Mr. West wanted to buy his wife a
Christmas (圣诞节) present, but he was always very busy, so he was never able to
find time to go to the shops. At last when it was the week before Christmas, and
the shops were very' crowded, he decided that he could not wait any longer. One
day he didn't have lunch in a restaurant as usual. He bought some bread, ate it
quickly, then went out to a big shop near his office. The shop was full of women
who were also buying presents during their lunch hour. Mr. West stood politely
at the edge (边，刀口) of a crowd (人群，挤满) of women who were pushing forward to try
to get to the shop-assistants. He tried to move forwards slowly, taking his turn
with the others, but more and more women were coming into the shop and pushing
past him. After half an hour, he was just as far from the
shop-assistants as he had been when he came (来，出现) in, and his lunch hour was
coming to an end, so he decided to change his way of doing things. He put his
head down, gave aloud shout and started to push his way towards the front of the
crowd as hard as he could. The women around him became very
angry, and began to shout at him, "ladies," he answered them, "I have been
behaving (举动) like a gentleman (绅士) for the past hour, and it has got me nowhere
(一事无成), so now I am starting to behave like a lady
(夫人，女士)!"
单选题
Mr. West______. [A] didn't go to buy presents until the week before Christmas [B] didn't want to go shopping (购物) because the shops were too crowded [C] couldn't wait to buy his wife a Christmas present
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】文章第一段提到At last when it Was the week before Christmas， ...，he decided that he could not wait any longer答案就是对这个句子的改写。Not...until意思是“直到……才”。
单选题
One day Mr. West went to buy his wife a present ______.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】文章说到，One day he didn't have lunch in a restaurant as usu- al，暗示他是在午饭时间出去买东西的。
单选题
When Mr. West got to the shop, ______. [A] he found (发现，找到；创办) it was hard to get to the shop- assistant (帮助的，助手) [B] there were already several women there [C] he tried to push his way through the crowd
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】当Mr. West来到商店时，他发现商店里有很多女士，人山人海，所以很难接近售货员。
单选题
Mr. West decided to push forward ______. [A] because a crowd of women pushed him along [B] because more women would come [C] or he would be late for work
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】文章开头先说到...he was always very busy，第二段又提到 and his lunch hour was coming to an end, so he decided to change his way of doing things。说明他很忙，只能利用午饭时间购买礼物，现在午饭时间快过去了，所以他决定改变做事方法。这些都暗示午饭时间一过，他又得工作了。因此选C。本题也可用排除法做。
单选题
Women were angry with him because ______. [A] they got frightened when Mr. West gave a shout [B] Mr. West showed bad manners [C] they thought Mr. West was like a woman
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】文中提到， He put his head down, gave aloud shout and started to push his way towards the front of the crowd as hard as he could。种种动作都说明他showed bad manners。