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【题目】完形填空

When Mr. Smith retired(退休), he bought a small ________in a village near the sea. He ________ it and hoped to live a quiet life in this house.

But to his great surprise, many tourists came to see his house in summer holidays, for it was the most ________ building in the village. From morning to night there were ________ outside the house. They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and ________ of them even went into Mr Smith’s garden. This was too much for Mr Smith. He decided to ask the visitors to ________ . So he put a notice on the window. The notice said, “If you want ________ your curiosity(好奇心)，come in and look round. Price: twenty dollars.” Mr Smith was sure that the visitors would ________ coming, but he was wrong. More and more visitors came and Mr Smith had to________ every day showing them around his house.” I came here to ________ not to work as a guide（导游）,”he said angrily. In the end, he sold the house and moved away.

【1】A. garden B. shop C. house D. school

【2】A. liked B. hated C. sold D. built

【3】A. big B. interesting C. small D. clean

【4】A. children B. students C. parents D. tourists

【5】A. no B. none C. many D. much

【6】A. come B. leave C. stay D. play

【7】A. to satisfy B. satisfy C. to satisfying D. satisfying/p>

【8】A. go on B. stop C. continue D. not

【9】A. take B. cost C. spend D. pay

【10】A. play B. work C. watch D. retire

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】D

【5】C

【6】B

【7】A

【8】B

【9】C

【10】D

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了Mr. David退休以后来到海边买了一个小房子，想安静地度过自己的退休生活，却没有想到，很多游客对他买的这个小屋很感兴趣，不断的有人来参观，最后他不得不把这个房子卖掉了。

【1】C 考查名词及语境理解。句意：他在海附近的村庄买了一套小房子。garden花园；shop商店；house房屋；school学校。根据第一段最后一句He _____ it and hoped to live a quiet life in this house可知该选C。

【2】A考查动词及语境理解。句意：他喜欢这所房子，希望在这个房子里过上安静的生活。liked喜欢；hated憎恨，讨厌；sold出售；built建造。根据后句hoped to live a quiet life in this house他希望在这房子里过上安静生活，那么可以判断出本句表示的意思应该是喜欢这所房子，所以选A。

【3】B考查形容词及语境理解。句意：在暑假许多游客来到了他的房子，因为他的房子是村里最有趣的。big大的；interesting有趣的；small小的；clean干净的。许多游客度假的时候到此看他的房子，那么他的房子是最有趣的才符合文意，interesting的最高级是the most interesting，所以选B。

【4】D考查名词及语境理解。句意：从早上到晚上房子外有许多游客。children孩子；students学生； parents父母亲；tourists旅游者，根据第二段第一句many tourists came to see his house in summer holidays可知本题选D。

【5】C考查形容词及语境理解。句意：他们一直想透过窗户进入室内，许多人还来到了史密斯先生的花园。no没有；none一个也没有；many许多，修饰复数名词；much许多，修饰不可数名词。根据They kept looking into the rooms through the windows可知该选C。

【6】B考查动词及语境理解。句意：他决定让游客离开他家的房子。come来；leave离开；stay停留。呆；play玩。根据后句he was wrong. More and more visitors came.可知史密斯先生是不想让游客到他家的房子里来，是想让游客离开他家的房子，所以选B。

【7】A考查动词及语境理解。句意：如果你想满足你的好奇心，就进来看看。to satisfy是satisfy的动词不定式形式；satisfy动词，满足；satisfying是satisfy的现在分词或动名词形式。表示想做某事可用want to do，所以本题选A。

【8】B考查动词及语境理解。句意：史密斯先生认为游客不会到他的房子里来，但是他错了。go on继续；stop停止；continue继续；not不。本题后半句表示转折，意思为越来越多的人来参观他的房子，所以本句的含义是史密斯先生认为游客不会到他的房子里来，stop doing sth表示不做某事或停止做某事，所以选B。

【9】C考查动词及语境理解。句意：越来越多的游客来了，史密斯先生把每天的时间都花费在给游客介绍房子上。cost用于 Sth costs sb,主语必须是物，多指花费金钱，少数情况可指花费时间、气力，有时表示成本的消耗；spend用于Sb spends...on sth或者Sb spend...in doing sth（in可以省略），spend的主语必须是人，可以指花费时间、也可以指花费金钱；take 用于It takes sb ...to do sth句型，仅指花费时间，必须用it作形式主语。 Pay付款，常与介词for连用。主语是人通常用spend或pay，spend+时间+doing sth表示做某事花费某人多长时间，所以本题选C。

【10】D考查动词及语境理解。句意：我来到这里，为了退休休息，不是来做导游的。play玩；work工作；watch观看；retire退休。根据句意及语境可知该选D。