Question

The elderly Chinese man in the small booth (售票口) behind the thick glass shook his head. I didn't need to know a word of Chinese to understand there were beds available for the Thursday night train from Beijing to Shanghai. I had a Friday morning

with my college friend. I must be on that train. Desperate times desperate measures. So I squatted(蹲下). I assumed that this was the international for “Are there any hard seats available?”

, there were. It was seat 109. Very quickly, I found it. The Chinese man sitting in it, however, seemed to beg to differ.

I panicked. I am a man who usually avoids conflicts(沖突) and so I my seat, as if still looking, to buy myself more time. I had two options: The first is to be a and ask for what was rightfully mine. The second was to 23 and spend the next 13 hours staying in a corner.

Well, nine out of ten times I choose the second option. But at that moment, every square inch of had already been claimed. There wasn’t a corner in which to cower(退縮). So, I mustered up(聚集) some and presented the man with my proof of ownership. He looked at my ticket and .

About midnight my became heavy and I was ready for the lights to dim and my date

Ms ZZZZ to start. But the room bright and hot. I tried to persevere and was even able to work into a sleeping position.

It is here I must admit: I have a bladder (膀胱). The man next to me drank a Coca-Cola, a bag of milk and a bottle of water and the course of 13 hours he did not move once. I drank but finally, I made my way to the bathroom at 3:02 am.

After waiting in a thick cloud of cigarette smoke, I finally used the bathroom. The philosophy(原則) of my sleeping was right: if you get a seat on a train, don’t move.

1.A. extraB. fewC. someD. no

2. A. discussionB. appointment

C. debateD. conversation

3. A. take upB. call for

C. keep awayD. bring in

4.A. habitB. custom

C. symbolD. style

5.A. NaturallyB. Luckily

C. IndeedD. Suddenly

6. A. rushed towardsB. jumped upon

C. pushed intoD. walked past

7. A. manB. human

C. fellowD. hero

8.A. give upB. lie down

C. wait forD. sit still

9. A. seatsB. beds

C. spaceD. corners

10. A. everB. yet

C. stillD. even

11. A. informationB. support

C. confidenceD. force

12. A. movedB. refused

C. acceptedD. admitted

13.A. bodyB. eyelids

C. armsD. legs

14. A. toB. on

C. withD. from

15. A. remainedB. turned

C. stuckD. continued

16.A. itB. him

C. oneD. myself

17.A. sickB. wrong

C. healthyD. small

18.A. atB. overC. toD. from

19. A. everythingB. something

C. nothingD. anything

20. A. neighbourB. friend

C. colleagueD. partner

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.B

3.B

4.C

5.B

6.D

7.A

8.A

9.C

10.D

11.C

12.A

13.B

14.C

15.A

16.D

17.D

18.B

19.C

20.A

【解析】

1. D 由語境可知，此處表示“我一個漢字也不必知道就能明白沒有臥鋪票了”。

2.2】 B 我跟我大學同學有個約會，我必須坐這趟火車。discussion討論；appointment約會，預約；debate討論，辯論；conversation交談，談話。

3.3】 B 緊急的時候需要有緊急的措施。take up從事，占據；call for要求，需要；keep away不接近，使離開；bring in引進，帶來；由語境可知B項正確。

4.4】C 我認為“蹲下”是國際上通用的符號“有硬座嗎？”。habit個人行為習慣；custom風俗習慣；symbol符號，象征；style式樣，風格。由語境可知C項正確。

5.5】 B 還有硬座票，當然是“幸運地luckily”。

6.6】 D 我不想跟人發(fā)生沖突，因此到了自己的座位還裝作不是，繼續(xù)往前走。walk past走狗，符合語境。

7.7】 A 我有兩個選擇，一是像個男子漢要回理應屬于自己的東西。man男子漢，男人。

8.8】 A 另一個選擇是放棄自己的座位到某個角落待上13個小時。give up放棄，符合語境。

9.9】 C 但那個時候，每一英寸的空間都被占據了。space此處為不可數(shù)名詞，意為“空間，地方”。

10.0】D 甚至連個退縮的角落都沒有。even表示程度上的遞進。

11.1】 C 我鼓足了勇氣，聚集了些信心，向那人表明那座位是我的。information信息；support支持；confidence信心；message信息。由語境客戶資源C項正確。

12.2】 A 由語境可知，他看了看我的票，離開了。

13.3】B 大約午夜時分，我的眼皮有些沉重，指“打盹了”。

14.4】 C one’s date with sb.跟某人的約會。

15.5】 A 上文提到I was ready for the lights to dim，而此處由并列連詞but可知，“燈仍舊亮著”。remain保持，符合語境。

16.6】D 我堅持著甚至使自己進入了睡眠狀態(tài)。

17.7】 D 自己膀胱小，指“容易上洗手間”。

18.8】 B over此處相當于more than，指“多于”。指那人喝了那么多的東西，在13個小時的行程中動也沒動。

19.9】 C 而我什么也沒喝卻在凌晨3:02去了洗手間。

20.20】 A 我那位在睡覺的鄰座的哲理是對的：如果你在火車上有座位，別動！