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Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage, and for each blank there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D at the end of the passage. You should choose ONE answer that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

It was a beautiful summer day and I was taking a walk in the downtown area of Madrid.

When I turned a street 56 I heard the voice of a lovely Spanish singer 57 from a nearby care. The music 58 me, so I went to the cafe to hear it 59.

I sat down at a table near the door. The waiter came over, and I 60 a glass of wine. While 61 my wine, I listened to the soft music. The 62 was a young lady, a little too fat, but 63 pretty. A black young man was playing the piano.

The waiter returned 64 the glass of wine and put it on the 65 I started drinking the wine slowly and 66 the other people in the care. They were all men 67 women seldom go into the cafes in Spain.

There were three men 68 at a table near mine. I could 69 by their accents that one of them was an American, one an Englishman and the third man a 70. The waiter served each of the three men a glass of beer. By chance, each glass had a 71 in it. The American picked up his glass, noticed the fly and poured the beer and the fly was thrown onto the floor. The English-man looked into his glass, noticed the fly and 72 a spoon, with which he took the fly out of the beer, and drank the 73 of it.

The stranger noticed the fly in the beer, 74 He picked it up with his fingers, squeezed it carefully in order to save every drop of beer, then drank the beer 75.

56. A. shop B. sidewalk C. comer D. store

57. A. going B. came C. Go D. coming

58. A. attracted B. interest C. arresting D. attractive

59. A. all right B. good C. better D. nice

60. A. asked B. wanted C. begged D. ordered

61. A. waiting B. waiting for C. staying for D. waited for

62. A. waiter B. miss C. singer D. boss

63. A. quiet B. too much C. little D. quite

64. A. and B. with C. by D. for

65. A. piano B. desk C. chair D. table

66. A. watching B. seeing C. looking for D. noticing

67. A. once B. before C. because D. and

68. A. sat B. sitting C. set D. setting

69. A. judge B. tell C. speak D. remarks

70. A. singer B. stranger C. waiter D. Frenchman

71. A. worm B. flies C. something D. fly

72. A. reached for B. reach C. asked D. want

73. A. other B. others C. remain D. rest

74. A. also B. too C. either D. neither

75. A. sadly B. bitterly C. happily D. slowly

答案：

56.C 四个名词中，能和动词tum搭配的只有comer（角落）这个词。tum a street comer“拐弯”；sidewalk“人行道”。

57.D coming指声音向“我”传过来，现在分词短语做定语。

58.A 该句的意思是这音乐吸引了我，所以我走过去仔细听。attract“吸引”，其他三个词都不能做谓语。

59.C 前句提到作者听到歌声从咖啡馆传来，所以作者走过去是为了听得更好。

60.D order专指在饭店里点酒菜，其他三词都无此意。

61.B wait for“等待”固定搭配。本句中使用现在分词短语waiting for做伴随状语。

62.C 从上下文可判断应选singer.

63.D quite pretty“非常漂亮”；too much“太多的”用来修饰不可数名词；little“几乎没有”修饰不可数名词。

64.B with表示“带着、拿着”，该句话的意思是服务员拿着我点的红酒回来了。

65.D 根据常理可知红酒应放在table上。

66.A watch表示“观看”。该句话的意思是我一边喝酒一边看这咖啡馆里的其他人。watch指带有观赏性质的看；see强调看的结果，表示“看到”；look for表示“寻找”；notice表示“注意到”。

67.C “周围全是男人”和“妇女们很少到咖啡馆来”是果和因的关系，所以用because来连接。

68.B 用现在分词sitting做定语修饰three men.

69.B tell表示“辨别、说出”。本句话的意思是：我能够通过他们的口音判断出其中一个是美国人…。judge“判决，断定”；speak“讲某种语言或发言”；remark“评论”。

70.B 从下文可知第三个人是个陌生人“stranger”。

71.D 从下文可知每只杯子里都有一只“ny（苍蝇）”。

72.A reach for“伸手去拿”；reach“到达”。

73.D the rest of“剩余的……”。意思是他看到苍蝇，把苍蝇拿了出来，然后把剩下的喝完了。other“另外的”，一般不和of搭配。remain（n.）表示“剩余”时往往用复数。

74.B 第三个人也注意到了苍蝇。too一般放在句尾，also往往在句中，either用在疑问句和否定句中。

75.C happily在此处有一种讽刺的意味。更后的这个陌生人竟然连苍蝇体内的一点酒也不放过，还要挤出来喝掉，用夸张的手法描述了一个嗜酒如命的人，而happily则比其他表痛苦的词更能加深这种意味。

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