Question

Last month, Mr. and Mrs. Walter moved to a small town because they both _________ from work and wanted to _________a peaceful life. After being there _________ a short time, Mrs. Walter complained(抱怨) to her next-door _________. She told him about the poor service _______ she received at the local convenient store. She was hoping the neighbor would repeat her _________to the store owner.

The next day the newcomer went to the store._________ greeted her with a big smile. He told her how _________ he was to see her again, and said he hoped she liked their _________. He also offered himself as a resource to Mrs. Walter and her husband as they got settled. Then he took care of her order________.

Mrs. Walter was very __________. When she got home, she reported the big ________ to her neighbor. “I suppose you told him how poor I thought the __________was,” she guessed.

“Well, no,” the neighbor said, “__________ —and I hope you don’t mind—I told him you were amazed at the way he had __________this small town store, which was no easy job, and that you thought it was one of the __________stores you’d ever seen.”

Mrs. Walter’s neighbor __________ that all people want to be __________. Actually, most people will do nearly anything for you __________you treat them respectfully. That means making it clear to them that their feelings are ________, and their opinions are precious.

1.A. learned    B. retired    C. came    D. recovered

2.A. live    B. save    C. change    D. remember

3.A. of    B. on    C. at    D. for

4.A. sister    B. stranger    C. newcomer    D. neighbor

5.A. where    B. that    C. what    D. how

6.A. happiness    B. dissatisfaction    C. honesty    D. joke

7.A. Mr. Walter    B. Mrs. Walter    C. The owner    D. The neighbor

8.A. happy    B. funny    C. lucky    D. polite

9.A. way    B. friend    C. order    D. town

10.A. quickly    B. sadly    C. angrily    D. easily

11.A. proud    B. interested    C. surprised    D. disappointed

12.A. success    B. change    C. decision    D. idea

13.A. place    B. man    C. store    D. service

14.A. For example    B. At least    C. In fact    D. After all

15.A. paid for    B. built up    C. found out    D. thought about

16.A. best-run    B. most modern    C. busiest    D. cleanest

17.A. understood    B. forgot    C. pretended    D. hoped

18.A. helped    B. educated    C. respected    D. corrected

19.A. until    B. unless    C. if    D. though

20.A. embarrassing    B. exciting    C. shameful    D. important

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.D

5.B

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.D

10.A

11.C

12.B

13.D

14.C

15.B

16.A

17.A

18.C

19.C

20.D

【解析】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了一对夫妇搬到一个小城镇，不久这对夫妇中的女人对他们镇上的一所商店的服务不满，于是托邻居转达她的抱怨。令人惊讶的是，第二天女人去这所商店却受到热情的招待，原来邻居将抱怨转为对这所商店的赞美。这告诉我们：如果你尊敬别人，别人自然也会尊敬你。

1.B考查词汇辨析。A. learned学习；B. retired退休；C. came来；D. recovered康复。上个月Mr. and Mrs. Walter退休，他们想搬到一个小城镇过平静的生活。故选B。

2.A 考查词汇辨析。A. live过生活；B. save拯救；C. change改变；D. remember记住。他们想搬到一个小城镇过平静的生活。故选A。

3.D考查介词的用法。A. of ……的；B. on在……上；C. at位于；D. for表示一段时间。她在那住了一段时间，她开始跟邻居抱怨。故选D。

4.D考查名词辨析。A. sister妹妹；B. stranger陌生人；C. newcomer新手；D. neighbor邻居。她在那住了一段时间，她开始跟隔壁的邻居抱怨。故选D。

5.B考查定语从句。此处the poor service是先行词，它在定语从句中作宾语，故选B。

6.B考查名词辨析。A. happiness幸福；B. dissatisfaction不满意；C. honesty诚实；D. joke笑话。她希望邻居能把她的不满意告诉给店主。故选B。

7.C考查名词辨析。店主笑着迎接他。The owner店主。故选C。

8.A考查形容词辨析。A. happy高兴；B. funny可笑；C. lucky幸运的；D. polite礼貌的。根据前面greeted her with a big smile可推知，他告诉她他再次见到她是多么高兴。故选A。

9.D考查名词辨析。A. way方法；B. friend朋友；C. order命令；D. town城镇。他希望她喜欢他们的城镇。故选D。

10.A考查副词的用法。A. quickly快速地；B. sadly悲伤地；C. angrily气愤地；D. easily容易地。他很迅速地听从命令。故选A。

11.C考查形容词辨析及语境理解。A. proud骄傲的；B. interested对……感兴趣；C. surprised吃惊的；D. disappointed失望的。Mrs. Walter感到很吃惊，她把这个变化告诉了她的邻居。故选C。

12.B考查名词辨析及语境理解。A. success成功；B. change变化；C. decision决定；D. idea想法。Mrs. Walter感到很吃惊，她把这个变化告诉了她的邻居。故选B。

13.D考查名词辨析。A. place地方；B. man人；C. store商店；D. service服务。我认为你告诉过他服务有多差劲。故选D。

14.C考查固定短语。A. For example例如；B. At least至少；C. In fact实际上；D. After all毕竟。事实上，我告诉他，你对这个小城镇商店建立的方式感到很吃惊。故选C。

15.B考查动词短语。A. paid for付款；B. built up建立；C. found out发现；D. thought about考虑。你对这个小城镇商店建立的方式感到很吃惊。故选B。

16.A考查形容词辨析。A. best-run运营最好的；B. most modern最现代的；C. busiest最忙的；D. cleanest最干净的。你认为这是你看到的经营最好的商店之一。故选A。

17.A考查动词词义辨析。A. understood理解；B. forgot忘记；C. pretended假装；D. hoped希望。Mrs. Walter的邻居理解每个人都需要尊敬。故选A。

18.C考查动词词义辨析。A. helped帮助；B. educated教育；C. respected尊敬；D. corrected改正。Mrs. Walter的邻居理解每个人都需要尊敬。故选C。

19.C考查连词的用法。A. until直到……才；B. unless除非；C. if如果；D. though尽管。如果你尊敬人们，他们会为你做任何事情。故选C。

20.D考查形容词辨析。A. embarrassing令人尴尬的；B. exciting令人激动的；C. shameful耻辱的；D. important重要的。他们的感觉是重要的，他们的意见是珍贵的。故选D。

【名师点睛】

词汇复现包括原词复现、同义词复现、同根词复现、概括词复现以及结构复现等。完形填空所选的文章都是具有逻辑关系、意义相连的语篇，因此，在行文中不可避免地会出现词语的复现、前后同义或反义、相互照应等现象。所以，解题时应联系上下文寻找相关线索，如某一个词的原词、指代词、同义词、近义词、上义词、下义词和概括词等。但由于我们在做题时不可能总是重复地阅读文章，因此，在做完形填空时要培养一种捕捉并记忆相关信息的能力。

原词或同根词复现

原词或同根词复现是指相同的单词或同根词在原文中反复出现，达到衔接文章的目的。本文的第4小题就是原词复现：

Mrs. Walter complained(抱怨) to her next-door ____4____.根据后文的neighbor可知，这里填neighbor。