B. conclusion    C. description   D. agreement

19.A. even      B. only         C. still         D. thus

20.A. discussed   B. promised    C. arranged     D. accomplished

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.C

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.D

11.A

12.D

13.C

14.B

15.A

16.B

17.C

18.D

19.B

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：这是一则寓言故事： If和WHEN总喜欢一起讨论它们希望得到的东西，某天它们相聚，各自保养这自己因为不能实现某事而不开心。 一旁听着的一位绅士送给它们一句谚语： 只说不做，一无所获。从此它梦只讨论所取得的。

1.根据语境“ 他们的谈话总是以它们所希望取得的为中心” 可知此处用center，center on 构成短语，“以。。。为中心，所以B正确。

2.T根据语境“WHEN“感觉到IF心情不好，所以A正确。

3.根据空格前的“the usual table’’.,可以判断出此处为‘‘定好的桌子’’，所以D正确。

4.根据上文中的“IF wasn’t in a great mood 可以知道，此处表示没有以前那么开心，cheerful 符合语境，所以C正确。

5.根据句意：昨天我看到了我想要学校的课程，要是我有时间就好了， 表示有时间，所以A正确。

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7.’m going to register ,可以知道此处表示： 当我有足够的钱时，我就去报名登记，根据语境用enough，所以C正确

8.根据下文中的I couldn’t type my resume 可以知道此处表示电脑坏了，不能打印简历了，所以A正确。

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15.根据语境可以知道此处表示：你们的对话使我想起了一句古老的谚语， 即：saying，所以A正确

16.句意为：种下如果和等待，看不到收获（只说不做，一无所获），grow 和 plant 相对应，所以B正确

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19.。 句意：下次他们再见面的时候，就没有假如和如果了，他们只谈他们已经实现的事情，根据语境是只谈，所以B正确

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考点：寓言类短文阅读