Question

Kate said “Hello” to Mr. Patel as she entered. She picked up a wire basket and walked towards the back of the store __1__ the rice was kept. The room was quite large and divided by three long aisles(过道), with rows of shelves full of __2__. Besides her and Patel there were only two boys in the store. They were both wearing __3__ overcoats. They looked rather __4__ because the overcoats were too big for them. “__5__”， she heard one of them whisper to __6__. She walked on to the next aisle and found the __7__ she was looking for. Then she heard something else. It __8__ like a box dropping on the floor. She looked through the small open space __9__ goods on the shelf and saw one of the boys picking up a box. But __10__ putting it in the basket, he dropped __11__ into the inside pocket of his overcoat. Kate looked back and __12__  see Mr Patel at the door checking through a list. Then she looked through the __13__ in the shelf again. The boys still had their backs to her. They were putting something __14__ into their inside pockets and then one of them said, “Let's get out of here.” They moved away from her.

When she got to the door the two boys were __15__ her. She watched them __16__ for the few things in their __17__. They had both __18__ their overcoats. Mr Patel did not seem to know what they had done. He even __19__ at them as they were about to __20__. Now Kate decided to stop them.

1. A. which  B. that     C. there  D. where

2. A．books  B. baskets  C. goods  D. magazines

3. A. dirty    B. long    C. grey  D. tight

4. A. strange  B. young  C. nervous  D. excited

5. A. Look up      B. Listen to me

C. Watch out     D. Put it down

6. A. him  B. her  C. the boy  D. the other

7. A. book  B. rice  C. bag  D. magazine

8. A. looked  B. heard  C. showed  D. sounded

9. A. between  B. of  C. around  D. at

10. A. instead of     B. before

C. without       D. as if

11. A. something   B. it

C. one        D. that

12. A. would  B. should  C. might  D. could

13. A. spot  B. space  C. goods  D. books

14. A. important  B. new  C.  else  D. extra

15. A. next to  B. beside  C. in front of  D. behind

16. A. paying  B. looking  C. asking  D. reaching

17. A. hands  B. pockets  C. box  D. basket

18. A. thrown  B. stolen  C. buttoned  D. hidden

19. A. shouted  B. smiled  C. looked  D. laughed

20. A. leave  B. pay  C. speak  D. apologize

Answer 1

1. 解析：选D。分析句子结构可知，空格后的部分是地点状语从句。

2. 解析：选C。超市里架子上放的自然是“货物”了。

3. 解析：选B。从下文得知，他们准备偷东西，所以穿“长”大衣来做掩护。四个选项中只有long 与后面提到的too big符合。

4. 解析：选A。大衣长而大，穿在小孩子身上自然就觉得古怪。young, nervous, excited与strange之间没有逻辑上的因果关系。

5. 解析：选C。由后文可知，是做贼的，所以提醒另一人要“当心”。

6. 解析：选D。共两个小孩，故另一个用the other。

7. 解析：选B。开头已暗示Kate是来买米的。

8. 解析：选D。it指前面听到的声音，这种声音“听起来”像……。

9. 解析：选A。货物之间有空隙，Kate正好可以看过去。

10. 解析：选A。按常理小孩应把选中的东西放进购物篮中，但他们没有，故用instead of。

11. 解析：选B。it 指前面已提到过的box。

12. 解析：选D。could此处表示可能性。

13. 解析：选B。由文意可知，第9空前的动作再次重复了一遍。

14. 解析：选C。由文意可知，这时放入袋中的显然不是前面提到过的box，而是“其他”什么东西。

15. 解析：选C。由文意可知，她看着他们，说明他们就在她面前。

16. 解析：选A。由文意可知，购物篮中的物品两个小孩是准备付款的。

17. 解析：选D。付款的东西自然是放在购物篮中的。

18. 解析：选C。大衣的纽扣扣得整整齐齐，因为里面藏有东西，此处button是动词。

19. 解析：选B。由even所表示的语气可以推知。

20. 解析：选A。句意为：他们要离开时，结账的人甚至在向他们微笑。leave离开，符合语境。