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  "It's my own fault.”Carl Fenter pulled his jacket closer against the abnormal bite of cold morning wind. "The rest of the family is home,where it's 1       "

Just another one of his 2        ideas―a big tamale(玉米粉蒸肉) feast after tonight's Christ?mas Eve service at the church―and look where it landed him：waiting in a line 50 people deep.

Who would have guessed that the tamale in every shop in the city would be sold out the day before Christmas? But they 3        ，as Carl knew. He had been driving all over El Paso that morning. 4        to bring home tamales,Carl tried one last shop,an old favorite out in Canutillo.

When he arrived, a fresh batch(—爐) was 5        off the steamer in 45 minutes. 6        his place at the end of the snaking line of tamale seekers, he watched the woman in front of him 7        her jacket to cover her shivering youngster. It wasn't long before she, too, 8        in the biting wind. After only a moment's 9        ,Carl took off his own jacket and offered it to the 10        mother.

Together，they 11        when the line slowly moved forward at last，and smiling people exited the shop carrying steamy bags. 12        ,Carl got inside the door and 13        his way clos?er to the counter,the woman now first in line. "Sorry folks," the clerk announced,"that's the last of the tamales. "" 14        ！" Carl groaned(抱怨) with everyone else 15        behind him.

" 16        ,"stressed the man at the counter, " we'll have a final batch ready 17        ,oh,about two hours.”

Defeated, Carl backed away, but the young mother grabbed his arm.

"You're leaving?"

"I 18        ”，Carl glanced at his watch. "I promised to put up luminarias(傳統(tǒng)圣誕燈) at my church.”

'Til get your order of tamales and bring them to your house.” Carl's brow furrowed, "I couldn't ask you to do that.”

"But it's 19        I can do. You lent me your coat.”Her smile overrode(推翻) his objec?tions. "Just give me your address.”She and her little girl settled in for the long wait.

And at 20        noon on Christmas Eve，they delivered four dozen fragrant tamales―along with Carl's brown jacket―to his home.

(   ) 1.A. harmonious   B. warm   C. happy   D. pleasant

(   ) 2.A. brilliant   B. bad   C. stupid   D. common

(   ) 3.A. were   B. did   C. could   D. had

(   ) 4.A. Decided   B. Determined   C. Wanted   D. Expected

(   ) 5.A. ready   B. prepared   C. soon   D. due

(   ) 6.A. Looking   B. Getting   C. Taking   D. Finding

(   ) 7.A. move   B. reject   C. abandon   D. remove

(   ) 8.A. waved   B. froze   C. shook   D. shocked

(   ) 9.A. assumption   B. appreciation   C. hesitation   D. attention

(   ) 10.A. grateful   B. respectful   C. hopeless   D. shameful

(   ) 11.A. cheered   B. congratulated   C. shouted   D. screamed

(   ) 12.A. Immediately   B. Hopefully   C. Lastly   D. Finally

(   ) 13.A. shouldered   B. forced   C. felt   D. inched

(   ) 14.A. No problem   B. No way   C. No doubt   D. No wonder

(   ) 15.A. lined up   B. held up   C. looked up   D. waited up

(   ) 16.A. So   B. But   C. Then   D. Besides

(   ) 17.A. before   B. for   C. in   D. after

(   ) 18.A. plan to   B. intend to   C. have to   D. ought to

(   ) 19.A. the least   B. the most   C. the last   D. the best

(   ) 20.A. just   B. exactly   C. accurately   D. right

Answer 1

1 ― 5 BAABD      6-10 CDCCA

11-15 ADDBA    16 -20 BCCAB

這是一篇記敘文。圣誕節(jié)前夕，Carl Fenter 到處尋找玉米粉蒸肉，終于在一家店找到了玉米粉蒸肉。等待的時(shí)候，他在寒風(fēng)中脫下自己的外套給一個(gè)同樣在等待的母親穿上，而這一善舉使他得到了回報(bào)：這位女士后來(lái)專(zhuān)程給他家送去了他要買(mǎi)而沒(méi)買(mǎi)到的玉米粉蒸肉。

1.B從語(yǔ)境的連貫判斷選B，Carl Fenter說(shuō)，家里是溫暖的，可是在這里，早晨的寒風(fēng)冷得很不正常。

2.A在這寒冷的日子，晚上在教堂做完圣誕節(jié)前夕的禮拜后回家和家人一起享受玉米粉蒸肉的盛宴，這樣的點(diǎn)子或想法應(yīng)該用brilliant 來(lái)描述。a brilliant idea:絕妙的想法/主意。

