Question

  People like artists and writers usually work on their own,with no one else around. Most of my friends all work 1        other people in shops and so on,and they tell me that they would never get things done if they worked alone. I'm not 2        that all artists and writers do,either.

I was born in a small village in the country where everyone knew 3        else：that is they knew everyone except a writer who 4        himself to himself. By the time I was 5        enough to learn people's names,he had been living in the village for at least twenty years,but the villagers still regarded him as a 6       !Every morning he would walk down to the local shops to do his 7       ,and although he had to greet everyone he met,only two or three would 8        his greeting. Sometimes someone would ask him 9        he was doing,and every time his answer would be the same: "I'm still writing the book. " And that was all we 10        learned about him. Because no one had ever visited his house,I 11       once walking up to the house with three or four other boys to see 12        we could see what he did. We climbed up to the 13        and looked in,expecting to see our writer typing 14        at his desk. Instead,he was sitting in an armchair 15      a book.

(   ) 1. A. without   B. around   C. with   D. for

(   ) 2. A. sure   B. afraid   C. glad   D. sorry

(   ) 3. A. someone   B. nobody   C. anyone   D. everyone

(   ) 4. A. talked   B. kept   C. taught   D. paid

(   ) 5. A. young   B. old   C. tall   D. strong

(   ) 6. A. stranger   B. writer   C. friend   D. fool

(   ) 7. A. washing   B. cooking   C. shopping   D. typing

(   ) 8. A. hear   B. like   C. return   D. hate

(   ) 9. A. what   B. how   C. why   D. where

(   ) 10. A. always   B. still   C. hardly   D. ever

(   ) 11. A. finish   B. enjoy   C. remember   D. plan

(   ) 12. A. that   B. if   C. when   D. whom

(   ) 13. A. chimneys   B. doors   C. windows   D. walls

(   ) 14. A. slowly   B. carefully   C. clearly   D. busily

(   ) 15. A. reading   B. writing   C. copying   D. selling

Answer 1

1. C 根據(jù)下文單獨干不了事，可推斷是與人共事。

2. A 根據(jù)下文的例子可知，作者無把握。

3. D 句意是彼此都認(rèn)識。

4. B keep oneself to oneself"不與他人來往"。

5. B 與下文中的學(xué)認(rèn)人名一致。

6. A 由于他不與人來往，人們把他當(dāng)作陌生人。

7. C 與上文一致。

8. C 回應(yīng)上文的動詞greet。

9. A 根據(jù)下文他的回答"我在寫書"可知問的是"在干什么"。

10. D ever"曾經(jīng)"。

11. C remember doing sth"記得曾經(jīng)做過某事"。

12. B if引導(dǎo)賓語從句，意為"是否"。

13. C B項是干擾項。

14. D 句意為：期待看到他在忙于寫書。

15. A 從instead可知他不是在寫書，而是在讀書。