Question

阅读下面短文．从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中。选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

It was Tom's first visit to England, and he was looking forward to his first journey on London's Underground Railway. And against his friends' _______, he was determined to travel _______.

He entered the station shortly after five o'clock in the afternoon. This is a _______ time to travel in London, _______ crowds of people go home from work at this hour. He _______ to join a long line of people waiting for tickets. When at last his _______ came, he had some difficulty in making himself understood by the ticket seller. _______he got the right ticket in the end and by asking people the ________, he also found the right platform(站台). It was _______ tight with people. He did not _______ to get on the first train, but he was able to move nearer to the platform so as to be in a better _______ to get on the next one.

When this train came in, Tom was swept forward onto the _______ by the push of people from ________. The doors closed and the train moved off. He was unable to see the _______ of the stations where the train _______, but he knew that the station he wanted was the sixth _______ along the line. When the train reached the sixth station, Tom got off, feeling _______ that his journey had been so easy. But he suddenly realized that he had come to a station he had never _______. He explained his _______ to a man who was standing on the platform. With a _______ on his face, he told Tom that he had caught a train going in the opposite direction.

1.A. thought       B. advice          C. relation         D. favor

2.A. alone         B. abroad          C. along             D. away

3.A. short         B. certain         C. possible          D. bad

4.A. because        B. and            C. so               D. but

5.A. planned        B. had            C. happened        D. hoped

6.A. luck           B. time           C. chance           D. turn

7.A. Thus          B. Instead         C. Therefore         D. However

8.A. question       B. way            C. place            D. condition

9.A. packed        B. caught         C. covered           D. seized

10.A. manage       B. try            C. agree             D. expect

11.A. situation    B. state           C. position          D. seat

12.A. bus          B. train           C. car               D. floor

13.A. left          B. right           C. front             D. behind

14.A. symbols       B. points         C. names             D. numbers

15.A. left         B. stopped         C. started           D. moved

16.A. part          B. pause           C. stop             D. arrival

17.A. glad         B. sick            C. sorry            D. tired

18.A. heard of     B. talked about    C. thought of       D. arrived at

19.A. result       B. mistake         C. difficulty       D. ticket

20.A. joke         B. smile          C. surprise          D. anger

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.A

5.B

6.D

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.A

11.C

12.B

13.D

14.C

15.B

16.C

17.A

18.A

19.C

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了Tom第一次到英格兰，不听朋友的建议，独自外出，结果把火车的方向弄反了，以致到错了地方。

1. 考查名词。A. thought想法；B. advice建议；C. relation关系；D. favor喜爱。against one’s advice意为“违背别人的建议”。故选B。

2. 考查上下文联系。A. alone单独的，独自的；B. abroad国外；C. along沿着；D. away离开。通过下文得知，他是一人出来，故用alone。故选A。

3. 考查形容词。A. short短的；B. certain确切的；C. possible可能的；D. bad坏的。根据语境，下面街道人多为患，所以用“bad”。故选D。

4. 考查连词。A. because因为；B. and和；C. so如此，所以；D. but但是。because表原因，用以解释bad time。故选A。

5. 考查动词。根据语境可知，要排长队购票是不以他的意志为转移的，他是“不得不”排队。故选B。

6. 考查名词。A. luck运气；B. time时间；C. chance机会；D. turn轮次。根据语境可知，最后轮到他了，故选D。

7.D 考查转折关系。A. Thus因此；B. Instead代替；C. Therefore因此；D. However然而。根据语境，售票员听不懂他的话，他却把票买成了，前后句显然有“转折”关系。故选D。

8. 考查名词。A. question问题；B. way路；C. place地点位置；D. condition条件。问路一般用ask the way。故选B。

9. 考查动词。A. packed打包；B. caught抓住；C. covered覆盖；D. seized尺寸。be packed with挤满，塞满。根据前面说是下班高峰期，人很多。故选A。

10. 考查短语。A. manage安排，打算；B. try尝试；C. agree同意；D. expect除了。manage to do表示“设法得以做成某事”，没做成当然用not manage了。故选A。

11. 考查上下文联系。A. situation情景；B. state舞台；C. position位置；D. seat座位。因为是在拥挤的站台上，显然获得的是一个稍好些的站的“位置”。

12. 考查名词。A. bus公共汽车；B. train火车；C. car小汽车；D. floor地板。根据前文“When this train came in,”可知，他是上了火车，故选B。

13. 考查方位名词。A. left左边；B. right右边；C. front前面；D. behind后面。根据后文“by the push of people”可知，是被后面的人推的，故选D。

14. 考查名词。A. symbols标志；B. points点；C. names名字；D. numbers数字。根据语境可知，他是初次到达这里，所以对于这里的站的名字都是很陌生的，故选C。

15. 考查动词。A. left离开；B. stopped停止；C. started开始；D. moved移动。根据前文可知，火车到达了火车站，所以会停下来，故选B。

16. 考查名词。A. part部分；B. pause暂停；C. stop站；D. arrival到达。这里表示第16站，stop意为“车站”，符合语境，故选C。

17. 考查形容词。A. glad开心的；B. sick生病的；C. sorry抱歉的；D. tired疲劳的。根据后文his journey had been so easy可知，他是因为旅行如此顺利而感到非常开心，故选A。

18. 考查短语。A. heard of听说过；B. talked about谈论；C. thought of思考；D. arrived at到达。根据前文“never”以及后面他向路人询问，可推断他到了一个他从未听说过的地方，故选A。

19. 考查名词。A. result结果；B. mistake失误；C. difficulty困难；D. ticket门票。根据前文，他到了一个他没有听说过的地方，因而找路人询问，告知了他的困难，故选C。

20. 考查名词。A. joke玩笑；B. smile微笑；C. surprise惊讶；D. anger生气。根据语境可知，这个友好的路人告诉他坐了反方向的车，所以应该是带着微笑告诉他，故选B。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读。