Question

Table Talk

As we got out of the car, our son announced, “Phones stay in the car.”

“Why do you always have to tell us that?” complained our fifteen-year-old grandson.

Our son’s wife winked at us and then explained, “We have a family _________ that no one may bring anything electronic to the table.”

We _________ our phones in the car. Even though the restaurant was filled with families, there was little noise. All I heard were a few quiet conversations and the ding of forks on plates. The _________ unnerved me. I looked around. Everyone, even the young kids, was _________ at some kind of screen.

The silence was broken _________ the six of us sat down, and started talking. The waitress stood patiently and waited for our orders. When our food came, we continued to chat.

An elderly couple at the next table were finishing their dinners and conversing quietly. I noticed that they shot us a few glances, and _________ if our constant chatter was annoying them.

After the dessert, my son signaled the waitress for the check. She hesitated when she brought the black folder to our table. My son opened the black folder—it was _________. “You forgot the check,” he told her.

“There isn’t one. Someone else _________ your bill—and the tip too.” she said with a giggle (咯咯笑).

“Why?” asked our son, his wife and myself at once.

“They loved it that no one was connected,” she continued. “They loved watching you guys _________. The old lady went on and on about how nice it was to see a family eating and talking instead of looking at ‘electric games’.”

For a moment, everyone at our table was at a loss for __________. Then we all started talking at once. My son’s voice rose above the others. “Where are they? We want to thank them.”

“They left after you ordered dessert,” the waitress replied.

We spent the next fifteen minutes discussing this goodness and camp up with a __________. Next time we see a family eating at a restaurant __________ looking at anything electronic, we’ll pay it forward, just like what happened to us.

1.A.rule B.appointment C.discussion D.goal

2.A.closed B.returned C.sent D.locked

3.A.sweetness B.quietness C.patience D.preference

4.A.smiling B.knocking C.staring D.pointing

5.A.though B.before C.when D.until

6.A.realized B.wondered C.asked D.hesitated

7.A.special B.strange C.typical D.empty

8.A.paid B.served C.managed D.changed

9.A.eat B.talk C.argue D.work

10.A.directions B.choices C.words D.ideas

11.A.schedule B.message C.task D.plan

12.A.without B.by C.through D.for

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.C

6.B

7.D

8.A

9.B

10.C

11.D

12.A

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了在餐馆吃饭时，一对老夫妇看到我们一家人吃饭聊天而不是看电子设备，因而替我们结了账，我们准备把这种做法延续下去，下次看到一家人在餐馆吃饭而不看任何电子设备时，我们也会替他们结账。

1.考查名词词义辨析。句意：儿媳妇向我们眨了眨眼，然后解释说：“我们有一条家庭规定，任何人不得带任何电子设备上桌”。A. rule规则；B. appointment约定；C. discussion讨论；D. goal目标。根据空后的“that no one may bring anything electronic to the table.”可知，任何人不得带任何电子产品上桌是我们家的一条家规，故A项正确。

2.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们把手机锁在车里了。A. closed关闭；B. returned返回；C. sent发送；D. locked锁上。根据上文中的“Phones stay in the car.”可知，我们把手机锁在车里了，故D项正确。

3.考查名词词义辨析。句意：这种安静使我不安。A. sweetness甜蜜；B. quietness安静、宁静；C. patience耐性；D. preference偏爱。空前说尽管餐馆里有很多家庭在聚餐，但几乎没有什么噪音，我只听到一些安静的谈话和盘子上叉子的叮当声，但是这种安静让我感到不安，故B项正确。

4.考查动词词义辨析。句意：每个人，甚至是小孩子，都盯着屏幕看。A. smiling微笑；B. knocking敲；C. staring紧盯；D. pointing指。根据空后的“at some kind of screen”可知，每个人都盯着屏幕看，故C项正确。

5.考查连词词义辨析。句意：当我们六个人坐下来开始谈话时，沉默被打破了。A. though尽管；B. before在……之前；C. when当……的时候；D. until直到。根据空后的“the six of us sat down, and started talking.”可知，当我们六个人坐下来开始谈话时，沉默被打破了，故C项正确。

6.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我注意到他们朝我们瞥了几眼，我在想是不是我们的谈话让他们不悦。A. realized意识到；B. wondered想知道；C. asked问；D. hesitated犹豫。空前说邻桌的一对老夫妇吃完晚饭，正在安静地交谈，我注意到他们朝我们瞥了几眼，因此我在想是不是我们的谈话让他们不悦，故B项正确。

7.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我儿子打开黑色的结账夹，里面是空的。A. special特别的；B. strange奇怪的；C. typical典型的；D. empty空的。根据空后的“You forgot the check”可知，结账夹里是空的，没有结账单，故D项正确。

8.考查动词词义辨析。句意：有人付了你的账单和小费。A. paid支付；B. served服务；C. managed管理；D. changed改变。上文说我们吃完饭准备结账，但服务员没有拿结账单，原因是有人替我们结过账了，故A项正确。

9.考查动词词义辨析。句意：他们喜欢看你们聊天。A. eat吃；B. talk谈话；C. argue争论；D. work工作。空后说那位老太太一直在说，看到一家人吃饭聊天，而不是看电子游戏是多么美好，因此那对老夫妇喜欢看我们一家人吃饭时聊天，故B项正确。

10.考查名词词义辨析。句意：一时间，我们每个人都不知道说什么好，然后我们立刻开始谈论起来。A. directions指示；B. choices选择；C. words话语；D. ideas想法。听到那位老太太那样的评价，一时间，我们每个人都不知道说什么好，故C项正确。

11.考查名词词义辨析。句意：接下来的十五分钟里，我们讨论了这件好事，并制定了一个计划。A. schedule时间表；B. message信息；C. task任务；D. plan计划。空后说下次我们看到一家人在餐馆吃饭而不看任何电子设备时，我们也会替他们结账，这是我们的计划，故D项正确。

12.考查介词词义辨析。句意：下次我们看到一家人在餐馆吃饭而不看任何电子设备时，我们也会做发生在我们身上的事情——替他们结账。A. without没有；B. by通过；C. through穿过；D. for为了。根据上文内容可知，我们一家人吃饭时不看任何电子设备，正是因为这个原因，一对老夫妇为我们结了账，所以下次我们看到一家人在餐馆吃饭而不看任何电子设备时，我们也会这样做，故A项正确。