Question

【題目】完形填空

When Mr. Smith retired(退休), he bought a small ________in a village near the sea. He ________ it and hoped to live a quiet life in this house.

But to his great surprise, many tourists came to see his house in summer holidays, for it was the most ________ building in the village. From morning to night there were ________ outside the house. They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and ________ of them even went into Mr Smith’s garden. This was too much for Mr Smith. He decided to ask the visitors to ________ . So he put a notice on the window. The notice said, “If you want ________ your curiosity(好奇心)，come in and look round. Price: twenty dollars.” Mr Smith was sure that the visitors would ________ coming, but he was wrong. More and more visitors came and Mr Smith had to________ every day showing them around his house.” I came here to ________ not to work as a guide（導游）,”he said angrily. In the end, he sold the house and moved away.

【1】A. garden B. shop C. house D. school

【2】A. liked B. hated C. sold D. built

【3】A. big B. interesting C. small D. clean

【4】A. children B. students C. parents D. tourists

【5】A. no B. none C. many D. much

【6】A. come B. leave C. stay D. play

【7】A. to satisfy B. satisfy C. to satisfying D. satisfying/p>

【8】A. go on B. stop C. continue D. not

【9】A. take B. cost C. spend D. pay

【10】A. play B. work C. watch D. retire

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】D

【5】C

【6】B

【7】A

【8】B

【9】C

【10】D

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了Mr. David退休以后來到海邊買了一個小房子，想安靜地度過自己的退休生活，卻沒有想到，很多游客對他買的這個小屋很感興趣，不斷的有人來參觀，最后他不得不把這個房子賣掉了。

【1】C 考查名詞及語境理解。句意：他在海附近的村莊買了一套小房子。garden花園；shop商店；house房屋；school學校。根據(jù)第一段最后一句He _____ it and hoped to live a quiet life in this house可知該選C。

【2】A考查動詞及語境理解。句意：他喜歡這所房子，希望在這個房子里過上安靜的生活。liked喜歡；hated憎恨，討厭；sold出售；built建造。根據(jù)后句hoped to live a quiet life in this house他希望在這房子里過上安靜生活，那么可以判斷出本句表示的意思應該是喜歡這所房子，所以選A。

【3】B考查形容詞及語境理解。句意：在暑假許多游客來到了他的房子，因為他的房子是村里最有趣的。big大的；interesting有趣的；small小的；clean干凈的。許多游客度假的時候到此看他的房子，那么他的房子是最有趣的才符合文意，interesting的最高級是the most interesting，所以選B。

【4】D考查名詞及語境理解。句意：從早上到晚上房子外有許多游客。children孩子；students學生； parents父母親；tourists旅游者，根據(jù)第二段第一句many tourists came to see his house in summer holidays可知本題選D。

【5】C考查形容詞及語境理解。句意：他們一直想透過窗戶進入室內(nèi)，許多人還來到了史密斯先生的花園。no沒有；none一個也沒有；many許多，修飾復數(shù)名詞；much許多，修飾不可數(shù)名詞。根據(jù)They kept looking into the rooms through the windows可知該選C。

【6】B考查動詞及語境理解。句意：他決定讓游客離開他家的房子。come來；leave離開；stay停留。呆；play玩。根據(jù)后句he was wrong. More and more visitors came.可知史密斯先生是不想讓游客到他家的房子里來，是想讓游客離開他家的房子，所以選B。

【7】A考查動詞及語境理解。句意：如果你想滿足你的好奇心，就進來看看。to satisfy是satisfy的動詞不定式形式；satisfy動詞，滿足；satisfying是satisfy的現(xiàn)在分詞或動名詞形式。表示想做某事可用want to do，所以本題選A。

【8】B考查動詞及語境理解。句意：史密斯先生認為游客不會到他的房子里來，但是他錯了。go on繼續(xù)；stop停止；continue繼續(xù)；not不。本題后半句表示轉折，意思為越來越多的人來參觀他的房子，所以本句的含義是史密斯先生認為游客不會到他的房子里來，stop doing sth表示不做某事或停止做某事，所以選B。

【9】C考查動詞及語境理解。句意：越來越多的游客來了，史密斯先生把每天的時間都花費在給游客介紹房子上。cost用于 Sth costs sb,主語必須是物，多指花費金錢，少數(shù)情況可指花費時間、氣力，有時表示成本的消耗；spend用于Sb spends...on sth或者Sb spend...in doing sth（in可以省略），spend的主語必須是人，可以指花費時間、也可以指花費金錢；take 用于It takes sb ...to do sth句型，僅指花費時間，必須用it作形式主語。 Pay付款，常與介詞for連用。主語是人通常用spend或pay，spend+時間+doing sth表示做某事花費某人多長時間，所以本題選C。

【10】D考查動詞及語境理解。句意：我來到這里，為了退休休息，不是來做導游的。play玩；work工作；watch觀看；retire退休。根據(jù)句意及語境可知該選D。