Question

完形填空（本題有15小題，每小題1分，共15分）

In my village in China, people are proud of being old. people always respect old people. However, in the United States, people think “growing old” is a since “old” shows that a person is going to retire(退休) or that the body is not working well.

After I moved to , I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. Once, when I was to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so . I told her that I had made they got their food quickly because I always respect the old. I said that, her face great displeasure. My manager, who happened what I said, took me aside and gave me a long talk about how they the description “old”. I then walked back to the and said sorry to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer .

After that, I changed the I had been with older people. It is not that I don’t respect them any more; I still respect them, now I don’t show my feelings through words.

1.A. Young B. Old C. Poor D. Rich

2.A. luck B. fact C. problem D. fun

3.A. Japan B. America C. Australia D. Italy

4.A. serving B. cooking C. getting D. putting

5.A. silently B. quickly C. slowly D. easily

6.A. head B. much C. idea D. sure

7.A. Before B. If C. Although D. As soon as

8.A. told B. found C. showed D. noticed

9.A. hearing B. heard C. hears D. to hear

10.A. dislike B. like C. agree D. disagree

11.A. kitchen B. table C. chair D. corner

12.A. begun B. invented C. caused D. turned

13.A. angry B. happy C. afraid D. interested

14.A. idea B. way C. life D. mind

15.A. nor B. then C. and D. but

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.B

6.D

7.D

8.C

9.D

10.A

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.B

15.D

【解析】

試題分析：此篇文章介紹了作者因為文化之間的差異，導致了尷尬的情景。后來作者改變了對待老人的方法，作者仍然尊重他們,但不是通過語言來體現(xiàn)。

1.考查形容詞及語境。句意：年輕人總是尊重老年人。A. Young年輕的；B. Old 年老的；C. Poor 貧窮的；D. Rich富有的；根據(jù)句意，選A。

2.考查名詞及語境。句意：在美國，變老是個問題，因為老意味著一個人退休了并且身體也會不好。A. luck幸運；B. fact 事實；C. problem問題，難題；D. fun樂趣；根據(jù)句意，故選C。

3.考查名詞及語境。句意：當我搬到了美國，我有了個機會在中國飯店當服務(wù)員。A. Japan 日本； B. America美國； C. Australia 澳大利亞； D. Italy意大利；根據(jù)句意和前面的However, in the United States, people think “growing old” is a since “old” shows that a person is going to retire(退休) or that the body is not working well.可知應(yīng)該是美國，故選B 。

4.考查動詞及語境。句意：當我給一位中年夫婦上菜時，中年夫婦問我為什么菜上的如此之快。A. serving上菜；B. cooking做飯；C. getting得到；D. putting放置；根據(jù)句意及其后面的the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly，故選 A。

5.考查副詞及語境。句意：當我給一位中年夫婦上菜時，中年夫婦問我為什么菜上的如此之快。A. silently安靜地；B. quickly快速地；C. slowly 慢地； D. easily容易地；根據(jù)句意，故選B。

6.考查動詞及語境。句意：我告訴她，我確信他們的食物上的很快因為我尊重他們。A. head 頭； B. much很多；C. idea主意；D. sure確信；根據(jù)句意，故選D。

7.考查連詞及語境。句意：我一說，她聽后很失望。A. Before在……之前；B. If如果；C. Although盡管；D. As soon as一……就；根據(jù)句意，故選D。

8.考查動詞及語境。句意：我一說，她聽后很失望。A. told告訴；B. found發(fā)現(xiàn)；C. showed展現(xiàn)； D. noticed注意到；根據(jù)句意，故選 C。

9.考查動詞及語境。句意：我的經(jīng)理碰巧聽到我說的話。A. hearing正在聽；B. heard聽到； C. hears聽到；D. to hear碰巧做某事[聽；此題考查happen to do sth碰巧做某事，根據(jù)句意，故選D。

10.考查動詞及語境。句意：經(jīng)理把我拉到一邊告訴我了在美國是不喜歡被人看作是老人的。A. dislike不喜歡；B. like 喜歡；C. agree 同意；D. disagree不同意；根據(jù)句意；可知答案選A。

11.我回到桌旁向那位妻子道歉。A. kitchen 廚房； B. table桌子； C. chair椅子；D. corner角落；根據(jù)句意，因為顧客在吃飯，應(yīng)該是桌子旁，故選B。

12.在那對夫妻聽到我的原因后,明白是文化差異引起的問題,所以他們大笑不再生氣了。A. begun 開始；B. invented發(fā)明； C. caused引起； D. turned轉(zhuǎn)向，變得；根據(jù)句意，故選C。

13.在那對夫妻聽到我的原因后,明白是文化差異引起的問題,所以他們大笑不再生氣了。A. angry生氣；B. happy 高興，快樂；C. afraid害怕；D. interested感興趣的；根據(jù)句意，故選A。

14.之后,我改變了我對待老人的方法。A. idea主意；B. way方式； C. life生活；D. mind思想；根據(jù)句意，故選B。

15.我仍然尊重他們,但不是通過語言來體現(xiàn)。A. nor 也不；B. then接下來； C. and并且；D. but但是；根據(jù)句意，前后句關(guān)系是轉(zhuǎn)折的關(guān)系，故選D。

考點：考查日常生活類短文。