【正文】 ry to bother you. Do you know the time? If you39。re five minutes late for an appointment （約會(huì)）, you would generally 4 the person by saying Sorry, I39。m late! We use the word sorry in so many different situations that the meaning of the word has slightly 5 over time. The two main dictionary definitions （定義） of sorry are: feeling sad for someone else because of their problems or feeling regret because you39。ve done something wrong. Usually, when you want to ask a stranger a question, you 6 with Sorry to disturb you. In this situation, we aren39。t saying sorry because we feel sad for that person or because we feel regret. So what does sorry really mean? Well, in the British 7 , saying sorry is a way to be polite, especially to people who you don39。t know very well. It39。s also a very 8 way to get what you want. 9 , an actor asked different people on a rainy day if he could use their mobile phones. When he asked one group of strangers without apologizing first, he was only 9 per cent successful in borrowing their phones. 10 , when he apologized to another group about the bad weather before asking if he could use their mobile phones, he was 47 per cent successful. So maybe saying sorry is not just being polite, but it is also a good method to get what you want too!1. A. WhenB. WhetherC. BeforeD. Though2. A. activitiesB. conversationsC. mannersD. discussions3. A. meanB. enjoyC. acceptD. use4. A. tellB. faceC. remindD. greet5. A. developedB. appearedC. improvedD. changed6. A. startB. leadC. replyD. go7. A. historyB. traditionC. cultureD. habit8. A. safeB. cleverC. braveD. true9. A. FinallyB. UsuallyC. MostlyD. Recently10. A. OtherwiseB. HoweverC. InsteadD. Moreover【答案】 （1）B；（2）C；（3）A；（4）D；（5）D；（6）A；（7）C；（8）B；（9）D；（10）B； 【解析】【分析】主要講了英國(guó)人幾乎在每個(gè)場(chǎng)合用到“對(duì)不起，及不同場(chǎng)合“對(duì)不起”的意思是不同的。 （1）句意：是否我們正在因?yàn)閱枂栴}、糟糕的天氣還是在他人面前打噴嚏而道歉?！瓡r(shí)候；；……之前；。whether...or...是……還是……，故選B。 （2）句意：我們?yōu)樽约汗妶?chǎng)合里禮貌的舉止行為自豪。；；；。根據(jù)后文可知說對(duì)不起是禮貌的舉止行為，故選C。 （3）句意：甚至當(dāng)我們不真的意思是它時(shí)。，意味著；；；。根據(jù)句意可知我們說對(duì)不起時(shí)，我們的意思不是真的對(duì)不起，故選A。 （4）句意：你將通常通過說“對(duì)不起，我遲到了”來和那個(gè)人問候。；；；。根據(jù)前句可知是約會(huì)遲到，所以用對(duì)不起，我遲到了問候，故選D。 （5）句意：我們?cè)趩卧~已經(jīng)改變的許多不同場(chǎng)合使用“對(duì)不起”。；；；。根據(jù)后文可知“對(duì)不起”的意思已經(jīng)改變了，故選D。 （6）句意：你用“對(duì)不起打擾你”來開始。；；；。start with…，用……開始，故選A。 （7）句意：在英國(guó)文化中說“對(duì)不起”是禮貌的。；；；。根據(jù)句意可知說“對(duì)不起”是一種文化，故選C。 （8）句意：它也是得到你想要的的一種非常聰明的方法。；；；。根據(jù)后文but it is also a good method to get what you want too!可知說“對(duì)不起” 是得到想要的一種好方法，即聰明的方法，故選B。 （9）句意：最近，一位演員在下雨天問不同的人是否他能夠使用他們的手機(jī)。；；；。根據(jù)句意可知講了一個(gè)最近的事情，故選D。 （10）句意：然而當(dāng)他再詢問是否可以使用他們的手機(jī)時(shí)對(duì)另一個(gè)群體關(guān)于糟糕天氣道歉時(shí)。；；；。根據(jù)句意可知前后表示轉(zhuǎn)折，所以用however，故選B。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查完形填空，首先通讀一遍文章，跳過缺失的單詞，再根據(jù)上下文來判斷所缺單詞的含義，最后對(duì)選項(xiàng)進(jìn)行區(qū)別，選出正確的那一項(xiàng)。10．閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從各小題的A、B、C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳答案。 