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Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage, and for each blank there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D at the end of the passage. You should choose ONE answer that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

It was a beautiful summer day and I was taking a walk in the downtown area of Madrid.

When I turned a street 56 I heard the voice of a lovely Spanish singer 57 from a nearby care. The music 58 me, so I went to the cafe to hear it 59.

I sat down at a table near the door. The waiter came over, and I 60 a glass of wine. While 61 my wine, I listened to the soft music. The 62 was a young lady, a little too fat, but 63 pretty. A black young man was playing the piano.

The waiter returned 64 the glass of wine and put it on the 65 I started drinking the wine slowly and 66 the other people in the care. They were all men 67 women seldom go into the cafes in Spain.

There were three men 68 at a table near mine. I could 69 by their accents that one of them was an American, one an Englishman and the third man a 70. The waiter served each of the three men a glass of beer. By chance, each glass had a 71 in it. The American picked up his glass, noticed the fly and poured the beer and the fly was thrown onto the floor. The English-man looked into his glass, noticed the fly and 72 a spoon, with which he took the fly out of the beer, and drank the 73 of it.

The stranger noticed the fly in the beer, 74 He picked it up with his fingers, squeezed it carefully in order to save every drop of beer, then drank the beer 75.

56. A. shop B. sidewalk C. comer D. store

57. A. going B. came C. Go D. coming

58. A. attracted B. interest C. arresting D. attractive

59. A. all right B. good C. better D. nice

60. A. asked B. wanted C. begged D. ordered

61. A. waiting B. waiting for C. staying for D. waited for

62. A. waiter B. miss C. singer D. boss

63. A. quiet B. too much C. little D. quite

64. A. and B. with C. by D. for

65. A. piano B. desk C. chair D. table

66. A. watching B. seeing C. looking for D. noticing

67. A. once B. before C. because D. and

68. A. sat B. sitting C. set D. setting

69. A. judge B. tell C. speak D. remarks

70. A. singer B. stranger C. waiter D. Frenchman

71. A. worm B. flies C. something D. fly

72. A. reached for B. reach C. asked D. want

73. A. other B. others C. remain D. rest

74. A. also B. too C. either D. neither

75. A. sadly B. bitterly C. happily D. slowly

答案：

56.C 四個名詞中，能和動詞tum搭配的只有comer（角落）這個詞。tum a street comer“拐彎”；sidewalk“人行道”。

57.D coming指聲音向“我”傳過來，現(xiàn)在分詞短語做定語。

58.A 該句的意思是這音樂吸引了我，所以我走過去仔細聽。attract“吸引”，其他三個詞都不能做謂語。

59.C 前句提到作者聽到歌聲從咖啡館傳來，所以作者走過去是為了聽得更好。

60.D order專指在飯店里點酒菜，其他三詞都無此意。

61.B wait for“等待”固定搭配。本句中使用現(xiàn)在分詞短語waiting for做伴隨狀語。

62.C 從上下文可判斷應(yīng)選singer.

63.D quite pretty“非常漂亮”；too much“太多的”用來修飾不可數(shù)名詞；little“幾乎沒有”修飾不可數(shù)名詞。

64.B with表示“帶著、拿著”，該句話的意思是服務(wù)員拿著我點的紅酒回來了。

65.D 根據(jù)常理可知紅酒應(yīng)放在table上。

66.A watch表示“觀看”。該句話的意思是我一邊喝酒一邊看這咖啡館里的其他人。watch指帶有觀賞性質(zhì)的看；see強調(diào)看的結(jié)果，表示“看到”；look for表示“尋找”；notice表示“注意到”。

67.C “周圍全是男人”和“婦女們很少到咖啡館來”是果和因的關(guān)系，所以用because來連接。

68.B 用現(xiàn)在分詞sitting做定語修飾three men.

69.B tell表示“辨別、說出”。本句話的意思是：我能夠通過他們的口音判斷出其中一個是美國人…。judge“判決，斷定”；speak“講某種語言或發(fā)言”；remark“評論”。

70.B 從下文可知第三個人是個陌生人“stranger”。

71.D 從下文可知每只杯子里都有一只“ny（蒼蠅）”。

72.A reach for“伸手去拿”；reach“到達”。

73.D the rest of“剩余的……”。意思是他看到蒼蠅，把蒼蠅拿了出來，然后把剩下的喝完了。other“另外的”，一般不和of搭配。remain（n.）表示“剩余”時往往用復(fù)數(shù)。

74.B 第三個人也注意到了蒼蠅。too一般放在句尾，also往往在句中，either用在疑問句和否定句中。

75.C happily在此處有一種諷刺的意味。更后的這個陌生人竟然連蒼蠅體內(nèi)的一點酒也不放過，還要擠出來喝掉，用夸張的手法描述了一個嗜酒如命的人，而happily則比其他表痛苦的詞更能加深這種意味。

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