Question

【題目】It has been some time since(自從) Jack saw the old man. In fact, Jack moved away from the country and was busy _______his work. There, Jack had_______ time to think about the past and often had no time to _______ with his wife and son. He was working for his future.

One day, his mother _______him over the phone that Mr Belser, their neighbour had died and the funeral(葬禮) would be _______Wednesday．It took a long time _______ Jack gave an answer because he had not thought of Mr Belser for a long time. “Well, he didn’t _______ you. Every time I saw him, he’d ask _______you were going. He’d _______the days you spent with him, ” Mum told him.

It had been about two weeks since Mr Belser died. One day, Jack ________ a package(包裹). There, inside was a gold ________．The box was from Mr Belser. Jack’s hands shook(晃動(dòng)) as he read the note inside. “Upon my death(死亡) please give this box to Jack Bennett. It is the thing I value most( 珍視) in my life.” There inside he ________ a beautiful gold packet watch. He opened the cover. Inside he found these words, “Jack, thanks for your ________ !——Harold Belser.”Jack held the watch for a few ________, then called his office and canceled (取消) his meetings for the next two weeks. He needed some time to spend with his wife and son.

No matter how( 無(wú)論怎么樣) busy we are, we should always remember to spend some time with the person we love. They are ________part of our life.

【1】A. for B. at C. with D. by

【2】A. little B. few C. a little D. a few

【3】A. spend B. take C. cost D. pay

【4】A. asked B. said C. spoke D. told

【5】A. in B. about C. on D. from

【6】A. until B. before C. after D. when

【7】A. remember B. see C. call D. forget

【8】A. how B. where C. why D. when

【9】A. talk with B. talk over C. talk about D. talk to

【10】A. got B. lent C. borrowed D. bought

【11】A. box B. watch C. note D. book

【12】A. looked for B. found C. looked at D. watched

【13】A. gift B. money C. package D. time

【14】A. years B. days C. weeks D. minutes

【15】

A. the most important B. most important

C. the least important D. least important

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】A

【4】D

【5】C

【6】B

【7】D

【8】A

【9】C

【10】A

【11】A

【12】B

【13】D

【14】D

【15】A

【解析】這篇短文講述了Jack總是忙于工作而沒(méi)有時(shí)間陪伴家人，但Belser先生給他寄來(lái)的一個(gè)包裹讓他意識(shí)到家人才是生活中最重要的部分，我們應(yīng)該花費(fèi)一些時(shí)間陪伴他們。

【1】句意：事實(shí)上，Jack從這個(gè)國(guó)家搬走了，忙于他的工作。for 為了，因?yàn)椋?/span>at 在具體時(shí)刻或地點(diǎn)；with和…一起；by通過(guò)…方式，到…時(shí)候。這里考查的是固定搭配be busy with…忙于某事。故應(yīng)選C。

【2】句意：在那里，Jack幾乎沒(méi)有時(shí)間想過(guò)去，沒(méi)有時(shí)間陪伴他的妻子、兒子。little 很少的，幾乎沒(méi)有，修飾不可數(shù)名詞；few少的，幾乎沒(méi)有，修飾可數(shù)名詞；a little一點(diǎn)兒；a few一點(diǎn)兒�？蘸蟮�time是不可數(shù)名詞，故排除B和D。根據(jù)空后often had no time to ___3___ with his wife and son可知，Jack總是很忙，所以他幾乎沒(méi)有時(shí)間去想過(guò)去的事情，故應(yīng)選A。

【3】句意：在那里，Jack幾乎沒(méi)有時(shí)間想過(guò)去，沒(méi)有時(shí)間陪伴他的妻子、兒子。spend 花費(fèi)；度過(guò)，主語(yǔ)為人；take花費(fèi)，常用于句型It takes sb. sometime to do sth.；cost花費(fèi)，主語(yǔ)為物；pay付錢，常用于短語(yǔ)pay…for。這句話的主語(yǔ)是Jack，故應(yīng)選A。

【4】句意：一天他的媽媽在電話中告訴他他們的鄰居Belser先生去世了，葬禮將在星期三舉行。asked 問(wèn)，請(qǐng)求；said說(shuō)；強(qiáng)調(diào)內(nèi)容；spoke說(shuō)，指動(dòng)作或時(shí)候某種語(yǔ)言；told告訴。tell后可以跟雙賓語(yǔ)，tell sb. sth.告訴某人某事，故應(yīng)選D。

