Question

Many years ago, I owned a service station and roadhouse(路邊小店) on the main road between Melbourne and Adelaide.

One cold and wet night at about 3:30 a.m., there was a on the front door of our house. A young man, wet from to toe, explained that he had out of petrol about 30 km up the road. He had left his pregnant （懷孕的） wife and his two children at the car and said that he would hitchhike （搭便車(chē)） back.

Once I had a can with petrol, I took him back to his car where his two-year-old and four-year-old children were both , saying that they were cold. Once the car had started, I suggested that he me back.

Before leaving, I had turned the heater in the roadhouse, so that when we went in, it was nice and . While the little ones played and ran , I prepared bread and butter for the children, and hot chocolate for the .

It was about 5 a.m. before they . The young fellow asked me how much he should for it and I told him that the petrol pump （加油泵） had ＄15. He offered to pay “call-out fee”, but I wouldn’t accept it.

About a month later, I received a from Interstate, a large bus company that we had been trying to to stop off at our roadhouse for a long time. It out that the young fellow I had helped was its general manager, the most person in the company.

In his letter, he thanked me again and __ me that, from then on, all their buses would stop at my service station. In this case, a little bit of was rewarded with a huge amount of benefits.

1.A. kick B. hit C. beat D. knock

2.A. finger B. shoulder C. head D. hand

3.A. driven B. used C. come D. run

4.A. away B. behind C. over D. out

5.A. supplied B. poured C. equipped D. filled

6.A. sleeping B. crying C. quarrelling D. fighting

7.A. allow B. ring C. lead D. follow

8.A. on B. off C. in D. over

9.A. neat B. hot C. warm D. attractive

10.A. around B. inside C. nearby D. along

11.A. drivers B. guests C. customers D. adults

12.A. left B. arrived C. ate D. disappeared

13.A. give B. pay C. owe D. offer

14.A. appeared B. exhibited C. calculated D. shown

15.A. call B. letter C. check D. notice

16.A. get B. force C. require D. dislike

17.A. pointed B. turned C. worked D. found

18.A. generous B. successful C. serious D. powerful

19.A. praised B. persuaded C. promised D. convinced

20.A. honesty B. success C. confidence D. kindness

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.D

6.B

7.D

8.A

9.C

10.A

11.D

12.A

13.B

14.D

15.B

16.A

17.B

18.D

19.C

20.D

【解析】

試題分析：一個(gè)全身濕透的年輕人在凌晨來(lái)到作者的小店，得知他的車(chē)油耗盡了，作者開(kāi)車(chē)給他送油，還請(qǐng)他們到店里取暖。后來(lái)，作者收到一封信，那個(gè)年輕人是一家大型公交公司的總經(jīng)理，他承諾公司的所有的車(chē)都會(huì)到作者的服務(wù)站停留休息。

1.A young man, wet from to toe, explained”可知，是有人敲門(mén)，故選D。

2.A young man, wet from to toe,一個(gè)年輕人從頭淋到了腳，故選C。

3.he had out of petrol他的汽車(chē)耗光了油，run out of sth用完某物，故選D。

4.

5.I took him back to his car”可知，作者加滿一罐油后，帶那個(gè)年輕人返回他的車(chē)那里，fill...with...用......裝滿......，故選D。

6.saying that they were cold”可知，兩個(gè)孩子都在哭著說(shuō)他們很冷，故選B。

7.I suggested that he me back根據(jù)下一段可知，作者建議他們隨作者回到作者的小店，故選D。

8.Before leaving, I had turned the heater in the roadhouse離開(kāi)之前，作者已經(jīng)把加熱器打開(kāi)，turn on打開(kāi)，故選A。

9.so that when we went in, it was nice and .這樣的話，返回的時(shí)候，屋里就會(huì)很暖和了，故選C。

10.While the little ones played and ran ,小家伙們圍著屋子追逐打鬧，故選A。

11.and hot chocolate for the .作者給孩子們準(zhǔn)備了面包，給兩個(gè)大人準(zhǔn)備了熱巧克力，故選D。

12.how much he should for it”可知，一家人要離開(kāi)了，故選A。

13.how much he should for it年輕人問(wèn)他要付多少錢(qián)，pay for付錢(qián)，故選B。

14.展覽；C計(jì)算；D顯示。the petrol pump （加油泵） had ＄15加油泵上顯示15美元，故選D。

15.In his letter,”可知，作者收到一封信件，故選B。

16.we had been trying to to stop off at our roadhouse作者一直希望這家公司能夠在他們的店停留，get sb to do sth讓某人做某事，故選A。

17.It out that the young fellow I had helped was its general manager,結(jié)果證明，那個(gè)人是公司的總經(jīng)理，turn out to be/that...結(jié)果是，證明是，故選B。

18.the most person in the company公司里最有權(quán)力的人，故選D。

19. __ me that, from then on, all their buses would stop at my service station他在心里承諾他們的汽車(chē)都會(huì)去作者的服務(wù)站，故選C。

20.a little bit of was rewarded with a huge amount of benefits一點(diǎn)善意之舉換來(lái)了巨大的收益，故選D。

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