A young man who lived in London was in love with a beautiful girl. Soon she became his fiancée(未婚妻). The man was very poor while the girl was ___1__. The young man wanted to give her a ___2___ on her birthday. He wanted to buy something ___3___ for her, but he had no ___4___ how to do it, as he had very little __5___ The next morning he went to a shop. There were many fine things there; rings, gold watches, diamonds but all these things were __6___ There was one thing he could not take his eyes ___7___. ___8___ was a beautiful vase. That would be a wonderful present for __9___. He had been looking at the vase for half an hour ___10___ the manager asked what had happened to him.

The young man told him everything. The manager felt __11___ for him and decided to help him. A brilliant idea __12__ to him. The manager pointed to the corner of the shop. To his great ___13___, the young man saw a vase __14__ into many pieces. The manager said, “I can help you. I shall order my servant to ___15___ it and take it to your fiancée. When he enters the room, he will ___16___ it.”

On the birthday of his fiancée the young man was very ___17___ Everything happened as he had ___18___. The servant brought in the vase, and as he entered the room, he dropped it. There was __19___ on everybody’s face. When the vase was unwrapped, the guests saw that ___20__ was packed separately.

1. A. happy     B. rich    C. poor   D. angry

2. A. vase       B. coat    C. ring    D. present

3. A. important      B. necessary    C. separate      D. beautiful

4. A. way       B. thought      C. idea    D. path

5. A. time       B. thought      C. money       D. change

6. A. too expensive B. so cheap     C. too big       D. very beautiful

7. A. on   B. out     C. off      D. over

8. A. It    B. Which C. This    D. One

9. A. a man     B. him    C. a girl  D. his fiancée

10. A. when    B. while  C. since   D. after

11. A. sorry    B. sorrowful   C. worried      D. uneasy

12. A. stuck    B. came   C. helped D. struck

13. A. surprise       B. excitement  C. joy     D. horror

14. A. burst    B. broken       C. got     D. turned

15. A. wrap    B. send    C. buy     D. pick

16. A. watch   B. fall     C. drop   D. unwrap

17. A. exited   B. surprised    C. clam   D. busy

18. A. planned       B. told    C. realized      D. expected

19. A. expression    B. anger  C. horror D. fun

20. A. the vase       B. the present  C. all that       D. each piece

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解析:

1. B。后文說明了這一信息。while, but 表示轉(zhuǎn)折。

2. D。現(xiàn)在他還沒有決定買什么禮物。

3. D。漂亮的禮物才能配得上漂亮的新娘。

4. C。have no idea how to do it 意為“不知道該怎么辦”。

5. C。因為他很窮，所以他“沒有多少錢”。

6. A。對于一個并不富裕的人來說，這應該是“太貴了”。

7. C。take off 意為“移開”。這句話是說他太喜歡這件東西了。

8. A。it 代替的是那個漂亮的花瓶。

9. D。他現(xiàn)在是作為一個未婚夫的身份買東西，故用 D。

10. A。注意本句的主句用過去完成時，這是說，當商店的經(jīng)理問他的時候，他已經(jīng)看了半個小時了。

11. A。聽了他這種境遇，那位經(jīng)理應該是感到同情 sorry。

12. B。an idea come to sb 意為“某人想起了一個主意”。

13. A。經(jīng)理指給他看的是一個打碎的花瓶，他能不驚訝嗎?

14. B。a vase broken into many pieces 意為“一個打碎的花瓶”。

15. A。wrap 意為“包起來”。從下文也能得知答案。

16. C。drop 帶有“有意地扔下”之意。

17. C。這畢竟是一種欺騙，但卻要表現(xiàn)得很“沉著”，才不致被人識破。

18. A。這件事是經(jīng)過有意策劃的(plan)，而不是按著它的自然發(fā)展而去預測的(expect)。

19. B。這位富家女兒的生日宴會一定是十分隆重的，可是端送禮物的仆人卻把它掉在了地上，這無疑是破壞了當時的氣氛，在場的人都會感到“生氣”的。

20. D。只有用 each piece 才能清楚準確地說明其含義，即“每個碎片都給分別包了起來”，這就叫弄巧成拙。

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