Question

    I was walking along the main street of a small seaside town in the north of England looking for somewhere to make a phone call. My car had _______ outside the town and I wanted to contact the AA Company. Low grey clouds were gathering across the sky and there was a cold damp wind _______ the sea which nearly threw me off my _______ every time I crossed one of the side streets. It had rained in the night and water was dripping from the _______ trees that lined the street. I was glad that I was wearing a thick coat.

There was no sign of a call _______ nor was there anyone at that early hour whom I could ask.I had thought I might find a shop open _______ the Saturday papers or a milkman doing his _______, but the town was _______ dead. The only living thing I saw was a thin _______ cat outside a small restaurant.

Then ________ I found what I was looking for. There was a small post office, and almost ________ from sight in a dark narrow street. Next to it was the town’s only public call box, which badly needed a coat of ________. I ________ forward, but stopped in ________ when I saw through the dirty glass that there was a  ________ inside. He was fat, and was wearing a cheap blue plastic raincoat. I could not see his face and he didn’t even ________ his head at the sound of my ________.

Carefully, I remained standing a few feet away and ________ a cigarette to wait for my turn. It was when I ________ the dead match on the ground that I noticed something ________ red trickling (滴流) from under the door.

1.A.broken up B.broken down C.broken of D.broken in

2.A.leaving of B.setting off C.blowing off D.cutting off

3.A.hair B.hand C.feet D.body

4.A.bare B.luxuriant C.tall D.green

5.A.house B.hall C.cottage D.box

6.A.sending B.purchasing C.trading D.selling

7.A.travels B.rounds C.trips D.rides

8.A.completely B.approximately C.tightly D.slightly

9.A.delighted B.furious C.frightened D.surprised

10.A.suddenly B.quickly C.instantly D.luckily

11.A.hidden B.covered C.noticed D.found

12.A.color B.diamonds C.jewel D.paint

13.A.walked B.crawled C.hurried D.wondered

14.A.happiness B.astonishment C.rage D.fear

15.A.woman B.man C.farmer D.worker

16.A.lower B.hide C.show D.raise

17.A.noises B.footsteps C.voices D.sounds

18.A.put out B.smoked C.took out D.lit

19.A.threw B.put C.placed D.lifted

20.A.thick B.dark C.bright D.eye-catching

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.A

5.D

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.A

11.A

12.D

13.C

14.B

15.B

16.D

17.B

18.D

19.A

20.C

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者的车在一个荒凉的海边小镇坏了，他四处寻找电话亭。等他终于发现一个小的电话亭时，发生了离奇的事情，电话亭里的男士死了，鲜红的血液正从里面流出来。

1.本题考查语境判断之逻辑关系。句意：我的车在镇外坏了，所以我想联系AA公司。A. broken up破裂；B. broken down坏掉；C. broken of戒除；D. broken in闯入。根据前文的I was walking along the main street of a small seaside town可推测，作者的车坏了，故选B项。

2.本题考查语境判断之其他线索。句意：低低的乌云在天空聚集，一阵潮湿的冷风从海边吹来，每次我穿过街边时都几乎把我吹得双脚发软。A. leaving off剔除；B. setting off出发；C. blowing off吹出；D. cutting off切掉。结合上下文可知，这里是海边小镇，故用“潮湿的冷风从海面吹出来”符合语境，故选C项。

3.本题考查语境判断之逻辑关系。句意：低低的乌云在天空聚集，一阵潮湿的冷风从海边吹来，每次我穿过街边时都几乎把我吹得双脚发软。A. hair头发；B. hand手；C. feet脚；D. body身体。结合上文可知，作者在街边行走，故此处用“脚”符合逻辑，故选C项。

4.本题考查语境判断之逻辑关系。句意：夜里下过雨，街道两旁光秃秃的树上滴着水。A. bare光的；B. luxuriant奢侈的；C. tall高的；D. green绿色的。根据下文的The only living thing I saw was a thin cat可知，此处用“光秃秃的树”符合语境，故选A项。

5.本题考查语境判断之逻辑关系。句意：没有电话亭的迹象，这么早的时间里没有我可以询问的人。A. house房子；B. hall大厅；C. cottage木屋；D. box盒子。根据上文的looking for somewhere to make a phone call.可知，作者想打电话，故此处用phone box“电话亭”符合语境，故选D项。

6.本题考查语境判断之逻辑关系。句意：我本以为会找到一家卖周六报纸的商店，或者一个送牛奶的人在附近巡逻，但是这个小镇已经完全死气沉沉。A. sending送；B. purchasing买；C. trading交易；D. selling卖。结合句意可知，此处是指卖报纸的商店，故选D项。

7.本题考查语境判断之逻辑关系。句意：我本以为会找到一家卖周六报纸的商店，或者一个送牛奶的人在附近巡逻，但是这个小镇已经完全死气沉沉。A. travels旅行；B. rounds兜圈；C. trips旅行；D. rides骑行。根据常识可知，此处是指送牛奶的人在附近兜着圈送牛奶，故选B项。

