单选题 Ian Johnstone missed his girlfriend so much that he flew back to Britain from Australia to ask her to marry him. The problem is she did the same in the opposite direction. He and Amy Dolby even managed to miss each other when they sat in the same airport waiting room in Singapore at the same time to wait for connecting flights.
After an 11000-mile flight across the globe, Dolby was greeted by Johnstone's astonished flatmate asking what she was doing there "It was as though someone was playing a cruel joke on us," she told The Times.
"He is the most romantic(浪漫的) person I have ever known. I think our problem is that we are both quite impulsive(易冲动的) people. We are always trying to surprise each other. "
Johnstone, a 27-year-old construction worker, had taken a year off to travel round Australia. But he was missing Dolby, a 26-year-old secretary, so much that he got a job on a Sydney building site and started saving for a surprise. He then flew home to Britain and went to her apartment armed with an engagement(订婚) ring and flowers.
"I really missed Amy and I'd been thinking about her all the time. I thought she was winding me up when she phoned me from Australia," he said.
Johnstone then asked Dolby to marry him on the phone. "I didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but I accepted," she said.

单选题 Where are Johnstone and Dolby from?

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。短文第一句即指出两位主人公的国籍：Ian Johnstone... flew back to Britain...(Ian Johnstone……飞回了英国……)，且后文的描述表明Johnstone的女朋友本来待在英国国内。由此可知，他们二人都应是英国人。

单选题 What happened to Johnstone and Dolby at a Singapore airport?

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。对应的信息位于第一段第三句中的miss each other(彼此错过)一处，它相当于[B]中的failed to see each other。部分考生因为没有掌握好miss一词的意义而出现了误选。此处的miss指的是“错过”，而短文第一句中的：missed则指“想念”。

单选题 Why did Johnstone get a job in Sydney?

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 分析推理题。短文提到Johnstone在澳大利亚工作的地方是第四段倒数第二句：... he got a job on a Sydney building site and started saving for a surprise(……他在悉尼的一处建筑工地上找了一份工作并开始存钱，准备给Amy一个惊喜)。而由后文的描述、尤其是最后一段Johnstone向Amy求婚的情况可知，Johnstone所准备的“惊喜”就是向Amy求婚，因此本题答案是[B]。其余三项都不合这一逻辑。

单选题 The phrase "winding me up" in Paragraph 5 probably means ______.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 同句理解题。由上下文的描述可知，Johnstone并不知道Amy到澳大利亚找自己去了，故他接到后者从澳大利亚打回来的电话时，最合理的反应就是很惊讶，以为后者在跟他开玩笑(play a joke)。第二段最后一句描述了Amy在澳大利亚得知Johnstone回英国时的反应：It was as though someone was playing a cruel joke on us(好像是有人跟我们开了个残酷的玩笑)，也可印证这一点。事实上，wind sb. up是个习语，指“哄骗”，即deceive。