Question

完形填空（共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分）

I was waiting for a phone call from my ____    . He had left a message the night before, telling me that my show was to be _____    _.I called him several times, ____    _ each time his secretary told me that he was in a meeting and that he ______    call me later. So I waited and waited, but there was ____    _ no call. Three hours passing by, I became more and more_____    _. I was certain that my agent didn’t care about my work, and he didn't care about me. I was _____    _ with that _____    . I started to shout at the phone, "Let me wait, will you? Who do you think you are?"

At that time I didn't realize my wife was____    _. Without showing her surprise, she____    _ in, seized the phone, tore off the ____    _, and shouted at the phone, "Yeah! Who do you think you are? Bad telephone!" And she _____    it into the wastebasket.

I stood watching her, _____    _. What on earth?

She stepped to the doorway and shouted at the ______    of the house, "Now hear this! All objects in this room—______    _ you do anything to upset my husband, out you go!".

Then she turned to me, kissed me, and said _____    _, "Honey, you just have to learn how to take control." With that, she left the room.

After watching a _____    __ woman rushing in and out, shouting at everything _____    _, I noticed that something in my ______    had changed. I was laughing. How could I have trouble with that phone? Her antics helped me realize I had been____    crazy by small things. Twenty minutes later my agent did call. I was able to listen to him and talk to him calmly.

1.A. agent     B. wife      C. secretary    D. assistant

2.A. dismissed    B. canceled    C.failed     D.transformed

3.A. for    B.so      C.and    D. but

4.A.should   B. would    C.might      D. shall

5.A.rather   B. ever    C. still    D. even

6.A.skeptical   B. impatient   C. depressed    D. critical

7.A. faced     B. covered   C. overcome    D.overlooked

8.A.idea    B. thought    C.mind     D. mood

9.A. looking down B. looking up    C. looking for   D. looking on

10.A. jumped   B. hurried   C. rushed    D. stepped

11.A. phone    B. wires      C. receiver      D. call

12.A.snatched   B.skipped   C.swept    D.scratched

13.A. speechless  B. silence    C. surprising    D. scared

14.A.remains    B. left      C.other     D. rest

15.A.unless   B.as     C. if     D.since

16.A. jokingly  B. stubbornly    C. calmly    D. cautiously

17.A. loving    B. crazy    C. humourous   D.bored

18.A. in shape  B.in order   C. in place   D. in sight

19.A. eyes     B. heart     C. mind     D. mood

20.A.pushed       B. driven    C.forced    D. kept

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.B

5.C

6.B

7.C

8.B

9.D

10.C

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.D

15.C

16.C

17.B

18.D

19.D

20.B

【解析】试题分析：文章介绍作者因为工作上的事情发火，但是她妻子的一番疯狂的举动反而让他冷静下来。

1.】考查动词辨析和上下文句意理解。A. agent代理人，B. wife妻子，C. secretary 秘书， D. assistant助手，根据下文：I was certain that my agent didn’t care about my work, and he didn't care about me.故选A。

2.】考查动词辨析和上下文句意理解。A. dismissed解散；解雇，B. canceled取消， C.failed 失败， D.transformed转变，根据句意，他昨天晚上留了一个信息给我，告诉我我的节目将被取消。故选B。

3.】考查连词辨析和上下文句意理解。A. for 为了，B.so所以，C.and并且，D. but但是，根据句意，我打了几次电话给他，但是每次他的秘书都说他在开会。故选D。

4.】考查情态动词辨析和上下文句意理解。A.should应该，B. would将会，C.might 可以， D. shall将要，根据句意可知这里用过去将来时，故选B。

5.】考查副词辨析和上下文句意理解。A.rather相当，B. ever曾经，C. still仍然，D. even甚至，根据句意，我等啊等啊，但是仍然没有电话，故选C。

6.】考查形容词辨析和上下文句意理解。A.skeptical怀疑的，B. impatient不耐烦的， C. depressed沮丧的，D. critical批评的，根据So I waited and waited, but there was __40__ no call.可知作者越来越没有耐心了，故选B。

7.】考查动词辨析和上下文句意理解。A. faced面临，B. covered覆盖，C. overcome 克服；胜过；D.overlooked忽视，根据句意，我被这种想法征服了，故选C。

8.】考查名词辨析和上下文句意理解。根据I was certain that my agent didn’t care about my work, and he didn't care about me. 可知作者有了这样的想法，A.idea主意，B. thought 想法，思想，C.mind 思维，D. mood情绪，故选B。

9.】考查动词短语辨析和上下文句意理解。A. looking down低头看，B. looking up抬头， C. looking for寻找，D. looking on旁观，根据句意，我没有意识到妻子在旁边看着，故选D。

10.】考查动词辨析和上下文句意理解。A. jumped 跳，B. hurried匆忙，C. rushed冲，D. stepped踱步，根据当时的情景，作者的妻子是冲进房间，故选C。

11.】考查名词辨析和上下文句意理解。根据句意，A. phone电话，B. wires电线，C. receiver 听筒，D. call电话，她把电话线扯断，故选B。

12.】考查动词辨析和上下文句意理解。A.snatched夺得；抽空做，B.skipped漏掉，C.swept 席卷,扫荡 扫,扫去, D.scratched抓；刮；挖出，根据句意，她将东西扫进垃圾篓，故选C。

13.】考查形容词辨析和上下文句意理解。A. speechless无话可说的，B. silent沉默的，C. surprising 令人惊讶的， D. scared害怕的，根据What on earth?可知作者这会是无语了，故选A。

14.】考查名词辨析和上下文句意理解。A.remains残骸，B. loss损失，C.other其他，D. rest剩下的东西，根据句意，她走到门口对房间里面剩下的东西喊，故选D。

15.】考查连词辨析和上下文句意理解。A.unless除非，B.as正如，C. if 如果，D.since自从，根据句意，如果你们让我的丈夫难过，你们就出去,故选C。

16.】考查副词辨析和上下文句意理解。A. jokingly开玩笑地，B. stubbornly固执地，C. calmly 冷静地， D. cautiously谨慎地，根据"Honey, you just have to learn how to take control."可知她冷静地说，故选C。

17.】考查形容词辨析和上下文句意理解。A. loving有爱心的，B. crazy疯狂的，C. humourous 幽默的， D.bored厌烦的，根据rushing in and out, shouting at everything 可知这些是疯狂的举动，故选B。

18.】考查词组辨析和上下文句意理解。A. in shape成型，B.in order 秩序井然，C. in place在适当的位置，D. in sight在视野之内，根据句意，对着视野之内的任何东西大喊，故选D。

19.】考查副词辨析和上下文句意理解。根据I was laughing.，可知作者的情绪变了，A. eyes眼睛，B. heart心，C. mind思想，D. mood情绪，故选D。

20.】考查动词辨析和上下文句意理解。A.pushed推，B. driven 驱使，C.forced强迫，D. kept保持，drive sb.crazy使某人发疯，故选 B。

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