Do you think doing housework is a hard task for you? Have you ever thought of inventing something to make it 1 ? A boy named Sam Houghton did and he 2 a twohead broom （掃帚）. Sam was just three years old when he came up with his 3 . He saw his father sweep up （打掃） garden leaves and 4 brooms while trying to gather large leaves and litter. Now he is the poster boy for a new show at the British Library in London called Inventing the 21st Century. To celebrate 5 and encourage new inventors, the famous 6 is telling the story of the most special inventions ing out of Britain in the past 10 years. Sam39。s broom is produced by big panies, and the brooms are very 7 in England. Young Sam Houghton is now eight years old and has another invention. He has made a balloon popping machine （氣球爆破裝置） for play centers. He said, We don39。t want children to cry because of 8 bangs （爆炸聲） of balloons. I used a box to 9 the bangs so that they can39。t scare （驚嚇） the children. Have you ever wanted to be a great inventor? Watch 10 , think it over and work hard. Maybe you will be an inventor. Do you think so?1. A. easierB. harderC. funnier2. A. boughtB. inventedC. saw3. A. ideaB. wayC. information4. A. pickB. changeC. control5. A. inventionsB. birthdaysC. festivals6. A. schoolB. hotelC. library7. A. popularB. interestingC. necessary8. A. quietB. loudC. harmful9. A. turn onB. turn offC. take away10. A. quicklyB. successfullyC. carefully【答案】 （1）A；（2）B；（3）A；（4）B；（5）A；（6）C；（7）A；（8）B；（9）C；（10）C； 【解析】【分析】這篇文章介紹了小發(fā)明家山姆霍頓的兩項(xiàng)發(fā)明和背后的故事。 （1）句意：你有沒有想過發(fā)明一些東西讓它更容易？；；。前句提問你認(rèn)為做家務(wù)對(duì)你來說是一項(xiàng)艱巨的任務(wù)嗎？說明這里是在繼續(xù)追問有沒有想著讓做家務(wù)更容易，故選A。 （2）句意：一個(gè)叫山姆霍頓的男孩做到了，他發(fā)明了雙頭掃帚。；；。這里是引出男孩的成果，發(fā)明了雙頭掃帚，下文會(huì)繼續(xù)介紹，故選B。 （3）句意：當(dāng)山姆提出他的想法時(shí)，他只有三歲。；；。他三歲的時(shí)候想出了這個(gè)發(fā)明的主意，故選A。 （4）句意：他看到他的父親清掃花園里的葉子，并更換掃帚盡力收集大片樹葉和垃圾。；；。這里是說父親改變掃帚來清掃不同的垃圾，故選B。 （5）句意：為了慶祝發(fā)明并鼓勵(lì)新的發(fā)明家，這座著名的圖書館講述了過去10年來英國(guó)最特殊的發(fā)明故事。；；。這個(gè)圖書館是在舉辦一場(chǎng)21世紀(jì)發(fā)明相關(guān)的展覽，所以是為了慶祝發(fā)明，故選A。 （6）句意：為了慶祝發(fā)明并鼓勵(lì)新的發(fā)明家，這座著名的圖書館講述了過去10年來英國(guó)最特殊的發(fā)明故事。；；。這場(chǎng)展覽是在倫敦一所圖書館舉行的，故選C。 （7）句意：山姆的掃帚由大公司生產(chǎn)，掃帚在英國(guó)很受歡迎。；；。這里是表達(dá)山姆的發(fā)明很熱銷，受歡迎，故選A。 （8）句意：他說，我們不希望孩子因?yàn)闅馇虻谋暥奁?。；；。孩子?huì)哭是因?yàn)楸暫艽?，故選B。 （9）句意：我用一個(gè)盒子把爆炸聲帶走了，這樣它們就不會(huì)嚇到孩子了。；；。山姆在陳述他的解決方案，用盒子來帶走爆炸聲音，故選C。 （10）句意：仔細(xì)地觀看，多加考慮以及努力學(xué)習(xí)。；；。成為發(fā)明家要能仔細(xì)地觀察事物，故選C。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查詞匯在篇章中的運(yùn)用能力，答題時(shí)首先要跳過空格通讀文章掌握其大意，然后細(xì)讀文章字斟句酌逐一作答，注意考慮句型、語法、搭配、語境等因素。最后通讀一遍檢查驗(yàn)證。11．先通讀下面短文，讀懂大意，然后從后面各題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選擇可以填入相應(yīng)空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。 A little girl walked to and back from school every day. One day, wind blew hard and trees shook from side to side in the wind on her way home after school. It rained 1 , and rain poured down, the girl39。s father worried that his daughter would be scared because of flashes of lightning. So he drove to his daughter39。s school in a hurry. To his surprise, he saw her 2 alone in the rain. When a flash of lightning came, she stopped, looked up and smiled. 3 followed, she stopped, looked up and smiled. With the ing of the following flashes of lightning, she repeated the 4 thing again and again. After she g