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) who was doing well __2__. His wife was proud of their social status. They had a little girl about my age who was spoiled and very much __3__ to getting her own way.

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 proudly 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. My __7__ 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 up and that the _13__ were going 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 gentle man, 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 yelled at me __20__，” I said earnestly. “Now she's got something to yell 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 (报复)．”

难易度：易

20． 1．A.Between B．Among C．Around D．Beside

2．A.in health B．for wealth C．at home D．in business

3．A.used B．aimed C．thanked D．concerned

4．A.made B．invited C．lost D．fought

5．A.closed B．opened C．moved D．broke

6．A.ordered 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.crying B．scolding C．praising D．whispering

10．A.began B．completed C．continued D．ended

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

12．A.pushed open B．pulled down　 C．shut up D．knocked at

13．A.pipes B．taps C．handles D．rings

14．A.productive B．soft C．protective D．rough

15．A.so B．too C．as D．very

16．A.by car B．by the hand C．by surprise D．by the way

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

18．A.argue with B．talk with C．put up with D．discuss with

19．A.at least B．at most C．not at all D．more than

20．A.for something B．for nothing　 C．without doubt D．with sympathy

 

Answer 1

答案：1.B 2.D 3.A 4.A 5.B 6.C 7.D 8.A 9.B 10.C 11.D 12.A 13.B 14.C 15.A 16.B 17.D 18.A 19.C 20.B

 

1.前文说她邀请了一些朋友到公寓里聚会。此处表示：在这些客人中。

2. 由a neighborhood big shot 可知：是做生意发了财的大款。do well in sth意为“在……方面很出色”

3．他们的小女儿被宠得非常娇气，习惯了我行我素。

4．晚会进行中，我走进了洗手间并随手把门关上。make one's way to意为“向……走去”。

5．由and proudly walked in 得知：那个小女孩推开洗手间的门。

6．be supposed to do sth意为“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．由上文得知：男孩很生气。

8．听到我生气的吼声，她一下子惊呆了，然后她边哭边向她的父母和我的祖母告状。

9．当我从洗手间出来，祖母劈头盖脸地把我骂了一通。

10．等她骂完叫我滚开之后，晚会继续进行。

11．当祖母从洗手间走过的时候，她发现有股水流从门缝里涌出来。

12．她猛力地撞开洗手间的门，发现洗手盆和浴缸都被塞子塞住了。

13．水龙头被拧到最大，水正哗啦啦地直流。

14．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。productive 意为“多产的”；protective意为“保护性的”。

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

16．祖父牵着我的手来到窗前。表示“牵着、抓着某人的手或其他部位”的句型为：主语＋take / catch / hold / get, etc.＋sb＋介词by＋the＋身体某部位。此处的the不能用his, her, my代替。

17．此处进一步讲述祖父是个什么样的人。由句意可知：他很少提高嗓门和别人说话。从句子结构上分析，此处是倒装形式，只有否定意义的副词位于句首才能倒装。

18．由上文kind and gentle man可知：他也从来没有和祖母吵过架。

19．由下文意义可知祖父的反应是：没有半点生气或烦恼的样子。

20．此处表示“祖母先无缘无故地骂了我一顿”，这回小男孩故意捣乱之后让她骂就有理由了。