先通讀短文，掌握其大意，然后從A、B、C、D四個選項中選出一個可以填入相應(yīng)空白處的最佳答案，并將其標(biāo)號填入題前括號內(nèi)。

（一）

My name is Jane Eyre and my parents died when I was a baby. For ten years I lived a ___1___ life with my aunt and cousins who treated me unfairly. My cousins teased me and my aunt never showed me any ___2___. The only person who cared about me was the maid， Bessie. One day my cousin John 3 me： “You should go and beg， not live with rich folks like us！” After fighting with him I was locked in a room， where I ___4___ for hours crying.

Things ___5___ the same until a tall gentleman called Mr Brockehurst came to visit. My aunt told me that I was going to a school ___6___ by the gentleman. “Train her to be useful and humble，” said Aunt. Two days later I ___7___ my home.

At first my ___8___ at Lowood School was easy. The food was bad and I was often cold but I made ___9___ and enjoyed studying. But after an illness killed several students， new owners ___10___ the school and life improved. Six years later I ___11___ a teacher and was very happy. But eventually[最后] I felt that I should explore more of the world and found a job as a private teacher in a ___12___.

Before I left Lowood， I was ___13___ by Bessie， who told me that seven years ago my fathers brother had come ___14___ me but left again to go abroad. “He looked like quite a gentleman，” said Bessie. I wondered if he would ever look for me again.

My new life ___15___ at Thornfield Hall， a large country house， ___16___ a little girl called Adele. She was the adopted[被收養(yǎng)的] daughter of the owner of the house， Mr Rochester. He ___17___ stayed at Thornfield and ___18___ my time was mainly spent with Adele and the servants. My life was quite happy now although there was something ___19___ about my new home. Often I heard odd[奇怪的] sounds ___20___ from the top floor of the house.

（ ）1. A. happy B. long C. sad D. comfortable

（ ）2. A. food B. love C. method D. schooling

（ ）3. A. shouted at B. cried over C. found out D. talked with

（ ）4. A. lived B. stayed C. studied D. beat

（ ）5. A. appeared B. worked C. seemed D. remained

（ ）6. A. built B. designed C. owned D. opened

（ ）7. A. built B. reached C. left D. sold

（ ）8. A. food B. life C. book D. study

（ ）9. A. noise B. friends C. mistakes D. faces

（ ）10. A. took over B. took up C. took off D. took away

（ ）11. A. turned B. met C. became D. found

（ ）12. A. school B. home C. library D. country

（ ）13. A. taught B. visited C. brought D. required

（ ）14. A. looking for B. looking after

C. looking into D. looking at

（ ）15. A. stopped B. continued C. started D. remained

（ ）16. A. showing B. teaching C. searching D. wanting

（ ）17. A. often B. hardly C. happily D. quietly

（ ）18. A. yet B. so C. still D. though

（ ）19. A. interesting B. good C. instructive D. strange

（ ）20. A. come B. drop C. fall D. go

（二）

Dorothy Brown was very happy as she sat in the theatre listening to the music. Today her little daughter Lauren was giving her ___1___ concert. She had been waiting for this ___2___ for years and years. “Now it is here at last，” she thought. “How beautiful her ___3___ is.”

The song made her ___4___ to the days when she was Laurens ___5___. As a young ___6___， Dorothy wanted to be a concert singer. She studied ___7___ in France， Italy and in the United States. “You can become a fine ___8___ in the future，” her teachers told her. “But you must be ___9___ to study hard and work for many years. There will be ___10___ time for anything but music in your life.”

Dorothy was ___11___ at that time and she was ___12___ that music was all she wanted or needed to ___13___ her life. For almost a year Dorothy ___14___ of nothing else. Then she ___15___ David， a young engineer travelling Europe. They soon fell in ___16___. David asked her to be his ___17___. Dorothy also wanted to marry David. But she loved ___18___， too. She didnt know what to do. David was against her being a singer. He said， “If you want to be a singer， you must forget about getting married. You cant ___19___ do both.” Thus her days were gone and would never return.

Now Lauren became a singer instead of her， which was her ___20___.

