Question

    One day, the sewer line (污水管道) under our house burst open. My first reaction was to _______ the pipe repairer, but when he heard what was on, he _______ . He did, however, recommend someone. I made the call, _______ the man to complain about such a terrible job. _______ , he simply asked, “The _______?”

And that was it. An hour later, Steve arrived in his truck. He looked exactly like what I had imagined: rough and bearlike. I _______ as he walked down into the wet depths. A few moments later he _______ , saying, “Yep. It’s broken.”

“Can you fix it?” I asked with a mixture of doubt and _______.

Steve looked at me as if scolding me for lack of _______, saying, “Sure.” Then he told me that he ________ to tear up the street to the main sewer line.

“How long will all this take?” I asked.

“I should have it done by evening.”

I didn’t ________ to watch the digging. All I wanted was to leave, go somewhere, and upon my ________, have everything the way it was before the damage. I felt somewhat ________ upon driving off in my clean vehicle, leaving Steve such a (n) ________ task. I went into town and visited a few friends. ________, around 6 pm, my curiosity got the better of me. I went home, and there was a sweeter ________ I never saw: an area of newly-covered street across my front lawn (草坪). I opened the underground room door and — all was________ and dry.

I sat down and thought about Steve — big and rough Steve, and how people, upon seeing him, might judge him. His good job taught me a lesson: Never judge people by their ________ . And I was taken by the very idea that, whatever might happen to a(n) ________ homeowner, there is somebody who is skilled in its solution. If that’s not a reason for ________, I’m not sure what is.

1.A.visit B.call C.ask D.remind

2.A.apologized B.refused C.complained D.shouted

3.A.requiring B.telling C.forcing D.expecting

4.A.Instead B.Therefore C.Again D.Then

5.A.direction B.payment C.address D.problem

6.A.remained B.watched C.hesitated D.followed

7.A.arrived B.stayed C.nodded D.appeared

8.A.hope B.anxiety C.pleasure D.disappointment

9.A.wisdom B.strength C.trust D.energy

10.A.used B.failed C.struggled D.needed

11.A.decide B.volunteer C.want D.agree

12.A.return B.repair C.check D.arrival

13.A.nervous B.comfortable C.relaxed D.guilty

14.A.dangerous B.dirty C.urgent D.meaningless

15.A.Surprisingly B.Thankfully C.Eventually D.Fortunately

16.A.situation B.place C.environment D.sight

17.A.warm B.tidy C.new D.empty

18.A.appearance B.job C.voice D.action

19.A.helpless B.careless C.fearless D.harmless

20.A.celebration B.consideration C.appreciation D.excitement

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.C

6.B

7.D

8.A

9.C

10.D

11.C

12.A

13.D

14.B

15.C

16.D

17.B

18.A

19.A

20.C

【解析】

本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者家的污水管道破裂，一位管道工虽然给人的第一印象是粗野的，但却一丝不苟地帮作者修好了管道，并且将狼藉一片的修理现场收拾得干净整洁。为此作者感激不尽，并懂得了“人不可貌相”这个道理。

1.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我的第一反应就是打电话给管道工。A. visit参观；B. call打电话；C. ask问；D. remind提醒。根据上文作者家的污水管道破裂，及下文的heard和I made the call可知，应该是给管道工“打电话”。故选B。

2.考查动词词义辨析。句意：但当他听到发生了什么，他拒绝了。A. apologized道歉；B. refused拒绝；C. complained抱怨；D. shouted喊叫。根据下文的He did, however, recommend(推荐) someone.可知，第一个管道工拒绝了作者修理水管的请求，而向作者推荐了另一个人。故选B。

3.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我打了电话，猜想那个人会抱怨这是多么糟糕的工作。A. requiring要求；B. telling告诉；C. forcing迫使；D. expecting猜想，期待。第一个管道工听说污水管道破裂了，便拒绝维修，显然是又嫌脏又嫌累，所以作者在给第二个管道工打电话时，“猜想”此人会像第一个人那样抱怨工作的脏累。故选D。

4.考查副词词义辨析。句意：相反，他只是问，“地址？”A. Instead相反；B. Therefore因此；C. Again又，再；D. Then然后。作者猜想此人会像第一个人那样拒绝她，但结果不是这样，他没有拒绝作者，而是同意了作者的请求。故选A。

5.考查名词词义辨析。句意：相反，他只是问，“地址？”A. direction方向；B. payment支付；C. address地点；D. problem问题。根据下文的An hour later, Steve arrived in his truck可知，此人同意了作者的请求，并问了作者的地址。故选C。