3.A從語(yǔ)境的連貫看，本題用were:誰(shuí)能想到，城里的玉米粉蒸肉在圣誕節(jié)前夕都賣(mài)完了呢？可是這些玉米粉蒸肉的確被賣(mài)完了。

4.B在幾家店鋪都沒(méi)有買(mǎi)到玉米粉蒸肉，而他下定決心一定要買(mǎi)一份帶回家，于是他開(kāi)車(chē)跑遍了El Paso,并來(lái)到這最后一家賣(mài)玉米粉蒸肉的店鋪。

5.D語(yǔ)境提到"45分鐘之后，從鍋上下來(lái)"，可見(jiàn)此處表示這家店鋪的玉米粉蒸肉再過(guò)45 分鐘就能出鍋了，用(be) due表示"預(yù)期發(fā)生"。

6.C這里用take one's place表示"就位,就座"：于是，他在人群后面開(kāi)始排隊(duì)等候購(gòu)買(mǎi)。

7.D從語(yǔ)境的連貫判斷選D，remove"移開(kāi)，脫下，去掉"：他注意到，在他前面的那位女士把自己的外套脫下來(lái)，給自己凍得發(fā)抖的孩子披上。

8.C沒(méi)過(guò)多久，這位母親自己也凍得瑟瑟發(fā)抖。這里用shake表示"發(fā)抖"，與前面的shivering呼應(yīng)，而freeze表示"凍僵"，不符合語(yǔ)境敘述的排隊(duì)買(mǎi)東西的場(chǎng)景。

9.C從語(yǔ)境和選項(xiàng)判斷選C"猶豫，遲疑"：看見(jiàn)這番情景，Carl Fenter遲疑片刻，將自己的外套脫下來(lái)，遞給這位母親。

10.A面對(duì)這樣的情景，這位母親當(dāng)然是非常感激，而不是   B.讓人尊敬的   C.絕望的   D.羞愧的。

11.A當(dāng)隊(duì)伍開(kāi)始向前移動(dòng)(玉米粉蒸肉終于出鍋了) ，微笑的人們帶著熱騰騰的玉米粉蒸肉走出店鋪，他們一起歡呼雀躍。

12.D前面的人群終于散盡，輪到他購(gòu)買(mǎi)了。

13.D他走進(jìn)店鋪，向柜臺(tái)慢慢地挪過(guò)去。shoulder one's way擠著(人群) 前進(jìn)，force one's way用力擠過(guò)去，feel one's way摸索著走，inch one's way小心地、慢慢地挪動(dòng)。顯然這里選D表示慢慢地往前挪動(dòng)，符合人們排隊(duì)買(mǎi)東西時(shí)的場(chǎng)景。

14.B他在寒風(fēng)中排隊(duì)等待了很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間，輪到他買(mǎi)的時(shí)候，玉米粉蒸肉卻賣(mài)完了，此時(shí)的他當(dāng)然很沮喪，因此選B。 No way用來(lái)表示驚訝或不相信，意為"不會(huì)吧！不可能！"。

15.A他后面還有人在排隊(duì)，因此選八。他在抱怨的時(shí)候，身后其他排隊(duì)等候的人也跟著一起抱怨。line up"排隊(duì)等待"，符合語(yǔ)境。wait up—般指"熬夜等待"。

16.B此處表示轉(zhuǎn)折含義，雖然這一爐玉米粉蒸肉賣(mài)完了，可是你要是再等兩個(gè)小時(shí)，還有最后一爐。

17.C表示"在多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間之后"用介詞in。

18.C從下文可知，他還要回教堂懸掛傳統(tǒng)的圣誕燈，因此用have to表示"不得不，必須"。

19.A這個(gè)女士對(duì)他先前的幫助心存感激，因此選A，"至少我能為你做這點(diǎn)事(報(bào)答你) "。

20.B從故事情節(jié)的發(fā)展看，本題選B表示"恰好，確切地，準(zhǔn)確地"：正好在圣誕前夕的中午，那位女士把玉米粉蒸肉給他家送來(lái)了。A、D項(xiàng)語(yǔ)序不對(duì)，C項(xiàng)"準(zhǔn)確地，精密地"。