（ ）1. A. sorry B. successful C. first D. wonderful

（ ）2. A. dance B. moment C. show D. party

（ ）3. A. voice B. face C. dress D. life

（ ）4. A. think of B. bring back C. go back D. come back

（ ）5. A. age B. friend C. mother D. teacher

（ ）6. A. musician B. pop star C. lady D. girl

（ ）7. A. French B. music C. piano D. dance

（ ）8. A. actress B. student C. singer D. dancer

（ ）9. A. prepared B. learning C. driven D. waiting

（ ）10. A. some B. any C. no D. enough

（ ）11. A. eight B. eighteen C. eighty D. eighty-eight

（ ）12. A. lucky B. sure C. afraid D. fond

（ ）13. A. fill B. live C. lead D. take

（ ）14. A. heard B. knew C. talked D. thought

（ ）15. A. saw off B. learned from C. heard of D. met with

（ ）16. A. love B. feeling C. music D. touch

（ ）17. A. assistant B. teacher C. wife D. student

（ ）18. A. him B. engineering C. herself D. music

（ ）19. A. certainly B. possibly C. only D. mainly

（ ）20. A. thought B. hope C. purpose D. will

參考答案與解析

（一）

本文是英國女作家洛特·勃朗蒂的代表作《簡愛》的節(jié)選，講述了 Jane Eyre 的苦難生活片斷。Jane Eyre 從小父母雙亡，與嬸嬸及堂兄妹住在一起，不過常被堂兄妹戲弄。后來被 Mr Brockehurst 領(lǐng)到他開辦的學(xué)校學(xué)習(xí)。在那里學(xué)習(xí)了 6 年后她在 Thornfield 當(dāng)了一名私人教師。

1. C。從 …with my aunt and cousins who treated me unfairly. My cousins teased me… 可推測，“我”過著很悲慘的生活。

2. B。前部分為 My cousins teased me，那么由 and 連接的內(nèi)容應(yīng)與前部分內(nèi)容在語意上保持一致，故此處應(yīng)為 my aunt never showed me any love。

3. A。從上下文可知堂兄妹及嬸嬸對“我”都不好，此處舉例說有一次堂兄對“我”大吼大叫，突出了堂兄的霸道，后面直接引語為大叫的內(nèi)容。shout at sb 意為“對某人大吼大叫”，往往含有貶義。

4. B。因與堂兄打架，“我”被鎖進(jìn)了一間屋子，由此可推測“我”獨自呆在那里哭泣。live 指長時期的居住，不合語境。

5. D。從下文來看，“我”被虐待的情況一直持續(xù)到 Mr Brockehurst來這里訪問。

6. C。從下文 But after an illness killed several students， new owners… 來看，這里不是強(qiáng)調(diào)誰建的學(xué)校，而是誰是學(xué)校的擁有者，因這才有權(quán)決定讓像“我”這樣的孩子去上學(xué)。

7. C。前面說 Mr Brockehurst 來見“我”，并讓“我”去上學(xué)。由此推測兩天后“我”離開家去上學(xué)了。這與本段第1句話相吻合。

8. B。從下文的 The food was bad and I was often cold… 來看，此處說的是一開始在 Lowood School 的生活問題。

9. B。根據(jù)句中的 but 及 and 可知此部分應(yīng)與 enjoyed studying 在語意上保持一致，故此處應(yīng)用 friends，即 make friends（交朋友），這也是讓人高興的事情。而 make noise 和 make faces 都不合乎語境。

10. A。從上下文及搭配關(guān)系看，此處應(yīng)選 took over，意為“接管”。從此開始，“我”的學(xué)校生活有了轉(zhuǎn)機(jī)，生活大大改善了。

11. C。上文說“我”在學(xué)校里學(xué)習(xí)，后面為 a teacher，這說明“我”的身份發(fā)生了變化，故用 become。

12. B。根據(jù)下文內(nèi)容 My new life ___15___ at Thornfield Hall， a large country house 及 my time was mainly spent with Adele and the servants 可知“我”在一個家庭當(dāng)了私人教師。

13. B。從上下文來看，此處說的是 Bessie 來看“我”，并告訴“我”7年前叔叔曾來找過“我”。

14. A。這是 Bessie 告訴“我”的話的內(nèi)容。從后面的 I wondered if he would ever look for me again 可推測，7年前叔叔來找過“我”。

15. C。從上下文來看，這里談?wù)摰氖恰拔摇睆氖录医痰拈_始。

16. B。從前面可知“我”開始了新的工作——家教。此處是對新工作的具體說明，即教一個名叫 Adele 的女孩。

17. B。從下文 my time was mainly spent with Adele and the servants 可推測，Mr Rochester 很少呆在家里。

18. B。前面說 Mr Rochester 很少呆在家里，這與后面的 my time was mainly spent with Adele and the servants 構(gòu)成因果關(guān)系，故此處選用so。

19. D。從后面的 Often I heard odd sounds ___20___ from the top floor of the house 等可推測，當(dāng)時在這個新的家里有一些“我”感到奇怪的事情。strange與后面的 odd語意一致。

