Question

IF and WHEN often had lunch together. Their conversation always___ _ on the things they hoped to achieve and they loved to talk about them.

This particular Saturday when they met for lunch, WHEN ____ __ IF wasn’t in a great mood（心情）. After they sat at the usual table____ _ for them, WHEN asked IF, “You don’t seem your usual _____ __self?” IF replied,“Yesterday I saw a course I wanted to take, If only I ____ __ the time.”

WHEN knew exactly how IF felt and said, “I too saw a ____ __ and I’ m going to register (登記) when I get _____ __money.” WHEN then questioned IF, “what about the new job you were going to apply for?” IF answered, “I would have applied, but my _____ _ broke down. I couldn’t type my resume(簡歷).”

“Don’t worry. I’ve been thinking about looking for another job also, ____ ___I’ll wait and when the weather gets ____ __ I will do it then. I hate this awful weather.”

The man sitting nearby heard them talking about when this and if that. When he couldn’t ____ _ it anymore, he went to them and said, “I think I know ___ __ you could solve your problems.”

IF smiled and thought that even if he knew the ____ ___ they faced, there was no way he could help! ____ ___, IF asked the man for advice. The man said, “Your conversation reminds me of an old _____ ___: IF and WHEN were planted, and nothing _____ __.”

IF and WHEN both looked surprised and began to feel ____ __ of living their life for the “ifs” and “whens”. Finally they came to a(n) ____ ___: next time they met, there would be no “ifs” or “whens”; they would ___ _ talk about what they had _____ _!

1.A. agreed B. centered C. relied D. took

2.A. sensed B. insisted C. declared D. guessed

3.A. cleaned B. made C. ordered D. reserved

4.A. sensitive B. honest C. cheerful D. stupid

5.A. had B. spent C. seized D. valued

6.A. notice B. job C. course D. chance

7.A. lucky B. pocket C. enough D. paper

8.A. computer B. fridge C. camera D. recorder

9.A. or B. but C. for D. so

10.A. drier B. colder C. wilder D. nicer

11.A. take B. decline C. support D. watch

12.A. what B. where C. why D. how

13.A. changes B. expenses C. challenges D. possibilities

14.A. Anxiously B. Curiously C. Surprisingly D. Sadly

15.A. saying B. story C. habit D. fiction

16.A. rose B. grew C. removed D. remained

17.A. tired B. proud C. ashamed D. aware

18.A. ambition B. conclusion C. description D. agreement

19.A. even B. only C. still D. thus

20.A. discussed B. promised C. arranged D. accomplished

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.C

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.D

11.A

12.D

13.C

14.B

15.A

16.B

17.C

18.D

19.B

20.D

【解析】

試題分析：這是一則寓言故事： If和WHEN總喜歡一起討論它們希望得到的東西，某天它們相聚，各自保養(yǎng)這自己因?yàn)椴荒軐?shí)現(xiàn)某事而不開心。 一旁聽著的一位紳士送給它們一句諺語： 只說不做，一無所獲。從此它夢(mèng)只討論所取得的。

1.根據(jù)語境“ 他們的談話總是以它們所希望取得的為中心” 可知此處用center，center on 構(gòu)成短語，“以。。。為中心，所以B正確。

2.T根據(jù)語境“WHEN“感覺到IF心情不好，所以A正確。

3.根據(jù)空格前的“the usual table’’.,可以判斷出此處為‘‘定好的桌子’’，所以D正確。

4.根據(jù)上文中的“IF wasn’t in a great mood 可以知道，此處表示沒有以前那么開心，cheerful 符合語境，所以C正確。

5.根據(jù)句意：昨天我看到了我想要學(xué)校的課程，要是我有時(shí)間就好了， 表示有時(shí)間，所以A正確。

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7.’m going to register ,可以知道此處表示： 當(dāng)我有足夠的錢時(shí)，我就去報(bào)名登記，根據(jù)語境用enough，所以C正確

8.根據(jù)下文中的I couldn’t type my resume 可以知道此處表示電腦壞了，不能打印簡歷了，所以A正確。

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15.根據(jù)語境可以知道此處表示：你們的對(duì)話使我想起了一句古老的諺語， 即：saying，所以A正確

16.句意為：種下如果和等待，看不到收獲（只說不做，一無所獲），grow 和 plant 相對(duì)應(yīng)，所以B正確

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19.。 句意：下次他們?cè)僖娒娴臅r(shí)候，就沒有假如和如果了，他們只談他們已經(jīng)實(shí)現(xiàn)的事情，根據(jù)語境是只談，所以B正確

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考點(diǎn)：寓言類短文閱讀