先通讀短文,掌握其大意,然后從A、B、C、D四個選項中選出一個可以填入相應空白處的最佳答案,并將其標號填入題前括號內。
(一)
My name is Jane Eyre and my parents died when I was a baby. For ten years I lived a ___1___ life with my aunt and cousins who treated me unfairly. My cousins teased me and my aunt never showed me any ___2___. The only person who cared about me was the maid, Bessie. One day my cousin John 3 me: “You should go and beg, not live with rich folks like us!” After fighting with him I was locked in a room, where I ___4___ for hours crying.
Things ___5___ the same until a tall gentleman called Mr Brockehurst came to visit. My aunt told me that I was going to a school ___6___ by the gentleman. “Train her to be useful and humble,” said Aunt. Two days later I ___7___ my home.
At first my ___8___ at Lowood School was easy. The food was bad and I was often cold but I made ___9___ and enjoyed studying. But after an illness killed several students, new owners ___10___ the school and life improved. Six years later I ___11___ a teacher and was very happy. But eventually[最后] I felt that I should explore more of the world and found a job as a private teacher in a ___12___.
Before I left Lowood, I was ___13___ by Bessie, who told me that seven years ago my fathers brother had come ___14___ me but left again to go abroad. “He looked like quite a gentleman,” said Bessie. I wondered if he would ever look for me again.
My new life ___15___ at Thornfield Hall, a large country house, ___16___ a little girl called Adele. She was the adopted[被收養的] daughter of the owner of the house, Mr Rochester. He ___17___ stayed at Thornfield and ___18___ my time was mainly spent with Adele and the servants. My life was quite happy now although there was something ___19___ about my new home. Often I heard odd[奇怪的] sounds ___20___ from the top floor of the house.
( )1. A. happy B. long C. sad D. comfortable
( )2. A. food B. love C. method D. schooling
( )3. A. shouted at B. cried over C. found out D. talked with
( )4. A. lived B. stayed C. studied D. beat
( )5. A. appeared B. worked C. seemed D. remained
( )6. A. built B. designed C. owned D. opened
( )7. A. built B. reached C. left D. sold
( )8. A. food B. life C. book D. study
( )9. A. noise B. friends C. mistakes D. faces
( )10. A. took over B. took up C. took off D. took away
( )11. A. turned B. met C. became D. found
( )12. A. school B. home C. library D. country
( )13. A. taught B. visited C. brought D. required
( )14. A. looking for B. looking after
C. looking into D. looking at
( )15. A. stopped B. continued C. started D. remained
( )16. A. showing B. teaching C. searching D. wanting
( )17. A. often B. hardly C. happily D. quietly
( )18. A. yet B. so C. still D. though
( )19. A. interesting B. good C. instructive D. strange
( )20. A. come B. drop C. fall D. go
(二)
Dorothy Brown was very happy as she sat in the theatre listening to the music. Today her little daughter Lauren was giving her ___1___ concert. She had been waiting for this ___2___ for years and years. “Now it is here at last,” she thought. “How beautiful her ___3___ is.”
The song made her ___4___ to the days when she was Laurens ___5___. As a young ___6___, Dorothy wanted to be a concert singer. She studied ___7___ in France, Italy and in the United States. “You can become a fine ___8___ in the future,” her teachers told her. “But you must be ___9___ to study hard and work for many years. There will be ___10___ time for anything but music in your life.”
Dorothy was ___11___ at that time and she was ___12___ that music was all she wanted or needed to ___13___ her life. For almost a year Dorothy ___14___ of nothing else. Then she ___15___ David, a young engineer travelling Europe. They soon fell in ___16___. David asked her to be his ___17___. Dorothy also wanted to marry David. But she loved ___18___, too. She didnt know what to do. David was against her being a singer. He said, “If you want to be a singer, you must forget about getting married. You cant ___19___ do both.” Thus her days were gone and would never return.
Now Lauren became a singer instead of her, which was her ___20___.
( )1. A. sorry B. successful C. first D. wonderful
( )2. A. dance B. moment C. show D. party
( )3. A. voice B. face C. dress D. life
( )4. A. think of B. bring back C. go back D. come back
( )5. A. age B. friend C. mother D. teacher
( )6. A. musician B. pop star C. lady D. girl
( )7. A. French B. music C. piano D. dance
( )8. A. actress B. student C. singer D. dancer
( )9. A. prepared B. learning C. driven D. waiting
( )10. A. some B. any C. no D. enough
( )11. A. eight B. eighteen C. eighty D. eighty-eight
( )12. A. lucky B. sure C. afraid D. fond
( )13. A. fill B. live C. lead D. take
( )14. A. heard B. knew C. talked D. thought
( )15. A. saw off B. learned from C. heard of D. met with
( )16. A. love B. feeling C. music D. touch
( )17. A. assistant B. teacher C. wife D. student
( )18. A. him B. engineering C. herself D. music
( )19. A. certainly B. possibly C. only D. mainly
( )20. A. thought B. hope C. purpose D. will
參考答案與解析
(一)
本文是英國女作家洛特·勃朗蒂的代表作《簡愛》的節選,講述了 Jane Eyre 的苦難生活片斷。Jane Eyre 從小父母雙亡,與嬸嬸及堂兄妹住在一起,不過常被堂兄妹戲弄。后來被 Mr Brockehurst 領到他開辦的學校學習。在那里學習了 6 年后她在 Thornfield 當了一名私人教師。
1. C。從 …with my aunt and cousins who treated me unfairly. My cousins teased me… 可推測,“我”過著很悲慘的生活。
2. B。前部分為 My cousins teased me,那么由 and 連接的內容應與前部分內容在語意上保持一致,故此處應為 my aunt never showed me any love。
3. A。從上下文可知堂兄妹及嬸嬸對“我”都不好,此處舉例說有一次堂兄對“我”大吼大叫,突出了堂兄的霸道,后面直接引語為大叫的內容。shout at sb 意為“對某人大吼大叫”,往往含有貶義。
4. B。因與堂兄打架,“我”被鎖進了一間屋子,由此可推測“我”獨自呆在那里哭泣。live 指長時期的居住,不合語境。
5. D。從下文來看,“我”被虐待的情況一直持續到 Mr Brockehurst來這里訪問。
6. C。從下文 But after an illness killed several students, new owners… 來看,這里不是強調誰建的學校,而是誰是學校的擁有者,因這才有權決定讓像“我”這樣的孩子去上學。
7. C。前面說 Mr Brockehurst 來見“我”,并讓“我”去上學。由此推測兩天后“我”離開家去上學了。這與本段第1句話相吻合。
8. B。從下文的 The food was bad and I was often cold… 來看,此處說的是一開始在 Lowood School 的生活問題。
9. B。根據句中的 but 及 and 可知此部分應與 enjoyed studying 在語意上保持一致,故此處應用 friends,即 make friends(交朋友),這也是讓人高興的事情。而 make noise 和 make faces 都不合乎語境。
10. A。從上下文及搭配關系看,此處應選 took over,意為“接管”。從此開始,“我”的學校生活有了轉機,生活大大改善了。……