Question

After supper Mrs. Bell felt hot and came out of the hotel. She got to   1  a week ago. She liked the city and went traveling there for   2  first time. Now she was walking along a quiet street when she saw a man working in a garden. She   3   to watch him carefully. The old man worked   4   and she was sure he was an able gardener. She liked to see him.
“I have a garden, too.” The woman said to herself. “ I   5  such a gardener. Why don’t you bring one to America?”
So she went into the garden and said she would pay him much if he    6   to go to America with her.
“ I’ll pay for your fare(費用), too.” said the woman. “ You’ll be able to get   7   soon in my country, I think.”
“ Thanks a lot,” said the old man, “but it’s    8   that I already have another position（職位）. I can’t give it up. I’ll have to work for you   9   they elect(選舉) me next time.”
“Oh?” the woman said in surprise. “    10  are you, then?”
“The president of France.”
【小題1】A. Toronto             B. Paris                C. Moscow
【小題2】A. a                       B. /                    C. the
【小題3】A. ended                   B. went on              C. stopped
【小題4】A. slowly                  B. hard                 C. badly
【小題5】A. need                    B. hope                 C. hate
【小題6】A. disliked                B. agreed               C. believed
【小題7】A. lonely                 B. happy                C. rich
【小題8】A. glad                    B. unlucky              C. lucky
【小題9】A. until                  B. unless               C. if
【小題10】A. Whose                  B. How                  C. What

Answer 1

【小題1】B
【小題2】C
【小題3】C
【小題4】B
【小題5】A
【小題6】B
【小題7】C
【小題8】B
【小題9】B
【小題10】C

解析試題分析：這篇短文描述了一個在法國旅行的美國人，游說一個園丁去美國為他工作的事情，沒想到的是這個園丁竟然是法國總統。
【小題1】根據下文“The president of France.”可知她是在法國旅行，故選B，巴黎。
【小題2】序數詞前一般要加定冠詞the，故選C，第一次。
【小題3】聯系上文她正在街上散步，可知他停下來看著他，故選C，停止。
【小題4】詞義辨析。A.緩慢地B.努力地，困難地C.非常，嚴重地。結合語境可知這個老人工作很努力，故選B。
【小題5】詞義辨析。A.需要B.希望C.憎恨，厭惡。結合語境可知他需要這樣一個園丁。故選A。
【小題6】詞義辨析。A.不喜歡B.同意C.相信。結合語境可知如果他同意和她一起去美國。故選B。
【小題7】聯系上文這位女士的描述可知她的意思是這個人會很快變得富有，故選C，富有的。
【小題8】聯系下文我有另一個職位，可知句意為，但是很不幸，故選B，不幸地。
【小題9】連詞辨析。A.直到B.除非，如果不C. 如果，是否。句意：如果下次他們不選我，我會為你工作。故選B。
【小題10】聯系下文可知上文是對職業的題文，故用疑問代詞what，什么。選C。
考點：有關一個美國游客和法國總統的記述文
點評：這篇短文內容比較簡單，理解不難。各小題與上下文聯系比較緊密，答題中一定要注意聯系上下文。答完后多讀幾遍，看看是否符合邏輯，適當修改。個別小題可以當做單獨的詞義辨析題來做，先區分詞義，結合語境選出最能使語句通順的答案。