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单选题 [A] happily [B] excitedly [C] disappointedly [D] angrily

单选题 [A] so [B] but [C] honestly [D] luckily

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[精解] 本题考查连词。该处的意思是“这里确实有错误，但错误是你犯的。”即该处应该用表示转折语气的词，so表示因果关系，but表示转折关系。C、D不符合语境，所以本题的正确答案为B。

单选题 [A] mine [B] yours [C] ours [D] theirs

单选题 [A] number [B] total [C] cost [D] pay

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[精解] 本题考查名词。160美元是罚单的总额，这里应该是在算罚单的总额。number意为“数字，数量，号码，算术”；total意为“总数，合计”；cost意为“成本，损耗”；pay意为“支付，赔偿”。根据题意本题的正确答案选B。

单选题 [A] forgot [B] meant [C] refused [D] remembered

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[精解] 本题考查动词。这里是说他本打算去交罚款，但由于某种原因，他忘记了。forget意为“忘记，忽略”；mean意为“打算，意味，想要”；refuse意为“拒绝，谢绝”；remember意为“记忆，铭已，纪念”。根据题意本题的正确答案选B。

单选题 [A] mixed [B] covered [C] missed [D] buried

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[精解] 本题考查动词。mix意为“使混和，混淆，混合”；cover意为“覆盖，掩饰，保护”；miss意为“想念，丢失”；bury意为“埋藏”。按照原文的意思，尼克将罚单不小心混在文件堆中。根据分析本题的正确答案选A。

单选题 [A] patient [B] tough [C] wasteful [D] careless

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[精解] 本题考查上下文语义的衔接。patient意为“耐心的”， tough意为“厉害的，艰难的”，wasteful意为“浪费的，不节约的”，careless意为“粗心的，马虎的”。根据上下文的语义，我们知道尼克是一个粗心大意的人。所以本题的正确答案为D。

单选题 [A] forgotten [B] required [C] regretted [D] considered

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[精解] 本题考查动词的词义。forget意为“忘记，遗忘，忽略”； require意为“需要，要求，命令”；regret意为“后悔，遗憾，为……感到遗憾”；consider意为“考虑，照顾，认为”。这里是说尼克忘记交电费，所以应用forget。本题的正确答案选A。

单选题 [A] lea [B] sent [C] bought [D] wasted

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[精解] 本题考查动词的词义。leave意为“离开，动身，剩下，遗忘”；send意为“送，寄；发送，派遣，打发”；buy意为“买”； waste 意为“浪费，消耗”。原文是说尼克把自己的衣服忘记在洗衣店，并因此不得不缴纳一定的保管费。根据分析本题的正确答案选A。

单选题 [A] long [B] late [C] often [D] early

单选题 [A] taken [B] recorded [C] mailed [D] received

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[精解] 本题考查动词的词义。take意为“拿，拿走，取，抓”； record意为“记录，标明"；mail意为“邮寄”；receive意为“收到，接到，接收”。原文是说尼克忘记把填好的申请表寄出去。所以本题的正确答案选C。

单选题 [A] would [B] used to [C] have to [D] could

单选题 [A] see [B] make [C] examine [D] check

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[精解] 本题考查动词的词义。这里是说将必须要做的事情做一个计划，然后再去做，并检查以确定事情已经做好了。see意为“看，明白”；make意为“制造，安排，使成为，认为”；examine意为“检查，调查，考试”；check意为“检查，制止，核对”。根据分析可知本题的正确答案为D。

单选题 [A] area [B] space [C] place [D] square

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[精解] 本题考查名词的词义。area意为“范围，区域，面积，地区”；space意为“空间，间隔，距离，空地”；place意为“地方，位置，职位，处境”；square意为“正方形，广场，平方”。尼克找了一个日历表，想把重要的事情记录下来，所以日历表要有足够大的空间来记。根据分析本题的正确答案选B。

单选题 [A] accidents [B] events [C] dates [D] weeks

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[精解] 本题考查名词的词义。accident意为“意外事件，事故”；event意为“事件，事变，结果”；date意为“日期”；week意为“星期”。accident侧重偶然发生的事情，而这里是指实际发生了的事情，耍用event，所以本题的正确答案选B。

单选题 [A] take care [B] make sure [C] watch out [D] believe in

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[精解] 本题考查动词短语。take care意为“照顾，当心”；make sure意为“确定，确信，证实”；watch out意为“密切注视，当心，提防”；believe in 意为“相信”。这里说的是要确定自己该做的事情做了，make sure符合题意。所以本题的正确答案选B。

单选题 [A] when [B] since [C] where [D] that

单选题 [A] late [B] bad [C] much [D] hard

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[精解] 本题考查上下文的语义衔接。上面说尼克经常忘记做应该做的事情，现在有了这个日历表后，他能把自己要做的事情记录下来。这样，他认为以后就不会很难了。所以hard用在这里很合适。本题的正确答案为D。

单选题 [A] as [B] next time [C] since [D] so long as

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[精解] 本题考在连词。as意为“与……一样，当……时，因为”；next time意为“下次”；since意为“自从”；so long as意为“只要”。原文的意思是“只要你拿到罚单你就该看看上面的记录。”所以本题的正确答案选D。

单选题 [A] fairer [B] easier [C] better [D] happier

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[精解] 本题考查形容词的词义。fair意为“美丽的，好的，公平的”；easy意为“容易的，简单的，安逸的”；better意为“更好的，较好的”；happy意为“快乐的，幸福的，恰当的”。根据文意本题的正确答案选C。