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  "It's my own fault.”Carl Fenter pulled his jacket closer against the abnormal bite of cold morning wind. "The rest of the family is home where it's 1       "

Just another one of his 2         ideas―a big tamale(玉米粉蒸肉) feast after tonight's Christ?mas Eve service at the church―and look where it landed him：waiting in a line 50 people deep.

Who would have guessed that the tamale in every shop in the city would be sold out the day before Christmas? But they 3         ，as Carl knew. He had been driving all over El Paso that morning. 4          to bring home tamales Carl tried one last shop an old favorite out in Canutillo.

When he arrived a fresh batch(—炉) was 5         off the steamer in 45 minutes. 6         his place at the end of the snaking line of tamale seekers he watched the woman in front of him 7         her jacket to cover her shivering youngster. It wasn't long before she too 8         in the biting wind. After only a moment's  9         Carl took off his own jacket and offered it to the 10         mother.

Together，they 11         when the line slowly moved forward at last，and smiling people exited the shop carrying steamy bags. 12         Carl got inside the door and 13         his way clos?er to the counter the woman now first in line. "Sorry folks " the clerk announced "that's the last of the tamales. "" 14          ！" Carl groaned(抱怨) with everyone else 15          behind him.

" 16         "stressed the man at the counter " we'll have a final batch ready 17         oh about two hours.”

Defeated Carl backed away but the young mother grabbed his arm.

"You're leaving?"

"I 18         ”，Carl glanced at his watch. "I promised to put up luminarias(传统圣诞灯) at my church.”

'Til get your order of tamales and bring them to your house.” Carl's brow furrowed "I couldn't ask you to do that.”

"But it's 19         I can do. You lent me your coat.”Her smile overrode(推翻) his objec?tions. "Just give me your address.”She and her little girl settled in for the long wait.

And at 20         noon on Christmas Eve，they delivered four dozen fragrant tamales―along with Carl's brown jacket―to his home.

(   ) 1.A. harmonious   B. warm   C. happy   D. pleasant

(   ) 2.A. brilliant   B. bad   C. stupid   D. common

(   ) 3.A. were   B. did   C. could   D. had

(   ) 4.A. Decided   B. Determined   C. Wanted   D. Expected

(   ) 5.A. ready   B. prepared   C. soon   D. due

(   ) 6.A. Looking   B. Getting   C. Taking   D. Finding

(   ) 7.A. move   B. reject   C. abandon   D. remove

(   ) 8.A. waved   B. froze   C. shook   D. shocked

(   ) 9.A. assumption   B. appreciation   C. hesitation   D. attention

(   ) 10.A. grateful   B. respectful   C. hopeless   D. shameful

(   ) 11.A. cheered   B. congratulated   C. shouted   D. screamed

(   ) 12.A. Immediately   B. Hopefully   C. Lastly   D. Finally

(   ) 13.A. shouldered   B. forced   C. felt   D. inched

(   ) 14.A. No problem   B. No way   C. No doubt   D. No wonder

(   ) 15.A. lined up   B. held up   C. looked up   D. waited up

(   ) 16.A. So   B. But   C. Then   D. Besides

(   ) 17.A. before   B. for   C. in   D. after

(   ) 18.A. plan to   B. intend to   C. have to   D. ought to

(   ) 19.A. the least   B. the most   C. the last   D. the best

(   ) 20.A. just   B. exactly   C. accurately   D. right

Answer 1

1 ― 5 BAABD      6-10 CDCCA

11-15 ADDBA    16 -20 BCCAB

这是一篇记叙文。圣诞节前夕，Carl Fenter 到处寻找玉米粉蒸肉，终于在一家店找到了玉米粉蒸肉。等待的时候，他在寒风中脱下自己的外套给一个同样在等待的母亲穿上，而这一善举使他得到了回报：这位女士后来专程给他家送去了他要买而没买到的玉米粉蒸肉。

1.B从语境的连贯判断选B，Carl Fenter说，家里是温暖的，可是在这里，早晨的寒风冷得很不正常。

2.A在这寒冷的日子，晚上在教堂做完圣诞节前夕的礼拜后回家和家人一起享受玉米粉蒸肉的盛宴，这样的点子或想法应该用brilliant 来描述。a brilliant idea:绝妙的想法/主意。

3.A从语境的连贯看，本题用were:谁能想到，城里的玉米粉蒸肉在圣诞节前夕都卖完了呢？可是这些玉米粉蒸肉的确被卖完了。

4.B在几家店铺都没有买到玉米粉蒸肉，而他下定决心一定要买一份带回家，于是他开车跑遍了El Paso 并来到这最后一家卖玉米粉蒸肉的店铺。

5.D语境提到"45分钟之后，从锅上下来"，可见此处表示这家店铺的玉米粉蒸肉再过45 分钟就能出锅了，用(be) due表示"预期发生"。

6.C这里用take one's place表示"就位 就座"：于是，他在人群后面开始排队等候购买。

7.D从语境的连贯判断选D，remove"移开，脱下，去掉"：他注意到，在他前面的那位女士把自己的外套脱下来，给自己冻得发抖的孩子披上。

8.C没过多久，这位母亲自己也冻得瑟瑟发抖。这里用shake表示"发抖"，与前面的shivering呼应，而freeze表示"冻僵"，不符合语境叙述的排队买东西的场景。

9.C从语境和选项判断选C"犹豫，迟疑"：看见这番情景，Carl Fenter迟疑片刻，将自己的外套脱下来，递给这位母亲。

10.A面对这样的情景，这位母亲当然是非常感激，而不是   B.让人尊敬的   C.绝望的   D.羞愧的。

11.A当队伍开始向前移动(玉米粉蒸肉终于出锅了) ，微笑的人们带着热腾腾的玉米粉蒸肉走出店铺，他们一起欢呼雀跃。

12.D前面的人群终于散尽，轮到他购买了。

13.D他走进店铺，向柜台慢慢地挪过去。shoulder one's way挤着(人群) 前进，force one's way用力挤过去，feel one's way摸索着走，inch one's way小心地、慢慢地挪动。显然这里选D表示慢慢地往前挪动，符合人们排队买东西时的场景。

14.B他在寒风中排队等待了很长时间，轮到他买的时候，玉米粉蒸肉却卖完了，此时的他当然很沮丧，因此选B。 No way用来表示惊讶或不相信，意为"不会吧！不可能！"。

15.A他后面还有人在排队，因此选八。他在抱怨的时候，身后其他排队等候的人也跟着一起抱怨。line up"排队等待"，符合语境。wait up—般指"熬夜等待"。

16.B此处表示转折含义，虽然这一炉玉米粉蒸肉卖完了，可是你要是再等两个小时，还有最后一炉。

17.C表示"在多长时间之后"用介词in。

18.C从下文可知，他还要回教堂悬挂传统的圣诞灯，因此用have to表示"不得不，必须"。

19.A这个女士对他先前的帮助心存感激，因此选A，"至少我能为你做这点事(报答你) "。

20.B从故事情节的发展看，本题选B表示"恰好，确切地，准确地"：正好在圣诞前夕的中午，那位女士把玉米粉蒸肉给他家送来了。A、D项语序不对，C项"准确地，精密地"。