单选题 Text
One summer night, on my way home from work I decided to see a movie. I knew the theatre would be airconditioned and I couldn't face my (26) apartment.
Sitting in the theatre I had to look through the (27) between the two tall heads in front of me. I had to keep changing the (28) every time she leaned over to talk to him, (29) he leaned over to kiss her. Why do Americans display such (30) in a public place?
I thought the movie would be good for my English, but (31) it turned out, it was an Italian movie. (32) about an hour I decided to give up on the movie and (33) on my popcorn. I've never understood why they give you so much popcorn! It tasted pretty good, (34) . Alter a while I heard (35) more of the romantic-sounding Italians. I just heard the (36) of the popcorn crunching between my teeth. My thought started to (37) . I remembered when I was in South Korea, I (38) to watch Kodak on TV frequently. He spoke perfect Korean -- I was really amazed. He seemed like a good friend to me, (39) I saw him again in New York speaking (40) English instead of perfect Korean. He didn't even have a Korean accent and I (41) like I had been betrayed.
When our family moved to the United States six years ago, none of us spoke any English. (42) we had begun to learn a few words, my mother suggested that we all should speak English at home. Everyone. agreed, but our house became very (43) and we all seemed to avoid each' other. We sat at the dinner table in silence, preferring that to (44) a difficult language. Mother tried to say something in English but it (45) out all wrong and we all burst into laughter and decided to forget it! We've been speaking Korean at home ever since.

【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】考查上下文理解。由前文的summer及air-conditioned(有空调的)可知作者的公寓里没有空调即是“炎热的”，选[B] 。warm(温暖的)与cold相对；heated热烈的，激动的；cool(凉爽的)与hot相对。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】考查名词词义。crack裂缝，缝隙，劈啪声；blank空白(处)，空白表格；break(课间、工间)休息，间歇；opening口子，开始，空缺。本句指从两个人的头之间的缝隙看去，只有[A] 对。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】考查名词与上下文理解。aspect方面，(建筑物的)朝向，面貌，外观；view看法，视域，景色； space空地，空间，间距，空白处，期间；angle角(度)，观点。change the angle指“改变(观看的)角度”。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】考查上下文关系。根据句意，应该是指“每次她靠过去与他说话或者他靠过去吻她时我都得改变观看的角度”，空格前后两部分为并列关系，故选[C] 。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】考查词义与上下文理解。由前一句的kiss可知这是一对情侣，作者的疑问因此而起，所以应填入表“感情”的affection。其余三项都不对；attraction吸引；attention注意，专心；motion运动，移动。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】考查连接词，as it turned out在此是插入语，意为“结果是”。as作连词，意为“如同”。其余三项均不用在此结构中。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】考查时态与上下文理解。首先可根据文意(作者以为是英文电影，结果却是意大利影片)推知这里要表达的是“一个小时后我决定不再看”。其次从语法来看，within一般指在将来的某个时段内，谓语用将来时；for与over后的谓语动词应用完成时态，指动作持续了多长时间；只有after后可用一般时态。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】考查固定搭配。concentrate on集中精力于…上；chew(咀嚼)与taste(品尝)都不与介词on连用fix on决定，确定。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】考查上下文理解。根据上下文文意，此句实际上应相当于上句的一个让步状语从句，意为“尽管味道很好，但我一直不明白…”，故选though。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】考查上下文理解。由于放弃了看电影而专心于吃爆米花，所以作者当然听不到浪漫的意大利语了，故选否定词no。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】考查名词词义。voice专指人发出的“嗓音”；sound指所有“声音，响声”；rhythm指有节奏的“旋律”，一般用来指乐曲；tone指音乐的“音色”或人说话、朗读时的“语气，语调”。此处指咀嚼爆米花的声音，故只有[B] 对。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】考查动词与上下文理解。wonder对…感到疑惑/好奇/惊讶，想知道；wander漫游，闲逛，走神，恍惚；imagine想像，设想，猜想；depart离开，出发，背离，违反。能与thought(思想)搭配且意义符合逻辑的只有[B] 。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】考查固定搭配。used to do为固定搭配，意为“过去常常…”。考生可由句中的时间状语从句与句末的frequently得到提示。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】考查上下文理解。句意为：他一直就像我的一个好朋友，直到有一天我在纽约看见他说着完美的英语而不是完美的韩语。until引导时间状语，表达的是主句动作或状态在时间状语从句动作发生之前一直存在。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】考查词义与上下文理解。根据前文“Me spoke perfect Korean”及下文的“He didn't even have a Korean accent”可知应选[C] 。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】考查固定搭配。feel like为固定搭配，意为“感到似乎…”。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】考查上下文理解。句意为；在我们还没学会几个英语单词时，我母亲就建议我们每个人在家里都应当说英语。before引导一个时间状语从句。其余各项填入题中都会造成逻辑不通。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】考查词义与上下文理解。由前文说母亲建议在家里说英语及后面说we all seemed to avoid each other可知应选quiet(安静的)。empty空的；still静止的；calm(指人)平静的。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】考查固定搭配。说某种语言一般用动词speak而不用say、tell或utter。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】考查固定搭配。work out算出，理解，想出，解决；get out(使)离开，泄露，生产；come out出现，发表，结果是；make out看出，辨认出，理解，写出。句意为：母亲试图用英语说点什么，但结果错误百出。