Three Apple engineers and three Microsoft employees are traveling by train to a conference. The Microsoft engineers each buy tickets but the Apple engineers buy only a ________ ticket.

“How are three people going to travel on only one ________?” asks a Microsoft employee. “Watch and you’ll see,” answers an Apple engineer.

They all board the train. The Microsoft employees take their ________ but all three Apple engineers cram(擁擠) into a restroom and close the door behind them.

________ after the train has departed, the conductor comes around ________ tickets. He knocks on the restroom door and says, “Ticket, please.” The door opens just a crack and an arm ________, ticket in hand. The ________ takes it and moves on. The Microsoft employees see this and agree it is quite a ________ idea.

So after the conference, the Microsoft employees decide to ________ the Apple engineers (as they always do) on the return trip and save some ________. When they get to the station, they buy one ticket. To their ________, the Apple engineers don’t buy any ticket at all.

“How are you going to travel without a ticket?” asks one ________ Microsoft employee. “Watch and you’ll see,” answers an Apple engineer.

When they board the train, the Microsoft employees cram into a ________ and the Apple engineers cram into another one nearby. The train departs. Soon one of the Apple engineers _______ his restroom and walks over to where the Microsoft employees are ________.

He knocks on the door and says, “Ticket, please...”

1.A. cheap B. single C. return D. special

2.A. ticket B. route C. means D. railroad

3.A. routes B. chances C. turns D. seats

4.A. Directly B. Shortly C. Nearly D. Quickly

5.A. examining B. receiving C. collecting D. delivering

6.A. appears B. sticks C. holds D. rises

7.A. employee B. policeman C. conductor D. engineer

8.A. strange B. foolish C. awful D. clever

9.A. learn B. copy C. accept D. watch

10.A. money B. time C. energy D. space

11.A. excitementB. agreement C. disappointmentD. astonishment

12.A. touched B. puzzled C. frightened D. delighted

13.A. bedroom B. sitting-room C. restroom D. dining-room

14.A. enters B. crosses C. leaves D. reaches

15.A. hiding B. sitting C. traveling D. enjoying

 

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.C

8.D

9.B

10.A

11.D

12.B

13.C

14.C

15.A

【解析】

試題分析：三名蘋果公司的工程師和三名微軟的雇員將乘坐火車去參加一次會(huì)議。去時(shí)，微軟的工程師們一人買了一張票，但是蘋果公司的工程師三人只買了一張票就完成了火車上的旅行。回來(lái)時(shí)，微軟的工程師們也效仿蘋果公司的做法三人買了一張票，但是蘋果公司的工程師們?nèi)睕]有買票。在火車開動(dòng)后，一個(gè)蘋果公司的員工假裝成列車員走敲響了微軟工程師們藏身的洗手間。

1.便宜的；B. single單一的、單程的；C. return返回；D. special特別的，專門的。三名蘋果公司的工程師和三名微軟的雇員將乘坐火車去參加一次會(huì)議。微軟的工程師們一人買了一張票，但是蘋果公司的工程師只買了一張票。根據(jù)下一句的one ticket，故選B。

2.票；B. route路線；C. means手段；D. railroad鐵路�！叭齻�(gè)人去旅行怎么能只有一張票哪？”一個(gè)微軟的雇員問道，一個(gè)蘋果公司的工程師回答道�！翱粗�，你就明白了�！备鶕�(jù)前一句可知，故選A。

3.路線；B. chances機(jī)會(huì)；C. turns轉(zhuǎn)彎；D. seats座位；微軟的雇員們坐下來(lái)，但是三個(gè)蘋果公司的工程師擠進(jìn)一間休息室，然后隨手關(guān)掉了房門。take one’s seats是固定短語(yǔ)，就座。故選D。

4.立即；B. Shortly立刻；C. Nearly幾乎；D. Quickly很快�；疖囻傠x車站后不久，列車員就來(lái)回走動(dòng)查票。故選B。

5.檢查；B. receiving接受；C. collecting收集；D. delivering發(fā)。列車員就來(lái)回走動(dòng)收票。根據(jù)后面可知是收走了票。故選C。

6.出現(xiàn)；B. sticks刺死，插入；C. holds 抓；D. rises上升。 門開了一條縫，一只胳膊露出來(lái)，手里拿著票。故選A 。

7.從業(yè)員工；B. policeman警察；C. conductor列車員；D. engineer工程師。根據(jù)前一句可知是列車員拿了票繼續(xù)向前。 故選C。

8.奇怪的；B. foolish愚蠢的；C. awful可怕的；D. clever聰明的；微軟的雇員看到后都認(rèn)為是一個(gè)聰明的主意。 后面說他們決定效仿可知，故選D。

9.學(xué)習(xí)；B. copy復(fù)制；C. accept同意；D. watch觀察。所以在會(huì)議后，微軟的雇員決定在回程的旅行中效仿那些蘋果的雇員。后面收他們只買了一張票。故選B。

10.錢；B. time時(shí)間；C. energy精力；D. space空間。三個(gè)人買一張票，當(dāng)然是想省錢。故選A。

11.興奮；B. agreement 協(xié)議；C. disappointment失望；D. astonishment吃驚。令他們吃驚的是，蘋果公司的員工根本就沒有買票。根據(jù)下一句引號(hào)里的話，故選D。

12.觸摸；B. puzzled困惑；C. frightened害怕；D. delighted高興。一個(gè)雇員很是困惑，因?yàn)樘O果的雇員決定逃票。故選B。

13.臥室；B. sitting-room客廳；C. restroom洗手間；D. dining-room餐廳。當(dāng)他們登上火車時(shí)，微軟的雇員一個(gè)洗手間。根據(jù)前面他們的做法可知，他們是進(jìn)入洗手間逃票的。故選C。

14.進(jìn)入；B. crosses橫跨；C. leaves離開；D. reaches到達(dá)。很快蘋果的一位工程師離開他的洗手間，走到微軟員工們藏身的洗手間。 故選C。

15.躲藏；B. sitting 坐；C. traveling旅行；D. enjoying喜歡。結(jié)合語(yǔ)境可知，用hiding躲藏最能表現(xiàn)出此時(shí)他們的逃票行為。故選A。

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