Question

【題目】Philip is 55 and blind. He has been blind since birth. He can smell a rose, but he cannot tell its ______ . People sometimes ______ him. However, he says it does not matter.

But his life is not a bed of roses. It is ______ for him. At home, he cannot just look out of the window to see ______ the weather is like, and then decide what to wear. He can't look at the clock on the wall to see what time it is. He listens to the ______ to know it. He must always put everything in the same place in his house. If he doesn't, he'll ______ a long time looking for it. He has ______ seen a good movie or a bad show. He has no idea what a sunset or a full moon looks like.

Philip also plays the violin on the sidewalk in front of a clothes shop. He puts a hat on the floor with some change in it. "The change keeps the hat ______ moving away" He says, "It also lets people know where to put the donations. I can earn from$10 to $30 every day. One evening, I made almost$100, ______ someone stole the money. I guess he ______ it more than I did. " He laughs.

【1】A. smell B. colour C. taste D. sound

【2】A. take pity on B. carry on C. turn on D. put on

【3】A. meaningful B. difficult C. equal D. interesting

【4】A. how B. when C. why D. what

【5】A. radio B. songs C. music D. conversation

【6】A. pass B. use C. spend D. take

【7】A. ever B. once C. never D. seldom

【8】A. from B. by C. with D. without

【9】A. and B. but C. if D. because

【10】A. liked B. paid C. got D. needed

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】B

【4】D

【5】A

【6】C

【7】C

【8】A

【9】B

【10】D

【解析】短文大意：菲利普是個(gè)盲人，他能聞到花香，卻看不到東西的顏色，生活存在許多不便。他在路邊拉小提琴掙錢，一天晚上，小偷把他的錢給偷走了。

【1】句意：他能聞到玫瑰的氣味，但他不能說出它的顏色。A. smell名詞，氣味；B. colour名詞，顏色；C. taste名詞，味道；D. sound名詞，聲音。根據(jù)前文Philip is 55 and blind.可知，菲利普是盲人，所以看不到東西的顏色。故選：B。

【2】句意：人們有時(shí)會(huì)同情他。A. take pity on同情；B. carry on經(jīng)營；C. turn on打開；D. put on穿上。由于是“盲人”，人們會(huì)“同情”。故選：A。

【3】句意：對(duì)他來說是困難的。A. meaningful形容詞，有意義的；B. difficult形容詞， 困難的；C. equal形容詞，平等的、平穩(wěn)的; D. interesting形容詞，有趣的。根據(jù)前文But his life is not a bed of roses和下文“can’t”這些語言提示，可知此處作者意圖想表達(dá)“困難的”含義。故選：B。

【4】句意：在家里，他不能看向窗外，看天氣是怎么樣的, 然后決定穿什么衣服。詢問天氣的常用句型：What’s the weather like? 與 How is the weather? 故選：D。

【5】句意：他聽收音機(jī)得知。A. radio名詞，收音機(jī)；B. songs名詞，歌曲；C. music名詞，音樂； D. conversation名詞，會(huì)話。聽“收音機(jī)”可以獲知天氣。故選：A。

【6】句意：如果他不這樣做，他將花很長時(shí)間尋找它。A. pass動(dòng)詞，傳遞；B. use動(dòng)詞，使用； C. spend動(dòng)詞，花費(fèi), 主語為人, spend…doing…；D. take花費(fèi), 常用結(jié)構(gòu):It takes sb. some time to do something. 故選：C。

【7】句意：菲利普從未看過好電影或糟糕的節(jié)目。A. ever副詞，曾經(jīng)；B. once副詞，有一次；C. never副詞，從沒有；D. seldom副詞，很少。因?yàn)樗�是盲人，所以�?yīng)“從沒有”看過電影或節(jié)目。故選：C。

【8】句意：這些零錢使帽子不至于移走。固定搭配keep…from…阻止…做… 。故選：A。

【9】句意：一天晚上，我賺了將近100美元，但是有人偷走了錢。A. and并且，表示承接關(guān)系； B. but但是，表示轉(zhuǎn)擇關(guān)系；C. if如果，引導(dǎo)條件狀語從句；D. because因?yàn)椋�引�?dǎo)原因狀語從句�！百嶅X”與“偷走”這兩件事是轉(zhuǎn)擇關(guān)系。故選：B。

【10】句意：我想他比我更需要它。A. liked動(dòng)詞，喜歡；B. paid支付；C. got 獲得；D. needed需要。根據(jù)語境可知是“需要”之意。故選：D。