Question

【題目】 I was waking along the deserted main street of a small seaside town in the north of England, looking. somewhere to m【1】 a phone call. My car had broken down outside the town and I wanted to get touch with the Automobile Association. Low gray clouds were drifting a【2】 the sky and there was a cold damp wind blowing off the sea. I was glad that I was wearing a thick coat.

There was no s【3】 of a call box, nor was there anyone at that early hour I could ask. I had thought I might find a shop selling the Sunday papers or a milkman doing his job, but the town was c【4】 dead.

Then suddenly I found what I was looking for. There was a small post office, and almost hidden from sight in a dark narrow street next to it was the town's only public call box, which badly needed a coat of paint. I h【5】 forward but stopped in astonishment when I saw through the dirty glass that there was a man inside. He was very fat, and was wearing a cheap blue p【6】 raincoat and rubber boots. I could not see his face—he was bending forward over the phone with his back pressed against the glass and didn't even raise his head at the sound of my coming nearer and nearer.

Carefully and s【7】 , remained standing few feet away and lit cigarette to wait my turn. it was when threw the dead match on the ground that I noticed something bright red trickling（流下來）from under the call box door.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】make

【2】across

【3】sign

【4】completely

【5】hurried

【6】plastic

【7】surprisedly

【解析】

這篇短文主要講述了作者在一個寒冷的早上進入了一個死寂的城鎮(zhèn)，看到一些東西的描寫。

【1】句意：我走在英格蘭北部一個海濱小鎮(zhèn)的荒蕪的大街上，看著。打電話的某個地方。

短語make a phone call表示打電話；根據(jù)句意，故填make。

【2】句意：低矮的灰色云層飄過天空，一股冷濕的風從海上吹來。

根據(jù)下文and there was a cold damp wind blowing off the sea.可知上文是說從天空飄來。這里是用across介詞，這里是橫穿。根據(jù)題意，故填across。

【3】句意：沒有電話亭的跡象，在我能問的最早的時候也沒有人。

根據(jù)下文nor was there anyone at that early hour I could ask. I had thought I might find a shop selling the Sunday papers or a milkman doing his job, but the town was c___4___ dead.可知上文是說沒有電話亭的跡象。sign名詞，標志；根據(jù)題意，故填sign。

【4】句意：我原以為我會找到一家賣星期日報紙的商店，或者一個送牛奶的人來做他的工作，但鎮(zhèn)上完全是死的。

這里是副詞修飾動詞，completely副詞，完全地。根據(jù)句意，故填completely。

【5】句意：我急忙向前走，但當我透過臟玻璃看到里面有一個人時，驚訝地停了下來。

根據(jù)下文but stopped in astonishment when I saw through the dirty glass that there was a man inside.可知上文是說急忙地向前進。hurry匆忙，這里用過去式。根據(jù)句意，故填hurried。

【6】句意：他很胖，穿著廉價的藍色塑料雨衣和橡膠靴。

根據(jù)下文and rubber boots可知上文是說塑料雨衣。plastic形容詞，意思是“塑料的”，根據(jù)句意，故填plastic。

【7】句意：小心翼翼地，驚奇地，站在幾英尺外，點著煙等著輪到我了。

根據(jù)下文lit cigarette to wait my turn及it was when threw the dead match on the ground that I noticed something bright red trickling（流下來）from under the call box door.可知，這里是吃驚地站在幾英里外，這里是副詞修飾動詞，surprisedly副詞，意思是“吃驚地”，根據(jù)句意，故填surprisedly。