Question

The other day I was talking to a stranger on the bus; he told me that he had a good ______ in Chicago and he wondered if, by any chance, I ______ to know him . For a moment, I thought he might be ______ , but I could tell from the expression on his face that he was not. He was _____. I felt like saying that it was ridiculous (可笑的) to think that out of all the millions of people in Chicago I could possibly have ever bumped into his friend. But, ______, I just smiled and reminded him that Chicago was a very _____ city. He nodded, and I thought he was going to be content to drop the subject and talk about something else. But I was wrong. He was silent for a few minutes, and then he ______ to tell me all about his friend.

His friend’s main ______ in life seemed to be tennis. He was an excellent tennis player, and he even had his own tennis court（网球场）. There were a lot of people with swimming _______, yet there were only two people with private tennis court; his friend in Chicago was one of them. I told him that I knew several ______ like that, including my brother, who was doctor in California. He ______ that maybe there were more private courts in the country, than he realized but he did not know of any others. Then he asked me ______ my brother lived in California. When I said Sacramento, he said that was a coincidence(巧合) ______ his Chicago friend spent the summer in Sacramento last year and he lived next door to a ______ who had a tennis court in his backyard. I said I felt that really was a coincidence because my next-door neighbour had gone to Sacramento last summer and had hired the house next to my brother’s house. For a moment, we stared at each other, but we did not say anything.

“Would your friend’s name happen（碰巧） to be Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He laughed and said,“Yes. Would your brother’s name happen to be Dr Rey Hunter?” It was my ______ to laugh. “Yes,” I replied.

1.A. brother    B. teacher    C. neighbour    D. friend

2.A. managed    B. Happened    C. tried    D. wanted

3.A. expecting    B. lying    C. joking    D. talking

4.A. funny    B. serious    C. careful    D. disappointed

5.A. indeed    B. actually    C. instead    D. exactly

6.A. famous    B. interesting    C. noisy    D. big

7.A. began    B. stopped    C. refused    D. failed

8.A. problem    B. interest    C. choice    D. work

9.A. suit    B. habit    C. pools    D. river

10.A. people    B. players    C. strangers    D. friends

11.A. advised    B. argued    C. admitted    D. announced

12.A. how    B. whether    C. when    D. where

13.A. because    B. if    C. then    D. though

14.A. doctor    B. friend    C. neighbour    D. player

15.A. chance    B. pleasure    C. time    D. turn

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.B

5.C

6.D

7.A

8.B

9.C

10.A

11.C

12.B

13.A

14.A

15.D

【解析】作者在公共汽车上碰到了一位善谈的陌生人，陌生人提到自己的朋友，想知道作者是否碰巧认识，本来作者对此感到可笑，但是真的很巧，作者竟然认识陌生人的朋友。

1. D

考查名词： brother兄弟, teacher 老师， neighbour邻居 ;friend朋友.，从下文的“Chicago I could possibly have ever bumped into his friend.”可知陌生人向作者谈起他的好朋友，想知道作者是不是碰巧认识他的好朋友。选A。

2.B

考查动词。 Manage 设法；happen 发生，碰巧； try尝试； want想要。陌生人向作者谈起他的好朋友，想知道作者是不是碰巧认识他的好朋友。Happen to do sth，碰巧做…，选B 。

3.C

考查动词。 expecting期待； lying躺； joking开玩笑； talking谈论。从后面的句子：“but I could tell from the expression on his face that he was not.”可知作者开始觉得他这样说可能是在开玩笑。 选C。

4.B

考查形容词。 funny好笑的； serious 严肃的，认真的；careful仔细；disappointed 失望的。从前面的句子：“but I could tell from the expression on his face that he was not.”可知作者从陌 生人脸上的表情看出他不是在开玩笑，他是认真的，故选B 。

5.C

考查副词。 indeed确实。 actually实际上。instead相反的。 exactly确切地。由前句可知作者想说陌生人可笑，but表转折，且由空后的“I just smiled and reminded him...”推断出作者并没有说出自己的想法，相反，作者微笑着提醒陌生人芝加哥是个很大的城市。选C。

6. D

考查形容词。 famous著名的。. interesting有趣的。noisy嘈杂的。 big大的。芝加哥是个很大的城市，选A。

7.A

考查动词。begin开始； stop 停止； refused拒绝；failed失败。从前面的句子“He was silent for a few minutes,”可知他开始谈论他的朋友，选A。

8.B

考查名词。 problem问题；interest兴趣； choice选择；work工作。由下文“He was an excellent tennis player , and he even had his own tennis court.”可知， 陌生人的朋友是个网球手，甚至有自己的网球场，所以说他朋友的主要兴趣在网球。选B。

9.C

考查名词。 suit套装， habit习惯， pools水池 ， river河流。有很多人拥有游泳池，但是只有两个人拥有网球场，选C。

10.. A

.考查名词。people人们；players球员； strangers陌生人；friends朋友。从后面的句子“including my brother, who was a doctor in California.”可知作者认识这样的人，选A。

11.C

.考查动词。 advise 建议；argue 争论； admit 承认； announce宣布。陌生人承认在这个国家可能有更多的私人网球场。admit“承认“。选C。

12.B A. how B. whether C. when D. where

考查疑问词。 how怎样？ whether 是否， when什么时候， where，哪里。从后面的句子“When I said Sacramento…,”可知陌生人是问他弟弟是否住在California ，选B。

13.A

考查连词。 because因为； if是否；then那么；.though虽然。前面说这是巧合，因为陌生人的朋友也住在Sacramento,选A。

14.A

考查名词。.doctor医生， friend 朋友， neighbour邻居， player队友。从前面的句子“including my brother, who was a doctor in California. ”可知作者的哥哥是医生，选A。

15.D

考查名词。 chance机会；pleasure愉快； time时间；turn次序。轮到作者大笑。It’s one’s turn to do sth.“轮到某人做某事。”选D。