Question

It was Tom’s first visit to England, and he was looking forward to his first journey, on London’s Underground Railway. And against his friends’ 1_____, he was determined to travel 2 _____.

 He entered the station shortly after five o’clock in the afternoon. This is a 3_____ time to travel in London, 4_____ crowds of people go home from work at this hour. He 5 _____ to join a long line of people waiting for tickets. When at last his 6 _____ came, he had some difficulty in making himself understood by t, , he ticket seller. 7____, he got the right ticket in the end and by asking people the 8 _____, he also found the right platform. It was 9 _____ tight with people. He did not 10_____ to get on the first train, but he was able to move nearer to the platform so as to be in a better 11_____ to get on the next one. When this train came in, Tom was 12 _____ forward onto the train by the 13______ of people from behind. The doors closed and the train moved off. He was unable to see the 14 _____ of the stations where the train 15 _____, but he knew that the station he wanted was the sixth 16 ______ along the line. When the train reached the sixth station, Tom got off, feeling 17 _____ that his journey  had been so easy. But he suddenly realized that he had come to a station he had never 18 _____. He explained his 19_____ to a man who was standing on the platform. With a 20_____ on his face, he told Tom that he had caught a train going in the opposite direction.

A.thought       B. advice        C. relation         D. favor

A.alone         B. abroad        C. along          D. away

A.short          B. certain        C. possible        D. bad

A.for           B. and          C. so             D. but

A.planned       B. had          C. happened       D. hoped

A.luck          B. time         C. chance         D. turn

A.Thus         B. Instead        C. Therefore       D. However

A.question      B. way           C. place           D. condition

A.packed        B. caught        C. covered         D. seized

A.manage       B. try           C. agree          D. expect

A.situation      B. state         C. position         D. seat

A.fought        B. swept        C. drawn          D. brought

A.speed         B. support       C. strike         D. push

A.signs         B. points        C. names         D. numbers

A.left           B. topped        C. started         D. moved

A.part          B. pause         C. stop           D. arrived

A.glad          B. sick          C. sorry          D. tired

A.heard of       B. talked about    C. thought of     D. arrived at

A.result         B. mistake        C. difficulty       D. ticket

A.joke          B. smile          C. surprise        D. pity

Answer 1

【小题1】B

【小题2】A

【小题3】D

【小题4】A

【小题5】B

【小题6】D

【小题7】D

【小题8】B

【小题9】A

【小题10】A

【小题11】C

【小题12】B

【小题13】D

【小题14】C

【小题15】B

【小题16】C

【小题17】A

【小题18】A

【小题19】C

【小题20】B

解析:

内容概要：本文讲述了Tom第一次到英格兰，不听朋友的建议，独自外出，结果把火车的方向弄反了，以致到错了地方。

答案简析：

【小题1】against one’s advice意为“违背别人的建议”。

【小题2】通过下文得知他是一人出来，故用alone。

【小题3】下面街道人多为患，所以用“bad”。

【小题4】for表原因，用以解释 bad time。

【小题5】要排长队购票是不以他的意志为转移的，他是“不得不”排队。

【小题6】turn表示“轮次”。

【小题7】售票员听不懂他的话，他却把票买成了，前后句显然有“转折”关系。

【小题8】问路一般用ask the “way”。

【小题9】be packed with be crowded with。正因为人拥挤，才没上得了第一趟火车。

【小题10】manage to do表示“设法得以做成某事”，没做成当然用not manage了。

【小题11】因为是在拥挤的站台上，显然获得的是一个稍好些的站的“位置”。

【小题12】从from behind 来看，他是被人推向前的。sweep在此意思是“猛推”。

【小题13】push与sweep同义。

【小题14】看不清的应是“站名”。signs应注意排除，毕竟他首次到英国，即使各个站有其独特的符号、标记，他也不可能知道。

【小题15】站就是火车“停”靠的地方。

【小题16】这里的stop与station同义。

【小题17】觉得旅行如此轻松，心情当然是“高兴的”。

【小题18】选项D应注意排除，因为他不是英国人，所以没到过这个车站是明摆着的，故这一答案是正确，但与hear of 相比，不能算是最佳答案。

【小题19】这里的difficulty指他当时的一种迷茫。究竟是怎么一回事，他还未知道，所以谈不上什么错误，故选项B，不能确定为答案。

【小题20】听说Tom乘车的方向完全反了，那人的第一反应应当是觉得好笑，即答案应在A、B之间。joke不可能出现在脸上，故答案只能为B。