Question

    Yesterday, a salesman called me to sell his phone plans. I was at work and while I usually don’t like spending time on those things, I _______ myself that I couldn’t talk yet and _______that he call me back at 6 pm.

That’s what he did. So we talked about 20 minutes. He _______ to me his different phone plans. While listening to him, sometimes I was _______in my thoughts. I gave several “hmm hmm”, as a sign of agreement and to _______that I was still there. Sometimes, I felt a bit_______. But I stayed calm and _______ until the end of the discussion.

Finally, he said the following to me: “Thank you, Olivier. You are the first person in a long time with whom I had an enjoyable conversation. _______, people shout at us and slam down the phone. Today, since 10 am, I hadn't had a phone _______ without an offense (触怒). I know you had a long day at work and you could have __________ in front of your TV. But you listened so carefully to me. I am __________ and I sincerely thank you.”

It set me thinking. He had been the __________ of verbal violence (语言暴力) all through his working day. Physical __________ do not exist in this situation but dehumanization (非人性) seems to happen. __________, he was only doing his job. I felt a sense of __________ that I hadn't treated him so rudely.

1.A.found B.excused C.reminded D.forgave

2.A.replied B.agreed C.suggested D.ordered

3.A.explained B.admitted C.apologized D.reported

4.A.stuck B.involved C.interested D.lost

5.A.announce B.ensure C.confirm D.imagine

6.A.impatient B.discouraged C.concerned D.nervous

7.A.generous B.reliable C.cheerful D.polite

8.A.Unexpectedly B.Usually C.Eventually D.Similarly

9.A.meeting B.interview C.conversation D.appointment

10.A.relaxed B.slept C.talked D.played

11.A.annoyed B.proud C.touched D.curious

12.A.proof B.target C.supporter D.result

13.A.activities B.exercises C.disabilities D.conflicts

14.A.Yet B.Besides C.Otherwise D.Instead

15.A.honor B.loss C.relief D.trust

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.C

6.A

7.D

8.B

9.C

10.A

11.C

12.B

13.D

14.A

15.C

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了，一个电信公司销售员给作者打电话推销电话套餐，作者借口自己无法说话，并建议他之后再打，晚上，作者接到了电话，销售员很感动并感谢作者的耐心，因为销售员经常在工作期间成为了语言暴力的对象。

1.考查动词词义辨析。句意：但我借口自己还不能说话。A. found发现；B. excused借口，找理由；C. reminded提醒；D. forgave原谅。由上文的I was at work and while I usually don’t like spending time on those things可知，作者是借口不能说话。故选B项。

2.考查动词词义辨析。句意：并建议他下午6点给我回电话。A. replied回答；B. agreed同意；C. suggested建议；D. ordered命令。由上文语境可知，作者借口不能说话，所以建议销售员在下午6点给他回电话。故选C项。

3.考查动词词义辨析。句意：他向我解释了他不同的电话套餐。A. explained解释；B. admitted承认；C. apologized道歉；D. reported报道。由上文的So we talked about 20 minutes可知，他们聊天了，所以销售员会对作者解释不同的电话套餐。故选A项。

4.考查动词词义辨析。句意：在听他的时候，有时我会陷入沉思。A. stuck坚持；B. involved卷入；C. interested感兴趣；D. lost失去。由下文的I gave several “hmm hmm”可知，作者并未认真听讲，而是陷入沉思，lose in one’s thoughts固定搭配，意为“陷入沉思”。故选D项。

5.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我给了几个“嗯哼”，表示同意，并确认我还在那里。A. announce宣布；B. ensure确保；C. confirm确认；D. imagine想象。由上文的I gave several “hmm hmm”, as a sign of agreement和下文的I was still there可知，作者用hmm hmm确认自己还在听讲。故选C项。

6.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：有时候，我觉得有点不耐烦。A. impatient不耐烦的；B. discouraged泄气的；C. concerned担心的；D. nervous紧张的。由下文的But I stayed calm可知，作者不耐烦但还是保持了冷静。故选A项。

7.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但在讨论结束前，我一直保持冷静和礼貌。A. generous慷慨的；B. reliable可靠的；C. cheerful令人愉快的；D. polite礼貌的。由上文的I stayed calm可知，此处意为保持冷静与礼貌，才结束对话。故选D项。

8.考查副词词义辨析。句意：通常，人们对我们大喊大叫，然后砰的一声关上电话。A. Unexpectedly意外地；B. Usually通常；C. Eventually最终地；D. Similarly相似地。由上文语境可知，作者是第一个长时间听他讲话的人，可知，通常人们对销售员大喊大叫然后挂电话。故选B项。

9.考查名词词义辨析。句意：今天上午10点起，我就没有一次毫无冒犯的电话交谈。A. meeting会议；B. interview面试；C. conversation对话；D. appointment约定，约会。销售员是电话销售员，由上文的You are the first person in a long time with whom I had an enjoyable conversation可知，此处意为“电话对话”。故选C项。

10.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我知道你工作了一整天，你本可以在电视机前放松一下。A. relaxed放松；B. slept睡觉；C. talked谈话；D. played玩。由下文的in front of your TV可知，作者本可以在电视前放松的（但作者选择了听销售员推销电话套餐）。故选A项。

11.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我很感动，我真诚地感谢你。A. annoyed恼怒的；B. proud骄傲的；C. touched感动的；D. curious好奇的。由下文的I sincerely thank you可知，销售员很感动，所以感谢作者。故选C项。

12.考查名词词义辨析。句意：他在整个工作日都是语言暴力的目标。A. proof证据；B. target目标；C. supporter支持者；D. result结果。由上文的people shout at us and slam down the phone可知，销售员成了语言暴力的目标。故选B项。

13.考查名词词义辨析。句意：在这种情况下不存在身体冲突，但似乎发生了非人化的事情。A. activities活动；B. exercises练习；C. disabilities残疾；D. conflicts冲突。由上文的He had been the __12__ of verbal violence (语言暴力) all through his working day可知，不存在身体冲突。故选D项。

14.考查副词词义辨析。句意：然而，他只是在做他的工作。A. Yet然而；B. Besides此外；C. Otherwise否则；D. Instead代替。由语境可知，前后两句表转折，应用Yet。故选A项。

15.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我没有对他那么粗鲁，感到如释重负。A. honor荣耀；B. loss失落；C. relief放松；D. trust信任。由下文的I hadn’t treated him so rudely可知，作者没有对销售员粗鲁，所以作者感觉如释重负。故选C项。