6.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我看着管道工下到污水管道潮湿的深处。A. remained保持；B. watched看；C. hesitated迟疑不决；D. followed跟着。污水管道在地下，水管工来了后肯定是要先下到污水管道里检查一下，作为房屋主人，作者应该是在旁边看着管道工下到污水管道干活。故选B。

7.考查动词词义辨析。句意：过了一会儿，他出现了，说：“是的。它坏了。”A. arrived到达；B. stayed逗留；C. nodded点头；D. appeared出现。污水管道在地下，所以管道工下去后作者会看不到他，再过一会他检查完出来后会“出现”在作者面前。故选D。

8.考查名词词义辨析。句意：“你能修好吗？”我带着怀疑和希望地问。A. hope希望；B. anxiety焦虑；C. pleasure乐意；D. disappointment失望。根据Can you fix it?和句中的mixture可推断，作者既怀疑又希望该管道工能胜任工作。故选A。

9.考查名词词义辨析。句意：史蒂夫看着我，好像在责备我缺乏信任，说：“当然。”A. wisdom智慧；B. strength力量；C. trust信任；D. energy能量。根据上文a mixture of doubt中的doubt可推断作者对管道工的不信任。故选C。

10.考查动词词义辨析。句意：他告诉我说需要把地面刨开到污水主管道那。A. used使用；B. failed失败；C. struggled斗争；D. needed需要。根据上文管道工所说的It’s broken可知，此处指管道破损严重，需要把地面刨开到污水主管道那。故选D。

11.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我不想看挖掘工作。A. decide决定；B. volunteer志愿；C. want想，要；D. agree同意。根据下文All I wanted was to leave, go somewhere可推断，作者不想看挖掘工作。故选C。

12.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我只想离开，去某个地方，在我回来的时候，把一切都恢复到破坏前的样子。A. return返回；B. repair修理；C. check检查；D. arrival到达。上文提到All I wanted was to leave，此处应选return来和上文的leave相照应，指作者希望一回来就能看到一切都恢复到挖掘前的样子。故选A。

13.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当我开着干净的车离开时，我有点内疚，给史蒂夫留下了一个如此肮脏的任务。A. nervous紧张的；B. comfortable舒服的；C. relaxed放松的；D. guilty内疚的。根据upon driving off in my clean vehicle, leaving Steve such a(n) 14 task可知，作者开着干净的车走了，留下管道工一人做着又脏又累的工作，由此可推断作者的内疚之情。故选D。

14.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当我开着干净的车离开时，我有点内疚，给史蒂夫留下了一个如此肮脏的任务。A. dangerous危险的；B. dirty脏的；C. urgent紧急的；D. meaningless没有意义的。根据修理污水管道这种工作的性质，以及上文的such a terrible job可知，该工作是脏的。故选B。

15.考查副词词义辨析。句意：最后，下午6点左右，我的好奇心占了上风。A. Surprisingly惊讶地；B. Thankfully感激地；C. Eventually最后；D. Fortunately幸运地。根据上文I should have it done by evening和I went into town and visited a few friends可知，作者在外待了很久，最后到了下午6点，作者回家了。故选C。

16.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我回到家，看到了我从未见过的更美好的景象：穿过我家前面草坪的新修的街道。A. situation形势；B. place地方；C. environment环境；D. sight景象，视野。下文的an area of newly-covered street across my front lawn. I opened the underground room door and — all was... and dry是作者所看到的景象。故选D。

17.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我打开了地下室的门——一切都很整洁和干燥。A. warm温暖的；B. tidy整洁的；C. new新的；D. empty空的。上文提到管道工将挖过的地面重新铺好了，再根据下文的并列内容and dry可知，此处指因修理污水管道而弄脏弄乱的地面也被收拾干净了。故选B。

18.考查名词词义辨析。句意：人不可貌相。A. appearance相貌；B. job职业；C. voice声音；D. action行动。文章开头提到作者对管道工的第一印象是粗野、长得像熊一样，对管道工还产生过不信任，但没想到这样一个看似粗线条的男人却将工作完成得如此细致整洁、一丝不苟。由此可推断，作者此处学到的道理是：人不可貌相。故选A。

19.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我有了这样的一个想法，不管一个无助的房主会发生什么，总有一个人能熟练地解决问题。A. helpless无助的；B. careless粗心的；C. fearless无谓的；D. harmless无害的。污水管道破裂是作者所处理不了的，因此对她来说，这种情况下她是无助的。故选A。

20.考查名词词义辨析。句意：如果这不是感激的理由，我不知道是什么。A. celebration庆祝；B. consideration考虑；C. appreciation感激；D. excitement激动。管道工修理好了作者家的污水管道，作者显然是感激的。故选C。