Question

The sun was shining quite brightly as Mrs Grant left her house, so she decided not to

16　 an umbrella with her. She got on the bus to the town and before long it began to

rain．The rain had not stopped l7 the bus arrived at the market half an hour later．Mrs Grant

stood up and absent—mindedly(心不在焉地)picked up the umbrella that was l8 on the

seat in front of her.

A cold voice said loudly，“That is mine，Madam!”

Suddenly remembering that she had come out without her umbrella，Mrs Grant felt 19

for what she had done，trying at the same time to take no notice of the unpleasant 20　

the owner of the umbrella was giving her．

When she got off the bus，Mrs Grant made straight for a shop where she could buy an

umbrella．She found a pretty one and bought it .Then she 21 to buy another as a present

for her daughter. Afterwards she did the rest of her 22 and had lunch in a restaurant.

　 In the afternoon she got on the homeward (回家的)bus with the two umbrellas under

her arm, and sat down. Then she 23 that, by a curious coincidence(巧台)，she was

sitting next to the woman who had made her feel 24 that morning.

　　 That woman now looked at her，and then at the umbrellas. “You’ve had quite a good

25 ,” she said.

16. A. keep　　 B. bring　　 C. take　　 D. leave

17. A. before　 B. until　　 C. though D. when

18. A. hanging　 B. appearing C. dropping　 D. losing

19. A. angry　　 B. sorry　　 C. lucky　 D. glad

20. A. reply　 B．call　　　 C. suggestion D. look

21. A．promised B. decided C. agreed D. remembered

22.A.hiking　 B. shopping　 C. trying D. searching

23.A.meant　 B. explained　 C. saw　 D. forgot

24. A .jealous　 B. bored　　 C. satisfied D. uncomfortable

25.A.day　　　 B. meal　　 C .Journey D. present

Answer 1

【主旨大意】本文主要介绍了Mrs Grant在公交车上错拿了一把雨伞，以及由此引出的幽默故事。

16. C根据前一句中的“Mrs Grant离开家时天空很晴朗“可知，她决定不带雨伞，take an umbrella是固定搭配，因此答案为C。

17. D 根据后文她拿错伞，可知当汽车到市场时雨还没有停，“当....的时候”应该用连词when，因此答案为D。

18. A 由外面正在下雨及关键词“心不在焉的”，可知她应该是顺手拿起“挂在”她前面的雨伞，因此答案为A。

19. B 等她知道拿错伞后，一定是不好意思，因此答案为B。

20. D 伞主人此时的脸上应该是非常不高兴，因为最需要伞的时候，它却被别人给拿走了，因此答案为D。

21. B 本题题意为“然后她决定再买一把当作礼物送给女儿。”“决定”应该表示为decide，因此答案为B。

22. B 她去市场的目的是购物，因此答案为B。

23. C 她坐上车后才“看见”，故用动词saw。

24. D本句句意为“她正坐在那个上午让她感到尴尬的妇女旁边，因此答案为D。

25. A 这正是文章的幽默所在，那个妇女以为Mrs Grant又拿错了别人两把伞，故讽刺她说“你今天太幸运了”。