Ⅱ.完形填空

Words：297難度系數：建議用時：15分鐘

I think we should try to find a happy memory，something to lift us on those unpleasant days.I’m saying this because I think I have just found mine.

I had some work in Glasgow then.I was on a really__1__schedule，which meant I would have no time for myself all day.I was having one of those days，when the train was completely__2__ and the conversation around me seemed to be particularly__3__.Besides，I had a bit of headache.__4__quickly across the station hall，I fished some__5__from my pocket.There was usually someone at the exit__6__The Big Issue(a magazine that helps homeless folk earn a living)．

__7__the crowd pated ways at the bottom of the hall，I saw someone selling The Big Issue.She really looked like she had been sleeping__8__.Her clothes were__9__and she obviously hadn’t had a scrub(擦洗)for quite a while.

As I__10__the exit，I saw that she was also__11__from side to side.At first I thought she was trying to keep__12__against the biting wind.But she wasn’t.She was moving in time to a__13__.I couldn’t hear her，but I could see her lips moving.

When I got closer，I saw a white__14__hanging from her elbow and noticed that she had sunken eyes.She was__15__，dirty and living on the streets.I came closer and through the__16__of the traffic I could hear her__17__the immortal(不朽的)line，“...And I think to myself，what a wonderful world！”

I bought her last magazine for twice what I had originally__18__.She thanked me and__19__her belongings and went tapping off along the pavement－still singing.

So，I have my happy__20__for that day，and I think it will stay with me for a long，long time.

【解題導語】在刺骨的寒風中，一位靠出售雜志維持生計的盲人女士竟然無比樂觀地縱情歌唱美好的世界……

1．A.enjoyableB．relaxing

C．tight

D．tiring

解析：選C。根據本句后半部分的內容可知作者的時間安排非常“緊”。D項表示“令人疲倦的”，在文章中沒有信息支持。

2．A.crowded

B．delayed

C．loaded

D．crashed

解析：選A。根據下一段開頭部分的內容可知火車上十分“擁擠”。

3．A.moving

B．interesting

C．pleasing

D．meaningless

解析：選D。下一句提到作者還有一點兒頭疼，由此可判斷此處表示的是否定意義，作者認為周圍人的談話特別“沒有意義”。

4．A.Looking

B．Walking

C．Wandering

D．Searching

解析：選B。上文提到作者的時間安排非常緊，而且作者難以忍受擁擠的乘客們無聊的閑談，另外，又感到有點兒頭疼，由此可推斷作者快步穿過了車站大廳。

5．A.cigarettes

B．sweets

C．change

D．paper

解析：選C。下一句提到常有無家可歸的人在出口處賣雜志來維持生計，由此可推斷作者從口袋中拿出一些“零錢”。

6．A.selling

B．buying

C．collecting

D．delivering

解析：選A。根據括號中的注釋可知是“出售”這種雜志。

7．A.With

B．Since

C．Until

D．As

解析：選D。當人群在大廳的盡頭走向四面八方的時候，作者看到有人在賣這種雜志。此處as表示“當……時候”。

8．A.comfortably

B．rough

C．soundly

D．anxiously

解析：選B。她看起來一直露宿街頭。sleep rough是固定用法，表示“露宿”，符合語境。D項表示“憂慮地”，與下文她的樂觀表現不符。

9．A.shabby

B．casual

C．tidy

D．fashionable

解析：選A。下文提到她很長時間沒有擦洗了，and 連接的應是相同意思的分句，由此可知選A項，她的衣服非常“破舊”。

10．A.left

B．passed

C．approached

D．examined

解析：選C。上文提到作者在未走到出口之前就準備好了零錢，由此可知作者想買雜志，approach在此處表示“靠近”。

11．A.jumping

B．climbing

C．rolling

D．rocking

解析：選D。由空后的from side to side，再結合下文的描述，尤其是“She was moving in time...”可知她在左右“搖晃”。rock是動詞，意為“輕輕擺動，搖晃”。

12．A.active

B．energetic

C．warm

D．awake

解析：選C。作者起初以為在刺骨的寒風中她是為了“取暖”才來回晃動身體的。

13．A.dance

B．tune

C．step

D．sound

解析：選B。文章倒數第二段提到她是在唱歌，由此可推斷她是在隨著曲調左右晃動。

14．A.issue

B．arm

C．stick

D．log

解析：選C。上文提到通常無家可歸的人會在出口處出售這種雜志，結合選項可推斷她是一位殘疾人，所以選C項“拐杖”。另外，倒數第二段中的“tapping off along the pavement”也是線索。

15．A.deaf

B．lame

C．mad

D．blind

解析：選D。她的眼睛深陷，由此可推斷她是一位“盲人”。

16．A.noise

B．music

C．voice

D．sound

解析：選A。在車站的出口處，車水馬龍，喧囂不堪，顯然是“噪音”。C項強調人的“噪音”，D項泛指自然界中的各種聲音，語義都不恰當。

17．A.recite

B．compose

C．read

D．sing

解析：選D。下文提到她是在唱歌，因此用sing。

18．A.expected

B．charged

C．intended

D．organized

解析：選C。作者用了平時買雜志的兩倍的錢買了她的最后一本雜志。

19．A.picked up

B．threw away

C．turned out

D．hid away

解析：選A。既然她已經賣完了最后一本雜志，自然是表示感謝后“收拾”自己的東西并拄著拐杖離開。

20．A.decision

B．memory

C．program

D．design

解析：選B。結合上文的敘述以及本句后半句的內容可知作者有了那天的幸福“回憶”。

Ⅱ.完形填空

Words：297難度系數：建議用時：15分鐘

I think we should try to find a happy memory，something to lift us on those unpleasant days.I’m saying this because I think I have just found mine.