【5】句意：一天他的媽媽在電話中告訴他他們的鄰居Belser先生去世了，葬禮將在星期三舉行。in 在年代、月份、季節(jié)前；about大約；關(guān)于；on 在…上面；在具體的某一天、星期前；from從…�？蘸�Wednesday是星期三，故應(yīng)用介詞on，選C。

【6】句意：過(guò)了好久Jack才回答，因?yàn)樗呀?jīng)很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間沒(méi)有想起Belser先生了。until 直到…時(shí)候；before在…之前；after在…之后；when當(dāng)…時(shí)候。這句話使用的句型是It takes a long time before…過(guò)了一段時(shí)間才…。根據(jù)文意可知，Jack聽(tīng)了媽媽的話，過(guò)了一會(huì)兒才做出回應(yīng)，故應(yīng)選B。

【7】句意：“他沒(méi)有忘記你，每次我看到他的時(shí)候，他都問(wèn)你怎么樣了�！� remember 記得；see看見(jiàn)；call打電話；forget忘記。根據(jù)下文Every time I saw him, he’d ask ___8___you were going可知，Belser先生每次見(jiàn)到Jack的媽媽都會(huì)問(wèn)起Jack，所以他沒(méi)有忘記Jack。故選D。

【8】句意：“他沒(méi)有忘記你，每次我看到他的時(shí)候，他都問(wèn)你怎么樣了�！� how 怎樣，如何；where在哪里；why為什么；when什么時(shí)候。How…going是詢問(wèn)某人最近情況的一個(gè)固定句型，故應(yīng)選A。

【9】句意：“他會(huì)談起你和他一起度過(guò)的那些日子�！� talk with 和某人談話；talk over討論；商議；talk about談?wù)撃呈拢?/span>talk to和某人談話。根據(jù)空格后the days you spent with him可知，這里指談?wù)撃呈�，故�?yīng)選C。

【10】句意：一天Jack收到了一個(gè)包裹。got 得到，收到；lent 借給；borrowed借；bought買。根據(jù)下文The box was from Mr Belser.可知，包裹是Belser先生寄過(guò)來(lái)的，所以這里應(yīng)該是Jack收到了這個(gè)包裹，故選A。

【11】句意：里面有一個(gè)金色的盒子。box 盒子；watch手表；note筆記；便條；book書(shū)。根據(jù)下句話The box was from Mr Belser.可知，Jack打開(kāi)包裹先看到的是金色的盒子，手表在盒子里面，這里還沒(méi)有看到。故應(yīng)選A。

【12】句意：在那里面他發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個(gè)金表。looked for 尋找；found 找到，發(fā)現(xiàn)；looked at看…；watched觀察，觀看。根據(jù)句意可知，這里指Jack在盒子里看到了金表，look at只表示動(dòng)作，不表示結(jié)果，故不對(duì)，應(yīng)選B。

【13】句意：在里面他發(fā)現(xiàn)這些字：“Jack，謝謝你陪伴我的時(shí)間�！�Harold Belser�！� gift 禮物；money錢；package包裹；time時(shí)間。根據(jù)上文Every time I saw him, he’d ask ___8___you were going. He’d ___9___the days you spent with him,可知，Jack曾經(jīng)和Belser先生一起度過(guò)一段時(shí)間，所以這里應(yīng)指時(shí)間，選D。

【14】句意：Jack拿著表過(guò)了幾分鐘，然后他給他的辦公室打電話，取消了他接下來(lái)的兩周的會(huì)議。years 年，復(fù)數(shù)；days天；weeks周；minutes分鐘。根據(jù)下面then called his office…可知，這里指Jack拿著表楞了幾分鐘，故應(yīng)選D。

【15】句意：他們是我們生命中最重要的部分。the most important 最重要的；most important最重要的，在形容詞最高級(jí)前應(yīng)加定冠詞the；the least important最不重要的；least important最不重要的，缺少定冠詞the。根據(jù)上句話we should always remember to spend some time with the person we love.可知，我們應(yīng)該總是要記住花一些時(shí)間去陪伴我們愛(ài)的人，所以他們?cè)谖覀兊纳惺亲钪匾�。故�?yīng)選A。