Question

    Of all the men who ever liked fresh air, no one liked it more than James Wilson did. He _1__ slept with his window open even when snow was falling outside.
One winter, he went to Finland on business. When he _2__ his room in the hotel, he found that the windows were closed to __3__ the icy air out. He did his best to open one but failed. The bed was really __4___, but Wilson couldn’t sleep. He __5__ forget the closed windows. No fresh air! It was __6___ to think of.
At about one o’clock in the morning, he was __7__ awake. Worrying about the air in the room. He became very angry. Where was the __8__ ? He could see something that looked like __9___ over there. He threw a shoe at it through the darkness with all the force of his strong right arm. A terrible sound of breaking glass _10__ the room, but to Wilson’s sad heart, it seemed like the sound of __11___ music.
When daylight came through the window, he __12___ and lay with his eyes close. There was __13__ to worry about. __14___ was it ? Oh, the broken window! Yes, indeed. He would have to pay __15__ that. He opened his eyes to look.
Suddenly he sat up in __16__. The window was not broken at all. The __17__ was all in one piece, just as good as it had been the night before. __18__ fresh air was entering the room through the window!
He then turned his eyes to the __19__ and saw a broken picture __20__ on the wall. There was a shoe on the floor below it, and a lot of broken glasses around the shoe.
1. A. seldom           B. often                 C. sometimes          D. always
2. A. left             B. cleaned               C. entered            D. examined
3. A. prevent          B. keep                  C. stop               D. send
4. A. cold             B. comfortable           C. bad                D. terrible
5. A. shouldn’t       B. wasn’t able to       C. couldn’t          D. wouldn’t
6. A. unlucky          B. anxious               C. difficult          D. terrible
7. A. already          B. nearly                C. hardly             D. still
8. A. waiter           B. manager               C. window             D. light
9. A. paper            B. glass                 C. a picture          D. a man
10. A. destroyed       B. covered               C. filled             D. entered
11. A. funny           B. strange               C. beautiful          D. famous
12. A. got up          B. woke up               C. went in            D. came down
13. A. a lot           B. little                C. something          D. someone
14. A. What            B. How                   C. Where              D. Who
15. A. to              B. with                  C. from               D. for
16. A. silence         B. surprise              C. trouble            D. pain
17. A. window          B. picture               C. glass              D. shoe
18. A. Much            B. No                    C. Still              D. Yet
19. A. outside         B. top                   C. side               D. bottom
20. A. lying           B. hanging               C. falling            D. put    

Answer 1

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  1. C  James Wilson喜歡新鮮空氣所以他總是開著窗戶睡覺，甚至外面下雪的時候也是如此。
2. C  當他進入旅館房間時
3. B  他發(fā)現(xiàn)窗戶是關(guān)閉的，為抵御外面的寒氣。Keep…out：把……擋在外面。
4. B  床的確很舒服，但他睡不著。
5. C  他無法忘記那扇緊閉的窗戶。B選項指沒有做成某件事。
6. D  沒有新鮮空氣！想到這簡直太可怕了。
7. D  凌晨1點了，可他仍然醒這。
8. C  他有點生氣了，窗戶在哪呢？
9. B  他在那里找不到任何看上去像玻璃的東西。
10. C 玻璃被打碎的聲音充斥著整個房間。
11. C 但對于Wilson來說，這聲音就如同美妙的音樂一樣。因為玻璃碎了，新鮮空氣就可以進來了。
12. B （轉(zhuǎn)天早晨）他醒了并閉著眼睛躺在床上。
13. C 有什么事令他擔憂。
14. A 到底是什么事呢？
15. D 他想起了那扇打碎的玻璃，他得為此而賠償（付錢），pay for：為…付錢.固定搭配。
16. B 他睜開眼睛望去，突然他吃驚地坐了起來。
17. C 玻璃完好無損。
18. B 根本就沒有新鮮空氣透過窗戶進入到室內(nèi)。
19. C 他把目光轉(zhuǎn)向旁邊。
20. B 看到一幅破損的畫掛在墻上。