Question

My grandmother was an iron－willed woman, the feared head of the family. When I was five years old, she invited some friends to her apartment for a party. __1__ the guests was a neighborhood big shot(大亨). They had a little girl about my age who was __2__ and very much used to getting her own way.

Grandmother spent a lot of time with the big shot and his family. She __3__ them the most important members of her social circle and tried hard to please them. At one point during the party, I __4__ my way to the bathroom and closed the door behind me. A minute or two later, the little girl __5__ the bathroom door and simply walked in. I was still sitting down. “Don't you know that little girls aren't __6__ to come into the bathroom when a little boy is using it！？” I shouted. The __7__ I had piled upon her shocked the little girl. Then she started to cry. She tearfully __8__ to her parents and my grandmother. Grandmother was waiting for me when I left the bathroom. I received the longest, sharpest __9__. After her scolding was over and I had been dismissed, the party __10__.

Twenty minutes later, all that changed. Grandmother walked by the bathroom and noticed a flood of water __11__ out from under the door. She __12__ the bathroom door and saw that the sink and tub were plugged(塞)up and that the taps __13__ at full blast(拧到最大). Everyone knew who did it. The guests quickly formed a __14__ wall around me, but Grandmother was __15__  angry that she almost got to me anyway.

My grandfather took me __16__ to the window. He was a kind and gentleman, full of wisdom and patience. __17__ did he raise his voice to anyone, and never did he __18__ his wife. He looked at me with much curiosity, __19__  angry or upset.

“Tell me，” he asked, “why did you do it？”

“Well, she shouted at me __20__，” I said earnestly. “Now she's got something to shout about.”

Grandfather didn't speak right away. He just sat there, looking at me and smiling. “Eric，” he said at last, “you are my revenge(复仇)．”

1. A. Between  B. Among  C. Around  D. Beside

2. A. spoiled  B. harmed  C. liked   D. concerned

3. A. imagined          B. told           C. evaluated           D. considered

4. A. made              B. found   C. pushed  D. wound

5. A. closed             B. opened   C. beat  D. tapped

6. A. expected        B. asked           C. supposed          D. told

7. A. happiness          B. depression       

C. embarrassment    D. anger

8. A. complained        B. apologized  

C. replied               D. referred

9. A. cry  B. blame  C. comment   D. demand

10. A. picked up         B. broke down      

C. carried on       D. took off

11. A. moving   B. stirring  C. floating  D. streaming

12. A. pushed open         B. pulled down 

C. shut up            D. knocked at

13. A. had gone               B. were going    

C. went                 D. had been going

14. A. productive       B. hard         

C. protective     D. rough

15. A. so       B. too        C. as       D. very

16. A. by his hand   B. by the hand  

C. by surprise      D. with anxiety

17. A. Often   B. Sometimes  C. Always   D. Rarely

18. A. argue with      B. talk with   

C. put up with           D. come to terms with

19. A. other than       B. instead of    

C. rather than      D. more than

20. A. for something   B. for nothing       

C. without doubt   D. with sympathy

Answer 1

1. 解析：选B。前文说她邀请了一些亲戚朋友到公寓里聚会。此处表示：在这些客人中。

2. 解析：选A。因家里有钱以及下文的“习惯于我行我素”可知他们的小女儿被宠得非常娇气，脾气很蛮横。spoil表示“宠坏，溺爱”。

3. 解析：选D。这里表示祖母认为他们是最重要的客人，极力讨好他们。

4. 解析：选A。由文意可知，晚会进行中，“我”走进了洗手间并随手把门关上。这里用make one's way to表示“向……走去”。而其他动词的含义不符合语境：find one's way找到去……的路；push one's way挤出一条路；wound one's way蜿蜒前进。

5. 解析：选B。由“and simply walked in”可知，那个小女孩推开洗手间的门进来了。

6. 解析：选C。从语境可知这里用be supposed to表示“理应做……；应该做……”。句意为：难道你不知道当一个男孩在使用洗手间的时候女孩子是不可以进来的吗！

7. 解析：选D。从上文内容可知，作者这个时候很生气。

8. 解析：选A。此处用complain表示“投诉”，历来我行我素的女孩出来没有被人这么呵斥过，她哭着向她的父母和“我”奶奶告状。

9. 解析：选B。由文意可知，当“我”从洗手间出来，祖母劈头盖脸地把“我”骂了一通。

10. 解析：选C。等她骂完叫“我”滚开之后，晚会继续进行。这里用carry on表示“继续”。

11. 解析：选D。从下文可知，祖母发现有水从洗手间的门缝里涌出来。

12. 解析：选A。撞开洗手间的门，发现洗手盆和浴缸都被塞子塞住了。push open撞开。

13. 解析：选B。这里用过去进行时表示祖母进去的时候看见水正哗啦啦地直流。

14. 解析：选C。每个人都知道是谁搞的鬼，愤怒的祖母使劲地挥舞着双手要打“我”，客人们马上在我周围形成了一堵人墙保护“我”。这里用protective表示“保护性的”。

15. 解析：选A。此处是so...that 句型，表示“如此愤怒，(尽管有人墙保护)差点打了我”。

16. 解析：选B。祖父牵着“我”的手来到窗前。表示牵着/抓着某人的手用“介词by＋the＋hand”表示。此处的the 不能用his, her, my代替。其他选项与句子意义不符。

17. 解析：选D。上文说祖父很温和，因此他很少提高嗓门和别人说话。从句子结构(倒装)和语境看，只有D项符合语境。

18. 解析：选A。此处表达：他也从来没有和祖母“争论过”。故选A。

19. 解析：选C。由下文意义可知祖父的反映是：没有半点生气或烦恼的样子。

20. 解析：选B。此处表示“祖母她先无缘无故地骂了我一顿”，这回“我”故意捣乱之后让她骂就有理由了。for nothing无缘无故。