I had some work in Glasgow then.I was on a really__1__schedule，which meant I would have no time for myself all day.I was having one of those days，when the train was completely__2__ and the conversation around me seemed to be particularly__3__.Besides，I had a bit of headache.__4__quickly across the station hall，I fished some__5__from my pocket.There was usually someone at the exit__6__The Big Issue(a magazine that helps homeless folk earn a living)．

__7__the crowd pated ways at the bottom of the hall，I saw someone selling The Big Issue.She really looked like she had been sleeping__8__.Her clothes were__9__and she obviously hadn’t had a scrub(擦洗)for quite a while.

As I__10__the exit，I saw that she was also__11__from side to side.At first I thought she was trying to keep__12__against the biting wind.But she wasn’t.She was moving in time to a__13__.I couldn’t hear her，but I could see her lips moving.

When I got closer，I saw a white__14__hanging from her elbow and noticed that she had sunken eyes.She was__15__，dirty and living on the streets.I came closer and through the__16__of the traffic I could hear her__17__the immortal(不朽的)line，“...And I think to myself，what a wonderful world！”

I bought her last magazine for twice what I had originally__18__.She thanked me and__19__her belongings and went tapping off along the pavement－still singing.

So，I have my happy__20__for that day，and I think it will stay with me for a long，long time.

【解題導語】在刺骨的寒風中，一位靠出售雜志維持生計的盲人女士竟然無比樂觀地縱情歌唱美好的世界……

1．A.enjoyableB．relaxing

C．tight

D．tiring

解析：選C。根據本句后半部分的內容可知作者的時間安排非常“緊”。D項表示“令人疲倦的”，在文章中沒有信息支持。

2．A.crowded

B．delayed

C．loaded

D．crashed

解析：選A。根據下一段開頭部分的內容可知火車上十分“擁擠”。

3．A.moving

B．interesting

C．pleasing

D．meaningless

解析：選D。下一句提到作者還有一點兒頭疼，由此可判斷此處表示的是否定意義，作者認為周圍人的談話特別“沒有意義”。

4．A.Looking

B．Walking

C．Wandering

D．Searching

解析：選B。上文提到作者的時間安排非常緊，而且作者難以忍受擁擠的乘客們無聊的閑談，另外，又感到有點兒頭疼，由此可推斷作者快步穿過了車站大廳。

5．A.cigarettes

B．sweets

C．change

D．paper

解析：選C。下一句提到常有無家可歸的人在出口處賣雜志來維持生計，由此可推斷作者從口袋中拿出一些“零錢”。

6．A.selling

B．buying

C．collecting

D．delivering

解析：選A。根據括號中的注釋可知是“出售”這種雜志。

7．A.With

B．Since

C．Until

D．As

解析：選D。當人群在大廳的盡頭走向四面八方的時候，作者看到有人在賣這種雜志。此處as表示“當……時候”。

8．A.comfortably

B．rough

C．soundly

D．anxiously

解析：選B。她看起來一直露宿街頭。sleep rough是固定用法，表示“露宿”，符合語境。D項表示“憂慮地”，與下文她的樂觀表現不符。

9．A.shabby

B．casual

C．tidy

D．fashionable

解析：選A。下文提到她很長時間沒有擦洗了，and 連接的應是相同意思的分句，由此可知選A項，她的衣服非常“破舊”。

10．A.left

B．passed

C．approached

D．examined

解析：選C。上文提到作者在未走到出口之前就準備好了零錢，由此可知作者想買雜志，approach在此處表示“靠近”。

11．A.jumping

B．climbing

C．rolling

D．rocking

解析：選D。由空后的from side to side，再結合下文的描述，尤其是“She was moving in time...”可知她在左右“搖晃”。rock是動詞，意為“輕輕擺動，搖晃”。

12．A.active

B．energetic

C．warm

D．awake

解析：選C。作者起初以為在刺骨的寒風中她是為了“取暖”才來回晃動身體的。

13．A.dance

B．tune

C．step

D．sound

解析：選B。文章倒數第二段提到她是在唱歌，由此可推斷她是在隨著曲調左右晃動。

14．A.issue

B．arm

C．stick

D．log

解析：選C。上文提到通常無家可歸的人會在出口處出售這種雜志，結合選項可推斷她是一位殘疾人，所以選C項“拐杖”。另外，倒數第二段中的“tapping off along the pavement”也是線索。

15．A.deaf

B．lame

C．mad

D．blind

解析：選D。她的眼睛深陷，由此可推斷她是一位“盲人”。

16．A.noise

B．music

C．voice

D．sound

解析：選A。在車站的出口處，車水馬龍，喧囂不堪，顯然是“噪音”。C項強調人的“噪音”，D項泛指自然界中的各種聲音，語義都不恰當。

17．A.recite

B．compose

C．read

D．sing

解析：選D。下文提到她是在唱歌，因此用sing。

18．A.expected

B．charged

C．intended

D．organized

解析：選C。作者用了平時買雜志的兩倍的錢買了她的最后一本雜志。

19．A.picked up

B．threw away

C．turned out

D．hid away

解析：選A。既然她已經賣完了最后一本雜志，自然是表示感謝后“收拾”自己的東西并拄著拐杖離開。

20．A.decision

B．memory

C．program

D．design

解析：選B。結合上文的敘述以及本句后半句的內容可知作者有了那天的幸福“回憶”。