Question

Soon after Dave left college, one of his 1_____, who was 2_____ and had no children of his own, 3_____ and left a lot of money, so he decided to 4_____ his own real estate company.

He found a nice office, bought a lot of things to 5______ it, and moved in. He had only 6_____ there for a few hours 7_____ he heard someone 8_____ towards the door of his office.

“It’s my first 9_____!” he thought. He quickly 10_____ up the telephone and 11_____ to be very 12_____ in answering an important call from someone in New York who wanted to 13_____ a big and 14_____ house in the country.

The man knocked at the door when this was 15_____, came in and waited 16_____ for Dave to 17_____ his conversation. Then he said to him, “I’m 18_____ the telephone company. I 19_____ here to 20_____ your telephone.

1. A. grandparents        B. parents               C. aunts           D. uncles

2. A. ill          B. kind                 C. rich            D. healthy

3. A. died         B. remarried            C. fell ill      D. went out

4. A. set up              B. find                 C. build            D. buy

5. A. supply       B. furnish（用家俱等布置）C.fill     D. surround

6. A. lived               B. been                C. gone             D. left

7. A. and        B. as                  C. when            D. suddenly

8. A. going        B. walking         C. crying             D. entering

9. A. repairman          B. visitor        C. worker      D. friend

10.A. hung              B. put                  C. picked          D. brought

11.A. seemed       B. looked               C. appeared        D. pretended

12.A. interested   B. active                C. busy        D. comfortable

13.A. build        B. repair               C. sell             D. buy

14.A. cheap      B. expensive             C. wide        D. splendid

15.A. beginning    B. going on            C. holding          D. finished

16.A. happily      B. politely       C. hurriedly         D. impatiently

17.A. finish             B. stop                 C. start            D. continue

18.A. from        B. for                  C. to          D. with

19.A. came      B. left                  C. stayed          D. stood

20.A. use        B. borrow              C. lend            D. connect

Answer 1

1-5DCAAB  6-10 BCBBC11-15DCDBB 16-20BAAAD

【解析】1、选D。根据逻辑可排除A、B，由第三空前的his可排除C。

2、选C。之所以能遗留一大笔钱给Dave,是因为他很“富”，且膝下又无子女。

3、选A。“死”后留给Dave一大笔钱，合乎常理。

4、选A。公司是Dave有了钱以后“建立”的。

5、选B。另三个词不合语境。

6、选B。刚“到”那儿几分钟。go是非延续性动词，不能和一段时间连用。

7、选C。when用作并列连词，意为“这时，突然”。Suddenly是副词，不能连接句子，应舍去。

8、选B。根据towards the door of his office可排除C、D，go towards...表示去某地，在这里不合语境，应排除。

9、选B。根据Dave后面的行为可以推知，他以为来人是“来宾”。

10、选C。余者不合文意。

11、选D。

12、选C。由下文可知根本没人来电话，他是在“假装”“忙”着接电话，以示其生意兴隆。

13、选D。

14、选B。因为是想说给来人听，所以希望造成一种假象，有人想“买”房，而且愿意出“高价”。

15、选B。go on意为“进行，发生”。另根据前文可排除A，根据后文可排除D，根据词的用法和意义可排除C。

16、选B。这里用politely一词，使语言颇具幽默。另三项不合语境。

17、选A。等他“结束”谈话。

18、选A。根据下文可知，来人是电话公司的。

19、选A。根据语感不难选定。

20、选D。connect意为“连接”。余者不合文意。