C.plan 答案:A
D.hope
解析:从后面的“...in lonely nights”可推断此处指作者在晚上独自一人开着车,陪伴(partner)他的只有他的车。
7.A.So C.Meanwhile 答案:B
解析:依据后面的“...that excitement wore off...”可知之前作者刚学会开车很兴奋,后来这种兴奋慢慢地减弱,所以此处是转折关系,用Yet。
8.A.suggested C.enjoyed 答案:D
解析:结合前面的“...that excitement wore off...”以及后面的“...began to walk”可知作者讨厌(hated)开车。
9.A.yes C.hello 答案:C
解析:根据后面的“She __10__ my greetings and asked, ‘What happened to your hair?’”可推断此处是作者向她打招呼(hello)。
10.A.returned C.forgot 答案:A
解析:联系空后的“...my greetings and asked, ‘What happened to your hair?’”可知,作者向她打招呼,她也向(returned)作者问候。
11.A.understood C.answered 答案:D
解析:从前面的“I touched my hair...”和空后的“...what might have gone wrong”可推断,作者想知道(wondered)头发出了什么问题。
12.A.decision C.mistake 答案:C
解析:结合后面的“You sounded so __13__ that I thought you were Mike”可推断
6
B.Yet D.Instead
B.kept D.hated
B.sorry D.thanks
B.ignored D.refused
B.realized D.wondered
B.guess D.deal
她之前弄错了(mistake),将作者误认为是Mike了。decision“决定”;guess“猜测”;deal“交易”。
13.A.friendly C.strange 答案:A
解析:联系前文可知,作者和她打招呼,听起来很友好(friendly),所以她就认错人了。 14.A.played with C.depended on 答案:D
解析:根据后面“...the new neighbor next door, and two different gardeners on different days and listened to their joy in gardening...”可知作者和新邻居说话(talked to)。play with“拿……玩”;look for“寻找”;depend on“依靠”。
15.A.special C.interesting 答案:B
解析:从后面的“...working all day in front of a computer”可知作者一天都在电脑前工作,所以是疲劳的(tiring)一天。
16.A.laughed C.pointed 答案:B
解析:联系前文“You sounded so __13__”以及作者和邻居们打招呼,可知这里指作者对每一个路过的人微笑(smiled)。
17.A.partly C.normally 答案:C
解析:结合空后的“if I drove my car”可知,作者开车的时候通常(normally)不经过这些街道的。
18.A.discovered C.built 答案:A
解析:由句意可知在路过街道的时候作者发现了(discovered)一家免费的小图书馆。 19.A.check C.see 答案:D
7
B.humorous D.brave
B.looked for D.talked to
B.tiring D.important
B.smiled D.shouted
B.really D.lately
B.examined D.learnt
B.study D.question
解析:从空后的“...if I had really lived in this town all these years”可知,在不常去的地方有了新的发现之后,作者开始怀疑(question)他这些年是否真正在这个小镇生活过。
20.A.hear C.talk 答案:B
解析:联系空前的“It's a completely new town...”可推断,此处指作者对小镇了解B.know D.think
(know)很少。
8