Questions 19~21 are based on the
following monologue.
单选题
Why couldn't the man open the door?
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[听力原文]19-21
My friend Tom kepi birds. One day he phoned and told me he was going away for a week. He asked me to feed the birds for him and said that he would leave the key to his from door in my mailbox.
Unfortunately, I forgot all about the birds until the night before Tom was going to return. What was worse, it was already dark when I arrived at his house. I soon found the key Tom gave me could not unlock either the front door or the back door. I was getting desperate. I kept thinking of what Tom would say when he came back.
I was just going to give up when I noticed that one bedroom window was slightly open. I found a barrel and pushed it under the window. As the barrel was very heavy, I made a lot of noise. But in the end, I managed to climb up and open the window.
I actually had one leg inside the bedroom when I suddenly realized that someone was shining a torch up at me. I looked down and saw a policeman and an old lady, one of Tom's neighbors. "What are you doing up there?" said the policeman. Feeling like a complete fool, I replied, "I was just going to feed Tom's birds."
独白中提到作者到达朋友家时,I soon found…or the back door,即可知是由于朋友留下的钥匙不对,他才无法打开门,选[A] 。
单选题
Why did the man feel desperate?
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】作者说完I was getting desperate一句后,马上接着解释了有这种心理的原因:I kept thinking of what Tom would say when he came back,即害怕朋友回家后责备自己,故选[B] 。