20. A。這里用 come 表示“從某地傳來聲音”，其他選項都不合語境。

（二）

本文使用倒敘的形式述說了 Dorothy 學(xué)習(xí)音樂的故事。一開始說小女兒舉辦音樂會，由女兒美麗的歌聲想到自己年輕時候?qū)W習(xí)音樂的情況。Dorothy 年輕時很有音樂天賦，先后在法國、意大利和美國學(xué)習(xí)音樂。不過由于偶遇 David 并相愛，為了愛情而放棄了音樂的學(xué)習(xí)。不過讓她可以感到欣慰的是女兒已成為歌唱家，完成了她的心愿。

1. C。由下文的“這一時刻她等了好多年了”來看，這里說的是女兒第一次演出。由于演唱會還沒有開始，結(jié)果未知，因此可排除選項 A、B 和D。

2. B。由下文知道，Dorothy Brown 也曾學(xué)習(xí)過音樂，但由于認(rèn)識 David 并結(jié)婚而影響了自己在音樂方面的發(fā)展，現(xiàn)在正好讓女兒來完成自己的心愿。由此可知，她“盼望這一時刻好多年了”。

3. A。由“今天小女兒 Lauren 將舉辦演唱會”來看，此處說的是“她的聲音真美”。

4. C。女兒的演出使她想到了和女兒一般大的時候的事情。下面是回憶自己以往學(xué)習(xí)音樂的情況。go back to the days… 意為“回憶起……的日子”。

5. A。從下面的“當(dāng)還是一個年輕姑娘時，Dorothy 想成為一名歌唱演員”來看，Dorothy 在和女兒差不多大的時候也曾學(xué)習(xí)過音樂。

6. D。當(dāng) Dorothy 還是個小女孩時，她想成為一名歌唱演員。

7. B。由上下文可知“她曾在法國、意大利和美國學(xué)習(xí)過音樂”。

8. C。由上下文可知，此處是老師告訴她以后有能力成為一名出色的歌唱家。

9. A。前面說“你有能力成為一名出色的歌唱家”，現(xiàn)在話鋒一轉(zhuǎn)，“但是你必須愿意努力學(xué)習(xí)、刻苦勤奮很多年”。be prepared to do sth 表示“有能力并且愿意做某事”。

10. C。這是老師繼續(xù)說的話：在你一生中要把全部時間用于音樂，不能用在其他方面。

11. B。由 Dorothy 遇到了 David 并與他結(jié)婚等來看，當(dāng)時她的年齡不可能是 8 歲、80 歲或 88 歲，當(dāng)時 Dorothy 為 18 歲比較合理。

12. B。/13. A。聽了老師的話，再加上當(dāng)時她只有 18 歲，“她確信音樂是充實她生活的全部內(nèi)容”。fill ones life 為“填充生活，充實生活”。

14. D。有接近一年的時間，Dorothy 什么也不想，這里說的是她一心撲在學(xué)習(xí)音樂上。

15. D。前面說她有一年的時間把心思全撲在學(xué)習(xí)音樂上，這里說的是“接著她遇到了在歐洲旅游的 David”，這動搖了她學(xué)習(xí)音樂的念頭。meet with 意為“遇到，偶然碰到”。

16. A。從下文 David 要她做他的妻子及 Dorothy 也想嫁給他等來看，這里說的是他們見面后不久就相愛了。fall in love （with sb / sth） 意為“愛上某人或某物”。

17. C。從上文“他們相愛”可推測，此處說的是“David 要她做他的妻子”。

18. D。Dorothy 也想嫁給 David，“但是她也愛音樂”，她不知道怎么辦，這就在嫁人與學(xué)習(xí)音樂方面產(chǎn)生了矛盾。

19. B。下文 David 說學(xué)習(xí)音樂和結(jié)婚，“你二者不可能兼得”。possibly可以與 cant 連用，表示“不可能”。

20. B。從上下文特別是 Now Lauren became a singer instead of her 可推測，Dorothy 想成為歌唱家的愿望由女兒來完成了，故此處用 hope。will往往含有“遺囑，遺愿”的意思，在此不太合乎情理。