8.本题考查语境判断之逻辑关系。句意：我本以为会找到一家卖周六报纸的商店，或者一个送牛奶的人在附近巡逻，但是这个小镇已经完全死气沉沉。A. completely完全地；B. approximately大概地；C. tightly紧紧地；D. slightly轻微地。根据下文的The only living thing可推测，这个海边小镇完全是死气沉沉的，故选A项。

9.本题考查语境判断之感情色彩形容词。句意：我在一家小餐馆外面看到的唯一活物是一只瘦瘦的、受了惊吓的猫。A. delighted高兴的；B. furious狂怒的；C. frightened受到惊吓的；D. surprised惊讶的。结合句意可知，此处应选择一个和thin感情色彩相同的词，故选C项。

10.本题考查语境判断之逻辑关系。句意：突然，我发现了我要找的东西。A. suddenly突然；B. quickly迅速地；C. instantly立即；D. luckily幸运地。根据上文的There was no sign of a call 可推测作者认为找不到电话亭，但现在又看到了，这是意料之外的事，故用“突然”符合语境，故选A项。

11.本题考查语境判断之其他线索。句意：这里有一个小邮局，在一个黑暗狭窄的街道上，几乎躲避了视线。A. hidden躲避，隐藏；B. covered覆盖；C. noticed注意；D. found发现。结合句意可知，此处考查短语hide from“躲避，隐藏”，故选A项。

12.本题考查语境判断之其他线索。句意：在它的旁边是这个小镇唯一的公用电话亭，这个电话亭急需一层油漆。A. color颜色；B. diamonds钻石；C. jewel珠宝；D. paint油漆。根据上文的but the town was dead的可知，此处用“急需一层油漆”来表达电话亭的破旧和小镇的荒凉，故选D项。

13.本题考查语境判断之逻辑关系。句意：我匆忙走上前去，但是当我透过肮脏的玻璃看到电话亭里的男人时，我吃惊地停住了脚步。A. walked走；B. crawled爬；C. hurried匆忙；D. wondered想知道。根据上文的My car had ___1___ outside the town and I wanted to contact the AA Company.可知，作者急需打电话，故此处用“匆忙走上前去”符合语境，故选C项。

14.本题考查语境判断之感情色彩名词。句意：我匆忙走上前去，但是当我透过肮脏的玻璃看到电话亭里的男人时，我吃惊地停住了脚步。A. happiness幸福；B. astonishment惊讶；C. rage范围；D. fear恐惧。结合上下文可知，此处是指作者对这个荒凉的小镇居然有人感到惊讶，故选B项。

15.本题考查语境判断之逻辑关系。句意：我匆忙走上前去，但是当我透过肮脏的玻璃看到电话亭里的男人时，我吃惊地停住了脚步。A. woman女人；B. man男人；C. farmer农民；D. worker工人。根据下文的He was fat, and was wearing a cheap blue plastic raincoat.可知，此处用“男人”符合语境，故选B项。

16.本题考查语境判断之其他线索。句意：我看不见他的脸，甚至听到我的脚步声，他也没有抬头。A. lower低下；B. hide隐藏；C. show表明；D. raise抬起，举起。结合常识可知，一般听到声音都会抬头看看，故选D项。

17.本题考查语境判断之逻辑关系。句意：我看不见他的脸，甚至听到我的脚步声，他也没有抬头。A. noises 噪音；B. footsteps脚步声；C.voices嗓音；D. sounds声音。根据上文的I was walking along the main street of a small seaside town可知，此处用“脚步声”符合语境，故选B项。

18.本题考查语境判断之逻辑关系。句意：非常小心地，我站在几英尺外的地方，让然后点燃一根香烟等待。A. put out熄灭；B. smoked抽烟；C. took out拿出；D. lit点燃。根据下文的the dead match可知，此处用“点燃香烟”符合语境，故选D项。

19.本题考查语境判断之逻辑关系。句意：就在我把熄灭的火柴扔到地上时，我才注意到一些鲜红的东西正在从门下滴流。A. threw扔；B. put放；C. placed放；D. lifted举起。结合上下文可知，此处是指作者扔了熄灭的火柴，故选A项。

20.本题考查语境判断之逻辑关系。句意：就在我把熄灭的火柴扔到地上时，我才注意到一些鲜红的东西正在从门下滴流。A. thick厚的；B. dark暗的；C. bright明亮的，鲜艳的；D. eye-catching引人注意的。根据下文的trickling (滴流) from under the door.可知，血液还没有凝固，故用“鲜红色的东西”符合语境，故选C项。

【易错分析】

第10小题容易错选为D项，即认为作者发现了电话亭觉得很幸运。但根据本文的主要内容可知，文章透着一种压抑、奇怪的感情基调，且根据上文的There was no sign of a call可推测，作者认为找不到电话亭，但现在又看到了，这是意料之外的事，故用“突然”符合语境和文章感情基调，故选A项。