第二节 完型填空
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
In this small town there was not a single man of importance who would dare to have a house. keeper younger than sixty, for fear of what people might say 【B1】 . However, when I needed a housekeeper I chose a girl called Cathey, a lovely little girl of seventeen from a village 【B2】 the coast. But I made my choice 【B3】 . After a few days' consideration over the matter and an early telephone call to her, I 【B4】 out there one day in my Fiat when she was at home, and I had a look at the cottage and a talk with her mother over a 【B5】 of teas, and after that I did not need anyone to say that she was 【B6】 . I knew if there was anything Cathey did not do 【B7】 , her mother would not 【B8】 long to correct her. After that there was only one question to raise.
"Have you a 【B9】 , Cathey?" said I.
"No, doctor, I have not, "said she with a simple expression that did not 【B10】 me a bit. As a doctor, you soon 【B11】 innocent(无邪的)looks.
"Well, you'd better 【B12】 and get one. "I said," 【B13】 I'm not going to take you. "At this she laughed After what seemed only a short time, she came and started working at my house. And you guess 【B14】 ? She proved to be very 【B15】 and efficient(高效率的). Of course she was so 【B16】 that people who came to my house used to 【B17】 a remark about us. But that didn't hurt me at all. They did not dare to 【B18】 a pretty girl themselves in case that other people would say something. But I knew as long as a girl had a man of 【B19】 to look after she would give me 【B20】 . And, of course, I would be happy and at ease.
【B1】
A. an inclusion
B. a conclusion
C. an exception
D. an invention
【B3】
A. carelessly
B. slowly
C. doubtfully
D. carefully
是在一个地区内对整个国民经济社会进行总体的战略部署,是一种以国土开发利用和建设布局为中心的综合性、战略性和政策性的规划工作。
A. 城市总体规划
B. 区域规划
C. 城市发展规划
D. 土地利用总体规划
Mark Twain, as you know, was famous in his day as a public speaker. In his public speeches, he not only liked to tell funny stories, but also liked to play jokes on his friends.
One day, at a railway station, one of his friends lost his wallet and asked Mark Twain to pay the train fare for him.
"Sorry, I don't have enough money to pay both your fare and mine." Mark Twain said The friend did not know what to do.
"We can do this. "Mark Twain said after a while, "You can get on the train and when the conductor comes to check the tickets, you can hide under my seat."
Later, however, when the conductor came to check the tickets, Mark Twain gave him two tickets--one for his friend and the other for himself. Then he explained in a loud voice, "My friend here is a strange man. When he travels in the train, he does not like to set on the seat. He prefers to lie on the floor under the seat. "Of course, everyone in the compartment (车厢)looked at the poor man under the seat mid laughed at him loudly.
This passage is about ______.
A. why Mark Twain refused to buy a ticket for his friend
B. how Mark Twain and his friend traveled on the train
C. how Mark Twain's friend lost his wallet
D. a joke Mark Twain played on one of his friends