Question

完形填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C, D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

If you ever have a chance to go to Finland, you’ll probably be surprised to find how “foolish” the Finnish people are.

Take the taxi drivers for example．You can go ___ ___ on a journey, tell the driver to ______ you at any place, say that you have some business to ___ ___, and that you will pay the taxi driver later. He will agree without any ______ but just accept your words in good ______.

The dining rooms in all big hotels not only serve their ______, but also provide food for outside ______．Hotel guests have their meals free , so they _____ go to the free dining rooms to have their meals, and the ______ they would do to show their good faith is to wave their registration card to the waiter．With such ______ check, you can easily use any old registration card to take a couple of friends to wine and dine free of ______.

Finnish workers are paid by the hour．If you work in Finland and have ______ the boss on the hourly rate, then you just say how many hours you have worked and you’ll be paid ______.

With so many loop holes in every day life, surely Finland must be a good country to those who ______ to take “petty advantages”．But the ______ thing is, all the taxi passengers always come back to pay their _____ after they have attended to their business; not a ______ outsider has ever been found in the free hotel dining rooms; workers always give the exact hours they have ______．．．As the Finns always act on good faith and always have a (an) ______ of “right is right” and “wrong is wrong” in every thing they do, so to live in such a society has turned everyone into a real “gentleman”.

What we regarded as “foolish” is ______ the Finnish people’s way of life．

1.A. somewhere     B. anywhere     C. sometime     D. anytime

2.A. stop           B. pass        C. drop        D. pick

3.A. attend to    B. take care   C. take up     D. appeal to

4.A. guarantee    B. anxiety   C. passenger    D. money

5.A. smile         B. place        C. seat        D. faith

6.A. meals          B. visitors     C. guests       D. cards

7.A. waiters       B. diners       C. drivers     D. workers

8.A. naturally     B. respectively C. secretly   D. contently

9.A. best          B. worst         C. most         D. least

10.A. strict        B. complete      C. troublesome  D. loose

11.A. registration B. care          C. charge      D. noise

12.A. paid for     B. debated with  C. talked about D. agreed with

13.A. accordingly   B. reluctantly  C. separately   D. automatically

14.A. hesitate      B. hate         C. love         D. refuse

15.A. strange       B. confusing     C. complex      D. imaginative

16.A. business      B. trip          C. fine        D. fare

17.A. single       B. faithful      C. familiar     D. usual

18.A. worked on   B. put in        C. spent on   D. run out

19.A. religion     B. law           C. idiom       D. attitude

20.A. eventually  B. accidentally  C. actually     D. temporarily

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.D

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.D

11.C

12.D

13.A

14.C

15.A

16.D

17.A

18.B

19.D

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：芬兰人显得很“愚蠢”，他们总是选择相信他人，本文用三个例子说明，芬兰人生活态度就是诚信，实事求是。

1.B考查副词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. somewhere在某地；B. anywhere任何地方；C. sometime改天；D. anytime任何时间。根据tell the driver to __ ___ you at any place,可知，你可以乘车去任何地方，故选B。

2.C考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. stop停下来；B. pass经过；C. drop someone at让某人下车；D. pick拾起。在任何地点都可以让司机停下下车。选C。

3.A考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. attend to处理；B. take care当心，照顾；C. take up拿起，占据，从事；D. appeal to吸引。下文的after they have attended to their business提示, 选A。

4.B考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. guarantee保证；B. anxiety焦虑；C. passenger乘客；D. money钱。他们会毫不担忧地同意你的说法，后面说接受顾客所说的话 ，所以不担心顾客会不付钱，故选B.

5.D考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. smile微笑；B. place地方；C. seat座位；D. faith信任。根据前面提到芬兰人很傻可知，司机会很相信你所说的话。后面的the ___ ___ they would do to show their good faith也提示选D。

6.C考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. meals饭；B. visitors参观者；C. guests客人；D. cards卡片。根据Hotel guests have their meals free可知，大旅馆的餐厅不仅给自己旅馆的客人准备饭还有外面的，故选C。

7.B考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. waiters服务员；B. diners用餐者；C. drivers司机；D. workers工人。根据The dining rooms可知选B。

8.A考查副词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. naturally自然地；B. respectively各自地；C. secretly秘密地；D. contently 不断地。根据Hotel guests have their meals free ,可知，住旅馆的客人免费吃饭，所以很自然地去免费餐厅就餐。故选A。

9.C考查形容词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. best最好的；B. worst最差的；C. most最多；D. least最少。大多数人为了表明诚信都是晃一下他们的登记卡给服务员。故选C。

10.D考查形容词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. strict严格的；B. complete完全的；C. troublesome讨厌的；D. loose宽松的。前面说的检查是晃一下他们的登记卡，所以是宽松的检查，故选D。

11.C考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. registration登记；B. care照料；C. charge费用；D. noise噪音。你可以用旧卡带几个朋友去免费吃饭喝酒。故选C。

12.D考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. paid for支付；B. debated with争论；C. talked about讨论；D. agreed with同意；和老板达成一致，故选D。

13.A考查副词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. accordingly因此；B. reluctantly勉强；C. separately单独地；D. automatically自动。你只需要说明你工作了多少小时，就会按你说的付钱给你。故选A。

14.C考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. hesitate犹豫；B. hate恨；C. love爱；D. refuse拒绝。 根据前面所说，这个国家对那些爱占小便宜的人来说太好了。故选C。

15.A考查形容词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. strange奇怪；B. confusing令人困惑的；C. complex 复杂的；D. imaginative富有想象力的。所有的出租车乘客都会回来付车费, 不会一走了之, 故选A。

16.D考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. business生意；B. trip旅行；C. fine罚款；D. fare费用。根据前文的that you will pay the taxi driver later. 可知，选D。

17.A考查形容词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. single单一的；B. faithful忠实的；C. familiar熟悉的；D. usual通常的。没有发现一个外来客在免费餐厅吃饭。根据上下文可知选A。

18.B考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. worked on从事；B. put in放进，申请；C. spent on花费；D. run out 用完。工人总是给出他们申请的确切时间。选B。

19.D考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。 A. religion宗教信仰；B. law法律；C. idiom习语；D. attitude态度。芬兰人做事讲诚信，抱着“对就是对，错就是错”的态度做事。故选D。

20.副词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. eventually最终；B. accidentally偶然；C. actually事实上；D. temporarily临时。我们认为傻的事实上却是芬兰人的生活方式。

考点：考查社会类短文阅读。