Question

Bob and Annie had not known each other long before they became eager to get married:Bob because he wanted Annie and she because she could at least lead a life away from her1_____. When Mrs.Thompson 2_____ that they marry and live with her until they could get a 3 _____ of their own, Annie hesitated. Her idea of 4_____ had been something which 5 _____her a husband and an orderly, well-furnished home all at once. 6_____ she soon saw the 7_____  of this arrangement. She would, first of all, 8_____ from her present life into a house which was quiet and well run, not 9_____ her own; and she would be able to go on walking so that she and Bob could 10____ up all the more quickly for their own house. She would also get Bob, a good enough husband for any working-class 11_____:good-natured and 12_____ to be bent her way whenever it was 13 _____for her ends.

Things went well until her mother-in-law’s 14_____, when Annie had to give up her 15_____ and was at home all day. Her father-in-law became just a 16_____ figure in the house and 17____Bob became used to him, Annie began to find the old man’s constant 18_____in the house a source of growing annoyance(煩惱).

“He gets on my nerves, Bob,” she said. “And he hardly says a word all day.”

   “Well, I suppose he has a 19_____ to do as he likes,” Bob said mildly. “It’s his house not ours.” But to Annie, now looking after the house 20_____ it were her own, it was beginning to seem the other way about.

1.A.city           B. family         C. room          D. company

2.A.learned        B. thought        C. heard          D. suggested

3.A.stay           B. child          C. house          D. world

4.A.marriage       B. life           C. future           D. expectation

5.A.give           B. found         C. brought         D. searched

6.A.But            B. So           C. Instead          D. Besides

7.A.difficulty       B. advantage      C. trouble         D. result

8.A.leave          B. make          C. change         D. escape

9.A.of            B. on             C. like            D. for

10.A.earn          B. save           C. build           D. set

11.A.home        B. character        C. custom         D. girl

12.A.easy         B. ready           C. kind           D. lovely

13.A.necessary     B. right            C. important       D. helpful

14.A.illness        B. arrival          C. death           D. appearance

15.A.job           B. idea           C. decision          D. dream

16.A.active         B. funny          C. strange          D. silent

17.A.until          B. although        C. before           D. when

18.A.rest           B. work           C. presence         D. cough

19.A.right            B. way           C. wish           D. freedom

20.A.because         B. if             C. even though      D. as if

Answer 1

【小題1】B

【小題2】D

【小題3】C

【小題4】A

【小題5】C

【小題6】A

【小題7】B

【小題8】D

【小題9】C

【小題10】B

【小題11】D

【小題12】B

【小題13】A

【小題14】C

【小題15】A

【小題16】D

【小題17】B

【小題18】C

【小題19】A

【小題20】D

解析:

內容概要：本文講述了一對新婚夫婦因無住房而與父母住在一起的情況，后來母親去世了，留下了沉默寡言的父親，兒媳于是感到了不自在。

【小題1】Annie起初的想法是結婚至少可以離開父母生活。

【小題2】從上下文和從句中謂語動詞的形式可以推知。

【小題3】由下文可知，Annie和Bob 當時還沒有自己的“住房”。

【小題4】根據后面的定語從句推知。

【小題5】根據常識和上下文均可得出答案。

【小題6】很快發現了和父母住一起有好處，此處意義上形成了轉折。

【小題7】下文描述的就是具體的“好處”。

【小題8】根據意義可排除B、C，leave不與from連用，據此可排除A。

【小題9】由escape 推知，Annie婚前住的房子遠沒有她想象中的婚后住房好。

【小題10】和父母住一起，自己可以存一些錢（save up）用以買房，此處all the more是even的意思。

【小題11】丈夫是相對于女人而言的。

【小題12】ready to bend her away意為“樂于聽從她”。這是一個好丈夫的品質之一。

【小題13】此處ends表示“目的”。另三項在此不合邏輯。

【小題14】由things went well until推知，空格處要填上一個消極意義的詞，由公公單身一人，可聯想到婆婆已“死”。

【小題15】由at home all day推知，她放棄了工作。

【小題16】下文有“he hardly says a word all day”。

【小題17】小夫妻二人感受迥然相反。

【小題18】公公不說話，也不出門，整天“出現”在家里，Annie頗覺煩擾。

【小題19】right表示“權力”。由It’s his house not ours推知，Bob認為他父親有權呆在自己家里。

【小題20】從上下文來看，Annie一直是將住處當著自己的房子來管理的。